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• In Memoriam: Children’s Illustrator John Burningham

  By John Freeman on January 21, 2019

  

  John Burningham, who died earlier this month aged 82, was the creator of beloved picture books including Mr Gumpy’s Outing and Avocado Baby. He and his wife and fellow illustrator Helen Oxenbury were given a joint lifetime achievement award from… Read More ›

• Creator Spotlight: Peyo, Gifted Creator of The Smurfs

  By John Freeman on January 21, 2019

  

  Pierre Culliford (known as Peyo) was born in Brussels in 1928. He was forced to work for a living from the age of 15, first as a projectionist in a cinema, followed by a stint in a cartoon studio. When the… Read More ›

• Doctor Who: The Clockwise War comic collection out in April

  By John Freeman on January 20, 2019

  

  Artist David Roach has again provided the cover for the next Panini Doctor Who comics collection, The Clockwise War, a fantastic illustration to close off the Twelfth Doctor’s adventures in Doctor Who Magazine

• Amazing British comic annuals up for auction from Phil Comics

  By John Freeman on January 19, 2019

  

  Phil Comics first vintage comic auction of 2019 is now live on eBay, and includes some terrific Beano, Dandy and Lion annuals in its lots, along with some British comics including free gifts, and some editions of the short-lived Tornado adventure comic.

• Final Doctor Who TV novelisations on way at last, but covers disappoint

  By John Freeman on January 19, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  Two long-awaited adaptations of Eric Saward’s Doctor Who stories Resurrection of the Daleks and Revelation of the Daleks are on their way at last from BBC Books, but the covers are, frankly, underwhelming.

• Special comic for V&A Dundee celebrates DC Thomson history

  By John Freeman on January 18, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  Beano publisher DC Thomson has produced a special 28-page comic exclusively for the new V&A Dundee, bringing together some of their most loved classic characters. Designed especially to accompany the opening of the museum’sScottish Design Galleries . exclusive comic, inspired… Read More ›

• Colleen Doran adapts second Neil Gaiman fairy tale story into comics

  By John Freeman on January 18, 2019

  

  Neil Gaiman’s chilling retelling of the Snow White fairytale, Snow, Glass, Apples has been beautifully adapted by Colleen Doran, who previously adapted Gaiman’s award-winning short story Troll Bridge – and will be released by US publisher Dark Horse Comics later… Read More ›

• Al Ewing, Sean Phillips among creators honoured in 2019 Diamond Gem Awards

  By John Freeman on January 18, 2019

  

  Diamond Comic Distributors has announced the winners of the 2018 Diamond Gem Awards, selected by comic book specialty retailers and celebrated within the comic book industry as an key annual award honouring largely US publisher sales success – but British… Read More ›

• New 2000AD, Judge Dredd Megazine on sale now, plus news of first “Art of” book from Rebellion

  By John Freeman on January 17, 2019

  

  2000AD Prog 2114 and Judge Dredd Megazine Issue 404, accompanied by the free, stunning first part of Battle Presents: Operation Overlord, are both on sale now in all good newsagents and comic shops across the UK, and across various digital… Read More ›

• UK’s Small Press Day 2019 Announced for 13th July

  By John Freeman on January 17, 2019

  

  The UK and Ireland’s Small Press Day returns this year on Saturday July 13th for its fourth annual celebration of comics self-publishing, micropublishing and DIY culture. The brainchild of cartoonist David Ziggy Greene, its aim is to provide a dedicated… Read More ›

• Sneak Peek: 2000AD Villains Take Over for Free Comic Book Day

  By John Freeman on January 17, 2019

  

  The dastardly and the iniquitous will be taking over this year’s Free Comic Book Day when Rebellion launch the first ever 2000AD Villains Takeover! Here’s some of the nefarious pages from this one shot… To coincide with Free Comic Book Day,… Read More ›

• Sneak Peek: Rebellion’s “Funny Pages” for Free Comic Book Day

  By John Freeman on January 16, 2019

  

  Rebellion is putting the funny back in funny pages this Free Comic Book Day – and has released a free preview!

• In Review: One Frame at a Time – Aardman, an Epic Journey

  By Joe Gordon on January 16, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  By Peter Lord and David Sproxton, with David Gritten Simon & Schuster I’ve been in love with animation in all its forms (especially stop-motion) for as long as I’ve been in love with comics and books, but even for those… Read More ›

• Creating Comics: Awesome Comics Podcast interviews Alterna Comics founder Peter Simeti

  By John Freeman on January 16, 2019

  

  This week the Awesome Comics Podcast team are joined by the founder and publisher of Alterna Comics, Peter Simeti, to talk about his journey in comics and what the publisher are trying to achieve in the modern publishing world. Founded… Read More ›

• Lakes Festival Podcast gets a dose of Graphic Medicine with Ian Williams

  By John Freeman on January 15, 2019

  

  The Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast goes all graphic medicine  for their latest episode, chatting with ace comics creator Ian Williams. Ian created the Graphic Medicine website and following on from that has created two graphic novels, The Bad Doctor and the upcoming  The… Read More ›

• “Rick and Morty” heads to Channel 4

  By John Freeman on January 15, 2019

  

  American adult animated science fiction sitcom Rick and Morty, created by Justin Roiland and Dan Harmon for Cartoon Network’s late-night programming, is heading to Channel 4 in the UK. This is good news for Titan Comics, who publish collected editions of… Read More ›

• In Pictures: Frank Hampson Centenary Exhibition at Bourne Hall

  By Richard Sheaf on January 14, 2019

  

  For anyone who’s not managed to make it to Southport’s The Atkinson gallery for their superb Frank Hampson – The Man Who Drew Dan Dare exhibition, then you might try and make it to Bourne Hall in Epsom, Surrey, instead. Their… Read More ›

• Rebellion launches “Battle Presents” line with “Operation: Overlord”

  By John Freeman on January 14, 2019

  

  Rebellion Publishing is to present the international best-selling French graphic novel series Operation: Overlord for the first time in English – under the banner of Battle, one of the UK’s most cherished comics, the weekly war comic once home to… Read More ›

• Second Illustrator’s Survey seeks to snapshot UK illustration industry

  By John Freeman on January 14, 2019

  

  The second annual Illustrator’s Survey is live, backed this year by Hire an Illustrator. The survey is the brainchild of artist Ben O’Brien – and anyone who worked in commercial illustration in 2018 is being asked to please fill in the… Read More ›

• Digital publisher ComicFlix looks beyond licensed comics, to consumer market

  By John Freeman on January 14, 2019

  

  ComicFlix, a digital publisher that has developed a tech-based solution to convert films into graphics novels, is looking to expand into the consumer business, building on its initial titles available on Kindle which include of The Mask of Zorro, Sherlock… Read More ›

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