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• In Review: Doctor Who – Fury from the Deep

  By Tim Robins on September 18, 2020

  

  Creepy horror? Check. Killer seaweed? Check. Doctor Who? In spades!

• The Art of Aardman – Shaun the Sheep and Friends exhibition opens in the Netherlands, ahead of new Wallace & Gromit adventure launch

  By John Freeman on September 18, 2020

  

  A special Aardman exhibition and news of a new Wallace & Gromit adventure – some good news for many!

• Cast Your Votes for the LICAF Coronacartoon Virtual Exhibition

  By John Freeman on September 18, 2020

  

  Cheer yourself up despite the crisis and “like” a favourite Pandemic cartoon

• Rare 1930s Beano promotional flyer offered in latest Phil-Comics eBay auction

  By John Freeman on September 17, 2020

  

  A terrific Beano rarity is going under the virtual auction hammer. Not literally.

• Lakes Festival Focus 2020: Digital Sculptor and Creature Designer Glen Southern

  By John Freeman on September 17, 2020

  

  Find out more about Glen’s work and his Cheshire-based company, SouthernGFX…

• Latest Commando Comics stories span the globe

  By John Freeman on September 16, 2020

  

  More war action out this week!

• Try the Cartoon Museum for free this weekend!

  By John Freeman on September 16, 2020

  

  The Museum joins the capital-wide Open House Festival

• Wentworth Wooden Puzzles launches new “Art That Slays” jigsaw range

  By John Freeman on September 16, 2020

  

  Check out these eye-catching jigsaws with a distinctly modern flavour

• Lakes Festival Focus 2020: Comics Writer Paul Cornell

  By John Freeman on September 15, 2020

  

  Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival in October, this year running as the virtual LICAF LIVE, we bring you a series of interviews with both guests and participants in the Comics Clock Tower (This… Read More ›

• In Review: The Day of the Triffids (Blu-ray)

  By Tim Robins on September 15, 2020 • ( 2 )

  

  Does the new Blu-ray of this 1980s BBC series past muster?

• Create an “Animal Crossing” Comic Hero with LICAF!

  By John Freeman on September 15, 2020

  

  Design a comics-inspired costume and win a prize!

• DC Thomson and John Leng Annuals documented

  By John Freeman on September 15, 2020

  

  Find out more about a new dedicated resource dedicated to one aspect of British comics history

• “Charley’s War” Battle cover, “Halo Jones” art offered in auction

  By John Freeman on September 15, 2020

  

  Two pieces of art from two very different classic British comics are up for sale

• Latest Rok of the Reds project gets a commercial sponsor!

  By John Freeman on September 14, 2020

  

  Continuing a British football comic tradition, Rok of the Reds gets an unusual backer!

• Comic Art Festival Podcast – Bootleg Editions Available Now!

  By John Freeman on September 14, 2020

  

  The team at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast have gone for a bit of a mix tape/ jam style over the past two episodes, the regular team stepping back as Pete Taylor and Mike Williams lead “The Bootleg… Read More ›

• Like cats? Why not take part in a feline-themed Game Jam?

  By John Freeman on September 14, 2020

  

  Game developers with a passion for cats are being invited to take part in a Game Jam this Autumn. Organised by leading feline welfare charity Cats Protection and Payload Studios via its Tentacle Zone initiative, the Game Jam takes place… Read More ›

• Crowdfunding Spotlight: Sentinel #4 set to send you screaming!

  By John Freeman on September 14, 2020

  

  A new girls horror comic from the Sentinel team? Worth a look…

• LICAF LIVE – fuller free online Comic Art Festival programme revealed

  By John Freeman on September 13, 2020

  

  More free online festival plans unveiled!

• “Without Borders” Comics Contest Launched

  By John Freeman on September 13, 2020

  

  Fumetto Comic Festival Luzern, Switzerland, has launched its annual comics competition for 2021

• London’s Cartoon Museum set to re-open

  By John Freeman on September 12, 2020

  

  The Cartoon Museum will re-open its doors to the public on Thursday 17th September, after nearly six months of enforced closure due to Coronavirus Pandemic restrictions. “We’re very happy to announce we’re re-opening our doors to the public, said director… Read More ›

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