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 ›
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Photos from the Opening of the Aberdeen Commando Exhibition
It’s not often a comics event is opened with a bagpiper, even in Scotland, so driving into the car park of the Gordon Highlanders Museum in Aberdeen on a slightly overcast summer’s morning to the skirl of the pipes set… 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 ›
London Film and Comic Con 2012
Crowds gathered at Olympia, London from 6-8th July for another hugely successful London Film and Comic Con. High-profile TV and movie guests included Bernard Cribbins, Freema Agyeman and John Simms from Doctor Who, Gillian Anderson from The X-Files, Gates McFadden and… Read More ›
Rogue Trooper history for sale
“The Emperor” came across some cracking early Rogue Trooper art and concepts by Dave Gibbons on eBay
Panel Borders: Scott Snyder and Jock – The Black Mirror
In the first of a series of shows about comic book creators who collaborate together, Alex Fitch of radio show Panel Borders talks to writer Scott Snyder and artist Jock about their 2010 / 2011 collaboration on Detective Comics, collected… Read More ›