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• Avery Hill Publishing: Always Offering Something a Little Different

  By Peter Duncan on 27 February 2020

  

  Reviews of Lizzy Stewart’s Walking Distance and B. Mure’s The Tower in the Sea by Peter Duncan

• In Three Short Weeks, Action comic is back!

  By John Freeman on 27 February 2020

  

  It horrified prudes and censors alike – but the ground-breaking British comic Action is back, in just three short weeks!

• Commission “Liphook” co-creator Mark Stafford for some unique art!

  By John Freeman on 27 February 2020

  

  Fancy your own original art by Liphook co-creator and ace comic artist Mark Stafford? You do? Well, you’re in luck!

• “The Three Bears” cameo as Beano partners with World Book Day to Share a Million Stories

  By John Freeman on 26 February 2020

  

  Beano has partnered with World Book Day, offering a Book Token with this week’s issue

• Collecting Comic Art: An Interview with 2000AD art collector Robert Cox

  By downthetubes Guests on 26 February 2020

  

  Morgan Spiceman chats with comic art collector Robert Cox about his love of 2000AD and more

• In Review: Doctor Who – Ascension of the Cybermen

  By Tim Robins on 26 February 2020

  

  Tim Robins tries to make sense of Ascension of the Cybermen, which is not as easy for him as you might think…

• Newcastle’s Space Zone brings space exploration to life, opened by Britain’s first astronaut Helen Sharman

  By John Freeman on 25 February 2020

  

  Officially launched by Helen Sharman, Britain’s first astronaut, earlier this month, Space Zone brings space exploration to life

• Chris Weston’s Treasury of British Comics SMASH! Special cover revealed

  By John Freeman on 25 February 2020 • ( 2 )

  

  Check out the cover and intel on the upcoming SMASH! Special…

• Coming Soon: Amazing Fantasy #15, and early “Judge Dredd” art by Mick McMahon up for auction

  By John Freeman on 25 February 2020

  

  Early Judge Dredd art by Mick McMahon, and a high grade copy of Amazing Fantasy #15, are on offer from Heritage Auctions…

• The Dandy’s Black Bob – the comic world’s most treasured sheepdog?

  By John Freeman on 25 February 2020

  

  Dandy fans may remember a Border Collie more valuable than Megan…

• Looking Back at “The Boys” – A Retrospective Review by Luke Williams

  By Luke Williams on 24 February 2020

  

  Luke Williams gives us a retrospective review of the original of The Boys, co-created by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson…

• Crowdfunding Spotlight – Borderx: A Crisis In Graphic Detail

  By John Freeman on 23 February 2020

  

  Find out more about Borderx: A Crisis In Graphic Detail, a comics anthology to raise funds and awareness for the humanitarian crisis at the southern US border

• Small Press Day returns on Saturday 18th July

  By John Freeman on 22 February 2020

  

  Small Press Day is back, taking place Saturday 18th July 2020

• First Philippine International Comics Festival announced for June 2020

  By John Freeman on 22 February 2020

  

  Komiket is launching the PICOF – the 1st Philippine International Comics Festival this summer

• All-new Cat Girl debuts in this summer’s Tammy & Jinty Special

  By John Freeman on 22 February 2020

  

  A new Tammy & Jinty Special is out this summer with a beautiful cover by top magazine and comic illustrator, Marguerite Sauvage, featuring an all-new Cat Girl!

• Launch date soon for Barry Windsor-Smith’s “Monsters”?

  By John Freeman on 22 February 2020

  

  Are we about due for a concrete publication date for Monsters by Barry Windsor-Smith?

• International guests at British comic and SF conventions under threat from government visa plans?

  By John Freeman on 21 February 2020 • ( 2 )

  

  Concerns are being raised that government visa plans will severely impact on musicians and other artists, including comic creators, visiting the UK

• Australia Burns, a comic anthology, out this March, pays tribute to heroic firefighters and volunteers

  By John Freeman on 21 February 2020

  

  Australia Burns is a fantastic-looking charity fundraising anthology book of art and stories in tribute to many heroic firefighters and volunteers

• Doctor Who – Tales from the TARDIS vworps back into newsagents, but we missed it!

  By John Freeman on 21 February 2020 • ( 1 )

  

  Titan Comics recently relaunched their British news stand title Doctor Who – Tales from the TARDIS title – but it seems finding copies is a problem for some…

• Meet The77 Creators: Dave Bedford and Morgan Gleave

  By downthetubes Guests on 20 February 2020

  

  Here’s the second in a series of “Meet the Creator” interviews conducted by Morgan Spiceman with the writers and artists involved in The77 comics anthology. This time out, it’s a chat with writer Dave Bedford and artist Morgan Gleave, the… Read More ›

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