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Here’s a list of comics – both US and UK releases – on sale in specialist UK comic shops from tomorrow, Wednesday 26th August 2014, courtesy of First Age Comics, Lancaster. We’ve picked out the titles published by British publishers in bold below,… Read More ›
Hello! Here I tackle three books I bought from Lakes International Comic Art Festival‘s first event last year – a tremendously well put-together and enjoyable art-focussed festival set in the picturesque town of Kendal in the Lake District. I heartily recommend it… Read More ›
(First posted in a shorter form on the downthetubes tumblr, minor spoilers): I’m glad to see that the Twelfth Doctor seems to have been well received in most quarters and was more than impressed by the opening episode of his… Read More ›
Harry Potter fans of all ages will not want to miss a special free event in the atmospheric setting of Lancaster Castle’s Shire Hall – an appearance by writer and award-winning illustrator Jonny Duddle on Wednesday 3rd September, organised… Read More ›
OFF LIFE – Britain’s only free street press comics publication – is returning to London’s House of Illustration on 18th September 2014 for another night of fast-paced illustration. Tickets always sell out fast, so grab them while you can! #QuickDraw is a live drawing night… Read More ›
Hot on the heels of the British Library’s “Comics UnMasked” exhibition comes the Lakes International Comic Art Festival‘s very own homage to art and anarchy in the UK – “VIZ Unmasked“. VIZ Unmasked will, amongst other things, reveal the dark… Read More ›
London-based Book Palace is to publish a limited edition Art of Modesty Blaise catalogue, which will be presented free with any purchase from the art sales and specialist publisher of Modesty Blaise original art. Modesty Blaise, the tough and enigmatic character… Read More ›
by Steve Holland Publisher: Bear Alley Books Out: Now The Book: The latest comic index from Bear Alley Books covers the history and content of Countdown and TV Action, the Gerry Anderson-themed comic from Polystyle launched in the early 1970s…. Read More ›
If you’re heading to Orkney for your holidays, then you might want to drop in on a new exhibition featuring comic art by four artists who live on the island. The Orkney Comic Art Exhibition is being held on… Read More ›
Two gorgeous Don Harley-created Dan Dare sketches, rare Beano and Dandy issues from World War Two and plenty of Fleetway Picture Library items are just a few of the lots in the September ComPal comic auction, which has just… Read More ›
A slightly off-topic item, but some readers might be interested to know that London’s Le Dame gallery is currently exhibiting the work of Mauro Pallotta, also known as Maupal, who you might remember for his grand wall painting depicting Pope… Read More ›
‘The Self-Publishing Experience Day – From Manuscript to Market’, which will take place next month in Cornwall, will bring together the UK’s most widely-recommended self-publishing services provider, the UK’s only dedicated self-publishing magazine and one of the UK’s leading book printers… Read More ›
I am fortunate, as one of DTT’s roving reporters, in being in Scotland. So I get to see a lot of the small exhibitions that D C Thomson’s put on to encourage sales or to remind people that DCT are… Read More ›
The other weekend saw the first ICE Birmingham event – filling the long-vacant gap of a solid Birmingham comics show. It’s certainly been the first time since 2011 that I’ve sold my sequential wares in the city. ICE was a single-day event… Read More ›
A selection of images from last year’s fantastic The Art of Sean Phillips exhibition has just opened in a Kendal café, to help raise local awareness of this year’s upcoming Lakes International Comic Art Festival (17th – 19th October) Festival… Read More ›
Calling All Misty Fans! This Sunday is your first ever chance to meet Shirley Bellwood, the amazing illustrator of the long-running British girls’ comic Misty‘s spooky hostess at Comica Festival at the British Library Book it! A painter, illustrator and… Read More ›
Oi! Tales of Bardic Fury is a fantasy slice-of-life comic from London-based comic creator Daniel de Sosa, set in ancient Ireland that follows Bryan the Bard, a fresh graduate from the Great Academy in Tara, as he undertakes… Read More ›
The online bookseller Amazon has issued the following statement about their aim to reduce eBook prices, and comment on their ongoing dispute with publisher Hatchette, who have resisted price drop requests from the multinational company . We’re running it… Read More ›
Tartan Squirrel, an official licensees to ITV and have produced a range of impressive-looking Classic Thunderbirds limited edition collectable pins to celebrate the 50th anniversary in 2015. The company has released a range of eight pins including the Classic… Read More ›
Pictures of all five of the new Thunderbirds vehicles from ITV Studios new Thunderbirds Are Go! have appeared online, revealing most have, in the main, retained the iconic design of the originals, apart from Thunderbird 5. ITV previously released images… Read More ›