The recent death of artist Jack Cunningham ended a long life that contributed to many British girls’ comics. Jack was one of IPC’s unsung heroes, and worked on a number of their women’s magazines and girls’ comics, including Mirabelle (1956-77),… Read More ›
In a bumper episode of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast, Ian Loxam and Nikki Bates chat to Andrew Mark Sewell and Richard Kurti of B7 Media about the Dan Dare Audio Adventures, which have been airing on BBC… Read More ›
In the latest episode of the Lakes International Comic Art Podcast hosts Ian Loxam and Nicole Bates chat to the creators of the SelfMadeHero published book Tumult, writer John Harris Dunning and artist Michael Kennedy. These two fine gentleman talk about… Read More ›
Episode 103 of the Doctor Who: Panel to Panel Podcast is live and dials back time to IDW’s time publishing stories of everyone’s favourite Time Lord. Doctor Who Magazine contributor Will Shaw joins host Jeremy Bement discuss his article about… Read More ›
UK independent producer and publisher B7 Media, the team behind the award-winning Dan Dare Audio Adventures, has announced Dilation, a new audio drama co-production with Par-sec Productions. Dilation revolves around a gifted scientist Amanda Higgs (voiced by Sioned Jones). Missing… Read More ›
Seeking crowdfunding on Unbound, Glarnies, Green Berets & Goons is a new book by Julie Warren, aiming to tell the remarkable story of Larry Stephens, a World War Two commando who transformed British comedy. British popular culture would probably be… Read More ›
Episode 102 of Doctor Who: Panel to Panel is live – and has a decidedly Thirteenth Doctor flavour. Writer Richard Dinnick joins host Jeremy Bement on the Doctor Who comics podcast to chat about the upcoming Thirteenth Doctor Volume 0… Read More ›
One of the creators of Ben 10 and the writer of the magnificent I Kill Giants, Joe Kelly is the guest on the latest episode of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast. Joe, who returns to the Lakes International… Read More ›
Two new audio adventures based on two much-loved Doctor Who Weekly comic strips – “The Iron Legion” and “The Star Beast” – stories originally written by Pat Mills and John Wagner and drawn by Dave Gibbons – are being released… Read More ›
Andrew Mark Sewell, Managing Director at B7 Media, reveals the background to production of the award-winning Dan Dare Audio Adventures, now airing on BBC Radio 4 Extra… “Each comic book panel was so vivid and rich in imagination, it has… Read More ›
A new monthly comics podcast – Masters in Comics – launches in two weeks time, a new project offering insight into creating comics from the University of Dundee’s Phillip Vaughan. Masters in Comics will offer a chat with some of… Read More ›
Dan Dare is returning to BBC radio, with broadcasts of the first three audio adventures from B7 Media on BBC Radio 4 Extra next month. The first three episodes (Volume One) of the Dan Dare – The Audio Adventures starring… Read More ›
The Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast team have just released Episode 32, which features a great interview with crime novelist and comics writer Ian Rankin. The creator of the Rebus novels chats about his career, his love of comics… Read More ›
The Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast team visited Macc-Pow in Macclesfield last month, now in its third year. Podcast co-host Nikki Bates stood behind the table selling comics for the first time, while Ian Loxam had a great chat with… Read More ›
UK independent audio drama producer and film maker B7 Media has once again triumphed at the New York International Radio Festival, winning the prestigious ‘Best Digital Drama’ Gold award for volume 2 of its acclaimed audio reinvention of Dan Dare. Needless… Read More ›
Comics writer Matt Garvey is the guest on the latest Lakes International Comic Art Festival podcast. He’s written a whole host of comics including The Either, Chunks, White Noir and The Devil in Disguise. Hosts Ian Loxam and Nikki Bates talk… Read More ›
In a trio of interviews recorded at academic events for the comics radio show Panel Borders, Alex Fitch talks to three writers of academic books about comics. At the IGNCC conference at the University of Dundee, Alex talks to David… Read More ›
Beano cartoonist and Lakes International Comic Art Festival patron Zoom Rockman is the guest of the organisation’s podcast this week. Zoom is a young creator who started producing comics from a young age, He appeared in the Beano at age… Read More ›
The Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast took a trip out to Oldham Comic Con 2018 last weekend and landed plenty of conversations with some terrific comic creators. “We had a great time and it really was a well ran… Read More ›
Got a favourite British comics Podcast? The 2000AD Thrillcast perhaps, or the Awesome Comics Podcast? Panel Borders? Newcomers like the Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast? There are a huge range of of great podcasts out there produced here in… Read More ›