If you're a fan of Transformers, G.I. Joe, Action Force, Masters Of The Universe or She-Ra, Princess of Power, then you need to get yourself to Jury's Inn, Southampton on the 12th and 13th of October for this year's Roll… Read More ›
Events
British Comics Exhibition Due At The British Library In 2014
It may surprise some people but in amongst its copies of Magna Carta, the Gutenberg Bible and the Lindisfarne Gospels, the British Library has the greatest collection of British comics in the world. The library in London is the nation’s… Read More ›
Age of Glamour revisited in new Robert Stewart Sherriffs exhibition
A unique collection of glamorous 1920s and 1930s portraits will go on display for the first time at London’s Cartoon Museum from 11th September, featuring the work of caricaturist Robert Stewart Sherriffs. The exhibition features illustrations of actors Charlie Chaplin,… Read More ›
Simon Furman drums up support for Bewdley Book Week event
A quick shout out for ace comics writer Simon Furman, who tells us he should be at the Bewdley Book Week in (you guessed it) Bewdley, near Kidderminster, Worcestershire on Friday 13th September to give a talk and book signing,… Read More ›
MCM To Launch Ireland Comic Con, Expand Scotland Comic Con in 2014
Do you live in Ireland? Are you a fan of science fiction, videogames, comics, cosplay or anime? Well, mark 12-13 April 2014 down in your diary, because that’s the date that the inaugural MCM Ireland Comic Con comes to Dublin…. Read More ›
Contemporary Artists’ Books and Book Designs exhibition at londonprintstudio
Londonprintstudio, which regularly includes comic art and supports new comic artists in its events program has just announced Unfold, an exhibition highlighting the quality and variety of contemporary artists' books and designs. The way that we see books is changing…. Read More ›
Photo Review: Stripped Mini Comic Fair
As part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival’s Stripped programme the Stripped weekend included a two-day Mini Comic Fair. This was a free to enter fair which was located across the road from the main BookFest in Charlotte Square Gardens… Read More ›
Photo Review: Edinburgh International Book Festival’s Stripped
How to sum up Stripped, the comics and graphic novels strand of the 2013 Edinburgh International Book Festival? As one of the Stripped bloggers I had more access than most and attended almost half of the forty-odd Stripped events as… Read More ›
Melksham Comic Con offers great creator line up – and Three Grump Editors!
A quick reminder that this Saturday is the day of Melksham Comic Con, a convention for the fans, by the fans. A day of comic books, games, sci-fi and pop culture madness in the heart of Wiltshire, the event includes… Read More ›
Dispatch from Belfast: Comics events at Local Festivals
Over the next month Belfast will see a mini comics event boom, with creators appearing at three different festivals and conventions. Andy Luke and Stephen Downey will be hosting a comics workshop in The Shakespeare Room at Belfast’s Grand Opera… Read More ›
Foyles Bookshop history retold in comics… big comics!
(via Paul Gravett): The history of Foyles, London’s famous bookshop and 2012 Bookseller of the Year, the location of many comic-related events down the years, has been illustrated by a stellar cast of graphic novel artists including Bryan Talbot, Hunt… Read More ›
CAPTION 21: Robots!
This weekend the East Oxford Community Centre is once again host to the comics festival Caption – and the event’s full schedule is detailed below. Creators from Oxford-based comics companies 2000AD and The Phoenix will be in attendance, and there… Read More ›
Edinburgh’s Stripped Weekend Arrives
This weekend the Edinburgh International Book Festival will be moving into full Stripped mode as the main weekend of their comics and graphic novels programme takes place. The impressive selection of talks range from children’s comics to adult graphic novels,… Read More ›
Leonardo In Edinburgh
No, not the hero in a half shell, the one the turtle was named after. He may predate all forms of comics, no matter what you consider to be the first published comic, but given that the Edinburgh International Book… Read More ›
Stripped Festival offers early release of collected ‘Young Avengers’
Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie’s take on Marvel’s Young Avengers has been widely credited as one of the most innovative and exciting comic series of the year. Young Avengers Volume 1 – collecting the first five issues of the comic… Read More ›
London’s “GeekFest” pulls the crowds, Paul Cornell wins award for “London Falling”
More than 1500 “geeks” converged this weekend for Nine Worlds Geekfest, London’s first annual celebration of geek culture, which included talks from comic creators and SF authors, discussions, workshops, comedy and music dedicated to all things geeky, with many fans… Read More ›
Neil Gaiman, Chris Riddell, get set to spill the milk – tickets selling fast
If you are going to be in London on Tuesday 15th October 2013, you might want to buy tickets as soon as possible (since they’re selling fast) to go and see Neil Gaiman read the whole of Fortunately, The Milk…… Read More ›
Christian Ward’s ‘Dead Cats’ exhibition at London’s Orbital Comics
(via Paul Gravett): London’s Orbital Comics Gallery near Leicester Square, London has just opened their latest exhibition of original comics art: ‘Dead Cats’ by Christian Ward. Spinning out of the much-lauded Infinite Vacation mini-series from Image comics (co-created by Christian… Read More ›
Ireland’s Cootehill International Cartoon Festival lines up UK guests
Via Bloghorn: The Cootehill International Cartoon Festival takes place in County Cavan, Ireland, over the weekend of 14-15th September and will feature workshops, exhibitions and live drawing, and guests such as John Berkeley, Hunt Emerson, Tim Leatherbarrow and Graeme Keyes…. Read More ›
Stripped Event Review: Joe Sacco – The Graphic Truth
Joe Sacco, writer and illustrator, born in Malta, raised in Australia and based in America, is a comics journalist who tends to document war from the other side – not the side of the soldiers who do the fighting but… Read More ›