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Site Announcement: HAL has Spoken
Under the bonnet changes in progress this week
Plymouth Comic & Zine Fair returns this weekend
Don’t miss out on this two-day event
Past Perfect back with another fine mix of comics, film and other features
Print zine survivor!
Hawking the new 2000AD!
Fantasy adventure reaches an epic conclusion… or does it?
Crowdfunding Spotlight: Action Force, Revived
All-out action aplenty awaits!
TECHNOFREAK creator John Charles art exhibited in Guildford
Speed to Surrey for some art to enjoy!
More Comic Book Creators added to Birmingham’s High Vis Comic Con in June
Al Ewing, Sonia Leong join Charlie Adlard and more
Art of Utagawa Hiroshige focus of new British Museum exhibition
Exhibition celebrates one of Japan’s most popular and prolific artists
Crowdfunding Spotlight: Bastaroid by Greg Meldrum and Scott Twells
Mechanical mayhem from the team that bring you the Spencer Nero Club!
2000AD “Dan Dare” art comes to auction, and the mystery of Adrian D. Beeton
The sale of art from the first 2000AD Annual sent us looking for the artist
“Afterlife Inc” comic exhibition in Gloucester next month
Explore an independent comics classic!
In Review: Battling Britons Issue 7
Another gem of an issue of this war comics-focused bookazine
Creating Monsters: The Story behind the new Doctor Who comic strip, “Dance ‘Til You Drop”
Kids creating Doctor Who monsters? Trust us – you thought the Daleks were scary…
Dredd versus Dalek, and Comics and Beyond, a special artists event in Eastbourne
Catch up with some terrific 2000AD artists in Eastbourne
Celebrating 48 Years of Thrill Power!
No space spinner, but plenty of creepy goodness…
Tea, Earl Grey, Hot…
Make a Brew, Number One!
In Memoriam: Cartoonist Colin Whittock
Best known to comic fans for his work for Whizzer and Chips and more
Spanish creator Maria Medem’s “Land of Mirrors” now available in English
Maria Medem’s atmospheric storytelling bursts with sensorial delight
On the Margins: Comics, Gender, Identity & Subversion – comic conference announced
Comic creators and academics combine forces for two-day event