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• Illustrated Parkinson’s Diary aid released for sufferers and carers

  By John Freeman on March 28, 2022

  

  Lancaster-based comic creator and author Antonella Caputo has devised an illustrated Parkinson’s Diary, now available in English and German

• 2000AD@45: Convention Catch Up!

  By John Freeman on March 28, 2022

  

  Missed any of the free 2000AD@45 event? Catch up here – and find out what’s to come in the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic!

• Original “Torpedo” art by Jordi Bernet offered in latest Catawiki International Comic Art Auction

  By John Freeman on March 28, 2022

  

  Smashing art on offer again from a variety of European and British comic creators

• Online event with Tom DeFalco, Heidi MacDonald and Elliot S. Maggin set to discuss “The Rise and Fall of Comics”

  By John Freeman on March 26, 2022

  

  Ramon Gil and the Comics Arts Workshop are hosting a free virtual event titled “The Rise and Fall of Comics” in May

• Jim Alexander and Will Pickering’s powerful SF adventure, Savant, collected at last

  By John Freeman on March 26, 2022

  

  The powerful, thought-provoking SF story from Jim Alexander and Will Pickering is collected at last

• Story Museum and The Phoenix comic join forces for The Phoenix Festival in May

  By John Freeman on March 26, 2022

  

  Oxford’s The Story Museum and The Phoenix comic have joined forces for the Phoenix Comic Festival in May

• Graphic Brighton returns in May: Michael Rosen, Hannah Berry, Woodrow Phoenix among speakers discussing comics for younger audiences

  By John Freeman on March 26, 2022

  

  Graphic Brighton – a popular academic comics conference open to the public – returns to the British southern city in May. There’s still time for comic researchers to submit papers for possible discussion at this year’s in person event, which… Read More ›

• 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

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