Multiverse #6 – available on Graphic.ly While the print edition of comics magazine Multiverse #6 has yet to hit UK comic shops, it is available at various online locations, including Graphicly, Myebook and Comicsplus. Edited by Mike Conroy, each 52-page issue includes… Read More ›
Other Worlds
Non Comics items – TV, Film, Books, and other things that internet wandering alerted us to
Lazy Oaf launches chic Batman clothing range
Image: Viktor Vauthier © Lazy Oaf East London-based fashion street wear label Lazy Oaf has just launched a very stylish range of Batman-themed clothing, in the run up to the release of The Dark Knight Rises on 20th July. Image… Read More ›
Famous Five to ape Doctor Who (or is that Timeslip?)
The cast of The Famous Five1978 production, scripted byRichard Carpenter London-based Kindle Entertainment, makers of the critically acclaimed CBBC show Leonardo are to turn Enid Blyton’s The Famous Five into a time travel show. The company recently announced it has… Read More ›
Past Perfect #54
A look at Paul Ware’s Past Perfect magazine, by Richard Sheaf
In Review: The Random Adventures of Brandon Generator
Writer / Director: Edgar WriterArtist / Animator: Tommy Lee EdwardsNarrator: Julian BarrattMusic: Unloved (David Holmes, Keefus Green and Jade Vincent)Publisher: Microsoft 4 online episodes, approx 7 mins each The plot: Brandon Generator, a freelance writer with writer’s block, overdoes on… Read More ›
Panel Borders: Tom Gauld and Simone Lia discuss Cabanon Press
Panel Borders: Cabanon Press In the second of a series of shows about comic book creators who have collaborated together, Alex Fitch talks to celebrated British cartoonists Tom Gauld and Simone Lia in a conversation recorded at this year’s Spring… Read More ›
Stan Lee Excelsior Award 2012 Winners announced
The full results of the Stan Lee Excelsior Award 2012 can now be revealed! This award for graphic novels is fully endorsed by The Stan Lee Foundation and the School Library Association. Seventy seven UK schools took part this year… Read More ›
Fanfare, Knockabout Comics and K9 team up for San Diego!
The annual pilgrimage that is San Diego Comic-Con has begun anew for many creators and British-Spanish publisher Ponent Mon/Fanfare has dropped us a line to tell us about lots of interesting products they’ll have at the show from a host… Read More ›
Rogue Trooper history for sale
“The Emperor” came across some cracking early Rogue Trooper art and concepts by Dave Gibbons on eBay
Eagle Times Pays Tribute to artist Bruce Cornwell (Volume 25, Number Two)
The latest issue of Eagle Times leads with a tribute to Dan Dare artist Bruce Cornwell, who died on 2nd March 2012. Summer 2012 Contents ‘The Hands of Gods’ – a look at how three talented artists, Frank Hampson, Ron Embleton… Read More ›
Panel Borders: Brockley (co)Max
Above: Sarah Gordon, Howard Hardiman, Simone Lia, Gary Northfield, Julia Scheele, Kieron Gillen, Woodrow Phoenix and Alex Fitch at Brockley Max In the last of Panel Borders series of shows about comic book communities around the UK, Alex Fitch talks… Read More ›
Fringe Benefits: Manchester prepares for invasion by Robots of Death
Matt Badham goes behind the scenes on the new Manchester Fringe Festival
John de Lancie at UK’s first My Little Pony convention
Star Trek: The Next Generation‘s John de Lancie is the Guest of Honour at Britain’s first ever ‘Brony’ convention in August, taking place in Manchester, celebrating all things My Little Pony. While My Little Pony may not seem our usual… Read More ›
Skilleter releases ‘Sarah Jane’ charity print
Artist Andrew Skilleter has released Sarah Jane Tribute Charity Print, donating a set sum from each and every print sale to supporting the Macmillan (Cancer) Nurses, £2.50 on an A4 size print, and £5 on an A3 size print. The… Read More ›
Cybermen limited edition book goes on sale (break out your gold)
Acclaimed illustrator Andrew Skilleter, perhaps best known for his Doctor Who art, is offering Cybermen fans the opportunity to buy a unique edition of the Cybermen book first published by Who Dares/Silver Fist in 1988 – a limited facsimile edition… Read More ›
As any Doctor Who fan knows…
Art by Smuzz. Our purpose is to amuse, simply to amuse… Nothing serious, nothing political….
Panel Borders: Brighton Comix
Continuing Panel Borders month of shows about comic book communities around the UK, Alex Fitch visits a meeting of Cartoon County in Brighton and chats to David Lloyd, Daniel Locke, Joe Decie, Steve Carroll, Nye Wright and Tim Pilcher about… Read More ›
Dan Dare Radio Show – Missing Episode surfaces
Back in 2008, I posted a news story here titled “Dan Dare’s Holy Grail“, reporting on the continued hunt for episodes of the Dan Dare radio show broadcast by Radio Luxembourg in the 1950s. Aired on Radio Luxembourg between July… Read More ›
Bumper British comics auction announced
An auction of collectable British comics and annuals from the 1920s onwards – most published by DC Thomson – is set to take place next month on behalf of the estate of avid collector Des O’Leary. Organised by Bloomsbury Auctions,… Read More ›
Steve Parkhouse and Peter Hogan talk Resident Alien
Get along to the Kapow! convention, Islington Design Centre tomorrow to hear an episode of Panel Borders being recorded live, as Alex Fitch talks to writer Peter Hogan and artist Steve Parkhouse about their new serialised comic Resident Alien, published… Read More ›