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• Spaceship Away 48 sports spiffing John M. Burns cover

  By John Freeman on July 3, 2019

  

  The latest issue of the Dan Dare-inspired comic magazine Spaceship Away (Issue 48) is on sale now, sports a  great cover and double-page poster by 2000AD artist John M. Burns. Burns best-known work on Dan Dare is for a strip… Read More ›

• Crowdfunding Spotlight: BREAKS 2: Special Edition – Emma Vieceli & Malin Ryden

  By John Freeman on July 3, 2019

  

  Emma Vieceli and Malin Ryden have launched a Kickstarter to fund the creation of BREAKS 2: Special Edition, bringing a their young adult drama, LGBTQ and romance story to print. In BREAKS – a book recommended for ages 16 plus,… Read More ›

• WebFind: Love Death and Robots: Beyond The Aquila Rift Concepts

  By John Freeman on July 3, 2019

  

  Wojtek Fus, a Freelance Concept Artist at MPC, has shared some of his concepts of an ancient “Surge Point” station featured an episode of the Netflix show, Love Death and Robots, based on a short SF story by British author… Read More ›

• Out Today: 2000AD Prog 2138 (with Prog Rock References!)

  By John Freeman on July 3, 2019

  

  I couldn’t help but smile reading the latest episode of this week’s “Judge Dredd” story in 2000AD Prog 2138, because nestling in the story from Kenneth Niemand is a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it tip of the hat to one of the bands that… Read More ›

• Top Danish comic creators head to 2019 Lakes International Comic Art Festival

  By John Freeman on July 3, 2019

  

  The Lakes International Comic Art Festival has announced the full line up of Danish comic creators heading to Kendal in October, along with guests from Estonia, Finland and Italy – and beyond. Working with the Art Bubble Comics Festival (which next… Read More ›

• Paramount Pictures rejoins “London Resort:” Theme Park project

  By John Freeman on July 2, 2019

  

  Paramount Pictures has reignited plans for The London Resort – Britain’s largest ever theme park in Kent, after signing a new deal with the project. The studio was first announced as the project’s main sponsor back in 2014, but after… Read More ›

• Mixam Prints Multi-Record Breaking Kickstarter Book “How to THINK When You DRAW Volume Two”

  By John Freeman on July 2, 2019

  

  Watford based printer Mixam UK Ltd has exploded into the Kickstarter market by printing the Etherington Brothers’ multi-record breaking book How to THINK When You DRAW Volume 2. The £477,000 ($623,000) Kickstarter project, funded by 7,199 backers, smashed records to… Read More ›

• Bam! Comic Art & Zine Fair coming soon to Bath

  By John Freeman on July 2, 2019

  

  To celebrate Small Press Day on the 13th July in the UK, there’s another event on the day in the heart of Bath with 30 plus independent creators of comics, zines, art and more. The Bam! Comic Art & Zine Fair will be… Read More ›

• Are your ready for Small Press Day 2019?

  By John Freeman on July 2, 2019

  

  Small Press Day 2019 looks set to be the best celebration yet of the British independent comic press and micro publishers from its dedicated team of organisers. In 2016 an idea born on Twitter led to a series of nationwide… Read More ›

• Comic Madness at Macc-Pow in Macclesfield! – Lakes Festival Podcast reveals all…

  By John Freeman on July 2, 2019

  

  This week’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast leads with a report from the fourth Macc-Pow comic con, held in Macclesfield on Saturday 22nd June 2019, organised by regular Festival guest, writer, artist and publisher Marc Jackson. The event attracted… Read More ›

• Must have bandes dessinées for your bookshelf, by artist Keith Page

  By John Freeman on July 1, 2019

  

  Charlotte Corday and Dan Dare artist Keith Page picks out some of his favourite bandes dessinées… Anyone who has visited a French comics shop will be aware of the vast and bewildering varieties of books displayed. Here are a few… Read More ›

• “Third World War” collection due in 2020

  By John Freeman on July 1, 2019

  

  The definitive collection of Third World War, a powerful tale of of global capitalism, rebellion and exploitation created by Pat Mills and the late Carlos Ezquerra. A ground-breaking story, “Third World War” first appeared in the anthology title Crisis, the… Read More ›

• Striker: The Final Whistle special announced, ending strip’s 34-year run

  By John Freeman on July 1, 2019

  

  The final episode of the long-running comic strip Striker will be featured in a commemorative 52-page collectors’ edition of the comic, Striker: The Final Whistle. At least 33 pages of The Final Whistle will be all-new comic strips, picking up… Read More ›

• Tom of Finland Centenary exhibition announced as part of this year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival

  By John Freeman on July 1, 2019

  

  The Lakes International Comic Art Festival 2019 is to celebrate the forthcoming 100th anniversary of the birth of Tom of Finland (born Touko Laaksonen), the world’s best loved queer artist, comics creator and gay icon with a special exhibition in… Read More ›

• Crowdfunding Spotlight: Advent Comics’ Tenth Anniversary anthology, Facets

  By John Freeman on July 1, 2019

  

  Celebrating its tenth anniversary, US indie publisher Advent Comics has launched a Kickstarter to publish a 100-page anthology, Facets to mark the occasion – and, like many smaller comics companies across the globe, makes no bones about how it sees… Read More ›

• Nick Abadzis faces Doctor Who: Panel to Panel probe

  By John Freeman on June 30, 2019

  

  Episode #111 of Doctor Who: Panel to Panel, the great Doctor Who comics-focused podcast by Jeremy Bement, is live and offers a great chat with award-winning comics writer and artist Nick Abadzis. Nick Abadzis’ epic run on Titan Comics’ Tenth… Read More ›

• Panel Borders: Inspired by Autobiography

  By John Freeman on June 30, 2019

  

  In an episode of the comics radio show Panel Borders looking at how personal experience can inform the content of graphic novels, Alex Fitch talks to cartoonist Ian Williams about his books The Bad Doctor and The Lady Doctor. Plus, guest presenter Philippa Perry discusses The Book of Sarah with its author, artist Sarah Lightman, about the book’s mix of fine art drawings and diary entries.

• “Penalty” Football Card Game box art by John Armstrong on eBay

  By John Freeman on June 29, 2019

  

  “Penalty“, a football-inspired Pepys card game was invented by Ernesto Scola of Milan, working with a team of twelve specialists who took five years including playing 18,000 trial games to develop the game. It was first published on the continent… Read More ›

• John Patrick Reynolds offers new limited edition “Dennis the Menace” print

  By John Freeman on June 29, 2019

  

  Screen printer John Patrick Reynolds is offering a new limited edition print of Dennis the Menace, based on an which first appeared in an edition of The Beano annual in the 1960s – and has inspired other similar illustrations of the character since

• US technology company Megahoot ramps up comics plans, appoints Lawrence White Chief Creative Officer

  By John Freeman on June 29, 2019

  

  Megahoot “MEGA”, a US-based blockchain technology, Cybersecurity and smart technology company, has appointed writer, artist and publisher Lawrence White as its company’s Chief Creative Officer “CCO” who will lead all creative efforts for MEGA’s online and print graphic novels, online gaming platforms, brand collateral for the company’s film, TV and comic book projects

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