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• 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 ›

• Australian western publisher Cleveland set to sell off its original Cover Art Library

  By John Freeman on April 9, 2019

  

  Cleveland Publishing, Australia’s pre-eminent publisher of genre pulp fiction novels, is closing its doors – to the dismay of avid fans of westerns and other action genre who have been buying their books for decades.
Now, the company, its closure the result of increased production costs, is selling its collection of cover art, including illustrations by the likes of acclaimed Australian artists Walter Stackpool and Stanley Pitt.

• Spoiling for a Brawl(er)! An interview with Time Bomb Comics publisher Steve Tanner

  By John Freeman on April 8, 2019

  

  Brawler is a great looking new comics project from Time Bomb Comics – and a Kickstarter campaign for pre-orders that launched just last week has already hit target. downthetubes caught up with publisher Steve Tanner to talk to him about… Read More ›

• FQP puts out urgent call for scripts its not-for-profit 2000AD-inspired comics zines

  By John Freeman on April 7, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  Independent British comic publisher FutureQuake Press has put out a call for more Script’s to consider for its 2000AD-inspired not for profit comic strip zines, Dogbreath and Zarjaz. FQP have been bringing you the very finest small press talent they… Read More ›

• Eagle Times springs into 2019 with looks at Look-In, New Eagle cutaways

  By John Freeman on April 7, 2019

  

  The first edition of the Eagle Society’s Eagle Times for 2019 is out now, and offers an exclusive interview with cutaway and comic artist Peter Sarson, plus features on the The New Eagle cutaways – and the long-running weekly comic, Look-In.

• Glenn B. Fleming’s “Eight Seconds” brings life to a World War Two mission in new illustrated novel

  By John Freeman on April 6, 2019

  

  Out in May is Eight Seconds – a new war story written and illustrated by British author Glenn B Fleming which will surely appeal to fans of Commando comics. In the early hours of 6 June 1944, the British 6th… Read More ›

• Travel Oregon offers second simply stunning anime-inspired “Slightly Exaggerated” film to encourage visitors

  By John Freeman on April 6, 2019

  

  Whether you’re planning a trip to Oregon or not, you really, really need to check out this simply beautiful, anime-inspired promotional video from Travel Oregon, because it’s simply gorgeous

• Doctor Who’s “Seeds of Doom” location up for sale… for £7.5 million!

  By John Freeman on April 6, 2019

  

  If you’re into cosplay and recreating your favourite SF Adventures in live action, and incredibly rich, then you may be interested to know Athelhampton House, the main location for the Doctor Who story The Seeds of Doom, is on the market… for £7.5 million

• WebFind: Rub-Down Transfers Revived!

  By John Freeman on April 6, 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  Anyone of a certain age, who probably grew up in the 1960s and 70s any way, will remember Letraset’s “Action Transfers” (and similar products), offering the opportunity to create your own Doctor Who, Joe 90, Star Wars and Tarzan adventures with “rub-down” figures applied to “blank canvas” backgrounds. But until this morning, I had no idea they were still being made.

• Next weekend’s Cosmic Rebels Con offers 2000AD creators among guest line up

  By John Freeman on April 6, 2019

  

  Cosmic Rebels Con returns to Enniscorthy, Ireland, next weekend (Sunday 14th April), and there are a number of comic creators from 2000AD on the guest list, including writer Michael Carroll and artists Steven Austin, Eoin Coveney and Tom Foster.

• Rare Dandy Monster Comic annual offered at auction, expected to sell for over £1000

  By John Freeman on April 5, 2019

  

  A rare copy of the first Dandy annual, titled the Dandy Monster Comic, published just before World War two, is to be sold at auction as part of a Two Day Book & Ephemera Sale by Keys Fine Art Auctioneers… Read More ›

• Authenticity of Frank Hampson art in upcoming Italian auction confirmed

  By John Freeman on April 5, 2019

  

  Last month, we reported that Italian auction house Urania is hosting a sale of original comic art and illustration in Parma on 11th May 2019 – and it includes a number of items by British artists including a Dan Dare-inspired… Read More ›

• Heritage Auctions offers Star Trek, Modesty Blaise art in upcoming aution

  By John Freeman on April 4, 2019

  

  Modesty Blaise art by John M. Burns and Greg Hildebrandt’s stunning original cover art for this month’s debut issue of Star Trek: Year Five #1 comic book series are among the highlights of dozens of SF, adventure and horror masterpiece paintings… Read More ›

• Phoenix artist Zak Simmonds part of Story Museum’s “Easter Story Makers” Line-Up

  By John Freeman on April 4, 2019

  

  While builders are busy on-site transforming Oxford’s The Story Museum into an even more inspiring and surprising place, events continue – and this April, their Easter Story Makers sessions offer the opportunity to enjoy a day of building stories with… Read More ›

• Newcastle Writing Conference returns in May to foster new writers

  By John Freeman on April 4, 2019

  

  The biennial Newcastle Writing Conference returns this spring, bringing together new and emerging writers across the North with publishing industry experts, inspiring authors and creative writing tutors. There isn’t anything specific to writing comics in the programme as far as… Read More ›

• Commando’s new issues: meet Lady Death … and a Suicide Squad!

  By John Freeman on April 4, 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  From the Soviet Union to World War One France, and from Italy to Crete, join Commando for brand new Issues 5215 – 5218 out this Thursday in all good newsagents from DC Thomson – and various digital platforms. Commando 5215:… Read More ›

• In Review: Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story

  By Tim Robins on April 3, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  By “Tim Bobbins” Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story, a 2014 documentary about the life of Chris Seivey and his big headed persona ‘Frank Sidebottom’ has finally found distribution after starting life as a Kick-Starter campaign. Picturehouse offered Brighton an… Read More ›

• Nickelodeon “Top Wing” announced as Showcase special by Egmont

  By John Freeman on April 3, 2019

  

  Egmont Publishing has announced that it will be publishing a special edition of its umbrella title, Showcase, dedicated to the Nickelodeon pre-school property, Top Wing. Egmont currently publish magazines on two further Nickelodeon pre-school properties, Shimmer & Shine and pre-school… Read More ›

• Spider-Man Into The Spider-Verse exclusive for Official Film Chart Show

  By John Freeman on April 3, 2019

  

  This week’s Official Film Chart online show features a UK exclusive behind-the-scenes featurette of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. The animated superhero film follows teenager Miles Morales, the Spider-Man of his world, who crosses paths with five counterparts from other dimensions… Read More ›

• We Read Comics Podcast spotlights Jeff Lemire and Dean Ormston’s “Black Hammer”

  By Joe Gordon on April 3, 2019

  

  Radio Summerhall is a group of arts podcasts coming out of the Summerhall arts hub in Edinburgh, and it has recently added the We Read Comics podcast to its roster. There are two shows up already, the second of which… Read More ›

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