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• New videocast, “Flights into the Future” crosses into the latest issue of Spaceship Away

  By John Freeman on 25 June 2022

  

  Early inspirations for author and editor Philip Harbottle’s lifelong love of science fiction revealed

• Robot Archie, Conan the Barbarian art on offer in latest Catawiki International Original Comics Art Auction

  By John Freeman on 25 June 2022

  

  Robots on the loose, barbarians at the gates!

• Creating Comics: Sean Michael Wilson on adapting the world’s oldest known novel, The Tale of Genji, into manga

  By John Freeman on 25 June 2022

  

  How do you adapt a 1000-plus page novel into comics? Writer Sean Michael Wilson has some thoughts…

• Neil Gaiman and Mark Buckingham ‘Miracleman’ Series Returns

  By John Freeman on 24 June 2022 • ( 1 )

  

  After 30 years, Neil Gaiman and Mark Buckingham complete their “Miracleman” saga this October in “Miracleman by Gaiman & Buckingham: The Silver Age”

• Lake District welcomes comic creator Bernard Hage for Comic Art Europe “Living Together” residency

  By John Freeman on 24 June 2022

  

  Lebanese artist Bernard Hage, also known as “The Art of Boo”, has arrived in the Lake District for a two-week comics residency, as one of the winners of the Comic Art Europe 2022 Open Call, which challenged comic creators to come up with work based… Read More ›

• Thunderbirds Versus the Hood audio adventures takes off in August

  By John Freeman on 24 June 2022

  

  Hot on the heels of their recently revealed TV Century 21 Audio Annual, Anderson Entertainment is preparing for the FAB launch of “Thunderbirds Versus The Hood”

• Striker Complete Collection latest: Volume 19 available now

  By John Freeman on 24 June 2022

  

  A quick look at the latest Striker: Complete Collection volume, and a snapshot of the collections of the creator-owned football comic that have gone before…

• In Review: UFO Comic Anthology Volume Two

  By John Freeman on 24 June 2022 • ( 1 )

  

  If you thought the first UFO Comic Anthology was good, prepare to be blown away by the second, available now from Anderson Entertainment

• National Writing Day helps to spotlight why young people write

  By John Freeman on 23 June 2022

  

  Today is National Writing Day, an annual celebration of the power of writing creatively, inspiring people of all ages and abilities to try writing for fun and self-expression

• Hibernia’s latest Comic Archive, “Blazing Battle Action”, available now

  By John Freeman on 22 June 2022

  

  Blazing Battle Action is the sixth in Hibernia’s acclaimed Comic Archive series, exploring comics history through interviews, articles and rare art

• War at Sea, in the Air and on Land! Get ready for an action-packed set of Commando comics

  By John Freeman on 22 June 2022

  

  No theatre of war is left untouched in four Commando tales, on sale this week in newsagents and online

• Rebellion Releases Round Up – 2000AD, Roy of the Rovers and more

  By John Freeman on 22 June 2022

  

  Here’s our quick guide to this week’s releases (and titles you may have missed, launched recently), from 2000AD publisher Rebellion, including this week’s edition of the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic itself

• Conan the Barbarian heads to Titan… Titan Comics, that is!

  By John Freeman on 21 June 2022

  

  Titan Comics takes on Conan and other Robert E. Howard creations, across books and comics, both new and collected classics

• 2000AD veteran Alan Langford delivers exclusive “Captain Condor” cover for Eagle Times

  By John Freeman on 21 June 2022

  

  A very special cover for the non-profit magazine, Eagle Times

• South London Comic and Zine Fair returns after four year hiatus next month

  By John Freeman on 21 June 2022

  

  South London Comic and Zine Fair is back, and its return after a four-year hiatus is much anticipated

• New edition of Filmed in Supermarionation released

  By John Freeman on 21 June 2022

  

  An updated and revised edition of Filmed in Supermarionation, which sprang from the eponymous Gerry and Sylvia Anderson-inspired documentary, has been released

• Westerns, ho! Anderson & Garland latest Collectors’ Auction offers cowboys aplenty – and Joe 90, too!

  By John Freeman on 20 June 2022

  

  Anderson & Garland’s next Collectors’ Auction takes place next week and includes comics Star Wars and Gerry Anderson TV show-related toys

• Marvel UK’s “Apeslayer” – The Culprit Revealed?

  By John Freeman on 20 June 2022 • ( 5 )

  

  No, it’s not Neil Tennant of Pet Shop Boys fame. Another Marvel UK myth now fully debunked thanks to author Rob Kirby

• First win in 50 years for a graphic novel at 2022 Yoto Carnegie Greenaway Awards

  By John Freeman on 19 June 2022 • ( 1 )

  

  Long Way Down, illustrated by Danica Novgorodoff, has won the Yoto Kate Greenaway Medal – the first graphic novel to win since Raymond Briggs’ Father Christmas in 1973

• In Memoriam: Ralph Titterton

  By John Freeman on 19 June 2022

  

  A leading light in the curation of the music of Barry Gray has passed

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