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

  By John Freeman on 26 March 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 26 March 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 26 March 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 25 March 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 25 March 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 25 March 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 25 March 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 25 March 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 24 March 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 23 March 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 23 March 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 23 March 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 23 March 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 22 March 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 22 March 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 22 March 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 21 March 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 21 March 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 21 March 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 21 March 2022

  

  Great news for fans of this fondly-remembered British comedian

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