The Really Heavy Greatcoat by myself and Lancaster-based artist Nick Miller was published fairly regularly for about 20 years in alternative Lancaster print titles such as On The Beat and Off the Beat and online on virtual-lancaster.net. The strip’s last regular appearance in print was in the… Read More ›
Features
Cup of O – Small Press Reviews
Hello! You find me still plundering through my enormous backlog of small press marvels – the first two titles here are from the Melksham Comic Con 2014 and the last is the first of my teetering pile of titles from Thought Bubble… Read More ›
The British Comics Industry: Still Alive and Kicking, Despite Troll Claims to the Contrary
Phil Boyce runs the Oink! blog, dedicated to the original, cheeky, innovative comic that once featured the best of British talent, as well as extra posts on every aspect of the world’s greatest comic, creator info, behind-the-scenes shenanigans and more. He recently posted… Read More ›
In Review – Dirty Rotten Comics Issue 6
Edited by Gary Clap and Kirk Campbell Art and Design by Gary Clap These people do not mess about. Back with another big old chunk of awesome comics anthology goodness are the creators from Dirty Rotten Comics in their sixth… Read More ›
Creators @ Thought Bubble 2015: Part 2 – Small Press
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 think… Read More ›
Awesome Comic Podcast Thought Bubble Special
Get the sherbets out and It’s the Awesome Comic Podcast‘s first convention special folks! Vince Hunt and Tony Esmond discuss their time at Thought Bubble Festival 2015 (unfortunately Dan couldn’t make it), give shout outs to the lovely people they met… Read More ›
Awesome Comics Podcast Episode 21: Comics Writer Sam Read
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 ›
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…