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• Lakes Festival Focus 2018: Yomi Ayeni

  By John Freeman on September 25, 2018

  

  Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. This “Festival Focus” for 2018 is Yomi Ayeni, an award winning Transmedia creator, producer, filmmaker, and storyteller,… Read More ›

• Pat Mills heads to Prague to talk 2000AD’s “Defoe”, his comics career and more

  By John Freeman on September 25, 2018

  

  2000AD creator Pat Mills is looking forward to going to Prague this week, for an-all day comic event at Prague City Library on Friday 28th September – and the event will hopefully be live streamed. He’ll be chatting about his… Read More ›

• In Review: ‘Kingdom’ by Jon McNaught

  By Antony Esmond on September 25, 2018

  

  Created by Jon McNaught Hardback – 128 pages – £16.99 Published by Nobrow The Story: Jon McNaught returns with another beautiful comic that makes the ordinary, extraordinary. A family sets off for a long weekend at a caravan park on… Read More ›

• Sarah Graley draws Minecraft, first pages revealed by Dark Horse

  By John Freeman on September 25, 2018

  

  Ahead of New York Comic Con and MINECON Earth, Dark Horse, Mojang AB, and Microsoft have revealed the first art from the first instalment in a multi-project publishing partnership, Minecraft Volume One, featuring art by Sarah Graley. Minecraft Volume One… Read More ›

• Alan Moore’s Jerusalem release as omnibus paperback

  By John Freeman on September 25, 2018

  

  Jerusalem, the New York Times-bestseller from Alan Moore, author of From Hell and Watchmen is now available in a single-volume paperback. On sale from today, Tuesday 25th September in shops and in digital from 25th September, the novel is published in the UK from… Read More ›

• Call for Papers: International Conference of Graphic Novels and Comics

  By John Freeman on September 24, 2018

  

  A Call For Papers for the Joint International Conference of Graphic Novels and Comics and 20th Anniversary of the International Bande dessinée Society at Manchester Metropolitan University next June has just been announced. Taking place 24th -28th June 2019 the… Read More ›

• British Comics Swap Meet in Fife This Coming Weekend

  By Jeremy Briggs on September 24, 2018

  

  After this last weekend with two of the largest UK comics events, Thought Bubble in Leeds and MCM Scotland in Glasgow, next weekend 29-30 September 2018 one of the smallest UK comics events will be happening in Lochore in Fife…. Read More ›

• Frank Hampson Centenary Exhibition opens at The Atkinson, Southport – Launch Report

  By downthetubes Guests on September 24, 2018

  

  David Britton of the Eagle Society reports on new exhibition of Dan Dare creator Frank Hampson’s work at The Atkinson, Southport… A reception was held on Thursday evening 20th September at The Atkinson in Southport, to launch three new exhibitions… Read More ›

• Comic creator David Leach special guest for MediaHubUK event

  By John Freeman on September 23, 2018

  

  Comics artist, writer and editor David Leach is a special guest at MediaHubK in Cookham,Berkshire, in October. A cartoonist and editor “with a larger than life personality” David is the creator of the cartoon character, Psycho Gran and has edited… Read More ›

• In Review: Edge of Extinction Issue 2

  By John Freeman on September 23, 2018

  

  Written by Baden James Mellonie Art and Letters by Paul Peart-Smith Covers by Stephen Sampson (also known as Steve Sampson), David Millgate and Ryan Brown Published by Eighth Continent Publishing Note: Some strong language as zombies try to eat characters… Read More ›

• New academic comics study, Queer about Comics, released

  By John Freeman on September 22, 2018

  

  A new publication Queer about Comics, has just been published by Duke University Press. Edited by Darieck Scott and Ramzi Fawaz, this special issue explores the intersection of queer theory and comics studies. The contributors provide new theories of how… Read More ›

• BOOM! Studios announces new Buffy the Vampire Slayer projects

  By John Freeman on September 22, 2018

  

  BOOM! Studios has announced it has acquired the comic book and graphic novel publishing license to Joss Whedon’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Previously published by Dark Horse Comics for 20 years (their final title, the trade paperback for their “Season Twelve”… Read More ›

• Unbox Studios reveals authorised Marshal Law figure

  By John Freeman on September 22, 2018

  

  Unbox Studios are to release a Marshal Law figure approved by Pat Mills and Kevin O’Neill in October. It’s been a long time in development, but it’s definitely worth the wait. Available globally, this is just one of many great… Read More ›

• Shaken, not stirred – Win an original James Bond painting!

  By John Freeman on September 21, 2018

  

  Back I n 1962, the film Dr No introduced cinema-goers to the world of James Bond starring Sean Connery as the British spy with a licence to kill. The film adapted one of Ian Fleming’s popular spy novels and struck a… Read More ›

• Lakes Festival Focus 2018: Hunt Emerson

  By John Freeman on September 21, 2018

  

  Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. This “Festival Focus” for 2018 is Hunt Emerson, who has drawn cartoons and comic strips since… Read More ›

• In Memoriam: Jack Cunningham, Art Editor of Misty

  By John Freeman on September 21, 2018

  

  The recent death of artist Jack Cunningham ended a long life that contributed to many British girls’ comics. Jack was one of IPC’s unsung heroes, and worked on a number of their women’s magazines and girls’ comics, including Mirabelle (1956-77),… Read More ›

• John Mollo’s original Star Wars designs go under the hammer at Bonhams

  By John Freeman on September 21, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  The personal notebooks and sketchbooks of world-renowned double Oscar-winning British costume designer, John Mollo, the concept artist behind the international Star Wars franchise, are to be offered at Bonhams in a stand-alone 62-lot sale, Designing an Empire: The John Mollo… Read More ›

• Silent Killer: 32 Kills by Mike Garley, Andy Clift, out now from Comichaus

  By John Freeman on September 21, 2018

  

  32 Kills , a new project by Mike Garley and Andy Clift, published by Comichaus is getting its launch at Thought Bubble this weekend, and is available on the publisher’s digital comics platform, available to read now on the Comichaus app. Co-created… Read More ›

• Thought Bubble Festival 2018 is Here! Are You Ready?

  By John Freeman on September 21, 2018

  

  It’s Thought Bubble Festival weekend in Leeds, and we hope everyone there has a great time! There are some great things lined up, bringing some of the best creators in the world to the city including Warren Ellis (Transmetropolitan, Freakangels, Castlevania,… Read More ›

• Bog Eyed Books collects Tor Freeman’s “Welcome to Oddleigh”

  By John Freeman on September 20, 2018

  

  Children’s publisher Bog Eyed Books have just published a fab collection of Tor Freeman‘s  Welcome to Oddleigh, available now in all good book shops and through online retailers. Collecting  stories from the eponymous webcomic, Welcome to Oddleigh, we’re introduced to Chief… Read More ›

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