The Awesome Comics Podcast not only had their own table at London Super Comic Con 2016, but when not talking to listeners, creators and comic fans from behind the table, Vince Hunt, Dan Butcher and Tony Esmond took to the… Read More ›
Events
London Super Comic Con 2016 – A View From The Floor
It was a long but laugh filled weekend. “I’m still here. I’m hiding under the stage. It is dark and I really need the toilet…” This year at the London Super Comic Con was an absolute blast. I’m going to… Read More ›
Titan Comics Signings at London Super Comic Con
London Super Comic Con is jam packed with creators this weekend – and plenty of publishers have signings at their tables, as well as individual comic creators having their own presence in Artists Alley. Here’s a run down of the… Read More ›
Psycho Gran is Back in Time for London Super Comic Con!
Ace comic creator David Leach is back with another smashing Psycho Gran comic in time for London Super Comic Con this weekend. Psycho Gran Vs… not only features 22 pages of great work from David starring everyone’s favourite psychotic OAP… Read More ›
New Comics On Sale This Week in the UK – Look, Just Go And Buy Surface Tension, OK?
Yes, yes, I know there are a huge number of great comics out there, again, this week, many the work of top British comic creators (including Red Thorn, 2000AD and Judge Dredd Megazine – and what a great start to “Realm… Read More ›
“A Machine they’re Secretly Building” play on tour, features visuals from artist Adam York Gregory
“I want you to know what’s happening…” From what might be a news desk, an office, a bedroom, a bunker under a mountain or a theatre, two people – reporters, senators, freedom fighters, or just… well… concerned citizens like you… Read More ›
Markosia set to launch Dark Mists sequel at London Super Comic Con
London Super Comic Convention 2016 will be a very special show for Markosia where the long-awaited launch of two new books will finally happen, along with a revised and improved version of one of the indie publisher’s most popular books in… Read More ›
Two Doctors Hit New York, on stage together for first time, for Wizard World event
Wizard World, Inc. has announced that for the first time (in the US, at least), David Tennant and Matt Smith, the Tenth and Eleventh Doctors in Doctor Who, will appear at a public event together when they attend Wizard World NYC—The Doctors on Saturday 16th April… Read More ›
A Cautionary Tale: Artists Warned Not to Sell Unlicensed Prints
Thor: New Beginnings artist Manuel A. Carmona is on a bit of a mission, after noting the growing trend of artists selling unlicensed prints at conventions of properties they down’t own. He’s written a blog post on the subject, pointing… Read More ›
Awesome Comics Podcast Episode 33 previews London Super Comic Con
With the Awesome Comics Podcast‘s first ever exhibitor appearance just around the corner, what better time to talk comics, conventions and get hyped for the upcoming London Super Comic Con 2016! This time out, the gang – Vince Hunt, Dan… Read More ›
Close 2 Immortality to Launch at London Super Comic Con 2016 this weekend
“To be remembered is to be eternal” Close 2 Immortality is a brand new comics collective that will be launching at the upcoming London Super Comic Con over the weekend of the 20th and 21st of February 2015 at The… Read More ›
Glasgow “Comic Invention” exhibition features world’s oldest comic alongside art by Frank Quitely
Next month sees the opening of Comic Invention: The Glasgow Looking Glass of 1825, an exhibition at the Hunterian Art Gallery in Glasgow featuring the world’s oldest comic, the Glasgow Looking Glass. This major new exhibition offers both art lovers and comic… Read More ›
Three Weeks To The Inaugural Dunfermline Comic Con
The comic convention calendar has become very busy over the last few years with new events springing up all over the place and one of the newest is the Dunfermline Comic Con which is being held on Saturday 5 March… Read More ›
Comics @ Aye Write! Glasgow’s Book Festival 2016
This year’s Glasgow Book Festival, Aye Write, will be taking place in the City’s Mitchell Library from 10 to 20 March. Claiming to be the third largest literary festival in the UK, presumably after the Edinburgh International Book Festival and… Read More ›
San Diego Comic Con 2016: Open Online Badge Registration announced for Saturday 20th February
Report by Leonard Sultana of An Englishman in San Diego So it is, and so it shall be – Comic-Con International have announced that San Diego Comic-Con badges will go on sale to the general public next Saturday, 20th February at… Read More ›
Laura Howell on the comic guest line up for MCM Midlands Comic Con
MCM Midlands Comic Con is back in Telford tomorrow, Saturday 13th February, with, as you’d expect, some comic creators on board for the day, including Beano contributor Laura Howell. Laura is a Birmingham-based comic artist, writer and occasional educator who turned pro in 2006 after eight years working… Read More ›
Joe Kelly Announced as first US guest for Lakes International Comic Art Festival 2016
Just as Marvel’s latest blockbuster superhero movie Deadpool hits UK cinemas, the Lakes International Comic Art Festival has announce its first major US guest for the 2016 is Joe Kelly, who will be making an exclusive UK appearance at the Festival weekend… Read More ›
Pat Mills to talk Charley’s War at Birmingham Creative Networks event, strip to get “reloaded” treatment
Pat Mills is to give a talk for Birmingham’s Creative Networks next week (Thursday 25th February). Pat is a UK comic legend – described by some as the ‘Godfather of British comics’, he was an integral part of the UK comics… Read More ›
Planet 55’s new animated series “Prisoner Zero” gets debut at Gallifrey One
The big Gallifrey One Doctor Who convention takes place in Los Angeles this weekend, and there are several comics guest on the line-up as well as stars such as Fifth Doctor Peter Davison, War Doctor Sir John Hurt, Sixth Doctor Colin Baker… Read More ›
SEQUENTIAL Offers free iPad Guide to Comics Creatrix: 100 Women Making Comics Exhibiton
SEQUENTIAL, the iPad app for digital graphic novels, has partnered with London’ House of Illustration to provide a free digital guide for their new exhibition Comix Creatrix: 100 Women Making Comics, as well as digital graphic novels displayed within the… Read More ›