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• Lakes Festival Focus 2020: Graphic Novelist Lucy Sullivan

  By John Freeman on 2 September 2020

  

  Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival in October, this year running as the virtual LICAF LIVE, we bring you a series of interviews with both guests and participants in the Comics Clock Tower (This… Read More ›

• Crowdfunding Spotlight: ComicScene Annual 2021 – Variant Cover Reveal

  By John Freeman on 2 September 2020 • ( 1 )

  

  An affectionate nod the a British comics tradition is in the works…

• Rare Action Comics #7 up for auction, the comic that aided America’s first comic book court battle

  By John Freeman on 2 September 2020

  

  A chance to own a piece of comic – and legal – history…

• Artist Spotlight: Doctor Who illustrator Lee Johnson

  By John Freeman on 2 September 2020

  

  A quick appreciation of this admired artist, best known for his Doctor Who art

• Hull’s online “Freedom Festival” offers SF-inspired “Extra Life”

  By John Freeman on 31 August 2020

  

  Don’t miss out on this unique sonic SF…

• Blackpool Remembered: Your Doctor Who-inspired journey back in time starts here…

  By John Freeman on 31 August 2020

  

  A terrific fan guide to a much-loved Doctor Who spin-off…

• Original, unused Tintin cover expected to sell for over €2 million

  By John Freeman on 31 August 2020

  

  Expect this Hergé art to sell for a small fortune…

• Titan Comics teases stunning English language edition of Wikia by Thomas Day and Olivier Ledroit

  By John Freeman on 31 August 2020

  

  A sneak advance peek at a simply stunning-looking steampunk fantasy…

• Comic Artist Grant Perkins is latest Last Geek in Space

  By John Freeman on 31 August 2020

  

  Another comic creator is shot into the cosmic ether for your entertainment!

• Fang-tastic first issue of Scream plus Reg Parlett, Mike Lacey art included in latest Phil-comics eBay auction

  By John Freeman on 30 August 2020

  

  Sink your teeth into this new eBay auction!

• Comic Creator Spotlight: Artist Walkden Fisher

  By John Freeman on 30 August 2020

  

  Art for sale on eBay and elsewhere reveals an incredible and varied career

• Aces Weekly Volume 47 – coming your way soon!

  By John Freeman on 30 August 2020

  

  Comics are the thing. They’re not A thing. They are the thing. The thing. Like Aces Weekly publisher David Lloyd, I think that’s cogent enough for a sneak peek at some strips in the upcoming Volume 47 of the digital… Read More ›

• In Memoriam: Actor Chadwick Boseman

  By John Freeman on 29 August 2020

  

  A tragic loss of a brilliant actor

• British Classic Comics and Creators on Facebook

  By John Freeman on 28 August 2020

  

  We’re building a list of Facebook British comics and creator groups and pages. Additional information welcome

• Retrospective Review: Wild’s End by Dan Abnett & I.N.J Culbard

  By Luke Williams on 28 August 2020

  

  War of the Worlds meets Beatrix Potter. Count on Dan Abnett and INJ Culbard to make this… unsettling!

• Mammoth Atlas at War! Collection out soon from Dead Reckoning

  By John Freeman on 28 August 2020

  

  On sale soon, a collection of 50 hard-hitting, carefully restored stories from Atlas Comics

• New strip included in The Return of Sexton Blake Special, more Archives on the way

  By John Freeman on 28 August 2020

  

  Derring-do and fisticuffs aplenty!

• Crowdfunding Spotlight: “Being A Girl: Milton Wheeler – The Collected Stories”, a Transvestite Comic

  By John Freeman on 28 August 2020

  

  A British independent comic is getting new life as a collection

• UK Comic Creators Survey – Online Discussion announced by Comics Laureate Hannah Berry

  By John Freeman on 27 August 2020

  

  So, you’ve read the UK Comics Creator Survey Report co-ordinated by Comics Laureate Hannah Berry. As a comic creator, you’ve laughed, you’ve cried, you’ve kicked an inanimate object. But what does it all mean? What does that data tell us about the comics scene, exactly?… Read More ›

• Rik Hoskin’s Bystander 27 – Our Competition Winners!

  By John Freeman on 27 August 2020

  

  Thanks to all of you who entered our Bystander 27 competition, courtesy of Angry Robot. Here are the winners…

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