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• Get Your Pens Ready, yes? Draw Death’s Head Day is Coming!

  By John Freeman on March 19, 2022

  

  The annual celebration of Marvel UK’s robot bounty hunter, er freelance peacekeeping agent, is upon us!

• WebFind: Who Remembers Terrance Dicks “Star Quest”?

  By John Freeman on March 18, 2022

  

  Terrance Dicks didn’t just write Doctor Who. Star Quest is still remembered, by some, with fondness…

• Classic Captain Action back in print, Mark Waid sings its praises

  By John Freeman on March 17, 2022

  

  Andrew Sumner of Forbidden Planet TV has a new interview with top comics writer Mark Waid, talking to him about Captain Action

• Bryan Hitch joins Lakes International Comic Art Festival line-up in October

  By John Freeman on March 17, 2022

  

  Bryan Hitch has joined the growing guest list for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival in October

• Art inspired by 2000AD hits London next week, in PROG-RESS, at the Dinner Party Gallery

  By John Freeman on March 17, 2022

  

  An exhibition of art inspired by 2000AD, the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic, is due to open in London next week

• 1970s comic classic, Mek Memoirs, by Chris Lowder and Kevin O’Neill, re-issued

  By John Freeman on March 17, 2022

  

  A fantastic comic zine that helped shape the look of 2000AD gets an issue from a new publisher

• Falklands at 40: Commando to mark anniversary of South Atlantic conflict in April

  By John Freeman on March 16, 2022

  

  DC Thomson Media has announced it will mark the 40th anniversary of the Falklands War with three special issues of Commando in April

• London’s Riverside Studios announces “Time Lords to Top of the Pops” Festival

  By John Freeman on March 16, 2022

  

  London’s Riverside Studios is to host a “Time Lords to Top of the Pops” festival

• Spies in the desert, World War One camoufleurs, and more, in new Commando comics, out this week

  By John Freeman on March 16, 2022

  

  An eccentric World War One water colourist proves an unusual foil for a regular soldier in one of the new Commando stories, out this week

• Dark Horse owner Embracer Group issues statement on war in Ukraine, announces €5 million in humanitarian aid

  By John Freeman on March 15, 2022

  

  The Embracer Group, owners of Dark Horse, has issued an update on the situation for the company due to the war in Ukraine

• Catawiki launches StandWithUkraine Charity Auctions, includes comic art and prints by Milo Manara, Hergé

  By John Freeman on March 15, 2022

  

  Catawiki is running a number of #StandWithUkraine Charity Auctions until 21st March 2022

• BFI Announces Major Anime Season

  By Joe Gordon on March 15, 2022

  

  Visit the BFI and be surprised that Anime can be so much more than you ever imagined…

• Doctor Who Appreciation Society launches The Terrance Dicks Award For Writers

  By John Freeman on March 15, 2022

  

  The Doctor Who Appreciation Society has announced The Terrance Dicks Award For Writers, in memory of the much-loved, and highly influential, writer

• “Birdman & Chicken” collection crashes into book and comic shops this week

  By John Freeman on March 15, 2022

  

  Birdman & Chicken is a fun Batman-inspired spoof from the pages of Krazy comic, and a collection is out this week

• WebFind: Modesty Blaise by Paul Gulacy

  By John Freeman on March 15, 2022 • ( 1 )

  

  A chance stumble across an unusual Modesty Blaise artwork from a Master of Kung Fu legend

• Have you entered the Alison Brown Young Comics Maestro Award yet?

  By John Freeman on March 14, 2022

  

  The clock’s ticking! Check out this great comic creating competition for younger creators

• 2000AD artist Simon Davis solo “I am Because You Are”exhibition announced

  By John Freeman on March 14, 2022

  

  Coming soon to the Panter & Hall gallery on Pall Mall, a special exhibition from this great 2000AD artist, four years in the making

• “The Kirknewton Story” comes to comics, celebrating the history of a Scottish village

  By John Freeman on March 12, 2022

  

  What a brilliant project! Every city, town and village should have its own comic, especially when it looks as good as this!

• “Brand is how we find each other” is a new guide to branding that could be ideal for comic creators

  By John Freeman on March 11, 2022

  

  Comic creator and illustrator Adam Lumb has a new book out – but it isn’t one of his impressive graphic novels

• Milo Manara art, with story by Hugo Pratt, livens bidding in this week’s Catawiki International Comic Art Auction

  By John Freeman on March 11, 2022

  

  Art by Milo Manara is attracting some fierce bidding over on Catawiki this week…

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