China Now, the UK’s largest ever festival of Chinese culture, has announced the first ever major exhibition in Britain to explore Manhua – the powerful narrative art form of comics and graphic novels in China – and will include the… Read More ›
Events
Aye Write!
The third Aye Write! Book Festival takes place in Glasgow’s Mitchell Library from 7 to 15 March 2008. Included this year in the programme are talks by Scottish science fiction authors Iain M Banks and Ken MacLeod who will be… Read More ›
Under the Eagle
Under the Eagle, a new play from author, script writer and former Doctor Who script editor Andrew Cartmel has just begun a three week run at the White Bear Theatre, London. Directed by Conrad Blakemore, Andrew says the play is… Read More ›
Prestonpandemonium Returns
Just a quick reminder (since Jeremy Briggs posted the info a couple of weeks ago) that Prestonpandemonium III, the third comics and small press event in Prestonpans, Scotland, will take place on Saturday 31st May 2008 – 12.00– 3.00 p.m…. Read More ›
Who’s in London
(with thanks to Matthew Badham): Doctor Who comes to London, and not just in a specially created event for EastEnders, either. The Doctor Who Exhibition, Earls Court, London opens to the public Easter 2008. The exhibition will be situated in… Read More ›
BBC Angouleme Comics Festival Report 2008
BBC reporter Hugh Schofield has filed a report on this year’s Angouleme Festival on the BBC web site as part of coverage by Radio 4’s From Our Own Correspondent news programme, still reeling, it would seem, from arriving in the… Read More ›
Joe Abercrombie Signing, London
Lancaster-born fantasy author Joe Abercrombie will be signing his new book, Last Argument of Kings, at the Forbidden Planet Megastore, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, on Thursday 20th March 6-7pm Abercrombie is a freelance film editor, who after several knock-backs from… Read More ›
Brightonomicon at Forbidden Planet London
Robert Rankin, Jason Isaacs, David Warner and Rupert Degas are among several top creators who will be signing the audio book version of Robert’s The Brightonomicon at the Forbidden Planet Megastore, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8JR, this week, on… Read More ›
Judge Dredd: Reality Sets In
Judge Dredd writer Alan Grant says he now finds it hard to write the comic because real life has strayed too close to his science fiction dystopia. Speaking to the Sunday Herald he told the paper that while doing research… Read More ›
Local Heroes Exhibition
There were more details at Hi-Ex of the comics exhibition that the National Library of Scotland is putting on later in the year in Edinburgh. Previously reported here as Comics Grow Up! it has now been retitled as Local Heroes… Read More ›