Spooktacular! Monster Fun returns to the news stand later this year
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SHIFT Presents… Spacewarp cover by Charlie Gillespie revealed
Check out this news stand edition of Pat Mills latest comic creation!
Who remembers the Letraset Art Sheets of artist Aubrey Rix?
Letraset Art Sheets were once hugely popular alternatives to “clip art” – but not, perhaps, for their creator…
Latest Doctor Who Panel to Panel Podcast features all-new interview with former Doctor Who Magazine editor Gary Gillatt
An exclusive interview with a former Doctor Who Magazine editor and author
Call for Papers for Comics Up Close – New Perspectives in Comic Art
A shout out for papers for this one-day event, part of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival in October
Organ Bros TV series turned comic with help of British comic creators Brian Williamson and Matt Soffe
Check out this pilot comic for a new TV show, with art by Brian Williamson
Fundraiser live now for MIND, raising money in memory of comic creator Dave Evans
A special fundraiser in aid of MIND, in memory of a brilliant British independent comic creator
Creating Comics: Thunderbirds Step by Step, by Mike Noble
Fancy drawing Thunderbirds, Mike Noble style? Of course you do…
Comic Creator Spotlight: Luis Guaragna
Spotlighting a terrific Norwegian comic artist, perhaps best known for his work for US publisher StormKing Comics
BBC Studios announce Doctor Who: The Evil of the Daleks animation, due for release 27th September 2021
Great news for fans of classic Doctor Who
First Class! Dennis and BEANO friends mark his 70th anniversary on new set of Royal Mail stamps
Check out these fun anniversary Royal Mail “Dennis” stamps
Full programme announced and tickets on sale for October’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival
The festival events programme is now online and tickets for this year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival are now on sale. More guests have been announced, joining an already star-studded line-up for the in-person weekend long celebration of comics in Kendal, Cumbria,… Read More ›
Hibernia’s latest Fleetway Files collection revives “The Indestructible Man”
Independent publisher Hibernia Comics has just released its second Fleetway Files collection, The Indestructible Man, by Scott Goodall MBE and Jesus Blasco, first published in the short-lived JAG comic in 1968/69. Wrongly entombed in the ancient pyramids of Egypt for… Read More ›
“Cartooning in Africa” conference in Paris aims to celebrate press freedom this weekend
Find out more about this major celebration of cartoonists working across Africa, often in difficult, and sometimes dangerous situations…
Film Rights Optioned for Bryan Talbot’s “The Tale of One Bad Rat”
Great news for fans of Bryan Talbot’s powerful graphic novel, first published by Dark Horse Comics
Reinventing Comic Characters: The European Approach
Comic characters are being adapted for a modern audience across the Channel. Peter Duncan takes a look…
Latest Catawiki International Original Comic Art Comics Auction includes more art by Reg Bunn, Jesús Blasco and Sydney Jordan
More British creators in the auction spotlight thanks to Catawiki
300 Contributors, 120 Stories, One World-Changing Book, out this October, delivering Stories to Save the World
Available to pre-order now, in aid of one very good cause – saving our planet!
2000AD publishing plans for 45th birthday revealed: new Encyclopedia, first ever “Judge Dredd: Legends of the Law” in the works
2000AD publisher Rebellion have some great books coming up to mark the Galaxy’s Greatest Comics’ 45th birthday in 2022
Bringing “Rivers of London” to comics: An exclusive interview with Ben Aaronovitch and Andrew Cartmel
A chat with writers Ben Aaronovitch and Andrew Cartmel, as new Rivers of London projects debut – plus a ROL chronology, too!