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• Frank Quitely announced as winner of the Sergio Aragonés International Award for Excellence in Comic Art

  By John Freeman on 2 October 2026 • ( 1 )

  

  Top British artists joins the ranks of this prestigious award’s winners

• Roads Not Taken: The 1632 Comic

  By John Freeman on 2 October 2026 • ( 2 )

  

  Plenty of comic projects founder early, for different reasons. This was one of them

• Crowdfunding Spotlight: Get Ready for Murderbot, The Graphic Novel

  By John Freeman on 2 October 2026

  

  “As a heartless killing machine, I was a terrible failure…”

• 5 Space Opera Comics

  By John Freeman on 1 October 2026

  

  David Ferguson explores some top science fiction comic sagas…

• $716,750 for Captain America Leads Heritage’s recent Comics and Comic Art Auctions to staggering $18.17 Million

  By John Freeman on 1 October 2026

  

  The appetite for appealing classic comic art is undimmed in two recent Heritage Auctions events

• In Review: Avengers: Endgame Encore

  By Tim Robins on 1 October 2026 • ( 1 )

  

  Re-edited movie re-released ahead of that Doomsday thing a-coming soon…

• Strawjack: “Figgerty’s Gallop” – Page 10

  By John Freeman on 1 October 2026 • ( 1 )

  

  A spy, you say? Strawjack is watched as he returns home… but he has planned for that!

• New Gerry Anderson’s The Secret Service collection out next month

  By John Freeman on 1 October 2026

  

  Includes new documentary fronted by Matthew Sweet

• Comic Social Announces Launch of a Dedicated App Built exclusively for Comic Readers

  By John Freeman on 30 September 2026

  

  New comics community network app now in beta

• New comics talent storms into Aces Weekly volume 82

  By John Freeman on 30 September 2026

  

  The latest volume of the long running digital anthology begins its run

• Crowdfunding Spotlight: The Arts of Eddie Campbell

  By John Freeman on 30 September 2026

  

  Indie comics veteran Eddie Campbell’s first art book in the works

• British creators recognised in Ringo Awards

  By John Freeman on 30 September 2026

  

  Congratulations to all of this year’s winners and nominees!

• On This Day, in 1972, Britain welcomed the arrival of The Mighty World of Marvel

  By John Freeman on 30 September 2026 • ( 5 )

  

  Celebrate the “birth” of Marvel UK back in 1972!

• Re-Live arts-in-health charity announces latest life story comic, Here & Now

  By John Freeman on 29 September 2026

  

  Welsh arts-in-health charity Re-Live are about to launch Here & Now Issue 1, their latest life story comic

• In Review: Hope

  By Tim Robins on 29 September 2026

  

  An isolated border village in Hope Harbour, South Korea, near the Demilitarized Zone, faces an unfolding extraterrestrial invasion. The narrative shifts perspectives to make the alien invaders the protagonists. Review by Tim Robins SPOILERS AHEAD Hope? Nope. I’d like to… Read More ›

• Don’t Miss “Support Animals” by Chris Webster

  By downthetubes Guests on 29 September 2026

  

  British indie comics talent Chris Webster is publishing an extraordinary new graphic novel through Instagram. Mal Earl reports…

• Coming Soon: Corpse Talk: Dead, Famous and Very Chatty

  By John Freeman on 29 September 2026

  

  These chatty corpses will have you in stitches

• Dan Dare Sneak Peek, and a special offer for Lakes International Comic Art Festival visitors

  By John Freeman on 29 September 2026 • ( 1 )

  

  Marc Laming is delivering some incredible new Dan Dare art

• Tube Surfing: The Twilight Zone meets Forbidden Planet, Roger Dean art heads to Japan, and more

  By John Freeman on 29 September 2026

  

  Quickfire news items and WebFinds spotted while not supping Guinness, honest…

• Demons on the loose in 2000AD 2502, “Day of Dredd” this weekend!

  By John Freeman on 28 September 2026

  

  New Prog, 2000AD Signings aplenty this week!

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