Volume 4 of Network‘s Joe 90 Blu-Ray collections of the Gerry Anderson series features the final six episodes, beautifully remastered in HD, and a brand-new comic featuring art from acclaimed comics artist Paul McCaffrey. The special Blu-Ray also features a brand-new… Read More ›
Other Worlds
Non Comics items – TV, Film, Books, and other things that internet wandering alerted us to
Latest BACK ISSUE magazine delves into comics’ Alternate Realities
Available now to order from Twomorrow Publishing: BACK ISSUE #111, the “Alternate Realities” issue, cover-featuring the 20th anniversary of Alex Ross and Jim Krueger’s Marvel Earth X. Also: star-loaded looks back at Marvel’s What If?, Bronze Age DC Imaginary Stories,… Read More ›
Oor Wullie heads to Dundee Rep for Christmas
Jings, Crivvens, Help Ma Boab! Scotland’s cheekiest, spiky-haired scamp Oor Wullie is back for Christmas at Dundee Rep! The only question is – where’s his bucket?!
Doctor Who: Panel to Panel goes retro!
Episode #109 of Doctor Who: Panel to Panel is live
Support Red Nose Day… the Mekon Commands It!
The illustrious leader of the Treens commands your support of Red Nose Day… via this cheeky cartoon from Commando, Dan Dare and Charlotte Corday artist Keith Page!
Star Trek: Discovery U.S.S. Enterprise model out soon from Eaglemoss Collections
The next issue of the Star Trek Discovery Starships Collection from Eaglemoss Collections, out 31st March 2019, features a model of the show’s version of the Constitution-class U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 – the most iconic Starfleet vessel of the 23rd century
First Look: The Art Of Ian Kennedy
DC Thomson Media’s Heritage Comics much-anticipated and eagerly awaited book, The Art Of Ian Kennedy, celebrating 70 years of Kennedy’s illustrious career at DC Thomson, is available to pre-order now
Jaws set to bite again with new t-shirts heading to UK stores
Look out for new t-shirt designs featuring Universal Pictures properties such as Back to the Future, Jaws, Despicable Me and more in British high street stores later this year. Licensed clothing specialist Poetic Brands has just announced a new agreement… Read More ›
Free Cult Comics and Fantasy Film from Indonesia event in London this weekend
Offering film screenings, a comics exhibition and discussions, A Weekend of Cult Comics and Fantasy Film from Indonesia, takes place at SOAS University of London this weekend, 16-17th March 2019. The free exhibition, at the College Buildings in Russell Square… Read More ›
In Review: Captain Marvel
Review by Tim Robins The Plot: Captain Marvel is an extraterrestrial Kree warrior who finds herself caught in the middle of an intergalactic battle between her people and the Skrulls. Living on Earth in 1995, she keeps having recurring memories… Read More ›
Nick Abadzis Retrospective Exhibition announced
Eisner Award-winning British comic creator Nick Abadzis been invited by Scott Eder Gallery at the Mana Contemporary in New Jersey to put on a show. “It’ll be in Fall (Autumn to you/us Brits),” says Nick, “so that gives me a… Read More ›
Panel Borders: Inking and Painting Women
Celebrating International Women’s Day, Panel Borders: Inking and Painting Women features guest presenter Myriad Editions publisher Corinne Pearlman introduce three talks about female comic creators, recorded at Laydeez Do Comics
Now We Are Two: Lakes Festival Podcast celebrates anniversary with Killtopia creator Dave Cook
Episode 47 marks the Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast‘s two year anniversary show. The ace team led by Ian Loxam and Nikki Bates have been on the air twice a month for two whole years – and what a… Read More ›
Dave Gibbons Watchmen #1 cover sells for staggering £171,383 in auction
More than 30 collectors made a play for Dave Gibbons Watchmen #1 original cover art at the weekend’s Heritage Auctions’ Comics & Comic Art auction in Dallas – before it finally sold for $228,000 (£171,383) – but it was not… Read More ›
BBC Four’s “Comics Britannia” re-visited
Back in 2007, the BBC broadcast Comics Britannia, a three-part documentary series devoted to history of British comics – a welcome and major retrospective of our medium (if a tad simplistic for some commentators tastes), that prompted a lot of creators to suggest the Corporation should do more to cover it
Supermarionation (and more) celebrated with shows old and new by Century 21 Films
A draughty warehouse on the Slough Trading Estate in the 1960s: what could possibly be so special about such a place? One word: Supermarionation… the term most associated with Gerry Anderson’s many TV shows, and the inspiration for Moon Rangers,… Read More ›
ComicScene’s first monthly issue on sale now, Sainsbury’s take copies too
The first monthly issue of ComicScene Magazine, featuring a classic Roy of the Rovers cover, is on sale now. The title is available from comic shops, all good newsagents by order, WHSmith, McColls and Easons (in Ireland) and 400 selected Sainsbury’s supermarkets – and I’m honoured to be part of it.
Build Your Own Saturn V!
Prepare for the launch of your very own Apollo 11, months before the anniversary launch and moon landing date! Designed and made in Denmark, Plus-Plus is a building brick toy that lets you create 3D masterpieces, models can be as… Read More ›
Missing Doctor Who episode “Mission to the Unknown” recreated – in Preston!
“Mission to the Unknown”, a lost Doctor Who episode from 1965 has been authentically recreated by students, graduates and staff from the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) in Preston.
Will Munch Cats! lead the way and bring an end to polybagged comics on the news stand?
For those of you fed up with magazines for your kids wrapped in plastic, complete with plastic tat toy, a new magazine launched for 5-10 year olds called Munch Cats! might just be what you’re looking for.