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• Call for Papers for Comics Up Close – New Perspectives in Comic Art

  By John Freeman on 2 July 2021

  

  A shout out for papers for this one-day event, part of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival in October

• Organ Bros TV series turned comic with help of British comic creators Brian Williamson and Matt Soffe

  By John Freeman on 2 July 2021

  

  Check out this pilot comic for a new TV show, with art by Brian Williamson

• Fundraiser live now for MIND, raising money in memory of comic creator Dave Evans

  By John Freeman on 2 July 2021

  

  A special fundraiser in aid of MIND, in memory of a brilliant British independent comic creator

• Creating Comics: Thunderbirds Step by Step, by Mike Noble

  By John Freeman on 2 July 2021

  

  Fancy drawing Thunderbirds, Mike Noble style? Of course you do…

• Comic Creator Spotlight: Luis Guaragna

  By John Freeman on 2 July 2021

  

  Spotlighting a terrific Norwegian comic artist, perhaps best known for his work for US publisher StormKing Comics

• BBC Studios announce Doctor Who: The Evil of the Daleks animation, due for release 27th September 2021

  By John Freeman on 1 July 2021

  

  Great news for fans of classic Doctor Who

• First Class! Dennis and BEANO friends mark his 70th anniversary on new set of Royal Mail stamps

  By John Freeman on 1 July 2021

  

  Check out these fun anniversary Royal Mail “Dennis” stamps

• Full programme announced and tickets on sale for October’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival

  By John Freeman on 1 July 2021

  

  The festival events programme is now online and tickets for this year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival are now on sale. More guests have been announced, joining an already star-studded line-up for the in-person weekend long celebration of comics in Kendal, Cumbria,… Read More ›

• Hibernia’s latest Fleetway Files collection revives “The Indestructible Man”

  By John Freeman on 1 July 2021

  

  Independent publisher Hibernia Comics has just released its second Fleetway Files collection, The Indestructible Man, by Scott Goodall MBE and Jesus Blasco, first published in the short-lived JAG comic in 1968/69. Wrongly entombed in the ancient pyramids of Egypt for… Read More ›

• “Cartooning in Africa” conference in Paris aims to celebrate press freedom this weekend

  By John Freeman on 1 July 2021

  

  Find out more about this major celebration of cartoonists working across Africa, often in difficult, and sometimes dangerous situations…

• Film Rights Optioned for Bryan Talbot’s “The Tale of One Bad Rat”

  By John Freeman on 30 June 2021

  

  Great news for fans of Bryan Talbot’s powerful graphic novel, first published by Dark Horse Comics

• Reinventing Comic Characters: The European Approach

  By Peter Duncan on 30 June 2021

  

  Comic characters are being adapted for a modern audience across the Channel. Peter Duncan takes a look…

• Latest Catawiki International Original Comic Art Comics Auction includes more art by Reg Bunn, Jesús Blasco and Sydney Jordan

  By John Freeman on 30 June 2021

  

  More British creators in the auction spotlight thanks to Catawiki

• 300 Contributors, 120 Stories, One World-Changing Book, out this October, delivering Stories to Save the World

  By John Freeman on 30 June 2021

  

  Available to pre-order now, in aid of one very good cause – saving our planet!

• 2000AD publishing plans for 45th birthday revealed: new Encyclopedia, first ever “Judge Dredd: Legends of the Law” in the works

  By John Freeman on 29 June 2021

  

  2000AD publisher Rebellion have some great books coming up to mark the Galaxy’s Greatest Comics’ 45th birthday in 2022

• Bringing “Rivers of London” to comics: An exclusive interview with Ben Aaronovitch and Andrew Cartmel

  By John Freeman on 29 June 2021

  

  A chat with writers Ben Aaronovitch and Andrew Cartmel, as new Rivers of London projects debut – plus a ROL chronology, too!

• Power Rangers Unlimited: Edge of Darkness #1 debuts this week

  By John Freeman on 28 June 2021

  

  Power Rangers! Go! Go! To your local comic shop

• Heritage Auctions smashes another sales record

  By John Freeman on 26 June 2021

  

  Staggering US comics auction sales figures break records, again

• Josephine M.K. Edwards bewitching tale, “The Will O’The Wisp”, back in print

  By John Freeman on 26 June 2021

  

  A haunting tale gets a second outing thanks to Breakdown Press

• New “illustrators” projects from Book Palace spotlight Edgar Rice Burroughs, Peter Jackson, Jesús Blasco, and more

  By John Freeman on 25 June 2021 • ( 1 )

  

  Some great new projects in the works from the Book Palace team

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