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Crowdfunding Spotlight: Elephantmen – Yvette, by Richard Starkings and Axel Medellin
Check out an all-new 48 page issue of Comicraft’s amazing sci-fi series
Lakes International Comic Art Festival partnership with Creative Scotland brings more top talent to annual event
The Lakes International Comic Art Festival will bring a number of Scottish comic creators to its annual Festival in September
Trust No-One: Markosia’s new Hollow Girl adventure offers more unsettling supernatural adventure
New unsettling horror adventure from Luke Cooper, via Markosia
British creators Liam Sharp, Richard Starkings and Bryan Talbot, among 2024 Eisner Award nominees
Much deserved nominations for top British comic creators announced
Creating Comics: Revisiting the original Robot Archie, by E. George Cowan and Alan Philpott
Highlighting the original creators of “Robot Archie”
Doctor Who – Terror from the Deep: Episode 79
The Doctor makes good on the trouble his dinosaur ally is causing!
More Leo Baxendale “Super Comic” artwork surfaces?
Two more intriguing artworks from Baxendale’s unpublished comic project surface
In Review: Doctor Who – Space Babies, and The Devil’s Chord
Tim Robins asks, is the new series a load of tropes?
Compalcomics May 2024 Auction: US Comics and Comic Art Focus
We spotlight the American comic art on offer in the latest ComPal auction
“Silents by the Sea” festival heads to Morecambe
Fusing new music with film to create inspiring events across the North of England
Doctor Who, “Charley’s War”, “Master of Kung Fu” original art on offer in latest ComPal auction
There’s a veritable feast of original comic art, from both the UK and US, on offer in the latest Compalcomics auction, now open, including a page of Doctor Who art from the first Countdown annual by Jim Baikie, and four episodes of… Read More ›
First issues and their free gifts galore, too, highlights of latest Phil-Comics auction
Some great items on offer
In Memoriam: Cartoonist and Wildlife Artist Phil Baber
Phil Baber’s work crossed cartoons, art, photography, film making and more
Guardian cartoonist Tom Gauld takes over the University of Strasbourg (not literally)
Anguished authors, forgotten books and whispering robots stalk ten libraries this summer
In Review: Rebel Moon Part 2 – The Scargiver
Tim Robins tackles the latest episode in the Snyderverse SF saga
New collection, “Logical Fantasy: The Many Worlds of John Wyndham”, out now
Award-winning artist Bob Eggleton provided the cover for this new collection
“Adventures in Time and Space – 60 Years of Doctor Who Art” heads to Somerset
The fantastic Doctor Who art exhibition relocates to Somerset this summer
Mike Carroll and John Higgins dive deep into ‘Dredd’ prequel ‘Dreadnoughts’
A brand-new “Dreadnoughts” debuts this week in Judge Dredd Megazine and AIPT has a great interview with writer Michael Carroll and artist John Higgins about the project. “‘Dreadnoughts’ is a prequel to the long-running Judge Dredd comic,” Michael explains.”In Dredd’s stories, set about… Read More ›
In Pictures: Portsmouth Comic Con 2024
7500 pop culture fans descended on Portsmouth for a fun-packed comics-inspired weekend