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The latest issue of Eagle Times (Volume 22, Number Three) features an article by downthetubes contributor Jeremy Briggs on Danny Dare (“Dan Dare’s Number One fan”), who appeared in Wham! in the 1960s. The cover art illustration for the issue is… Read More ›
• Anyone planning to attend the British International Comic Show to pitch work might be interested in Insomnia Publications Guide to pitching to them, which they hope will give creators a bit more help and confidence when it comes to… Read More ›
Someone got a bargain.
Any comic creator out there who wonders if it’s worth self-publishing will be pleased to hear that sometimes all those hours slaving away at the photocopier, then stapling comics together until you’re sick of the sound of the ‘ker-chunk’ as… Read More ›
• As part of the A Thing About Machines electronic Arts Festival, dedicated to the innovative composer Delia Derbyshire who composed the Doctor Who theme, The Tin Angel in Coventry screened films by local filmakers, including the premiere of comic… Read More ›
Long-running soccer strip Striker recently came to an end in The Sun – catching many fans by surprize, even though creator Pete Nash had been saying for some time he planned to end the saga. But, after 24 years of… Read More ›
Compare and contrast!
Next month sees the return of National Poetry Day in the UK, with a theme sure to appeal to comics as well as poetry fans – Heroes and Heroines. To mark the day, the Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy, has… Read More ›
Continuing ‘Women in Comics’ month on podcast Panel Borders – and originally broadcast on Resonance FM – this week Alex Fitch talks to Emma Vieceli, illustrator of the Manga Shakespeare adaptations of Hamlet and Much ado about Nothing who has… Read More ›
Kingdom Of Adventure, Fife’s comic shop, will be bringing 24 Hour Comics Day to Scotland this October. So far, KoA is one of only two shops taking part in this event in the UK. 24 Hour Comics Day, organised by… Read More ›
The Scottish comics convention, Hi-Ex!, will be returning to Inverness in the Highlands over the weekend of 27 – 28 March 2010. We echo the sentiment in their new leaflet promoting the event, a quote for the SFX Blog stating… Read More ›
Ray Harryhausen and Tony Dalton will be signing An Animated Life at the Forbidden Planet Megastore, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8JR, on Saturday 24th October between 1 – 2pm. The last great animator before the introduction of CGI, Ray’s… Read More ›
The latest of the quarterly title Egmont Classic Comics featuring IPC’s girls comic Misty is now available
• The Hi Ex elves may have been quiet but they tell us they’ve been busy behind the scenes rushing around the country banging on doors and jumping through hoops to get their next Highlands convention shipshape. “We’re working hard… Read More ›
And Another Thing by bestselling author of the Artemis Fowl series, Eoin Colfer, is the sixth novel in the ever-more increasingly inaccurately named ‘Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’ trilogy. To celebrate the launch, publishers Penguin are searching for the biggest… Read More ›
Bryan Talbot has been in touch to give us the rundown of dates for his signing tour to promote his ace new graphic novel, Grandville (read our review here). GRANDVILLE UK TOUR 2009 Saturday 26th September 1pm – 2:30pm: Signing… Read More ›
Wigtown in Dumfries and Galloway is Scotland’s National Book Town and advertises itself as “a book lover’s haven” with over a quarter of a million books in twenty book-related businesses. It is not surprising therefore that it has its own… Read More ›
It is that time of year when next year’s calendars are hitting the stores and the one to look out for at the moment is the Beano Retro Comic Art Calendar. With the weekly Beano falling into line with the… Read More ›
An eight-page preview comic of the new US series of The Prisoner is available to download from US production company AMC’s web site here. The Marvel custom comic features art by Brazilian artist Amilcar Pinna, with colouring by Chris Sotomayor,… Read More ›
The official fan club for Thunderbirds co-creator Gerry Anderson, Fanderson, officially launched its new online Forum to replace the club’s ageing Yahoo group yesterday (on the 10th anniversary of the day the earth was blown out of Earth’s orbit in… Read More ›