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• In Memoriam: Tammy and Battle Art Editor Peter Downer

  By John Freeman on March 25, 2022

  

  Wilf Prigmore, and others, pay tribute to a former stalwart of IPC and Fleetway

• A Rail Safety Curiosity: Stay Off The Line And Stay Alive, urge Starsky & Hutch!

  By John Freeman on March 25, 2022

  

  Top TV cops Starsky & Hutch were drafted to promote British Rail safety back in 1977

• Exclusive Sneak Peek! UFO Comic Anthology – Volume Two

  By John Freeman on March 25, 2022 • ( 1 )

  

  Pre-orders open for its second UFO Comic Anthology – here’s a sneak peek, including some of the strip pages drawn by Brian Lewis, Jon Davis and John M. Burns

• Pre-Orders open for Treasury of British Comics “Badtime Bedtime Stories”

  By John Freeman on March 25, 2022

  

  You won’t snooze after reading these daft bedtime stories featuring the work of Leo Baxendale!

• Archie Comics offers free to read comics ahead of Earth Day 2022, focusing on saving the environment and encouraging recycling

  By John Freeman on March 25, 2022

  

  Archie Comics again joins the battle to save the planet, offering two free to read comics online chalking us all on the environment and recycling

• In Review: The Unofficial History of The Beano by Iain McLaughlin

  By downthetubes Guests on March 24, 2022

  

  Andy Boal checks out former BEANO editor Iain McLaughlin’s history of Britain’s longest-running comic…

• Pre-orders open for Rebellion’s “Judge Dredd by Mick McMahon Apex Edition”

  By John Freeman on March 23, 2022

  

  The Judge Dredd by Mick McMahon Apex Edition, out in October, is available to pre-order now.

• Glasgow Women’s Library announces new “Responders of Colour” workshops

  By John Freeman on March 23, 2022

  

  Launched last year, Responders of Colour is a project from Glasgow Women’s Library combining creative writing with archives

• Standing with Ukraine: Zurek the kitten goes viral

  By John Freeman on March 23, 2022

  

  The story behind some feline-inspired art by Polish artist Twórczy Byk, in support of Ukraine

• Retro Review: Bog Bodies by Declan Shalvey and Gavin Fullerton

  By Luke Williams on March 23, 2022

  

  An Irish gangster on the run after a job gone wrong stumbles upon a young woman lost in the Dublin mountains… Luke Williams catches up on “Bog Bodies” by Declan Shalvey and Gavin Fullerton

• 2000AD@45 free online event lines up more than 60 guests this weekend

  By John Freeman on March 22, 2022

  

  Talk about star studded! 2000AD’s “The Galaxy’s Greatest” online event hits your computers, tablets and laptops this weekend – all for free!

• New “Metallic Dynamite” SF comic anthology in the spotlight on latest Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast

  By John Freeman on March 22, 2022

  

  Pete Taylor and and Mike Williams “yak” with comic creator Jordan Thomas, chatting about his new anthology, “Metallic Dynamite”

• Alison Bechdel joins Lakes International Comic Art Festival line-up in October 

  By John Freeman on March 22, 2022

  

  The creator of “Dykes to Watch Out For”, “ Fun Home” and “The Secret to Superhuman Strength” is coming to the UK in October

• WebFind: Magico Vento, “Magic Wind” Italy’s best-selling western comic

  By John Freeman on March 21, 2022

  

  Find out more about this western comic laced with supernatural adventure…

• New British crowdfunding platform for comic creators launches with campaigns for ATOMIC and Technofreak

  By John Freeman on March 21, 2022

  

  A new British comics crowdfunding platform from Get My Comics has soft launched

• Digital comics platform WEBTOON announces European expansion plans

  By John Freeman on March 21, 2022

  

  Digital comics platform WEBTOON has announced it is to establish a new European corporation, expanding its presence in the region

• “Hancock – The ATV Series” lined up for new limited edition three-disc DVD release

  By John Freeman on March 21, 2022

  

  Great news for fans of this fondly-remembered British comedian

• Latest Phil-Comics comics auction closes today, 200 lots on offer, including TV Comic featuring the first appearance of Doctor Who strip

  By John Freeman on March 20, 2022

  

  The latest Phil-Comics closes later today, and there are plenty of British comics goodies on offer!

• More Trigan Empire art surfaces on latest Catawiki International Comic Art Auction

  By John Freeman on March 20, 2022

  

  More items from European comic art owners on offer

• Unofficial History of The Beano out now

  By John Freeman on March 19, 2022 • ( 1 )

  

  The Unofficial History of The Beano, is out now and available from all good bookshops

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