Brash, colourful and playful, Pop Art was a movement that signaled a radical change of direction in the postwar period. From the late 1950s to the early 1970s Pop was characterised by an intense dialogue between the fields of design… Read More ›
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ArtYouGrewUpWith exhibition success
ArtYouGrewUpWith.com’s Superhero show launched on Saturday at their Radlett gallery and the venue was packed out with fans and collectors coming from all over the country
Stripped Comics Events @ Edinburgh International Book Festival
My favourite place to be on an August day is in the Scottish capital’s Charlotte Square Gardens with the Edinburgh International Book Festival, the world’s largest literary festival, in full swing around me. Obviously it is best when the sun… Read More ›
Morris Heggie to celebrate The Beano at Lakes Festival
The Lakes International Comic Art Festival has just announced that former Beano editor Morris Heggie will be one of their special guests in October, as part of a free event.
Pop Art exhibition planned for London’s Barbican
Brash, colourful and playful, Pop Art was a movement that signaled a radical change of direction in the postwar period. From the late 1950s to the early 1970s Pop was characterised by an intense dialogue between the fields of design… Read More ›
Rob Davis talks Quixote for ‘Spanish Day’
Publisher SelfMadeHero is taking part in this year’s El Dia E. (Spanish Day) celebrations at Instituto Cervantes in London on Saturday 22nd June. Writer and illustrator Rob Davis will be talking with broadcaster and journalist Alex Fitch about his much… Read More ›
Bryan Talbot scoops another comics award
Congratulations to Bryan Talbot, who won the Francisco Solano Lopez Award for Best Writer / Artist at the Etna Comics Festival last weekend in Italy. Named after the late Argentinian comics creator who drew a number of British comics during… Read More ›
Naming Monsters, new graphic novel by Hannah Eaton, now on sale
Hannah Eaton's graphic novel Naming Monsters, published by Myriad Editions, has just gone on sale Described by Myriad as an adult Where the Wild Things Are, Naming Monsters is a warm, funny, intriguing and sexually explicit take on what happens… Read More ›
Avengers artist Adi Granov joins Film and Comic Con line up
Event organisers Showmasters have announced that Avengers artis Adi Granov will be joining the roster of top talent already lined up for the Comics Zone at the year’s London Film and Comic Con in July. The appearance of the artist,… Read More ›
Typex talks Rembrandt
Dutch writer and artist Typex is giving a talk about his biographical graphic novel of the great master, Rembrandt (recently published by independent UK publisher SelfMadeHero) at Waterstones Covent Garden on Thursday 20th June. The novel, which depicts the artist’s… Read More ›
Time Out celebrates 75 years of The Beano
This week’s edition of theLondon listings magazine Time Out features an exclusive The Beano pull-out, sponsored by MasterCard. The pullout celebrates 75 years of The Beano and ties in with the Southbank Centre Festival of Neighbourhood, which is sponsored by MasterCard,… Read More ›
Free Comics Family Zone at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival launched
Free events and activity for all the family (even if they’re not all in to comics) will take place in the Comics Family Zone at The Westmorland Shopping Centre and Kendal Library during the Lakes International Comic Art Festival in… Read More ›
Aces Weekly team head for London Film and Comic Con
Showmasters has announced it is to host to a major gathering of contributors to David’ Lloyd’s digital comic Aces Weekly during this year’s London Film and Comic Con (5th – 7th July). Among the writers and artists in attendance at… Read More ›
Jim Alexander comics workshop announced for Edinburgh Toy & Comic Mart
Comics writer and publisher Jim Alexander is to host a free comic book workshop at the next Toy & Comic Mart in Edinburgh in September. Organised by Hero Conventions the Mart will have other yet-to-be-announced guests along with game playing… Read More ›
In Review: 2D Festival 2013
Maura McHugh had a wonderful time at 2D Northern Ireland Comic Book Festival in Derry last weekend. As usual there was fantastic hospitality by the gang from Derry’s Verbal Arts Centre who organised the festival. All of them, including the… Read More ›
MCM London Comic Con Sees Record Attendance
The MCM London Comic Con may already be Europe’s biggest comic con, but the show will be even bigger when it returns to ExCel London this October, organisers have revealed. “MCM London Comic Con will be soaring from 25,000 m2… Read More ›
Leading Canadian horror actor film maker at Scardiff
Canadian actor film maker Anthony D.P. Mann is the latest guest to join the line up at Scardiff in October, a brand new horror expo co-produced by Fantasy Events, horror author Wayne Simmons and Shock Horror Magazine. A one day… Read More ›
Photo Review: 2D Festival – Creators At The Comics Fair
This year’s 2D Comics Festival in the UK’s 2013 City of Culture, Derry-Londonderry, was the largest comics event ever held in Northern Ireland. With talks and work shops in the days running up to the weekend, the weekend itself had… Read More ›
In Review: Dan Dare – Spacefleet Operations Manual (John Freeman’s take)
by Rod Barzilay; Illustrated by Graham BleathmanPublisher: HaynesOut: Now The Book: Dan Dare is easily the most famous British comic hero. His adventures appeared in the original Eagle comic during the 1950s and 1960s, but he also featured briefly in… Read More ›
Gromit gets ‘Beano-fied’ in a good cause!
The Beano is letting loose Dennis the Menace’s trusty sidekick Gnasher, to raise funds for the Bristol Children’s Hospital this summer, as the famous cartoon dog joins forces with Aardman’s triple Oscar-winning character Gromit, for charity initiative Gromit Unleashed…. Read More ›