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• Learn to Draw Caricatures with MAD Magazine’s Tom Richmond

  By John Freeman on January 27, 2020

  

  Top MAD Magazine cartoonist Tom Richmond is running two workshops in Europe this summer, one in Vienna and one in Dublin

• Marvel UK’s “Strip” celebrated, 30 years on

  By John Freeman on January 27, 2020 • ( 1 )

  

  In his latest regular “Hatch, Match & Dispatch” features on major British comics anniversaries on his brilliant Rusty Staples blog, comics writer Michael Carroll notes the upcoming 30th anniversary of Strip, published by Marvel UK

• Cover Spotlight: Best of 2000 AD #1 – 4

  By John Freeman on January 27, 2020

  

  As the countdown to the launch of Rebellion’s new Best of 2000 AD title continues, here’s all four covers for the first issues, revealed last year – but perhaps you need further encouragement to order…

• Gerry Anderson’s “Starcruiser” kits in the spotlight

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

  

  Jeremy Briggs article on the surprisingly long history of Gerry Anderson’s Starcruiser concept features in the current issue of the Airfix Collectors Club’s Constant Scale journal

• WebFind: A Conversation-starting 1970s Ford Cortina Poster

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

  

  Following up on yesterday’s London Underground “Lost Posters” item, here’s a poster advertising the two-door Ford Cortina Mark III, uncovered after the closure of the old Odeon cinema on King Street, Lancaster, which ended its days as the Regal, finally demolished in 2010 to make way for a new hotel

• WebFind: A Conversation-starting 1970s Ford Cortina Poster

  By John Freeman on January 26, 2020

  

  Following up on yesterday’s London Underground “Lost Posters” item, here’s a poster advertising the two-door Ford Cortina Mark III, uncovered after the closure of the old Odeon cinema on King Street, Lancaster, which ended its days as the Regal, finally demolished in 2010 to make way for a new hotel

• WebFind: Lost Posters on London Underground

  By John Freeman on January 25, 2020 • ( 3 )

  

  Back in 2010, a hidden time capsule of various advertising posters – ranging from the Ideal Home Exhibition to Pepsodent toothpaste – was discovered in an abandoned part of a London Underground tube station, boarded up since 1959

• Cor!! Buster Easter Special 2020 hits news stands in April

  By John Freeman on January 24, 2020

  

  The Cor!! Buster Easter Special is back with another 52 pages of all-out comedy anarchy this April from the Treasury of British Comics, wrapped in an ace cover by Neil Googe! Firmly aimed at kids (young and old!), the Cor!!… Read More ›

• Latest Phil-Comics includes rare first issue British comics complete with free gifts

  By John Freeman on January 23, 2020

  

  eBay comics auction house Phil-Comics has around 260 vintage comic listings running this week, with bidding ending this Sunday 26th and Mon 27th January from 6.30pm onwards. Several first issues include 2000AD, Champion, Cor!!, Buster, Doctor Who Weekly, Swift, Valiant… Read More ›

• 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 ›

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