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• “Roy Lichtenstein and the Origins of Pop Art: The Most Modern Art” Webinar

  By John Freeman on 5 June 2021

  

  A virtual trip through Pop Art and the controversy Roy Lichtenstein often stirs is online next week

• My Goodness! That’s a lot of Guinness – vintage advertising for auction, that is…

  By John Freeman on 5 June 2021

  

  Some rather wonderful Guinness promotional posters and more are up for sale next week…

• Sneak Peek! Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s Super Dweeb – by Jess Bradley!

  By John Freeman on 4 June 2021

  

  Jess Bradley’s latest book is out soon

• 2 Tone’s unexpected comic connections revealed as new exhibition opens in Coventry

  By John Freeman on 4 June 2021

  

  A major 2 Tone exhibition in Coventry has some unexpected comic connections

• New Tintin rights challenge running in French courts

  By John Freeman on 4 June 2021

  

  A French sculptor is challenging Moulinsart’s ownership claims to Tintin’s look

• In Review: The Fun Factory of Farringdon Street by Alan Clark

  By John Freeman on 3 June 2021

  

  What?! Another indispensable guide to early British comics from Alan Clark? Oh yes…

• Comics Laureate Stephen L. Holland part of Manchester’s new Festival of Libraries line-up next week

  By John Freeman on 3 June 2021

  

  Check out this free, in-person event aimed in part at introducing newcomers to the diversity of the comics medium

• Early cover art by 2000AD’s Colin Wilson unearthed for ground-breaking New Zealand music paper “Rip it Up”

  By John Freeman on 3 June 2021

  

  Some early work by 2000AD and Blueberry artist Colin Wilson has a familiar look…

• “Meanwhile…” comics event set to land in Coventry in September

  By John Freeman on 3 June 2021

  

  An impressive -sounding comics festival just dropped into the UK comics calendar for 2021…

• Coming Soon: “The Panda, the Cat and the Dreadful Teddy: A Parody”, a cartoon collection by Paul Magrs

  By John Freeman on 3 June 2021

  

  Warning, some rude words used in this new cartoon collection from Doctor Who author (and much more), Paul Magrs…

• Creator Spotlight: Award-winning illustrator John Picacio

  By John Freeman on 2 June 2021

  

  A significant work milestone is reached for an award-winning artist…

• Geek Retreat expands stores across the UK with future plans for European roll-out

  By John Freeman on 2 June 2021

  

  Geek Retreat, the geek culture retailer, gaming café and events venue rolled into one, has big expansion plans through 2021 and beyond

• A Radio Milestone! Alex Fitch has Made 500 Panel Borders radio shows… Roll on 500 more…

  By Alex Fitch on 2 June 2021

  

  Panel Borders, Britain’s only regular radio show about comics, hits its 500th episode tonight! Producer and presenter Alex Fitch reveals the show’s origins, and some favourite interviews…

• Comic Creator Spotlight: Bob Monkhouse, and a posthumous cancer research fund raiser

  By John Freeman on 2 June 2021

  

  This week sees the anniversary of the birth of comedian and comic artist Bob Monkhouse, who was “resurrected” in a good cause…

• Peter O’Donnell “Garth” adventure features in latest Comics Revue

  By John Freeman on 1 June 2021 • ( 2 )

  

  An early Garth adventure gets an airing – something of a rare event!

• Catawiki International Comic Art Auction Spotlight: Trigan Empire and more!

  By John Freeman on 1 June 2021

  

  Don Lawrence and Ted Kearon art on offer

• New edition of Jack Kirby’s “Captain America’s Bicentennial Battles” out this month, and there’s a bit of a mystery attached…

  By John Freeman on 1 June 2021 • ( 5 )

  

  A Captain America comic cover art mystery… can you solve it?

• ComicScene Summer Special out next month, and other new projects in the works

  By John Freeman on 31 May 2021

  

  Artists wanted, summer sampler in the works

• Tube Surfing: Peter Milligan’s God of Tremors, Marvel Voices project

  By John Freeman on 31 May 2021

  

  Some quick news items of note from the world of comics…

• WebFind: The Modern Boy, a fantastic resource for Biggles fans and more

  By John Freeman on 31 May 2021

  

  A fascinating guitar to the first title to publish the Biggles stories of W.E. Johns

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