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• Posy Simmonds among this year’s nominees for this year’s Angoulême Grand Prix

  By John Freeman on 12 January 2024

  

  Grand Prix nominees finalised ahead of this year’s Festival International de la Bande Dessinée d’Angoulême

• Scholastic UK launches Graphic Novel Prize in response to genre growth 

  By John Freeman on 11 January 2024

  

  Check out Scholastic UK’s new Graphic Novel Prize

• Broken Frontier announces the winners of its 20th annual awards for comics

  By John Freeman on 11 January 2024

  

  The leading comics website Broken Frontier, run by Andy Oliver, has announced the winners of its 20th annual BF Awards, voted for by its readers and the BF team. The winners include a number of British creators, Beck Kubrick, Michael… Read More ›

• Get your hands on a free copy of the “Doctor Who – Heroes And Monsters Collection”

  By John Freeman on 11 January 2024

  

  Get your hands on a fun Doctor Who short story collection

• Still time to book your place on Rachael Ball’s “Graphic Novel Your Life” course

  By John Freeman on 10 January 2024

  

  The Quentin Blake Centre for Illustration is running a ten week online comic creation course

• Target Tales: Russell Cook reflects on recent Doctor Who adaptations

  By downthetubes Guests on 10 January 2024 • ( 1 )

  

  Russell Cook turns our attention to the past few months’ Doctor Who literary efforts, courtesy of Target and BBC Books…

• Talking Pictures to air interview with TV21 and Look-in artist Mike Noble

  By John Freeman on 10 January 2024

  

  A treat for Fireball XL5 fans!

• A Dan Dare rarity for sweet toothed fans comes to auction

  By John Freeman on 9 January 2024

  

  A much sought after set of Dan Dare cards is going under the hammer

• 2000AD art by Carlos Ezquerra, José Ortiz, offered on Catawiki

  By John Freeman on 9 January 2024

  

  Two cracking 1980s 2000AD artworks are up for sale

• Can you help track down TV Times and Punch cartoonist “Scherzo” and its first art editor, Len Ward?

  By John Freeman on 8 January 2024

  

  Do you know the real identity of once popular magazine cartoonist Scherzo?

• Date for next Commando and British Weekly Comics Swap-Meet announced

  By John Freeman on 8 January 2024 • ( 1 )

  

  The next Commando and British Weekly Comics Swap-Meet will be in Glasgow

• Renewed appeal for Look-In “The Tomorrow People” art

  By John Freeman on 7 January 2024

  

  Do you have any original “The Tomorrow People” art? Chinbeard Books would love to hear from you!

• Steamboat Willie Reimagined (and some Dos and Don’ts if you plan to create your own)

  By John Freeman on 7 January 2024

  

  We’ve enjoyed seeing new takes on Steamboat Willie, but be aware of some Dos and Don’ts if you want to join in the fun…

• Comics Cultural Impact Collective gears up to reshape and reinvigorate public perception of comics

  By John Freeman on 7 January 2024 • ( 1 )

  

  How can the comics community grow awareness of our fantastic “Ninth Art” in the UK?

• Doctor Who – Terror from the Deep: Episode 60

  By John Freeman on 6 January 2024 • ( 2 )

  

  The battle between Movellans and Daleks takes a sinister turn!

• Comics Preview: Battle Action Volume Two, hitting stores in February

  By John Freeman on 6 January 2024

  

  All-out Battle Action adventures are on their way!

• More “War Picture Library” adventures drawn by Hugo Pratt offered in new collections

  By John Freeman on 5 January 2024 • ( 1 )

  

  Two new War Picture Library collections you must not miss

• In Review: Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire

  By Tim Robins on 5 January 2024 • ( 1 )

  

  Is it worth a watch, or should you track down Roger Colman’s “Battle Beyond the Stars” instead?

• Don’t miss out on some New Year treats from cartoonist Lew Stringer

  By John Freeman on 4 January 2024

  

  More original art from Oink! and Buster for sale, and a “Robo-Capers” treat!

• Kim Fuller’s “Comics Rebubbled” delivers all-new strip stories, plucked from the public domain

  By John Freeman on 3 January 2024

  

  Silliness aplenty in this merging of modern comedy with public domain comics!

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