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• In Memoriam: Comic Artist Massimo Mattioli

  By John Freeman on August 27, 2019

  

  We’re sorry to report the passing of the award-winning Italian comics genius Massimo Mattioli, who died last Friday aged 75. Many comic readers may know him best for the violent funny animal strip “Squeak the Mouse“, a tale of a… Read More ›

• WebFind: Inside A Surrealist Doll’s House, at Philadelphia Museum of Art

  By John Freeman on August 27, 2019

  

  From Joseph Cornell’s curious found-object boxes to Jess’s fantastical “paste-ups,” there’s still time to discover the seemingly limitless ways that modern and contemporary artists have mixed materials to create something entirely new and surprising at the Philadelphia Museum of Art… Read More ›

• Kieron Gillen, Dan Mora’s “Once & Future” goes monthly

  By John Freeman on August 27, 2019

  

  BOOM! Studios has announced that Once & Future, the highly acclaimed original series from New York Times bestselling writer Kieron Gillen (The Wicked + The Divine, Star Wars), Russ Manning Award-winning artist Dan Mora (Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Klaus), and… Read More ›

• Mottisfont’s “Beano Time Travellers Exhibition” attracts 45,000 visitors so far

  By John Freeman on August 27, 2019

  

  Rocket Licensing, the UK and Ireland licensing agent for Beano, has highlighted the success of a summer-long partnership with the National Trust and its themed family event at Mottisfont in Hampshire, which includes a giant Beano comic drawn by Nigel… Read More ›

• “Braddock of the Bombers” revived for new Commando stories

  By John Freeman on August 27, 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  Commando Comics has followed up its teasing of a revival of characters from the weekly boys’ comic Victor with an announcement that “Braddock” will be following in the footsteps of “Codename: Warlord” aka Lord Peter Flint and returning to comic… Read More ›

• In Memoriam: Card Game Designer Rick Loomis

  By John Freeman on August 27, 2019

  

  Rick Loomis, the hugely popular owner of Flying Buffalo Games and publisher of the Tunnels and Trolls RPG and Nuclear War card game, has passed away after a lengthy struggle with lymphatic cancer

• Beano reaches landmark 4000th issue

  By John Freeman on August 26, 2019

  

  The Beano reaches its 4000th issue this Wednesday, on sale in all good newsagents and supermarkets, and already in the hands of loyal subscribers. (If you’ve never subscribed, we’ve discovered a nifty trick to get a discount at the Beano shop…)

• In Review: Psycho Gran Comic Capers Cavalcade #2

  By John Freeman on August 25, 2019

  

  Psycho Gran Comic Capers Cavalcade marks the return to print of the cult cartoon character who made her first appearance in much-loved, and missed, kids comic, Oink! back in 1987. Please, please, please – at least one of you reading this, for buy a copy of the latest issue and tell her where you heard about it! I’ve been getting strange bits of meat through the mail, ever since I got my review copy, and I’m pretty sure there are less door to door salesmen on the street than there were last week…

• Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor Holiday Special #1 Covers Revealed

  By John Freeman on August 24, 2019

  

  The covers for the Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor Holiday Special #1 have been revealed by Titan Comics, the first of a two  issues series on sale 13th November 2019 – and we’ve learnt the regular series comics will resume… Read More ›

• Two weeks to NICE in Bedford, offering over 30 top comics guests

  By John Freeman on August 24, 2019

  

  We’re only two weeks away from NICE, taking place in Bedford (7th – 8th September 2019), offering over 30 incredible guests and free autographs

• Latest Phil Comics eBay auction offers early 2000ADs and much more

  By John Freeman on August 24, 2019

  

  A selection of 180 vintage comic auctions are up for grabs this week in the latest Phil Comics eBay auction, including 2000AD #1-10, Beano, Buster, Dandy, Giles Annuals, Oor Wullie, Smash #1-15, Joe 90, TV Century 21, Victor, Wildcat and more

• Lakes Festival Focus 2019: An Interview with Bryan and Mary Talbot

  By John Freeman on August 23, 2019

  

  Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival in October, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. This “Festival Focus” for 2019 is with award-winning comic creators and Festival patrons Bryan… Read More ›

• DC Thomson teases new “The Victor Files” project

  By John Freeman on August 23, 2019

  

  DC Thomson Media is clearly ramping up its “Heritage Brands” output, teasing an impending announcement for “The Victor Files” – a reference to one of the Dundee-based company’s most popular weekly boys adventure comic titles, published between 1961 and 1992

• Hemlock Books latest Fantastic Fifties magazine spotlights Hammer Horror

  By John Freeman on August 23, 2019

  

  Quite by chance, the result of a chat with author and ComicSceneUK writer Martin Dallard, I came across The Fantastic Fifties magazine published by Hemlock Books, which has been going for a while now. A magazine for lovers of retro… Read More ›

• Crowdfunding Spotlight: Living With Cancer – Our Stories

  By John Freeman on August 23, 2019

  

  It’s a shocking statistic, but half of us will be diagnosed with a cancer of some sort during our lifetimes. In response, the CHIP Collective have designed Living With Cancer: Our Stories – a comic to explain to us all what it’s like to get a diagnosis, and what effects that has on those around us – and, hopefully, encourage discussion

• Design Museum delights: Stanley Kubrick oddities, and the promise of your very own Mars mission

  By John Freeman on August 23, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  London’s Design Museum is currently hosting Stanley Kubrick: The Exhibition, which includes some comic-related visuals inspired by 2001: A Space Odyssey. running until 17th September. But the space age entertainment doesn’t stop there, because hot on the heels of this major exhibition, you’ll get the chance to travel to Mars without leaving London – in a multi-sensory adventure for all ages

• Shazam! zaps into the Official Film Chart top spot as the DC Extended Universe dominates the top 10

  By John Freeman on August 22, 2019

  

  Shazam! has zoomed up to the Number 1 spot on the UK’s Official Film Chart following its release on disc. The light-hearted adaptation of the DC comics classic, starring Zachary Levi as the titular character, zips up two places to… Read More ›

• Bryan Talbot’s Luther Arkwright to return… in 2022!

  By John Freeman on August 22, 2019

  

  Award-winning author and artist Bryan Talbot has announced the fantastic news that he has completed his script for a third Luther Arkwright book, and begun drawing it, with the aim of seeing it published in 2022. The Legend of Luther… Read More ›

• Opening Soon: “Joost Swarte Everywhere” – a major exhibition at the Kunsthal, Rotterdam

  By John Freeman on August 22, 2019

  

  A major one-man retrospective of the Dutch cartoonist, illustrator, architect and design wizard Joost Swarte, celebrating his fiftieth anniversary at the Kunsthal Rotterdam, from 14th September until 12th January 2020. Joost Swarte is a maestro, a pioneer and a true… Read More ›

• British Comic Sales Figures, Winners and Losers (January – June 2019)

  By John Freeman on August 21, 2019 • ( 5 )

  

  Despite some bleak circulation figures, there’s a few bits of good cheer among the reported latest sales for consumer magazines on British news stands issued by the Audit Bureau of Circulations, which included comics. Overall, sales of children’s magazines grew,… Read More ›

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