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• Murderers in the desert stalk latest Commando Comics!

  By John Freeman on April 18, 2019

  

  Brand new issues of DC Thomson’s Commando (Issues 5219 – 5222) are out this Thursday – and together with the wider release of The Art of Ian Kennedy book, fans of the comic have some treats in store! Previously offered… Read More ›

• Official Film Chart: Aquaman makes a splash as the week’s biggest superhero film on UK home release

  By John Freeman on April 17, 2019

  

  Aquaman makes a splash at Number One in its first week on the British Official Film Chart, documenting the best-selling films on DVD, Blu-ray, 4K and digital download. Outselling the rest of the Top Five combined, the film (reviewed here… Read More ›

• Lost Dan Dare: “Return to Terra Nova” by John Ridgway and Nick Spender

  By John Freeman on April 17, 2019

  

  We’re currently running a series of articles by Jeremy Briggs on attempts down the decades to either relaunch Eagle, or create a comic on similar lines. In that spirit, here’s a couple of pages from a  lost Dan Dare project,… Read More ›

• Replacing Eagle: The Comics That Didn’t Make It – Part 2 Terra Nova

  By Jeremy Briggs on April 17, 2019

  

  This series of articles by Jeremy Briggs covers the dummy comics that were created through the years as potential ‘modern’ versions of the original Eagle comic from the 1950s and 1960s, none of which ever made it to newsagents’ shelves…. Read More ›

• Thunderbirds “Parker” joins BIG Chief Studios collectable International Rescue figures line up

  By John Freeman on April 17, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  By popular demand, BIG Chief Studios Parker figure, from Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s 1960s smash hit Supermarionation show Thunderbirds, will soon be available to order via the company’s Launch Pad platform and specially selected exclusive retail partners. Available as an… Read More ›

• “Nothing But Trouble” Limited Edition Prints by Sleek celebrate Beano, Oor Wullie

  By John Freeman on April 17, 2019

  

  Sleek is a young, classically trained artist who found his distinctive style by connecting street art together with pop art, creating a fresh new fusion genre – and has just released a range of limited edition Beano and Oor Wullie-inspired prints

• Out Today! The all-new Cor!! and Buster Humour Special

  By John Freeman on April 17, 2019

  

  Today’s the day! The all-new Cor!! and Buster Humour Special is on sale today in all good newsagents and British comic shops!

• Artist Keith Page commemorates Notre-Dame cathedral after devastating fire

  By John Freeman on April 16, 2019

  

  Commando and Eagle comic artist Keith Page has posted a poignant artwork featuring his crime fighting heroine Charlotte Corday, marking the devastating fire that tore through Notre Dame cathedral in Paris yesterday

• Replacing Eagle: The Comics That Didn’t Make It – Part 1 Lost Eagle and Lightning

  By Jeremy Briggs on April 16, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  April 1950 saw the publication of the first issue of the weekly boy’s comic, Eagle. It was an immediate success with its mixture of historical, modern-day and futuristic adventure strips with some humour plus factual articles and cutaways, and, unlike… Read More ›

• Royal Society of Literature launches UK Writers Survey

  By John Freeman on April 16, 2019

  

  Are you a graphic novelist? What do you need to flourish professionally? Mentoring? Money? A space to write? Multidisciplinary workshops? Networking opportunities? Then you might just want to complete the UK Writers Survey, a project initiated by the Royal Society of Literature.

• Hannah Berry reveals Comics Laureate plans in new Lakes international Comic Art Festival Podcast

  By John Freeman on April 15, 2019

  

  Reaching a terrific milestone with Episode 50, the latest Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast catches up with the Hannah Berry, who has now taken on the reigns as the UK Comics Laureate, a post she’ll hold for the next… Read More ›

• WebFind: The Legendary Daily Express cartoonist Giles at work – in 1945

  By John Freeman on April 15, 2019

  

  British Pathé has posted a short film about Carl Giles, one of Britain’s most-loved newspaper cartoonists, at work in 1945. At this point, Giles was working for Express Newspapers, but some of the very best of the cartoons he produced… Read More ›

• Alberto Breccia Centennial Exhibitions in France and Argentina celebrate an incredible artist

  By John Freeman on April 15, 2019

  

  A centennial exhibition celebrating the life and work of the  hugely influential comic artist Alberto Breccia will open at the Casa Nacional del Bicentenario in Buenos Aires, Argentina, next month. But if a trip to South America isn’t an option… Read More ›

• How Do You Write About Comics That Were Never Published?

  By Jeremy Briggs on April 15, 2019

  

  I have been writing articles about old British comics for websites, fanzines, magazines and books for over 10 years now and I know that it is best done when you have physical copies of the comics in front of you… Read More ›

• Creating Comics: Nick Prolix chats Slang Pictorial and more

  By Richard Sheaf on April 14, 2019

  

  Comics creator Nick Prolix was kind enough to take some time out from his busy schedule pimping the Kickstarter of his new issue of Slang Pictorial to talk to me about, well, everything…

• In Review: The Art of Ian Kennedy

  By Colin Noble on April 14, 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  When it comes to legendary British comics artist Ian Kennedy, I am not sure if I come into the superfan or the superstalker category, but if anything features his art, you are guaranteed that I will have more than a… Read More ›

• Digital anthology comic GOOF! to go on hiatus in June – but what a ride it’s been!

  By downthetubes Guests on April 14, 2019

  

  Digitally-distributed comics offer many opportunities for creators, not least of them a global audience, minimal distribution costs and the opportunity to creatively push the comic’s form in new ways impossible on paper. But with those opportunities come the problems of making your voice heard in an ocean full of competing talent, as artist Marc Jackson, publisher of the the subscription-based anthology GOOF! has discovered, and recounts here, as the project prepares to go on hiatus…

• Simon Furman and Geoff Senior’s “To the Death” heads to comic stores

  By John Freeman on April 13, 2019

  

  To The Death – the new comic book series from Simon Furman and Geoff Senior – is now available to pre-order from all good comic books stores, ahead of its 19th June 2019 on sale date

• How 3D printing is transforming our relationship with cultural heritage

  By downthetubes Guests on April 13, 2019

  

  Myrsini Samaroudi, University of Brighton and Karina Rodriguez Echavarria, University of Brighton A few years ago, we were promised that 3D printing would transform the world. In 2011, The Economist featured a 3D-printed Stradivarius violin on its front page, claiming… Read More ›

• Warner asserts copyright over early Captain Marvel appearances

  By John Freeman on April 13, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  There are a number of comic sites online quite legally republishing digital versions of comics now considered to be in the public domain, based on extensive research and sourcing original copies. One of them is the Digital Comics Museum – run by a team clearly determined to honour contested ownership when companies like Warner Bros. recently asserted rights over early appearances by the original Captain Marvel, first published by Fawcett

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