Created by Robbie Cathro Black and White – 20 pages A5 – £6.00 The Story: The artist waits each year for the birds to pass over her home during their migration. What will come from their visit? The Review: I… Read More ›
Features
Lakes Festival Focus 2018: Satoshi Kitamura
Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. This “Festival Focus” for 2018 is Tokyo-born illustrator Satoshi Kitamura who, after dropping out of school to pursue… Read More ›
From the Trenches: Thought Bubble 2018 and My Rookie Year
Comics artist John Tucker reflect on his first Thought Bubble Festival experience, the culmination of his busy year as a creator… Well, here we are then. Our first Thought Bubble is in the bag. The show I’ve wanted to do… Read More ›
Lakes Festival Focus 2018: Yomi Ayeni
Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. This “Festival Focus” for 2018 is Yomi Ayeni, an award winning Transmedia creator, producer, filmmaker, and storyteller,… Read More ›
In Review: ‘Kingdom’ by Jon McNaught
Created by Jon McNaught Hardback – 128 pages – £16.99 Published by Nobrow The Story: Jon McNaught returns with another beautiful comic that makes the ordinary, extraordinary. A family sets off for a long weekend at a caravan park on… Read More ›
In Review: Edge of Extinction Issue 2
Written by Baden James Mellonie Art and Letters by Paul Peart-Smith Covers by Stephen Sampson (also known as Steve Sampson), David Millgate and Ryan Brown Published by Eighth Continent Publishing Note: Some strong language as zombies try to eat characters… Read More ›
Lakes Festival Focus 2018: Hunt Emerson
Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. This “Festival Focus” for 2018 is Hunt Emerson, who has drawn cartoons and comic strips since… Read More ›
In Memoriam: Jack Cunningham, Art Editor of Misty
The recent death of artist Jack Cunningham ended a long life that contributed to many British girls’ comics. Jack was one of IPC’s unsung heroes, and worked on a number of their women’s magazines and girls’ comics, including Mirabelle (1956-77),… Read More ›
In Review: Escaping Wars and Waves: Encounters with Syrian Refugees
By Olivier Kugler Publisher: Myriad Editions / New Internationalist “The children are nervous… When they hear any noise, even if you only knock at the door, they can get very afraid.” The world is currently experiencing its one of its… Read More ›
Lakes Festival Focus 2018: Joe Kelly
Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. This “Festival Focus” for 2018 is Joe Kelly, a writer, producer, penciller and editor, and creator of… Read More ›
Lakes Festival Focus 2018: Corey Brotherson
Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. This “Festival Focus” for 2018 is Corey Brotherson, a writer and editor with over 15 years’ experience writing… Read More ›
In Review: Judas by Jeff Loveness, Jakub Rebelka and Colin Bell
Jeff Loveness, Jakub Rebelka, Colin Bell Boom! Studios “No… Not here. I don’t belong here. But the voice comes… And whispers the truth: ‘Yes. This was always the end. This was always your story’” The most famous betrayal in history;… Read More ›
Lakes Festival Focus 2018: Comic Artist and Writer Robert Deas, creator of “Trailblazers”
Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. This “Festival Focus” for 2018 is Robert Deas, an award-winning UK comic artist and the creator of children’s… Read More ›
In Review: Something Wicked 2018
If the nights are drawing in, and the air has a chill does that mean it is time for this year’s edition of Something Wicked from Futurequake Press? It surely does. The celebrated anthology returns for 2018 with 23 tales… Read More ›
Looking back at Battle Action Force
Many older British comic fans will remember Marvel UK’s Action Force comic, but the team had another home – in issues of IPC’s Battle in the early 1980s. Luke Williams looks back at the stories… By the early 1980s, sales… Read More ›
Lakes Festival Focus 2018: Comics Writer John Ferguson, creator of “Saltire”
Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. Over 70 are attending in 2018 in October (and that’s not including creators you’ll find in… Read More ›
In Preview: “Adrift” by John Tucker
Adrift Created by John Tucker 40 pages – Black and White – £2 Launching at Thought Bubble Festival this month The General Idea: This is a world exactly like ours. Full of motorways and people and forks. One day, gravity… Read More ›
Collecting Comics: The Strange Case of the War Comic Cover “Twins”
Richard Sheaf and I recently investigated the way British war comics used to re-use cover art, and this article reveals how two British comic companies used the same art on different titles… For those of you familiar with my Nothing… Read More ›
In Review: We Shall Fight Until We Win: a Century of Pioneering Political Women
Edited by Laura Jones, Heather McDaid & Sha Nazir 404 Ink / BHP Comics Review by Joe Gordon Two small Indy Scottish publishers, BHP Comics (who are also behind the Glasgow Comic Con and the Edinburgh Comic Art Festival) teamed… Read More ›
In Review and in Pictures: Edinburgh International Book Festival 2018
Joe Gordon reports on this year’s annual Books gathering in Scotland’s capital… I’ve just been enjoying a couple of weeks at the world’s largest literary festival, the Edinburgh International Book Festival, seeing a number of fascinating author events and also… Read More ›