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• From the Trenches and in Pictures: The Lakes International Comic Art Festival 2019

  By John Freeman on 14 October 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  Heading to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival 2019, the event the culmination a year of publicity work for me, and others, and endless hours of hard work and organisation by the dedicated team based largely in Kendal, I couldn’t… Read More ›

• “The 77” comics anthology line-up revealed

  By John Freeman on 12 October 2019

  

  The line-up of creators contributing to the upcoming The 77 anthology – offering a fast and furious mix of old school strips and shocks – has been revealed

• Look out for free Marvel Comics on the Underground… and elsewhere around the UK!

  By John Freeman on 12 October 2019

  

  Marvel Comics has been a cultural phenomenon for 80 years. As part of their anniversary celebrations the US comic publisher have been working with the Books on the Underground initiative (temporarily renamed ‘Comic Books on the Underground‘ and part of… Read More ›

• Katie Kirby’s “Hurrah for Gin” gets licensing deal

  By John Freeman on 12 October 2019

  

  Licensing agency Riverside Brands has just added the popular online parenting series, Hurrah for Gin, to its portfolio, a comedic pastiche of modern day parenthood survival by Katie Kirby

• Coming Soon, a new comics anthology for younger readers: Hotchpotch

  By John Freeman on 12 October 2019

  

  Biomekazoik Press, the British independent comics publisher behind the digital comics anthology 100% Biodegradable, are working on a brand new quarterly comic anthology for younger readers, Hotchpotch, launching from  before the end of the year. Edited by David Hailwood, Hotchpotch… Read More ›

• New colour edition of early Strontium Dog stories announced for 2020

  By John Freeman on 11 October 2019

  

  The earliest adventures of one of 2000 AD’s greatest characters – Strontium Dog – are to be reprinted in colour for the first time in decades next year.

• Doctor Who: Panel to Panel probes Doctor Who Magazine founder Dez Skinn

  By John Freeman on 11 October 2019

  

  Since today is the 40th anniversary of Doctor Who Magazine, what better way for host Jeremy Bement to celebrate than cover the latest news from New York Comic Con on his hugely enjoyable Doctor Who Panel to Panel podcast –… Read More ›

• Happy Birthday, Doctor Who Magazine! I’m honoured to have played a part…

  By John Freeman on 11 October 2019 • ( 3 )

  

  Today is the cover date for the first issue for Doctor Who Weekly, launched by Marvel UK in October 1979 – and I’m very proud to have played a small part in the continuing adventures amazing publication known today as… Read More ›

• Fan The Flame Concepts launches “Red Card”

  By John Freeman on 11 October 2019

  

  Fan The Flame Concepts LLC, a US independent comic and graphic novel producer, has announced the first issues of Neymar Jr. Comics’ latest science fiction title Red Card, the first new comic series to debut on their enhanced digital comics… Read More ›

• In Review: Joker

  By Tim Robins on 11 October 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  Tim Robins had to drag himself kicking and screaming to see Joker – and the film lived up to Tim Robins gloomy expectations…

• Garth Ennis writes new “Rat Pack” story for 2020 Battle Special

  By John Freeman on 10 October 2019

  

  The latest 2000AD Thrillcast offers a recording of the war comics panel from New York Comic Con

• UK News Stand Snapshot – 10th October 2019

  By John Freeman on 10 October 2019

  

  New British news stand comics / magazine on sale this week include 2000AD 2152, Action Combat 106, Action GTX 109, Astonishing Spider-Man 38, Beano 4006 and more…

• Pin Some Words On A Strip! Aces Weekly challenges readers to script a comic…

  By John Freeman on 9 October 2019

  

  In Week 7 of the digital comics anthology Aces Weekly Volume 41 (just past the title’s seventh birthday), the team are offering you a little party fun! Yes, a competition, like Pin The Tail On The Donkey, except this is… Read More ›

• A Comics Curiosity: The 1990s British “Smurfs Comic”

  By John Freeman on 9 October 2019

  

  With a major exhibition dedicated to Peyo’s The Smurfs part of this year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival, running into November in Kendal, what better time to step back to the 1990s, when Maida Vale-based DeVere Entertainment published a British Smurfs comic?

• Danish artist Jacob Thybo joins Lakes Festival line-up

  By John Freeman on 9 October 2019

  

  Danish comic artist Jacob Thybo – creator of Arminius, a graphic novel about a German revolt against the Romans, and a new story, Hemmingway’s Cats, released this month, is joining the Lakes International Comic Art Festival line-up this weekend in Kendal,… Read More ›

• Blazing into newsagents today to you – 2000 AD Prog 2152

  By John Freeman on 9 October 2019

  

  There’s rollicking adventure on all fronts this week in 2000 AD Prog 2152, an issue packed with peril for Judge Dredd and more, featuring a sizzling cover from Cliff Robinson

• Hammer Films’ unmade “Vampirella” to be performed live in London

  By John Freeman on 8 October 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  Vampirella, one of the most famous films that horror studio Hammer Films never made, will be performed live in a production featuring one of the studio’s most famous stars, Caroline Munro, later this month

• Tom Foster joins the ranks of Commando Comics artists

  By John Freeman on 8 October 2019

  

  2000 AD artist Tom Foster has provided the cover for an upcoming issue of DC Thomson Media’s Commando war comic, joining the ranks of artists such as Ian Kennedy, Graeme Neil Reid and Neil Roberts

• Lakes Festival Focus 2019: Comic Artist Staz Johnson

  By John Freeman on 8 October 2019

  

  A chat with Staz Johnson, a professional comic artist for more than 30 years

• Crowdfunding Spotlight: “Bods” by Greenspike hits target in just six hours

  By John Freeman on 8 October 2019

  

  After the crowdfunding success of the illustrated guide to the hidden world of the trolls of Oxford, The Oxford Trollomicus, it’s great to see the first novel set in the same world, Bods, has smashed its target goal within six hours of launch

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