Lighter Than My Shadow, on sale now from Jonathan Cape, is a powerful, thought-provoking hand-drawn story of struggle and recovery, a trip into the black heart of a taboo illness, an exposure of those who are so weak as to… Read More ›
Comic Creator Interviews
Interviews with British comic creators – writers, artists, editors and more.
Martin Hayes talks ‘Project Luna’ from Markosia
Markosia‘s collected edition of Project Luna by Martin Hayes and Jim Boswell has just been relisted as on sale now in all good comic shops, so we thought we’d take this opportunity to present interviews with both creators conducted when the… Read More ›
Leah Moore, Rhianna Pratchett talk Legends of Red Sonja comic
US publisher Dynamite has released a preview of interior pages for Legends of Red Sonja #1, a collaborative effort uniting Gail Simone with a star-studded and prestigious and international creative team including Marjorie M. Liu, Mercedes Lackey, Kelly Sue DeConnick,… Read More ›
Self Publisher Magazine interviews Sean Duffield and Mike Garley
The latest issue of the US title Self Publisher Magazine is available now and includes interviews with Sean Duffield, an integral part of the team behind the Paper Tiger imprint and the incredible War: The Human Cost collection, and Dead… Read More ›
Panel Borders: Collecting comics in the National Art Library
Continuing a month of shows looking at the presence of comics in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, on this week’s new podcast and radio show Panel Borders, Alex Fitch talks to Jan van der Wateren (former chief librarian and… Read More ›
Northern Ways: Julie Tait reveals Lakes Festival long term plans
Britain is buzzing with comics festivals and conventions up and down the land and throughout the year. Across the spectrum of scale and longevity, Oxford’s determinedly human-scale small press weekend Caption is the longest one still running, while the MCM… Read More ›
Adapting Lovecraft: An Interview with Ian Culbard
Jon Turner caught up with him to talk about his latest project, the graphic adaptation of HP Lovecraft’s Shadow Our Of Time, released in June by SelfMadeHero, for the comic newspaper Your Days Are Numbered, which the title has kindly… Read More ›
Doctor Who: Prisoners of Time – An Interview with Kev Hopgood
British comic creators are heavily involved in US publisher IDW’s Doctor Who at 50 celebrations for their ‘Prisoners of Time’ maxi series, which will feature every incarnation of the Doctor, as well as a long list of villains, some new,… Read More ›
Panel Borders: Small press gay comics and zines
Small press gay comics and zines: Continuing a month of shows about gay and lesbian comics, Alex Fitch talks to cartoonists David Shenton and Sina Sparrow about their work. Shenton discusses his plans for new cartoon work and his current… Read More ›
Back in Time: An Interview with Chronos Commandos creator Stuart Jennett
Stuart Jennett, Creative Director at Alien Apple Studios, is a name older downthetubes might remember as a once rising star in comics, delivering some terrific work for Marvel UK in the early 1990s on their Warheads title – and then… Read More ›