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• Call for Contributions: Comics and Art History

  By John Freeman on November 18, 2019

  

  A Call for Contributions for a collected volume on Comics and Art History was recently announced by editors Ian Horton and Maggie Gray, who are currently in discussions with a major academic publisher about this project

• Eco Kids Planet’s ‘Britain’s Amazing Islands’ issue out now

  By John Freeman on November 18, 2019

  

  The seaweed-eating sheep of North Ronaldsay! The car crash-causing wallabies of the Isle of Man! Just two topics writer JD Savage has covered for Eco Kids Planet’s ‘Britain’s Amazing Islands’ issue.

• New Jurassic Park-inspired posters and more now on sale from Vice Press

  By John Freeman on November 18, 2019

  

  Vice Press have followed up the news of the release of limited edition Shaun of the Dead, Silent Running, Thundercats and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles posters with some more terrific, limited edition, film-inspired releases. On offer now from Vice Press… Read More ›

• New 2000 AD, Judge Dredd Megazine out this week

  By John Freeman on November 18, 2019

  

  Nick Percival provides the cover for 2000 AD Prog 2158 on sale this Wednesday, an issue of the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic offering a scintillating smorgasbord if strip action…

• Draw Spider-Man for Maisy, and support the work of Read for Good

  By John Freeman on November 17, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  Spurred by the story of four-year-old Spider-Man and Elsa fan and avid book reader Maisy on BBC Children in Need, who is being treated for cancer, comics artist Neil Roche is asking comic artists to donate drawings of the Marvel superhero to charity Read for Good, to cheer young patients’ day

• In Review: Rain by Mary and Bryan Talbot

  By John Freeman on November 16, 2019

  

  By Mary and Bryan Talbot Published by Jonathan Cape Set against the backdrop of the disastrous 2015 floods in northern England, it seems more than timely to re-read Rain this weekend, after the recent floods that have impacted on so… Read More ›

• Down the Rabbit Hole: Alice in Wonderland, illustrated by A.H. Watson

  By John Freeman on November 16, 2019

  

  Here’s some beautiful colour plates from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll, illustrated by A. H. Watson

• New ComicScene out next week, offers free pull out comic

  By John Freeman on November 15, 2019

  

  On sale Thursday 21st November, ComicScene Issue 10 features seven new comic strips behind a Judge Dredd cover by John Charles, including four strips in a free 24 page pull out Corker! comic. The idea is comic fans can pull… Read More ›

• In Review: Once Upon a Time in France

  By John Freeman on November 15, 2019

  

  An international bestseller with over one million copies sold, the French series Once Upon a Time in France, collected here in one omnibus edition, has won the BDGest’Art Best Scenario Award, BDGest’Arts Album of the Year, and Angouleme International Comics Festival Best Series Award, among many others… and I’m not surprised, because it’s a truly astonishing piece of work, on many levels

• Adam Hughes joins growing Portsmouth Comic Con 2020 guest list

  By John Freeman on November 14, 2019

  

  Portsmouth Comic Con – International Festival of Comics has announced multiple Eisner, Harvey and Inkpot award-winning and New York Times best-selling author, Adam Hughes, to its increasingly impressive Artists Alley line-up for 2020 sponsored by Catawiki. The largest event of… Read More ›

• 23red and Network Rail to reveal “Eighteen” rail safety comic at MCM’s Comic Con Birmingham

  By John Freeman on November 14, 2019

  

  Behaviour change agency 23red has announced the redesign of its multi-award-winning film Eighteen, created in partnership with Network Rail to highlight the dangers of electrified railways. The film has been reworked into a 32-page comic book and will launch at… Read More ›

• Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast – Festival Round Up!

  By John Freeman on November 14, 2019

  

  In the latest episode of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast, team members Nikki Bates, Ian Loxam, Pete Taylor, Mike Williams and Tom Stewart get together and discuss the recent Festival weekend in full. Pete discusses his time behind… Read More ›

• Panini Comics “Mighty World of Marvel” breathes its last – for now

  By John Freeman on November 14, 2019 • ( 6 )

  

  Panini Comics UK has just announced the closure if the latest incarnation of Mighty World of Marvel, on the same day its latest issue goes on sale. “Hi, Marvelites”, the company announced along with details of Issue 22 on its… Read More ›

• Thrillpower Overload! This Week’s 2000AD, Operation Overlord and more upcoming Rebellion releases

  By John Freeman on November 14, 2019

  

  There are some terrific new releases out from Rebellion Publishing this week and in coming weeks and months, including this week’s 2000 AD, sporting a great cover by Cliff Robinson, coloured by Dylan Teague. Without further ado, let’s get down… Read More ›

• Futurequake Press Recent Releases offer huge range of indie talent

  By John Freeman on November 14, 2019

  

  Two recently-released Futurequake Press titles – Zarjaz #35 and FQP’s latest edition of their ace horror anthology, Something Wicked #2019 – are now available from the British independent comics publishers web site

• Side by Side – Space: 1999, Star Wars and The Mandalorian

  By Tim Robins on November 14, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  Tim Robins enjoyed the first episode of “The Mandalorian”, but concludes that it is no “Space: 1999”…

• Sneak Peek: “Doctor Who: Ground Zero” Collection, out in December

  By John Freeman on November 13, 2019

  

  Panini have released the cover of the upcoming Doctor Who comic collection Ground Zero featuring art by David Roach and James Offredi, and shared some more details of what’s included with downthetubes – and some of the newly remastered art…. Read More ›

• Italian Comic Heroes heading for the big and little screen (and an intriguing Batman crossover project)

  By John Freeman on November 13, 2019

  

  Production on Dampyr, the first film of a new independent vampire franchise, began last month based on the comic series published in Italy by Sergio Bonelli Editore since 2000, created by Mauro Boselli and Maurizio Colombo. But it isn’t the only… Read More ›

• In Review: Americana by Luke Healy

  By Joe Gordon on November 13, 2019

  

  by Luke Healy Published by Nobrow Two thousand, six hundred and sixty miles: that’s the length of the Pacific Crest Trail. Running right across America’s great west coast, it runs through some truly remarkable landscapes as it takes hikers from… Read More ›

• Savage Skies and Cycling Heroes: New Commando comics on sale this week

  By John Freeman on November 13, 2019

  

  Brand new issues of war comic Commando (Issues 5279 – 5282) are on sale soon from DC Thomson Media. Here’s the intel, hot from our codebreakers… Commando 5279 – Home of Heroes: A Boy Goes To War Story: Iain McLaughlin… Read More ›

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