By Richard James Publisher: Anderson Entertainment Out: Now The Book: A thoroughly detailed, constantly amusing and heartfelt fly-on-the-wall-esque memoir…’ Screen Relish ‘The name’s James, Richard James. In 1994 I played a part in a TV series called Space Precinct…. Read More ›
Just in the nick of time for this Halloween weekend, this anthology fell into my inbox. It is absolutely packed full of talent and shows off a pile of UK-based small press creators with great effect. It’s 62 pages… Read More ›
The event that became the Dundee Comics Day (DCD) began at the University of Dundee in 2007 with the two day academic conference entitled ‘Biff! Bam!! Crikey!!!’ in 2007. Run by Dr Chris Murray (below) of the university’s Department of… Read More ›
It is amazing to think that only last year a new company and a new comic franchise was launched in Dundee. This was Diamond Steel Comics with the superhero Saltire. This was originally thought of as a way to… Read More ›
A good few months ago now I went to a fantabulous launch event at the everglorious Orbital Comics in London for independent publishers Avery Hill. Their books are uniformly beautiful and the event was as enjoyable as it… Read More ›
Annihilation Part 1, the second book of the Saltire series bodes well for Diamond Steel Comics. The choice of Claire Roe as an artist with colouring by Lauren Knight sits better with a story that has strong influences of Hellenic… Read More ›
Written and Drawn by Mike Medaglia Published by Avery Hill Publishing The Book: A comic about the last days of Vincent Van Gogh – the first of a series of three books looking at artists who have died in obscurity. The… Read More ›
Ah. MCM Expos. What a pickle. We hardcore comics fans feel bad in our gut if we don’t support the industry but come over all They Live with shades on at the actual reality of the event. This year… Read More ›
This is the continuation of our round-up of some of the creators who were appearing at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival in Kendal over the weekend of 17-19 October 2014. The first part is here and this final part… Read More ›
Report by Steve Tanner from Time Bomb Comics Well, this weekend was a revelation. It was probably one of the busiest comic-themed weekends of the year, what with the comics cognoscenti heading en masse to the second Lakes International… Read More ›
Written and drawn by Vincent Hunt Warning: This review is not for the sqeamish or under 18s! You Have Been Warned You know when you come back from holiday and you are back at work for that first day?… Read More ›
‘Welcoming’ is a good description of the second Lakes International Comic Art Festival held over the weekend of 17-19 October 2014 in Kendal in the Lake District. After the inaugural festival last year had proven popular, this year everything seemed… Read More ›
To Be Published by Rough Cut Comics (on sale at ThoughtBubble 2014) Edited by Ed Murphy Cover by Joel Carpenter The Book: This 68-page book published by Rough Cut Comics continues on from the award-winning Casebook Issue One –… Read More ›
(Updated with photos: 21 Oct 2014) I didn’t manage to get to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival when it started up last year so it was on my ‘to do’ list for this year. I was born in Cumbria and… Read More ›
I think everyone who attended is still reeling from the fantastic weekend the 2014 Lakes International Comic Art Festival proved to be, which began with the amazing 24 Hour Comics Marathon organised by Dan Berry and the announcement of… Read More ›
Published by Soaring Penguin Press This anthology series has made a return. It’s had a little bit of a rebranding and the first issue offers us some impressive creators and strips. Overall, this first issue offers a mixed bag of stories but with… Read More ›
We round off our “Lakes Bound” interviews to highlight the guest list for this weekend’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival with a very special artist, one who I have worked with many times down the years (and hope at… Read More ›
Writer: Mike Garley Art: Josh Sherwell Letters; Mike Stock Web: http://mikegarley.com/the-kill-screen “Humanity has reached its Kill Screen. Now only the strongest will survive as computer errors transcend from the digital world in to our own, destroying everything in their way. Set… Read More ›
The Lakes International Comic Art Festival starts tomorrow and I’m delighted that, despite a punishing work schedule, Beano and Doctor Who cartoonist and writer Lew Stringer found time to answer my questions about his work and creating comics. Lew (who I’ve… Read More ›
It’s almost here! The Lakes International Comic Art Festival starts on Friday, and we have just three more interviews with guests to run. Metaphrog are writer and illustrator duo John Chalmers and Sandra Marrs. Their Louis graphic novels have… Read More ›