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• “Garth” dropped from Daily Mirror, “not appropriate” for today’s newspaper market

  By John Freeman on July 27, 2020 • ( 6 )

  

  Sad news, as the “Garth” strip draws to a close in the Mirror newspaper

• Cutaway Comics launches Doctor Who “Splinter Universe” comics project with crowdfunder for Eric Saward’s “Lytton”

  By John Freeman on July 26, 2020

  

  Cutaway Comics, an independent comic imprint based in Manchester, has launched its titles featuring worlds and characters from BBC’s ​Doctor Who – drawing them into darker recesses of a dangerous, unpredictable cutaway universe. The project has launched with a crowdfunder… Read More ›

• Shako shakes things up in this week’s 2000AD!

  By John Freeman on July 26, 2020 • ( 1 )

  

  Furious fur ball on the rampage!

• In Memoriam: Cartoonist Brian Walker

  By John Freeman on July 26, 2020

  

  Marking the passing of a comics legend

• Mike Higgs’ Moonbird adventures … in Germany!

  By John Freeman on July 25, 2020 • ( 1 )

  

  A British comics character gets a German makeover

• Eagle 1950 – 2020 exhibition opens at Southport’s The Atkinson gallery on Monday, after lockdown deferral

  By John Freeman on July 25, 2020

  

  Great news for Eagle and Dan Dare fans!

• Crowdfunding Spotlight: Rusumat – New Stories from Rising Artists

  By John Freeman on July 25, 2020

  

  Digital comics provider Rusumat has set an ambitious target to bring new comics to life

• Big Finish Space:1999 audio dramas continue in 2021

  By John Freeman on July 25, 2020

  

  The re-imagined Gerry Anderson series returns soon

• Don’t Miss Out on Comic-Con’s 2020 Souvenir Book!

  By John Freeman on July 25, 2020

  

  A terrific, free souvenir from this year’s virtual event

• Poster Posse’s “hate2wait” alternative film posters prove a moviegoer’s treat

  By John Freeman on July 25, 2020

  

  Warning: these gorgeous alternate film posters may leave you dazzled

• In Review: Spacewarp

  By Peter Duncan on July 24, 2020 • ( 4 )

  

  Peter Duncan is hugely excited by Pat Mills new project. But how do we tell non-comic readers to read it?

• Sneak Peek: Long Coat and Leather Jacket, by John Farrelly

  By John Freeman on July 24, 2020

  

  An action packed comics trailer you should not watch (we’re joking!)

• In Review: TechnoFreak #3 – Karaoke Killers

  By Peter Duncan on July 24, 2020

  

  Clones, kidnappers, and a far too clever talking cat!

• Beano & Dandy – A Celebration of Dudley D Watkins gets DC Thomson web shop release

  By John Freeman on July 24, 2020 • ( 1 )

  

  A terrific-looking decade by decade look at the work of the acclaimed artist

• Great British Bonkers Designs: The Guinness Festival Clock

  By John Freeman on July 24, 2020 • ( 1 )

  

  Cracking seaside fun of yesteryear recalled…

• Renegade Game Studios and Oni Games To Publish Autumn Harvest: A Tea Dragon Society Game

  By John Freeman on July 23, 2020

  

  More gaming fun, with Tea Dragons

• In Review: Mongrel by Sayra Begum

  By Joe Gordon on July 23, 2020

  

  Joe Gordon reviews this beautifully-told autobiographical tale of inter-generational strife…

• WebFind: How Reading Comics Re-Shaped British Army Recruitment in the 1970s

  By John Freeman on July 23, 2020 • ( 1 )

  

  Back in 1973, the British Army changed its recruitment marketing after research into popular war comics

• Don’t miss out on some Forbidden Planet Comic-Con@Home exclusives

  By John Freeman on July 23, 2020

  

  Blade Runner, Star Wars and other exclusives on offer from Forbidden Planet

• SHIFT, new 100-page British anthology comic, launches in October

  By John Freeman on July 23, 2020

  

  You wait for a terrific anthology for years, then several come at once!

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