Celebrating International Women’s Day, Panel Borders: Inking and Painting Women features guest presenter Myriad Editions publisher Corinne Pearlman introduce three talks about female comic creators, recorded at Laydeez Do Comics
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Limited edition print edition of FANSCENE 2, celebrating British Comics Fandom, available now
A limited print edition of FANSCENE 2, another terrific, mammoth celebration of British Comics fandom is available now
Lakes International Comic Art Festival announces first guests, Junko Mizuno poster revealed
The Lakes International Comic Art Festival has announced its first guests for its weekend-long event in October 2019, with Early Bird Passes on sale now. Announced are Japanese manga artist Junko Mizuno, who has also provided the stunning poster art for this… Read More ›
Now We Are Two: Lakes Festival Podcast celebrates anniversary with Killtopia creator Dave Cook
Episode 47 marks the Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast‘s two year anniversary show. The ace team led by Ian Loxam and Nikki Bates have been on the air twice a month for two whole years – and what a… Read More ›
Hannah Berry starts term as Comics Laureate
Award-winning author Hannah Berry, creator of the critically-acclaimed graphic novels Adamtine and Livestock, whose credits include work for New Statesman, begins her term as Comics Laureate today. The Comics Laureate is an ambassadorial and educational role for the comic genre and aims to raise awareness of… Read More ›
Dan Dare and Frank Hampson Centenary Exhibitions Closing Soon
Two Frank Hampson Centenary exhibitions, one at The Atkinson in Southport, the other at Bourne Hall in Ewell, are both coming to an end in March. Time’s running out if you haven’t seen them yet. And while we’re talking about… Read More ›
BBC Four’s “Comics Britannia” re-visited
Back in 2007, the BBC broadcast Comics Britannia, a three-part documentary series devoted to history of British comics – a welcome and major retrospective of our medium (if a tad simplistic for some commentators tastes), that prompted a lot of creators to suggest the Corporation should do more to cover it
NCSFest, a major new US comics Festival, announces full guest line-up
NCSFest, a major new comics happening in the United States this May has announced its full incredible line-up of world-renowned creators who will be heading to take over Huntington Beach, California. From the world of comic strips come the creators… Read More ›
Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw back for February Fun!
The second Gosh! Comics and Broken Frontier Drink and Draw of 2019 takes place this Wednesday (27th February), offering a cracking line-up of small press artists at this latest regular monthly meet-up, sponsored by Cass Art. Co-hosts for the night are Broken Frontier‘s… Read More ›
Game of Thrones artist joins Portsmouth Comic Con line-up
William ‘Will’ Simpson, the lead storyboard artist behind the TV adaptation of George R. R. Martin’s fantasy epic, Game of Thrones, is the latest guest to be announced in a stellar line up for this year’s Portsmouth Comic Con –… Read More ›