© DC Thomson The 220,000 people who are expected to attend this year’s Edinburgh Tattoo (3rd-25th August) on the Castle Esplanade will witness one of the most unusual performance pieces in the event’s 60 year history. Sporting his famous red… Read More ›
Events
Beasts take over the Cartoon Museum!
Animals have always inspired cartoon and comic artists, from the British Lion to Bunny Suicides, Korky the Cat to Simon’s Cat. Now, London’s Cartoon Museum is to host an exhibition of animal-inspired cartoons. The Animal Crackers exhibition includes works by… Read More ›
Photos from the Opening of the Aberdeen Commando Exhibition
It’s not often a comics event is opened with a bagpiper, even in Scotland, so driving into the car park of the Gordon Highlanders Museum in Aberdeen on a slightly overcast summer’s morning to the skirl of the pipes set… Read More ›
London Film and Comic Con 2012
Crowds gathered at Olympia, London from 6-8th July for another hugely successful London Film and Comic Con. High-profile TV and movie guests included Bernard Cribbins, Freema Agyeman and John Simms from Doctor Who, Gillian Anderson from The X-Files, Gates McFadden and… Read More ›
Treating Comics Seriously: Six Questions For Curator Jesper Ericsson
Jesper Ericsson is the curator of the Gordon Highlanders Museum in Aberdeen which celebrates the 200 year history of the Gordon Highlanders infantry regiment from its creation in 1794 to its amalgamation with the Queen’s Own Highlanders in 1994. The… Read More ›
Steadfast! Commando Art Exhibition in Aberdeen
For the third time in less than twelve months the Commando archive has been opened to allow artwork to be used in a public exhibition. After the Draw Your Weapons exhibition in London’s National Army Museum and the Battlelines exhibition… Read More ›
Gaiman at Edinburgh Book Festival – tickets still available
A quick reminder that Neil Gaiman will be at the Edinburgh Book Festival on 13th August alongside Chris Riddell (who’s the Edinburgh Book Festival’s illustrator in residence). The pair of them will be discussing Coraline turning ten years old. “We… Read More ›
Commando Steadfastly Soldiers On
For the third time in less than twelve months the Commando archive has been opened to allow artwork to be used in a public exhibition. After the Draw Your Weapons exhibition in London’s National Army Museum (with downthetubes being the… Read More ›
Fringe Benefits: Manchester prepares for invasion by Robots of Death
Matt Badham goes behind the scenes on the new Manchester Fringe Festival
In Review: David Sutherland – Comics Genius Exhibition and Talk
The University Of Dundee has presented some unique comics events and exhibitions over the last five or six years under the auspices of Dr Chris Murray of the School of Humanities and Mathew Jarron of the University’s Museum Services. At… Read More ›
Alternative Press Festival plans exhibtions and other lead-in events
Preparations are now in full swing for this year’s International Alternative Press Festival on 4th-5th August 2012 at the Conway Hall, London. The second International Alternative Press Festival will bring together UK and European small press comix, zines, book arts… Read More ›
Beano Artist David Sutherland Exhibition and Talk
DC Thomson artist David Sutherland, who often signs his work simply as “DS”, has been drawing “The Bash Street Kids” in The Beano since 1962, a remarkable 50 years. In addition to “Bash Street”, he was also the regular artist… Read More ›
Professional Publishers Association plans UK’s first international magazine festival
The Professional Publishers Association – an organisation representing some 200 publishers and existing to promote and protect the interests of print and online publishers of consumer and business media in the UK – has announced MagFest, Britian’s first ever international festival devoted… Read More ›
Pushwagner exhibition prompts Milton Keynes small press fair
This summer, the Milton Keynes Art Gallery is hosting an exhibition of art by the acclaimed Norwegian artist and graphic novelist, Pushwagner. To run alongside the exhibition, they will also be putting on a number of events including, on the… Read More ›
Flint and Food – Hinkley’s Factoryroad Gallery lands comic exhibition
The Factoryroad Gallery in Hinkley, Leicestershire is hosting an exhibition of artwork from DJ Food‘s new album The Search Engine, and 2000AD artist Henry Flint‘s book Broadcast. The two artists collaborated on the art work for this album and the… Read More ›
Mezolith writer Ben Hegarty visits Lancaster
Internationally renowned storyteller Ben Haggarty, writer of The DFC‘s Mezolith strip, returns to Lancaster on Thursday 10th May with the epic tale of Gilgamesh. Possibly the oldest story in the world, this ancient masterpiece will be presented by Ben in… Read More ›
Commando Comic Art – The Show Goes On!
The exhibition of Commando cover art at the National Army Museum in London may have just finished, but fear not if you missed it. The Commando team have just informed us they’re working with another museum to put on a… Read More ›
BD and Comics Passion Festival returns to London in May
I don’t know, you don’t have a comics gathering to go to and then three come along at once. In addition to the long-announced Bristol International Comic Expo (12th-13th May) and Kapow (19th-20th) in London next month, we’ve just had… Read More ›
Comics Creators At Hi-Ex 2012: Part 2
Having taken a lot of photos of the various creators at the Hi-Ex comics convention, which took place at the Eden Court complex in Inverness last weekend, there was never going to be enough room in the main downthetubes review… Read More ›
In Review: Hi-Ex 2012
Begun in 2008 by Richmond Clements and Vicky Stonebridge, the Highlands International Comics Expo, Hi-Ex, takes place at the Eden Court Theatre and Cinema complex on the banks of the River Ness in Inverness and, after a break in 2011,… Read More ›