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 ›
Reviews
Creators @ Lakes International Comic Art Festival 2014: Part 2
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 ›
Leamington Comic Con: The Shock of the New
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 ›
In Review – Stalkerville
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 ›
Creators @ Lakes International Comic Art Festival 2014: Part 1
‘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 ›
In Review – GoodCopBad Cop – Casebook 2
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 ›
In Review: The Lakes International Comic Art Festival – The First Timer’s View
(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 ›
In Review – Meanwhile Issue One
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 ›
In Review – The Kill Screen: Cascade
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 ›
In Review – Nenetl of the Forgotten Spirits Issues One and Two
Written by Vera Greentea Art by Laura Muller Published by Greentea Publishing The Story: Nenetl of the Forgotten Spirits is a spirited horror story about a ghost searching for her family during the festival of the Day of the… Read More ›