Topical buffoonery in this week’s Beano!
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Vintage British Comics galore on offer from Phil-Comics, plus original scripts and more
A cornucopia of comic delights is up for grabs
Rare Fleischer Studios’ Superman animation art offered by Heritage Auctions
Some ultra rare animation art goes under the hammer next month
Cutaway Comics on course to release new Doctor Who spin-off, “Eldrad Must Live”
Cutaway Comics new Doctor Who spin-off stories are proving a Kickstarter success
Doctor Who-inspired “Lethbridge-Stewart Colouring Book” in the works
Attention! There’s a new colouring book on parade…
Beano and Dandy Metal Plate Rarities included in latest Lockdales “Fine Sale” Auction
Some very rare humour comic printing plates are coming up for auction
Crowdfunding Spotlight: Sentinel #5 – Kazana The Slayer
Sword and sorcery returns to indie comics title Sentinel
Bryan Talbot announces Grandville: L’Intégrale
Great news for badger fans!
Russell Mark Olson’s Gateway City returns, as web comic and quarterly “newspaper”
A superb SF noir comic is heading back into the limelight
Beano Studios looks to reimagine DC Thomson comic character archive for TV, reportedly leading with teenage Dennis the Menace live action series
Could more DC Thomson Media-owned characters be heading to the small screen?
Buy a NICE comic, support your Local Comic Shop doing it!
A great idea to support Local Comic Shops…
In Review: Zarjaz Issue 38
Another 2000AD-inspired gem from Futurequake Press
SelfMadeHero issues #DrawYourBookshop Challenge
Publisher SelfMadeHero has come up with a great idea to promote local bookshops
Daleks in your garden? With Percy Thrower? Shurely shome mishtake…
An unusual blending of SF and gardening is on sale
More store closures ahead for comics and magazine retailer WH Smith
Nestling in the small print of WH Smith‘s latest Preliminary Results Announcement is confirmation that the beleaguered British high street news and magazine vendor is set to close 25 high street stores, affecting nearly 200 jobs – and there may be… Read More ›
Creating Comics: Comic Artist and 3D Sculptor Neil “Blackbird” Sims
Neil “Blackbird” Sims work – art and 3D – has stunned plenty…
200 Drawings: Art by Quentin Blake offered in charity fundraiser by House of Illustration
Great news for fans of Quentin Blake’s work
Doctor Who spin-off Daleks! launches today on YouTube
Daleks!, the animated Doctor Who spin-off launches today, 12th November 2020, on the official Doctor Who YouTube Channel. Five 10 minute episodes of Daleks! will stream, a new episode debuting weekly every Thursday, featuring the voices of Nicholas Briggs (the… Read More ›
Meet The77 Creators: Comic Artist Phil Elliott
Morgan Spiceman catches up with an independent comics press veteran
Unofficial Beano-style Doctor Who strip in the works for new not-for-profit time-spanning annual
Bonkers Seventh Doctor strip on its way from Beano team members