Budding comic artists and cartoonists are being offered a free opportunity to learn a few top tips and create your own comic book from Beano artist Nick Brennan at the end of this month, as part of a huge number of… Read More ›
Events
SBA is Dead – Long live Edinburgh Comic Con!
Following the successful outing of their first convention in Edinburgh, Hero Conventions have decided to re-brand their Something Bl**dy Awesome event as Edinburgh Comic Con. The first convention under the new namee will take place in 2015. The initial steps… Read More ›
Bristol Comic and Zine Fair back in October
The annual Bristol Comic and Zine Fair returns to The Station on 4th October 2014, and the organisers have opended the dorrs to creators to apply for tables. The Fair, now in its fourth year and curated by Bear Pit Zines… Read More ›
Weekend of Music And Poetry to mark 100th Anniversary of First World War
Garsington Opera has announced a special Beethoven weekend of music and poetry exploring the themes of tyranny, justice and freedom from oppression is planned to mark the 100th anniversary of the First World War on 5th – 6th July. Peace… Read More ›
Steampunk set to take over Morecambe!
The League of Splendid are inviting everyone to enjoy ‘A Splendid Day Out’ in Morecambe – “The Naples of the North” on Saturday 31st May. From noon until 4.30pm, everyone is invited along to the Steampunk Festival at the Platform in… Read More ›
British creators lined up for Malta Comic Con 2014
The dates for this year’s much-loved Malta Comic Con were announced last week by organisers Wicked Comics. The popular event, which promotes both burgeoning local talent and regularly includes British comic creators on the guest list, will be back on Saturday 29th and… Read More ›
Alternative Press take over London this Saturday
A quick reminder that Alternative Press will be at the Bishopsgate Institute, London this Saturday (10th May), an event created collaboration with the London Radical Bookfair and the Alliance of Radical Booksellers From 10.00am – 5.00pm and with help of 85 small press exhibitors, the AP team will… Read More ›
Digital Comics under the spotlight at October’s Lakes Festival
Top digital comic creators from both sides of the Atlantic form part of this year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival line-up, and several events will focus on this rapidly-evolving comics form, which offers the tantalising opportunity of reaching out to… Read More ›
MancsterCon back in August
The MancsterCon Independent Sequential Art Convention returns to Manchester in August, following a successful three day event last year filled with screenings, talks and workshops, cosplay catwalks and a host of local comic artists. Taking place from 8th –… Read More ›
Writers & Artists Present: Getting Published: Which Route Do I Take?
There’s a conference on self-publishing in London in July that, while focusing on the written word, might be of interest to any comic creator who is releasing their own work direct. Writers & Artists Present: Getting Published: Which Route Do… Read More ›
Artist Roy Cross Interviewed In RAF Museum Magazine
The second issue of RADAR, the RAF Museum’s quarterly magazine, is now available to read for free on the museum’s website and features an interview with Eagle and Swift artist Roy Cross. This interview ties in with Cross’ work for… Read More ›
BBC News features ‘Comics Unmasked’ new British Library exhibition
Here’s Paul Gravett and academic Dave Huxley on BBC News this morning, talking comics and the Comics Unmasked exhibition at the British Library. Crisis, the Eagle and more got name checks (and there’s a vox pops sequence shot at… Read More ›
London’s ICA to celebrate work of Moomins creator Tove Jansson, comics to feature
Coinciding with the 100th anniversary of the birth of Moomins creator Tove Jansson (1914 – 2001), London’s Institute of Contemporary Arts is to host an exhibition, starting in July, presenting original unseen photographs and material relating to her life and work,… Read More ›
Digital Reading Network announces first Symposium in June, includes digital comics discussion
The Arts and Humanities Research Council-funded Digital Reading Network will be hosting its first symposium on 19th June in the Executive Business Centre at Bournemouth University, and will include a number of comic-related panels.. All are welcome to attend this… Read More ›
New exhibition celebrates 25 years of Wallace & Gromit
A new Wallace & Gromit exhibition to celebrate 25 years of two of Britain’s best loved animated characters comes to Bristol’s M Shed Museum from 24th May 2014. Wallace & Gromit From the Drawing Board will run throughout the summer, inviting W&G… Read More ›
Eddie Campbell joins Lakes International Comic Art Festival Line-Up
The Lakes International Comic Art Festival has just announced that the award-winning comic creator Eddie Campbell has joined the event’s line-up of guests, as one of the “extra” names for the weekend-long event in October that will be revealed across the next few months…. Read More ›
Imagining Scotland, 2043… a comic vision unfolds in brave new project
The Edinburgh International Book Festival and Freight Books have announced the six teams of major names in European comics and graphic novels who have collaborated on a new graphic novel which will be launched in August 2014. As part… Read More ›
Call for Papers: Graphic Details: Confessional Comics by Jewish Women
The deadline for abstracts for “Graphic Details: Confessional Comics by Jewish Women” (Communities of Experience) is fast approaching (15th May), to be considered for presentation at a One Day Symposium to be held on 12th November 2014 at JW3, The… Read More ›
Lakes Festival’s Cartoon Mascot springs to life!
The Felt Mistress (aka Louise Evans) has just released a “first look” at a real-world “Poblin”, one of the mascots for this year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival designed by Jonathan Edwards. (See News story) Expect to see Poblin and chums… Read More ›
Graphic Brighton celebrates the town’s many comic links
Graphic Brighton, which takes place on Saturday 24th May, will celebrate the comic community in Brighton with talks, one to one surgeries, Q and A’s, interactive presentations and hands-on workshops. Guests include local creators Hannah Berry, Paul Collicutt, Lawrence Elwick, John Higgins,… Read More ›