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• Strange Daze! This week’s 2000AD, Billy’s Boots returns – and a 2020 book schedule reminder

  By John Freeman on January 23, 2020

  

  On sale now in all good newsagents and comic shops is 2000AD Prog 2165, with a “Proteus Vex”, from D’Israeli that continues inside, written by Michael Carroll with art by Henry Flint. Plus, in all good bookshops from today –… Read More ›

• Marvel UK Memories: artist Jeff Aclin delights fans with his 1970s superhero art

  By John Freeman on January 22, 2020

  

  Former DC and Marvel comic artist Jeff Aclin has been delighting Marvel UK fans recently, presenting many of the splash pages and covers he drew for the company for their 1970s superhero and other comics

• Knights of Pendragon storm back into print in new collection from Hachette Partworks

  By John Freeman on January 22, 2020 • ( 2 )

  

  On sale from Wednesday 29th January 2020 in comic shops and newsagents is Marvel: Graphic Novel Collection: Volume 212: Knights Of Pendragon, a must-have for Marvel UK fans, reprinting the first nine issues of the Knights of Pendragon, a stunning,… Read More ›

• 1066 and All That! Plus, is a Minotaur stalking Commando?

  By John Freeman on January 21, 2020

  

  From World War Two battles in Crete, Dunkirk, and North Africa to the Battle of Hastings! All brand-new Commando Issues 5299 – 5302 are out this Thursday in all good newsagents and via various digital platforms from DC Thomson Media…… Read More ›

• Lancaster LitFest offers Illustration Workshops with Petr Horácek and Nadine Kaadan this March

  By John Freeman on January 21, 2020

  

  The Lancaster LitFest – one of the longest-running literature festivals in the country – is offering two Illustration Workshops as part of a full-on Illustration Day during its 2020 Festival. Authors and illustrators Petr Horácek and Nadine Kaadan will head up separate… Read More ›

• Dream Big with Puffin Books in 2020, as publisher turns 80, partners with MCM Comic Con

  By John Freeman on January 21, 2020

  

  2020 marks 80 years since Allen Lane founded Puffin, the biggest children’s publisher in the world, and to celebrate this big birthday, Puffin has announced a huge roster of activity that will champion the power of reading, take stories to… Read More ›

• EXCLUSIVE: Chris Weston’s cover for “Black Max Volume Two”

  By John Freeman on January 21, 2020 • ( 1 )

  

  Here’s an exclusive first look at Chris Weston’s fantastic cover, coloured by Dylan Teague, for the upcoming second collection of the 1970s British comic strip “Black Max” – a character who’s been enjoying quite a revival through the various Scream and Misty Specials, and his appearance in the 2000AD strip “Fiends of the Eastern Front”.

• Strangers in Paradise creator Terry Moore announced as Special Guest for Lakes International Comic Art Festival 2020

  By John Freeman on January 21, 2020 • ( 1 )

  

  The Lakes International Comic Art Festival has announced Terry Moore, creator of Strangers in Paradise, Rachel Rising, Motor Girl, Echo and Five Years, as a special guest of its eighth Festival in Kendal, 9th – 11th October 2020. Indie powerhouse Terry Moore began his career in comics with… Read More ›

• More Trigan Empire, Hugo Pratt on their way from Treasury of British Comics

  By John Freeman on January 20, 2020

  

  Two of comics’ most revered names headline the 2020 graphic novel schedule from the Treasury of British Comics. Don Lawrence’s Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire and Hugo Pratt’s long-lost war comics published in War Picture Library are two… Read More ›

• Hire an Illustrator releases “State of Illustration 2019” report

  By John Freeman on January 20, 2020

  

  Hire an Illustrator has just released its State of Illustration 2019 Report, the biggest survey of illustrators they have ever done, completed by over 3500 creators from around the world. Compiled by Darren di Lieto, founder of Hire an Illustrator,… Read More ›

• Is Judge Dredd being erased from Wikipedia?

  By John Freeman on January 20, 2020

  

  It seems someone has been doing some pruning Wikipedia, resulting in the deletion of some Judge Dredd-related articles, including an extensive feature on Judge Death – although a snapshot of the page survives on the archive site Wayback Machine. While… Read More ›

• Netflix signs Studio Ghibli streaming deal, launches next month

  By John Freeman on January 20, 2020

  

  Netflix has picked up the exclusive streaming rights to the full film library from the popular Japanese animation house, Studio Ghibli for everywhere in the world, outside of the US and Japan. The deal, detailed by the French distribution partner… Read More ›

• In Review: Shaman Kane Book Four by David Broughton

  By John Freeman on January 20, 2020

  

  Tasked with investigating a series of supernatural murders on his home planet, Gefion, Shaman Kane – created by British comic creator David Broughton – returns to find that the ghosts of his past have returned to haunt him. Can Kane overcome what awaits him – or will history repeat itself?

• Comic Creators Tony Esmond and Sarah Harris cornered for Lakes Festival Podcast!

  By John Freeman on January 18, 2020

  

  A new episode of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast, co-hosted by Nikki Bates and Ian Loxam, has just gone live. Episode 68 finds Pete Taylor chatting to The Whore Chronicles creators Tony Esmond and Sarah Harris on this… Read More ›

• In Review: Tales from the Udderverse (Mother Udder Comics)

  By John Freeman on January 18, 2020

  

  Tales from the Udderverse (Mother Udder Comics) Written by Darren Cameron and Geoff McGrath Art by Francois LeClerc (including cover), Bolt-01, Bernard Campbell, David Deon, Mat Heldwen, Adam Stone Colour (“Harla”) by Michael Sanders Inks and Colour (“Sarna”) by Thiago… Read More ›

• Chinbeard Books seeking to publish Look-In “Robin of Sherwood” collections

  By John Freeman on January 18, 2020

  

  Chinbeard Books – publishers of the recently-released Spectrum is Indestructible by Fred McNamara – are on the hunt for copies or art from the Look-In strip “Robin of Sherwood”, in the hope of publishing a collection of the strip from the British weekly comic

• Crowdfunding Spotlight: The Unseen Art of Hollywood Storyboards by Trevor Goring and Joyce Kaskey Goring

  By John Freeman on January 18, 2020

  

  US publisher Hermes Press has launched a Kickstarter to fund The Unseen Art of Hollywood Storyboards, what looks like a fascinating and wonderfully illustrated book detailing the history of film storyboards, by comics and storyboard artist Trevor Goring – whose credits include 2000AD and more – and his partner, the late Joyce Kaskey Goring

• National Cartoonists Society 2020 Reuben Awards – Call for Submissions

  By John Freeman on January 17, 2020

  

  The National Cartoonists Society – a US-based organisation of professional cartoonists in the United States, but with a chapter in the UK thanks to its partnership with the Lakes International Comic Art Festival – has issued a reminder about its… Read More ›

• In Review: Doctor Who – Orphan 55

  By downthetubes Guests on January 17, 2020

  

  Reviewed by Paul Mount WARNING: Spoilers Ahead Written by: Ed Hime Directed by Lee Haven-Jones First Broadcast: 12th January 2020 – BBC One The Doctor and her friends discover that the luxury resort where they are holidaying is hiding a… Read More ›

• Dune, Carnival Row and Lost in Space merchandise in the works?

  By John Freeman on January 16, 2020

  

  Legendary Entertainment has appointed Rocket Licensing to manage the consumer products programme for the upcoming event feature film Dune. The deal is part of a wider licensing programme that also includes the fantasy drama Carnival Row (airing on Amazon Prime… Read More ›

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