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• Turkish cartoonist Zehra Ömeroğlu awarded Robert Russell Courage in Cartooning Award 2025

  By John Freeman on May 6, 2025

  

  Turkish cartoonist honoured by NGO Cartoonists Rights

• Art of J. M. W. Turner celebrated in “Romance and Reality” exhibition

  By John Freeman on May 6, 2025

  

  Celebrating one of the most radical and innovative painters of his time

• In Review: Asterix & Obelix – The Big Fight

  By Luke Williams on May 5, 2025 • ( 1 )

  

  Luke Williams checks out the Netflix take on the early Asterix story

• Brighton hosts Stories of Migration and Protest Comics exhibitions

  By John Freeman on May 5, 2025

  

  Two thought-provoking exhibitions from comic creators and others

• Monsters in Piccadilly! Er, Waterstones Piccadilly, that is…

  By John Freeman on May 5, 2025

  

  Celebrating the creation of a crypto logical conundrum!

• El Eternauta game in the works

  By John Freeman on May 5, 2025

  

  Remember: no one is saved alone…

• A Star Wars comics treat, from comic artist Howard Bender

  By John Freeman on May 4, 2025 • ( 1 )

  

  Early Marvel UK Star Wars art celebrated

• Expanded Moonshadow: The Definitive Edition out this week from Dark Horse

  By John Freeman on May 4, 2025

  

  America’s first fully painted graphic novel, revisited

• Gosport’s Vanguard Comics launches “Gosport Cantina” community

  By John Freeman on May 4, 2025

  

  This community idea sounds like a great model for other Local Comic Shops to check out

• “Alex” heads online after Daily Telegraph drops strip, claiming it is not popular online

  By John Freeman on May 4, 2025 • ( 1 )

  

  Nothing to do with short sighted penny pinching, honest

• In Review: Thunderbolts*

  By Tim Robins on May 4, 2025 • ( 2 )

  

  Tim Robins didn’t expect Thunderbolts* to be so entertaining…

• Winner of Sophie Castille Awards – Italian announced at Comicon Naples

  By John Freeman on May 4, 2025 • ( 1 )

  

  Toma Gudelytė has won the 2025 Sophie Castille Awards – Italian for her translation of Mergaitė su šautuvu: istorija apie mergaitę partizanę (“Girl with a Gun: A Story About a Girl Partisan”), written by Marius Marcinkevičius with art by Lina… Read More ›

• Moles have a role in the new issue of The Jester

  By John Freeman on May 3, 2025

  

  A popular cartoon animal in the spotlight (it won’t like that!)

• Early Day Motion supporting comics industry tabled by MPs, sponsors seek support

  By John Freeman on May 3, 2025

  

  Can you persuade your MP to support this?

• Bedford Who Charity Con announces 2026 date

  By John Freeman on May 3, 2025

  

  Back next April

• RAF Manston History Museum to host two-day comic event in June

  By John Freeman on May 3, 2025

  

  Get ready for a ride out to Ramsgate

• Get Ready for “Doctor Who: Cybermen – The Ultimate Guide”

  By John Freeman on May 3, 2025

  

  Don’t delete this from your memory…

• In Memoriam: Comic Artist Jackson “Butch” Guice

  By John Freeman on May 2, 2025

  

  We’re sorry to report the death of American artist Jackson “Butch” Guice, aged 63, who has died after battling illness. Our sympathies to family and friends at this time. Much admired by fellow comic creators, Guice was a creative force… Read More ›

• Puffin Books launches Graphic Novel Competition

  By John Freeman on May 2, 2025

  

  The competition will be open to any comics creator who is 18 or over

• In Review: Doctor Who – The Well

  By Tim Robins on May 2, 2025

  

  Tim has been pondering a curate’s egg…

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