As the tables are cleared away and the volunteers, artists, writers and local traders head off for a post-convention tipple, we look back at how Glasgow Comic Con 2015 fared… Organised by Black Hearted Press and spread over three sites,… Read More ›
Events
Arvon “Text and Image” course with Hannah Berry, Simone Lia and Stephen Collins, announced
The Arvon Foundation is putting on a five day creative writing residential course on the power of stories born out of combining images and text in October, run by three top British comic creators. The Foundation has been offering people time and space to… Read More ›
Glasgow Comic Con 2015: The Setup
I have been to relatively few conventions, so I always find it incredibly interesting to watch a convention grow from an idea to a fully functioning beast ready to accept the traffic of hundreds, if not thousands of eager fans… Read More ›
BBC.com Culture Takes on San Diego Comic Con with Axel Alonso, Paul Dini and more
BBC.com Culture will host its first ever San Diego Comic-Con panel, “How Comic Books Took Over Hollywood,” at this year’s annual gathering this month, featuring Marvel Comics’ Editor-in-Chief Axel Alonso, Batman: The Animated Series writer/producer Paul Dini, Star Wars: The Clone Wars voice actress Ashley Eckstein, and Fanboys director Kyle Newman,… Read More ›
More Ladybird Books Exhibitions celebrate 100 Years of Publishing
Following up on our coverage of the Ladybird Books exhibitions at the National Football Museum and London’s House of Illustration, here’s a round up of other Ladybird-related happenings around the UK, as the much-loved brand celebrates its 100th Anniversary. Ladybird books… Read More ›
Ladybird By Design Exhibition Comes To London
London’s House of Illustration’s summer exhibition will feature over 120 original illustrations from classic Ladybird titles, in celebration of 100 years of Ladybird Books. Specially commissioned illustrations, clever format and compelling design, combined with the quality of the writing, were key… Read More ›
Specsavers backs Lakes International Comic Art Festival with welcome sponsorship
This year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival will start with a bang, not a whimper, thanks to welcome sponsorship from Specsavers – one of several local businesses in Kendal that are backing the event when it returns for a third spectacular year… Read More ›
Orbital Comics Marks “Fables” end with Mark Buckingham Guided Tour
As we near the end of Mark Buckingham‘s epic run on DC Comics’s Vertigo Fables with Issue 150, London’s Orbital Comics is presenting a retrospective of the artist’s work, featuring a variety of different pieces from throughout the years. The exhibition opens… Read More ›
Comics @ Edinburgh International Book Festival 2015
The Edinburgh International Book Festival, the world’s largest literary festival which runs from 15 to 31 August 2015 in the Scottish capital’s Charlotte Square Gardens, opens its box office for ticket sales today. As in previous year’s BookFest has a selection… Read More ›
Photo Review: East London Comics and Arts Festival 2015
The 4th East London Comics and Arts Festival (ELCAF) was held today in the hip East End of London, just off Mare Street between Hackney and Bethnal Green. Spread between two warehouse style venues it was once again a combination of… Read More ›
Ladybird Books “Story of Football” art exhibition at National Football Museum
The National Football Museum is exhibiting a display of original football-inspired artwork from Ladybird Books until the end of October 2015. Celebrating 100 years of Ladybird books, the display features artwork from the Ladybird footballing classic The Story of Football… Read More ›
San Diego Comic Con Doctor Who Comics Panel details announced
Titan Comics has revealed details about its year’s Doctor Who Comics panel at San Diego Comic Con. Taking place on Saturday July 11th (3.30pm, Room 5AB), the panel, entitled ‘Doctor Who Comics Panel: Year Two, Cross-Over Event And New Mini-Series’, is part… Read More ›
Lancaster Comics Day 2015: In Photos
Despite some patchy rain, over two hundred comic fans happily attended the inaugural Lancaster Comics Day at Lancaster Library on Sunday, organised by Friends of Lancaster Library. The event – promoted with art by local cartoonist Nick Miller – was a success for… Read More ›
Lancaster Comics Day 2015: A Grand Day Out
The first annual Lancaster Comics Day was a huge success, proving that a comics centric event can draw healthy crowd sizes, have comics professionals mingling with small press and retailers and talk intelligently about the medium. Held on a… Read More ›
Family Zone Fun for All promised at this year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival
Children (of all ages) will find the amazing world of comics to discover and explore at the Family Zone, part of this year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival (Saturday 17th – Sunday 18th October 2015). Special events and workshops will offer a… Read More ›
Birmingham Comics Festival – back by popular demand in 2016
Debuting earlier this year, the Birmingham Comics Festival made good on its promise: to put the second city fairly and squarely back on the UK comic convention map, placing comics and their fans at the absolute heart of all its events…. Read More ›
It’s Lancaster Comics Day!
Typically, of course, it’s raining cats and dogs, but Britain’s finest weather casters inform us things will improve later – and everything is now indoors. The fun starts at 1100 at Lancaster Library with a “Breaking Into Comics” panel with… Read More ›
Toronto Comic Art Festival confirms Lakes Festival guests, adds Estelle Bachelard and Samuel LeBlanc
The Toronto Comic Arts Festival has announced the outline of its 2015 trips to England and Japan, to exhibit at festivals in both countries and fulfil their mandate of promoting Canadian comics culture on the world stage. As we previously reported, TCAF have partnered… Read More ›
Creators @ Wonderlands UK Graphic Novel Expo 2015
To tie-in with the celebration of the 150th anniversary of the first publication of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland, the University of Sunderland held a free comics event entitled Wonderlands on Saturday 30 May 2015. Based in the university’s £12m sport… Read More ›
The Crouch End Comic Arts Festival 2015: The Second Coming
The second year of the Crouch End Comic Arts Festival took place on a sunny day in this trendy area of North London, one of a number of UK comics events taking place over the past few weeks – and the… Read More ›