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• FlashBat… Er, Flashback: The 1963 Batmobile!

  By John Freeman on May 3, 2019

  

  Three years before the Batman arrived on US TV in 1966, DC Comics approved construction of a custom made Bat Car that toured America. Heritage Auctions sold it at auction back in 2014, opening bidding at $90,000. The first touring… Read More ›

• Happy Free Comic Book Day 2019!

  By John Freeman on May 3, 2019

  

    Free Comic Book Day is back this weekend, and across the UK many comic shops are again taking part, with free comics for customers on offer, including Funny Pages from 2000AD publisher Rebellion and Doctor Who and Robotech from… Read More ›

• Taschen’s “Stan Lee Story” gets unlimited XXL release

  By John Freeman on May 2, 2019

  

  First published as a signed Collector’s Edition costing £1750 a copy, that sold out within a week, Taschen’s Stan Lee Story is now available as an unlimited XXL edition, priced a tad more modestly. An unparalleled account of the life… Read More ›

• Eastbourne’s Scorch Comics hosts Liam Sharp, Boo Cook and Chris Weston Signing this Bank Holiday Monday

  By John Freeman on May 2, 2019

  

  Scorch Comics, an independent comic book store in Eastbourne is hosting two major events in-store this weekend, offering customers the chance to meet some great comic creators – Green Lantern and Wonder Woman artist Liam Sharp​, and 2000AD artists Boo… Read More ›

• 2019 Beano and Dandy Summer Special Covers Revealed

  By John Freeman on May 2, 2019

  

  DC Thomson Media have teased the covers for this year’s Beano Summer Activity Special and Dandy Summer Special – and you can pre-order both now. Both will be in the bookazines, the Beano special offering new material the Dandy publication… Read More ›

• Exeter’s Bill Douglas Cinema Museum offers research stipends for comic archive and more

  By John Freeman on May 2, 2019

  

  Some stipends have been made available for research at Exeter’s Bill Douglas Cinema Museum. They have several holdings of interest to comics scholars, including film tie-in comics dating back to 1910s, magic lantern slides, items relating to photographer Eadweard Muybridge…. Read More ›

• Panel Borders: The Name’s Bond…

  By John Freeman on May 2, 2019

  

  On this week’s Panel Borders, Alex Fitch talks to three members of the same family who are involved with making comics. Shelly and Philip Bond discuss respectively editing and drawing comics published by Vertigo and IDW, such as Black Crown… Read More ›

• Comedian Harry Hill joins Beano to hunt for Britain’s funniest primary school class

  By John Freeman on May 2, 2019

  

  Iconic British comedian and author Harry Hill has been announced as special guest judge in Beano’s nationwide search to find Britain’s Funniest Class. Teachers up and down the country have until 10th May 2019 to put forward their class’ very… Read More ›

• Free Comic Book Day Awesome Comics Podcast #200 pop-up charity fundraiser is, well… Awesome!

  By John Freeman on May 2, 2019

  

  The Awesome Comics Podcast #200 pop-up charity comic shop / raffle stash that’s being organised by downthetubes contributor Richard Sheaf as part of the events surrounding the Podcast’s live London broadcast on Free Comics Day includes some amazing items of… Read More ›

• Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse storms UK’s home entertainment Official Film Chart

  By John Freeman on May 1, 2019

  

  Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse swings five places up to Number One on the Official Film Chart detailing top UK home entertainment sales across Blu-Ray, DVD and Digital Download, after a tight battle with Mary Poppins Returns. Following its release on… Read More ›

• Lakes Festival Podcast probes the work of Harvey Kurtzman with artist Brad Brooks

  By John Freeman on May 1, 2019

  

  Offering a  slightly different episode, on Episode 51 0f the Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast finds Pete Taylor chatting to freelance designer, comics creator and author Brad Brooks about EC and MAD creator Harvey Kurtzman, the comic making process,… Read More ›

• Oxford Comics Network probes The Holocaust in comics, also announces Tom Gauld event

  By John Freeman on May 1, 2019

  

  The Oxford Comics Network has announced a new series of events, starting on the 7th May with “Early Holocaust Narratives in Comics”. Philip Smith of the University of The Bahamas seeks to examine representations of the death camps, particularly in… Read More ›

• Phil Elliott and Robert Wells “Malty Heave” comic gets Portsmouth Comic Con launch

  By John Freeman on May 1, 2019

  

  Malty Heave #1 is a new indie comic from Phil Elliott and Robert Wells, launching at both Portsmouth Comic Con this coming weekend, and at Ace Comics in Colchester, where Phil will be signing for Free Comic Book Day. Published… Read More ›

• Klep! “Cosmic Comics” is a Kevin O’Neill comics miscellany that may burn your eyeballs!

  By John Freeman on May 1, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  Independent publisher Hibernia has teamed up with the Treasury of British Comics to publish Cosmic Comics, a terrific, eye-searing collection of legendary comic creator Kevin O’Neill’s formative work on such titles as 2000AD, Lion, Tornado and Starlord

• A bevy of Jeff Bevan covers for Commando, out this week

  By John Freeman on May 1, 2019

  

  Pirates in disguise on the cold seas, airmen trapped in a secret U-boat den, a dispatch runner behind enemy lines in World War One and a day of doom for one British naval lieutenant! It’s all going on in brand new issues of Commando from DC Thomson (Issues 5223 – 5226), out this Thursday and available through all good newsagents.

• International Graphic Novel Conference to see launch of new Dementia-focused comic and Laydeez do Comics Manchester

  By John Freeman on May 1, 2019

  

  Comics archivist and internationally-respected advocate of the form Paul Gravett is giving a Keynote Speech at the 2019 International Graphic Novel Conference at Manchester Metropolitan University in June. The Speech is just one of a number of pubic events that are part of a full day of public comic events that are part of the conference, including the launch of There’s No Bus Map for Dementia, a new mini-comic about dementia and a Your Life Stories as Comics workshop from members of Laydeez do Comics, as well as LDC’s first ever Manchester event.

• Two Days back with Doctor Who – A Guest’s Eye View of Capitol IV

  By John Freeman on April 29, 2019

  

  Doctor Who may be a worldwide phenomenon unlike any other today, but back in the 1970s, its fandom was small, although growing, and one organisation, the Doctor Who Appreciation Society, was at the forefront of celebrating the BBC’s best-known science… Read More ›

• Airboy returns, crowdfunding continues to expand revival from Chuck Dixon and It’s Alive!

  By John Freeman on April 27, 2019

  

  Thanks to a hugely successful crowdfunder by publisher It’s Alive!, Chuck Dixon is returning to write Airboy #51, joined by artists Brent McKee (on pencils and inks) and Jok (colour and letters), with a story that picks right up where… Read More ›

• Hellboy: The Board Game Launched worldwide

  By John Freeman on April 27, 2019

  

  Mantic Games, in partnership with Dark Horse Comics, have just launched Hellboy: The Board Game, available now in stores worldwide

• Book Launch: The Art Of Ian Kennedy

  By Jeremy Briggs on April 27, 2019

  

  The Art Of Ian Kennedy from DC Thomson’s new Heritage Comics brand is a celebration of the 70 years of work that artist Ian Kennedy has provided for the Dundee company. The book was first put on sale to the… Read More ›

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