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Fantastic Four: First Steps fever ramps up, Paul Mann shares promotional art
Fantastic Four fun ahead!
Cabaret vs Cancer Sci-Fi and Fantasy Online auction returns
It’s that time of year again!
Turkish cartoonist Zehra Ömeroğlu awarded Robert Russell Courage in Cartooning Award 2025
Turkish cartoonist honoured by NGO Cartoonists Rights
Art of J. M. W. Turner celebrated in “Romance and Reality” exhibition
Celebrating one of the most radical and innovative painters of his time
In Review: Asterix & Obelix – The Big Fight
Luke Williams checks out the Netflix take on the early Asterix story
Brighton hosts Stories of Migration and Protest Comics exhibitions
Two thought-provoking exhibitions from comic creators and others
Monsters in Piccadilly! Er, Waterstones Piccadilly, that is…
Celebrating the creation of a crypto logical conundrum!
El Eternauta game in the works
Remember: no one is saved alone…
A Star Wars comics treat, from comic artist Howard Bender
Early Marvel UK Star Wars art celebrated
Expanded Moonshadow: The Definitive Edition out this week from Dark Horse
America’s first fully painted graphic novel, revisited
Gosport’s Vanguard Comics launches “Gosport Cantina” community
This community idea sounds like a great model for other Local Comic Shops to check out
In Review: Thunderbolts*
Tim Robins didn’t expect Thunderbolts* to be so entertaining…
Winner of Sophie Castille Awards – Italian announced at Comicon Naples
Toma Gudelytė has won the 2025 Sophie Castille Awards – Italian for her translation of Mergaitė su šautuvu: istorija apie mergaitę partizanę (“Girl with a Gun: A Story About a Girl Partisan”), written by Marius Marcinkevičius with art by Lina… Read More ›
Moles have a role in the new issue of The Jester
A popular cartoon animal in the spotlight (it won’t like that!)
Early Day Motion supporting comics industry tabled by MPs, sponsors seek support
Can you persuade your MP to support this?
Bedford Who Charity Con announces 2026 date
Back next April
RAF Manston History Museum to host two-day comic event in June
Get ready for a ride out to Ramsgate
Get Ready for “Doctor Who: Cybermen – The Ultimate Guide”
Don’t delete this from your memory…
In Memoriam: Comic Artist Jackson “Butch” Guice
We’re sorry to report the death of American artist Jackson “Butch” Guice, aged 63, who has died after battling illness. Our sympathies to family and friends at this time. Much admired by fellow comic creators, Guice was a creative force… Read More ›