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• In Review: The A to Z of British Newspaper Strips by Paul Hudson

  By John Freeman on July 14, 2022

  

  If you’re a British newspaper strip fan, you don’t want to miss out of getting a copy of this invaluable guide… but you’ll have to save your pennies!

• Part Works publisher Eaglemoss goes out of business

  By John Freeman on July 12, 2022 • ( 18 )

  

  Bad news for fans of Eaglemoss part works such as the Doctor Who Figurine Collection, and more…

• MSE Events lines up Altrincham Sci-fi Comic & Toy Fair in September

  By John Freeman on July 12, 2022

  

  Details of the fan-based organisation’s latest upcoming comics gathering

• From the Trenches and in Pictures: London Film and Comic Con 2022

  By John Freeman on July 11, 2022

  

  A crazed time was had by all this weekend at Olympia, London…

• CoCo Comic Con comes to Lancaster next month, a free all-ages independent comics event

  By John Freeman on July 11, 2022 • ( 1 )

  

  CoCo Comics Con is shaping up to be a great free event in August, with a host of indie comic creators lined up

• 2000AD’s Kelvin Gosnell reveals secrets of the Airfix Modellers’ Club

  By Jeremy Briggs on July 11, 2022

  

  Jeremy Briggs chats to an industry legend the story behind a long-running feature in British boys secrets often overlooked by comic fans

• Rachael Smith storms The New Yorker

  By John Freeman on July 11, 2022

  

  Great news for fans of the talented comic creator, Rachael Smith

• Creating Comics: How Nicky Wheeler-Nicholson and Lee Marrs revived 1930s comic heroine “Sandra of the Secret Service” for Aces Weekly

  By John Freeman on July 10, 2022

  

  Find out more about the recent revival of an American comics heroine, by Nicky Wheeler-Nicholson and Lee Marrs, for David Lloyd’s Aces Weekly…

• Don’t Miss Out on these “Luther Arkwright” postcards!

  By John Freeman on July 10, 2022 • ( 1 )

  

  Some great “Luther Arkwright” postcards by Bryan Talbot are being offered by the Cartoon Museum

• New edition of Aces Weekly available now

  By John Freeman on July 9, 2022

  

  A smashing new issue of David Lloyd’ long-running digital anthology is available now. Tentacles! Weird stuff! And more…

• Crowdfunding Spotlight: The Nazz by Tom Veitch and Bryan Talbot

  By John Freeman on July 9, 2022

  

  IT’S ALIVE! has launched an Indiegogo campaign to publish THE NAZZ hardcover collection, an incredible story created by the late Tom Veitch and Bryan Talbot, 32 years ago…

• Kent County Council has a humour bypass as Herne Bay Cartoon Festival returns

  By John Freeman on July 9, 2022

  

  This year’s Festival poster design by cartoonist Andrew Birch has upset the local Tory council…

• Titan Comics offers a great deal on digital Doctor Who collections through Humble Bundle

  By John Freeman on July 8, 2022

  

  Your chance to binge read Doctor Who graphic novels, and support BBC Children in Need, too…

• Coming Soon, Transformers: Best of the Rarities

  By John Freeman on July 8, 2022

  

  IDW’s upcoming Transformers collection will include plenty of hard to find stories featuring your favourite Autobots and Deceptions

• Creating Comics: Predicting the Future, with Monty Nero

  By John Freeman on July 7, 2022

  

  There’s and uncannily familiar-looking PM causing chaos in Monty Nero and Martin Simmonds’ finale to Death Sentence Liberty…

• “Comics Stripped!”, a new exhibition in Dundee, probes the secrets of comic making

  By John Freeman on July 6, 2022 • ( 3 )

  

  How do you make a comic? That’s the question “Comics Stripped!”, a new exhibition at the University of Dundee seeks to answer.

• Malta Comic Con makes a welcome return after two-year absence

  By John Freeman on July 6, 2022

  

  Great news for fans of this annual event in sunny Malta

• 2000AD, Treasury of British Collections and Specials – 2023

  By John Freeman on July 6, 2022 • ( 2 )

  

  Last Updated: Wednesday 22nd November 2023: Our guide to announced 2023 releases from 2000AD and Treasury of British Comics publisher Rebellion. Updated as new releases are announced or modified

• Upcoming Rebellion Releases: 2000AD, Judge Dredd Megazine, and a SciFi Special, too!

  By John Freeman on July 6, 2022

  

  New thrills begin in this week’s 2000AD – don’t miss out! Plus, what’s coming your way soon from Rebellion

• Commando tales of D-Day, old and new, part of latest new releases this week

  By John Freeman on July 6, 2022

  

  Commando issues 5555 – 5558 are in shops and online from Thursday 7th July, 2022. Here’s all the intel you need about this latest set!

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