To celebrate the UK DVD and Blu-ray release of Watchmen, London’s Southbank will stage an art exhibition with a difference on Tuesday 28th July with the comic’s artist Dave Gibbons and acclaimed graffiti artist Chu. Chu will showcase his artistic… Read More ›
The National Media Museum in Bradford will be presenting their 8th Fantastic Film Weekend from 12 to 14 June. The Film Weekend has become a hugely popular event for fans of sci-fi and horror movies and this year there’ll be… Read More ›
If you’re in Northern Ireland this weekend, then head along to the 2D Festival at the Verbal Arts Centre in Derry, which is now up and running with guests David Lloyd, Liam Sharp, Glenn Fabry, Mike Collins, Bryan Talbot, David… Read More ›
Last week David Baillie was our downthetubes roving reporter lucky enough to be invited to a private view of the new Manwha 100 exhibition in London which, if the name hasn’t already given the game away, celebrates the 100th anniversary… Read More ›
There’s still a month to go in the UK before Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen opens in cinemas here (19th June), but the first part of US publisher IDW’s comic adaptation, written by Transformers supremo Simon Furman, is on sale… Read More ›
The Korea Creative Content Agency and Korean Cultural Centre UK have announced a celebration of the centenary of Korean comics, known as manhwa, with a host of interrelated special exhibitions, events and film screenings, starting next week. Manhwa: A Language… Read More ›
Sunday 26 April sees the second Leeds Zombie Film Festival. Held at the Cottage Road Cinema in the Headingly region of the city from 12 noon to 12 midnight, full day passes (available from the box office on the day… Read More ›
• ComX publisher Eddie Deighton has just been interviewed for a new article, published here on comicon, giving a little insight into the company and his thoughts on the industry, offering advice for small publishers and comments on viral marketing…. Read More ›
• Lucasfilm has published a feature on Dave Gibbons and Alan Moore’s connections to Star Wars, documenting the pair’s early Star Wars work. Alan wrote several Star Wars tales for Marvel UK while Dave’s first contribution was as an artist… Read More ›
In the absence of getting to the film myself yet — is it really worth putting up with modern cinema goers habits like texting on their mobiles, talking through the film and having the bladder control of fleas to bother?… Read More ›