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• 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

• Silent Manga Audition offers publishing opportunities in Japan for international artists

  By John Freeman on April 12, 2019

  

  Russian Silent Manga Audition MasterClass member SIDEBURN004 made recently recently, by being the first SMA MasterClass member to debut in a Japanese manga magazine. A work originally conceived by Japanese manga artist Matsuri Midou (Black Terror) for the first Zenon… Read More ›

• Don Harley “Dan Dare” art from early Spaceship Away up for auction

  By John Freeman on April 12, 2019

  

  A page of Don Harley‘s original art featuring Eagle‘s Dan Dare, from the story “The Phoenix Mission” published in Spaceship Away Issue 3 published back in 2004, is up for sale on eBay. Offered by Des Shaw, the publisher of… Read More ›

• Bob Wakelin classic games covers art prints now available

  By John Freeman on April 12, 2019

  

  Bob Wakelin, the artist behind some of the most iconic cover art of the 1980s, passed away in January last year – but now his family are offering prints of some of his work via Etsy, which left an indelible… Read More ›

• In Memoriam: Comic Writer James D. Hudnall

  By John Freeman on April 11, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  We’re sorry to report the passing of American comics writer and novelist James Hudnall, who died earlier this week aged 61, a day before his 62nd birthday. He had recently been working on a new episode of the fantasy adventure,… Read More ›

• Crowdfunding Spotlight: SHARKS! by Christian Talbot and Sophie Hodge

  By John Freeman on April 11, 2019

  

  The eagerly anticipated book of internet sensation The Life of Sharks is finally here – of it will be if folk hunt it down and spear a copy of SHARKS! on Unbound. It’s much nicer than spearing real sharks, which… Read More ›

• First Blade Runner 2019 Covers Revealed

  By John Freeman on April 11, 2019

  

  Titan Comics and Alcon Entertainment have unveiled the first covers and further details for Blade Runner 2019 — a brand-new, in canon series set during the exact timeframe of the original Blade Runner film. In the polluted and rain-drenched neo-noir… Read More ›

• Awesome Comics Podcast set to go live in a London pub on Free Comic Book Day!

  By John Freeman on April 11, 2019

  

  The brilliant indie-comics focused Awesome Comics Podcast are celebrating reaching their milestone 200th episode with a live recording at the Two Chairmen pub in central London on, appropriately enough, Free Comic Book Day – 4th May 2019. Adding to the… Read More ›

• Beano Studios “Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed!” gets set for the stage!

  By John Freeman on April 11, 2019

  

  Beano Studios is teaming up with the production company Selladoor to create a new musical stage production based on its hit TV show, Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed! The family friendly show, is being developed by the company behind the upcoming… Read More ›

• Sneak Peek: ComicScene Issue Three, on sale in two weeks!

  By John Freeman on April 11, 2019

  

  Issue 3 of ComicScene – released Thursday 25th April – celebrates Free Comic Day on 4th May with a look at the free Funny Pages comic from Rebellion and Doctor Who from Titan Comics, including an interview with creator Jody… Read More ›

• Ladybird Books: ‘How it Works’ running at Reading Museum

  By John Freeman on April 11, 2019

  

  An exhibition celebrating the history of Ladybird Books is is currently running at Reading Museum, presented in partnership with the University of Reading, who hold a Special Collection of artwork, and publisher Ladybird

• Scarlet Traces returns to 2000AD this week! Plus, Upcoming Titles News from Rebellion…

  By John Freeman on April 10, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  2000AD Prog 2126 is on sale now in all good newsagents, UK comic shops and via various digital platforms, with a cracking cover from D’Israeli, marking the return of the alien invaders story “Scarlet Traces” to the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic!… Read More ›

• Amigo Comics announces “Planet of Daemons” collection

  By John Freeman on April 10, 2019

  

  Spanish publisher Amigo Comics will release the first collection of their acclaimed mini-series Planet of the Daemons: The Eye of Lucifer in June, a bewitching story of occult adventure from British creators writer Kevin Gunstone and artist Paul Moore, coloured… Read More ›

• In Review: Shazam!

  By Tim Robins on April 10, 2019

  

  Reviewed by Tim Robins We all have a superhero inside of us — it just takes a bit of magic to bring it out. In 14-year-old Billy Batson’s case, all he needs to do is shout out one word to… Read More ›

• Creating Comics: An Archive Interview with Roy of the Rovers co-creator Frank S. Pepper

  By John Freeman on April 9, 2019

  

  The Continuing Adventures of Frank S. Pepper This feature offers the full text of an interview Andrew Darlington conducted with the legendary writer Frank S. Pepper, extracted from a long series of correspondence, exactly as it was published in the… Read More ›

• Re-discovering Vintage Cereal Packets, and how one Star Trek memory still plagues my fuzzy brain

  By John Freeman on April 9, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  This week’s “Rabbit Hole” mission across the web started with memories of  Letraset’s marvellous “Action Transfers” – specifically, Joe 90 “instant transfers” which if memory serves, I acquired through an offer on the back of a cereal packet… and ended… Read More ›

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