Who better to join the Awesome Comics Podcast crew for a chin wag than the writer of Exit Generation, Sam Read? Sam talks about how his brilliant SF action book came to be, his route into the world of making comics, the… Read More ›
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Review – ‘Take It As A Compliment’ by Maria Stoian
Created by Maria Stoian Published by Singing Dragon Hardback/Full Colour. £14.99 Comics can cover all kind of subjects, a fact that I am sure I don’t need to tell you. Consequently, they can instil different feelings in the reader through… Read More ›
Creators @ Thought Bubble 2015 : Part 1 – Artists
The ninth annual Thought Bubble Festival took place in Leeds over the week of 9-15 November 2015, however it is the huge two day comic convention over the weekend of 14-15 November that the vast majority of punters and creators… Read More ›
Creating Nightmares: An interview with “Call of Duty” Lead Writer Craig Houston
A chat with Craig Houston, a Scottish writer, artist and musician with over 25 years experience in the video games and comic book industries…
In Review: Ron Turner’s “Space Ace” Volume 5
Out: NowPublisher: John LawrenceOriginally published by Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co. Ltd The Title: A 40 page full colour magazine reprinting two Space Ace stories from the mid 1950s: “The Nine-Bomb Menace” and “Magnetic Meteor”, plus an extensive interview with… Read More ›
Eagle Daze: The Life and Times of Leonard James Matthews – Part One
Leonard Matthews, General Managing Editor of Fleetway and the Eagle Group of Comics, was a “Creative Visionary”… but that, Roger Perry argues in his extensive ten part biography of the man which begins today on downthetubes, is only due to… Read More ›
In Review: Thought Bubble 2015
The culmination of the Thought Bubble Comics Arts Festival in Leeds was this last weekend and, as with previous years, it was a busy bustle of comics in all forms. I was there from the Friday night party to the… Read More ›
In Review: I Love This Part by Tillie Walden
Created by Tillie Walden Published by Avery Hill Publishing 68 pages The Story: Two girls are growing up in America. They are in school and are tied up in all that a life like this includes. They discover a friendship… Read More ›
In Review: MULP – Sceptre Of The Sun Issue 2
The second issue of writer Matt Gibbs and artist Sara Dunkerton’s five issue MULP: Sceptre Of The Sun, now being published by Improper Books, is being launched at Thought Bubble 2015. This anthropomorphic adventure series set in the 1930s follows a… Read More ›
In Review: Golden Campaign Volume III
Art and Story by Cristian Ortiz Daniel Martin – Co-Writer Alice Mazzilli – Calligraphy The Story: Monty and Caprille have joined a bunch of mercenaries. They really shouldn’t have, as they are far too young and inexperienced to stay alive… Read More ›
Chasing Shadows: An Interview with Warwick Fraser-Coombe
After recently both reading and loving the series Revenger: The Shadow Constabulary from creator Warwick Fraser-Coombe (read my review here) I decided to reach out to him and ask him about this incredibly well made and interesting book. His answers… Read More ›
52: Graeme Neil Reid’s Year In Time And Space
Just over a year ago artist Graeme Neil Reid, whose artwork has appeared in 2000AD, Judge Dredd Megazine, Radio Times, and The Dangerous Book Of Heroes, began to paint A6 watercolours of characters from Doctor Who. His intention was to… Read More ›
In Review: Night Post by Benjamin Read and Laura Trinder
Improper Book’s first hardback publication, Night Post, has been on limited release for some time now but it is just about to become available to a wider audience through Diamond. Writer Benjamin Read, of Porcelain, Butterfly Gate and the recent… Read More ›
In Review: The Khollected Khaki Shorts
Publisher: Braw Books Out: Now The Book: A fit-to-burst almanac of raw and rare pop-aware comic strip nourishment! Featuring a diverse yet complimentary array of art styles and content varying from laugh out loud social satire to portals into mysterious worlds… Read More ›
In Review – Revenger: The Shadow Constabulary
Art, Story and Lettering by Warwick Fraser-CoombeSuggested for Mature Readers The Story: The first issue in the series opens with the leather masked Revenger sitting in a room that is trashed. There is cash lying about all over the floor… Read More ›
In Review: WesterNoir Book Five
After a gap in which publisher Accent UK gave us the short story collection spin-off Tales Of WesterNoir, WesterNoir itself returns in the more than capable hands of writer Dave “Wild, Wild” West and artist Gary “Monsewer” Crutchley (as their Wanted… Read More ›
Creator Talk: Six Questions For MULP’s Matt Gibbs and Sara Dunkerton
2014 saw the release of issue one of MULP: Sceptre Of The Sun, the first of a proposed five issue series from writer Matt Gibbs and artist Sara Dunkerton. There is a long standing tradition of anthropomorphic characters in British… Read More ›
In Review: Lew Stringer’s Brickman Returns
By Lew Stringer Out: Now! The Story: Lew Stringer’s seriously-stupid superhero Brickman is back after an equally stupidly-long absence from comics – and his creator has finally realised a long-held ambition to bring the character’s many fans a new comic… Read More ›
Sneak Preview – Random Trials issue 3
Written, Illustrated and Lettered by Dean Beattie “A big, shady, International pharmaceutical company has been testing experimental drugs on the general public. Of course, the general public know nothing about these tests – and are unwittingly filling themselves with all… Read More ›
In Review: Curveball by Jeremy Sorese
Created by Jeremy Sorese A graphic novel in 420 pages Published by NoBrow Press www.nobrow.net “After years of technological advancement, the relationships between humans and robots is changing. Reduced energy stores mean that humans can no longer rely on the… Read More ›