Stripped was the 2013 Edinburgh International Book Festival’s major comics strand which featured many talks and workshops with comics creators both British and from overseas. Stripped had its own blog which featured book reviews, previews of events and post event… Read More ›
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Exclusive: When Creation meets Publishing: why Gemini Force One went Kickstarter
Jamie Anderson, the son of Gerry Anderson, has released a light-hearted video that explains just why he and author MG Harris decided not to go the traditional route when it came to publishing Gemini Force One – and turned… Read More ›
Stripped Event Report: The Beano At 75
Stripped was the 2013 Edinburgh International Book Festival’s major comics strand which featured many talks and workshops with comics creators both British and from overseas. Stripped had its own blog which featured book reviews, previews of events and post event… Read More ›
Stripped Event Report: Will Morris and Edward Ross
Stripped was the 2013 Edinburgh International Book Festival’s major comics strand which featured many talks and workshops with comics creators both British and from overseas. Stripped had its own blog which featured book reviews, previews of events and post event… Read More ›
Revengers tragedy ‘Venezia’ continues its crowdfunded publishing path
Venezia is a comic book series created by British writer Wolf Beaumont which launched last year – and raising funds for the production of Issue 3, the latest stage in this crowdfunding-backed publishing project, launched earlier today. The series is… Read More ›
Stripped Event Review: Hannah Berry and Gareth Brookes
Stripped was the 2013 Edinburgh International Book Festival’s major comics strand which featured many talks and workshops with comics creators both British and from overseas. Stripped had its own blog which featured book reviews, previews of events and post event… Read More ›
Forgotten Planet Kickstarter offers creative Rewards for aspiring Comic Creators
It seems that these days lots of comic creators are using crowdfunding to kickstart their projects, as larger publishers take less risks and back away from projects that are aimed at a niche market or buck the mainstream trends. Now,… Read More ›
Sean Phillips, Charlie Adlard head to Malta Con 2013
Wicked Comics have announced thatBritish creators Charlie Adlard (The Walking Dead) and Sean Phillips (Fatale) will be joining Ian Churchill (Marineman) as guests to this year’s Malta Comic Convention (30th November – 1st December) at St James Cavalier. Having worked… Read More ›
Brett Ewins reveals novel plans for 2014
Pete Milligan and Brendan McCarthy were at Gosh in London last night to launch their new Dark Horse collection, Best of Milligan and McCarthy – a deluxe collection of hard-to-find gems from the taleneted duo. Also there was Brett Ewins… Read More ›
Paul Cornell guest of honour at Andromeda One
Andromeda One is a one-day SF, fantasy and horror convention taking place this Saturday (21st September 2013 at the Custard Factory in Birmingham With a guest list that includes Marvel comics writer and SF author Paul Cornell, SF author Jaine… Read More ›