Celebrate all things Doctor Who at Forbidden Planet later this month, when Rob Williams and Al Ewing sign the store’s exclusive Variant Cover of Doctor Who 11th #1 in Bristol on 26th July from 3 – 4pm. (yes, we… Read More ›
Events
CamCon returns to Cambridge in August
Following the success of last year’s event, the CamCon team have announced that a third one day convention celebrating all things geeky will be held once again at the Junction in Cambridge on 30th August 2014 – and the guest line up… Read More ›
Prince’s Drawing School announces Comics and Graphic Novels course
The Prince’s Drawing School, Shoreditch has announced a one week Drawing Stories: Comics and Graphic Novels course later this month, taught by Emily Haworth-Booth, the winner of last year’s Jonathan Cape/Observer/Comica Graphic Short Story Prize This one week course, is suitable for both beginners… Read More ›
Scott Pilgrim creator Bryan Lee O’Malley heads to Edinburgh
Bryan Lee O’Malley, creator of the international bestseller Scott Pilgrim, is set to make his literary festival debut at this year’s Stripped 2014 graphic novel strand of Edinburgh International Book Festival to talk about his much-anticipated new graphic novel, Seconds,… Read More ›
Creators @ MCM Belfast Comic Con 2014
The inaugural MCM Belfast Comic Con took place over the weekend of 7/8th June drawing around 16,000 attendees to the King’s Hall Pavilion in Belfast and was reviewed here in downthetubes. A selection of the creators in the Comics Village… Read More ›
Photo Review: MCM Belfast Comic Con 2014
With their six monthly London events now the largest ‘Movie Comic Media’ events in the country, the MCM organisation is expanding its activities further around the British Isles, albeit under the now chronically over used tag of “Comic Con” rather… Read More ›
Free Karrie Fransman And Amruta Patil Event In Dundee
On Friday 27 June 2014 as part of the Culture 2014 tie-in with the Commonwealth Games, Scottish PEN and Literary Dundee are holding a graphic novel panel talk featuring Karrie Fransman and Amruta Patil to be chaired by Peggy Hughes…. Read More ›
What’s Through the Shop Window? Lakes Festival plans creator “Trail” of local art
In 2013, the Lakes International Comic Art Festival ‘Windows on Art Trail’ made an incredible impact, involving both business and locals in the inaugural event with fun displays of comics and comic-related ephemera. As with all such activities, the aim was… Read More ›
Comics @ Edinburgh International Book Festival 2014
The Edinburgh International Book Festival has released its programme for 2014. As expected after the 40+ events for their major Stripped ‘festival within a festival’ in 2013, this year BookFest has dialled their coverage of comics and graphic novels back… Read More ›
Dobby to Dark Knight: Concept Artists in Action at Lakes International Comic Art Festival
The Dark Knight Returns, Scott Pilgrim vs The World, Star Wars, the Harry Potter movies, Kingsman: The Secret Service… these wouldn’t achieve their box office successes without the genius of concept artists. So the Lakes International Comic Art Festival is pleased to be featuring four… Read More ›