Titan Comics will release the English edition of the third chapter of the French science-fiction Snowpiercer bande dessinee series written by Oliver Bocquet, with art by Jean-Marc Rochette on 17th February 2015. Snowpiercer: The Escape, written by Jacques Lob and Benjamin… Read More ›
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US comics publisher Dark Horse announces new Editor in Chief
US publisher Dark Horse – publishers of titles such as Resident Alien by Peter Hogan and Steve Parkhouse and This Damned Band by Paul Cornell – announced new positions for key Editorial department staff earlier this month. Dave Marshall has taken on the… Read More ›
Titan Comics snags rights to critically-acclaimed game and animation series Wakfu
Titan Comics is to launch a new licensed comic series based on the Wakfu multiplayer video game property created by Ankama Games on 11th November 2015. Titan’s eight-issue series re-publishes the French comics written by Kahel, with art by Mig… Read More ›
The Awesome Comics Podcast – Under The Influence(s)
This week, the Awesome Comics Podcast team Dan Butcher, Vince Hunt and Tony Esmond are flying solo. As part of their semi regular themed episodes they are covering the tricky subject of comic influences. The guys name their three favourite influences and… Read More ›
Dept. of Monsterology returns with “Sabbaticals” graphic novel in November
Dept. of Monsterology is back! Renegade Arts Entertainment has just announced that Gordon Rennie, PJ Holden, Steven Denton and Jim Campbell return to campus with the next instalment of cryptozoological adventure – with a new graphic novel, Dept. of Monsterology: Sabbaticals, out… Read More ›
Marvel UK Memories: X-Rated Doctor Who! (Well, almost…)
It’s very rare to have what some may see as a ‘raunchy’ story to tell about comics creation, especially one involving a Doctor Who comic strip – but I have one! Although Gary Russell took over from me as editor of… Read More ›
Marvel UK artist Pino Rinaldi provides cover for “Dark Rock Chronicles”
London-based independent book and comics publisher Diego Comics Publishing‘s latest title is Dark Rock Chronicles, a horror novel by Marco Guadalupi, featuring an awesome cover art by renowned illustrator Pino Rinaldi, well known for his Marvel comics work. This new English edition of… Read More ›
Greek comic artist seeks to highlight country’s personal stories as crisis continues
How is Greece being affected by the ongoing financial crisis and the ongoing instability of its recently-re-elected government, still without a clear majority? Greek cartoonist Spiros Derveniotis hopes to cast an informative light on a dificult subject, told through the lives of… Read More ›
New Roy of the Rovers merchandise on its way?
Richard Pink, the Managing Director of Licensing Agent and Brand Licensing company Pink Key Consulting, now handling the licensing of numerous Egmont UK brands including their “Classic Comics”, has big plans for the publishing company’s best-known vintage brand – Roy… Read More ›
Doctor Who artist Martin Geraghty mind probed
The latest episode of Jeremy Bement’s Doctor Who: Panel to Panel podcast features a chat with longtime Doctor Who Magazine comic artist Martin Geraghty about all the Doctors, his 20 plus years with DWM and much more. Martin began drawing… Read More ›