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• In Review: Deadly Irish History – The Celts by John Farrelly

  By Peter Duncan on 21 September 2020 • ( 1 )

  

  History: It’s Just One Fun Thing After Another!

• Voting Closes This Week in the 2020 Ringo Awards

  By John Freeman on 21 September 2020

  

  Voting in the 2020 Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards, focused largely on US comic titles closes this week.

• The Hero Initiative’s ‘Batman 100 Project’ Raises Nearly $100,000 For Comics Creators in Need

  By John Freeman on 21 September 2020

  

  $100,000 raised to help comic-book creators on Batman Day

• Animate Europe Comics Competition Returns, €1000 Top Prize

  By John Freeman on 21 September 2020

  

  The Friedrich Naumann Foundation Europe has just launched its fifth Animate Europe international comic competition, calling for entries based on the topic Restart! – The Streets of Europe. This competition is open to everyone internationally, calling on creators to take… Read More ›

• Lakes Festival Focus 2020: Graphic Novelist Claire Fauvel

  By John Freeman on 21 September 2020

  

  We catch up with the Angoulême
  Award-winning French artist and writer

• Presenting… The Really Heavy Greatcoat’s “New National Anthem”

  By John Freeman on 20 September 2020

  

  Just when you thought you’d never see the Really Heavy Greatcoat again…

• Batman Day 2020: A Few Favourites!

  By John Freeman on 20 September 2020

  

  Some take home Twitter-highlighted favourite Bat moments

• An Unabashed Plug! Beano in the Spotlight!

  By John Freeman on 20 September 2020

  

  Yes, the Beano’s still going. Incredibly, some people apparently do not know this. Tell them!

• In Review: Sentinel Issue Four: “The Terrifying Tales of Misty Moore”

  By Peter Duncan on 19 September 2020

  

  Horses for courses… Peter Duncan argues Ian Beadle’s style of art on the latest Sentinel is perfect for the project

• Tracking Doctor Who: Time Lord Victorious with Panel to Panel Podcast

  By John Freeman on 19 September 2020

  

  Time Lord Victorious comics in the spotlight

• Major Milo Manara retrospective, “Tex” exhibitions form part of Italy’s COMICON Extra this autumn

  By John Freeman on 19 September 2020

  

  Two great comic exhibitions are taking place in Italy

• Malta Comic Con morphs into “Pop Culture Online Fest” for 2020

  By John Freeman on 19 September 2020

  

  The team behind Malta Comic Con are reinventing their popular event online this year

• Alex Raymond “Flash Gordon” and “Jungle Jim” rarities offered in upcoming Heritage Auction

  By John Freeman on 19 September 2020

  

  There’s some fantastic Flash Gordon art by Alex Raymond going under the hammer next month

• Short Box Online Comics Fair announced

  By John Freeman on 18 September 2020

  

  An online event in support of the independent British comic service and publisher

• Recalled: Alan Moore’ foray into the world of Judge Dredd

  By John Freeman on 18 September 2020

  

  With the Judge Dredd Megazine hitting its 30 years on the newsagent shelves this week, it’s worth pointing out that it wasn’t the first attempt to launch a Judge Dredd-focused spin-off title from 2000AD. Back in 1984, then Tharg, Steve… Read More ›

• In Review: Doctor Who – Fury from the Deep

  By Tim Robins on 18 September 2020

  

  Creepy horror? Check. Killer seaweed? Check. Doctor Who? In spades!

• The Art of Aardman – Shaun the Sheep and Friends exhibition opens in the Netherlands, ahead of new Wallace & Gromit adventure launch

  By John Freeman on 18 September 2020

  

  A special Aardman exhibition and news of a new Wallace & Gromit adventure – some good news for many!

• Cast Your Votes for the LICAF Coronacartoon Virtual Exhibition

  By John Freeman on 18 September 2020

  

  Cheer yourself up despite the crisis and “like” a favourite Pandemic cartoon

• Rare 1930s Beano promotional flyer offered in latest Phil-Comics eBay auction

  By John Freeman on 17 September 2020

  

  A terrific Beano rarity is going under the virtual auction hammer. Not literally.

• Lakes Festival Focus 2020: Digital Sculptor and Creature Designer Glen Southern

  By John Freeman on 17 September 2020

  

  Find out more about Glen’s work and his Cheshire-based company, SouthernGFX…

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