Roving reporter James Bacon was at the latest outstanding Commando and British Comics Swap Meet in Glasgow this weekend…
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This Week’s Panel Borders: “Challenging Lives” with comic creators Eliza Fricker and Jonathan Sandler
Two comic creators explore challenging issues through their comics
Ghosts spirits away with fifth and final season
Hit BBC comedy Ghosts is to end
Sneak Peek: Tripwire magazine goes quarterly from May 2023
Returning to more regular print editions, the next issue of Tripwire spotlights the new Indiana Jones film, and much more
Secret origins revealed in upcoming issue of Defenders UK
British football comics homaged in the latest issue of the long-running digital fanzine
Doctor Who – Terror from the Deep: Episode 22
Trouble in the Chunnel for the Doctor and Ace!
Flower Fairies centenary exhibition opens soon at Liverpool’s Lady Lever Gallery
Author and illustrator Cicely Mary Barker’s Flower Fairies in the spotlight
Beatles in Comics exhibition opens in Liverpool
The Fab Four in comics, remembered
Organise your own comic art summer camp!
Fancy running your own art summer camp? Comic Art Europe shares some tips
Already a winner in France, “Stray” catches British national media eye as BAFTA Game Awards nominee
Not content with running over the internet, cats are taking over games, too
In Memoriam: Comic Artist Ernesto Garcia Seijas
His work criminally unknown to many English-speaking comics fans, we mark the passing of a South American legend
Changes at the top of Marvel, as Disney begins layoffs, eliminating 7000 jobs
Big changes at Marvel as a first round of layoffs begin
MACC-POW Comic Art Festival lineup firmed up, includes BEANO artists and more
Humour comics artists galore, and more, bound for Macclesfield
Rebellion Releases: 2000AD REGENED, and Robo-Hunter news, too!
This week’s titles from Rebellion, plus news of a new Robo-Hunter collection heading our way…
Dark Horse Books heads into space – LEGO Space, that is!
There’s a new book on the way exploring the birth and early life of LEGO Space
Commando honours artist Gordon C Livingstone with latest releases
Commando honours one of its own with a special set of war stories
In Review: John Wick: Chapter 4
Tim Robins reviews the latest entry in the hugely-successful action-mayhem franchise
Quentin Blake: Illustrating Verse exhibition on UK tour
Quentin Blake’s wonderful art, out on tour around the UK through 2023, and beyond
Frank Quitely helps launch “The Ambassadors” in Glasgow this weekend with Forbidden Planet signing
Get ready for a globetrotting comic series unlike any other…
New “Blake’s 7: Origins” limited edition book collection debuts from Big Finish
A splendid treat for Terry Nation’s SF adventure series