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• Not a Hoax! Not an Imaginary Superhero Story! Meet… The Zebra!

  By John Freeman on March 31, 2019

  

  When I caught a tweet from the Comics in the Golden Age Podcast about a US costumed hero called The Zebra, I had to admit I was a bit sceptical. Was this some bizarre April Fool’s Day prank to try to convince us a US comics publisher had finally jumped the shark when it came to silly superhero names and even crazier origin stories? But no – this wannabe 1940s Batman wannabe is quite legit, although he hasn’t had an adventure for decades…

• Battle Picture Weekly related art items offers on eBay

  By John Freeman on March 30, 2019

  

  Two Battle Picture Weekly related artworks are being offered on eBay by seller d.g100, spotted on eBay by downthetubes contributor Richard Sheaf.

• Comic Creator Steve Moore celebrated with “Endymion’s Dream” event

  By John Freeman on March 29, 2019

  

  The life of the brilliant comics creator Steve Moore is to finally get the celebration he deserves with the launch of a his final, posthumous book at “Endymion’s Dream” – an event taking place in Brompton Cemetery Chapel on 4th May 2019.

• 2000AD artists and writers, Kate Charlesworth and award-winning Czech comics artist Vojtěch Mašek join Lakes Festival 2019 guest list

  By John Freeman on March 29, 2019

  

  The Lakes International Comic Art Festival 2019 has announced further guests for its weekend-long event in Kendal in October, including a number of creators well known for their work on the top British SF weekly comic 2000AD and major US… Read More ›

• Happy 80th Birthday, Batman!

  By John Freeman on March 29, 2019

  

  As fans across the globe prepare to celebrate Batman’s 80th birthday tomorrow, Saturday 30th March, the comic book series that first launched the crime fighting adventures of the world’s most popular Super Hero reaches a milestone this week with the… Read More ›

• Frank Hampson “Dan Dare” inspired rarity surfaces at Italian auction house

  By John Freeman on March 28, 2019

  

  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 artwork by Frank Hampson, alongside… Read More ›

• British Comic Heroes: Lion’s “Captain Condor”

  By John Freeman on March 28, 2019

  

  Dan Dare, star of Eagle and early 2000AD, whose adventures extend to radio, award-winning adventures and more, is a British comics hero up there with Roy of the Rovers, Judge Dredd, Fungus the Bogeyman, Rupert the Bear and Dennis the… Read More ›

• Lakes International Comic Art Festival, Quebec BD in Comics Cultural Exchange backed by British Council

  By John Freeman on March 28, 2019

  

  The Lakes International Comic Art Festival has announced that Mikiko and Julie Rocheleau are the latest comic creators to be part of one of its many Comics Cultural Exchanges between countries. Continuing its efforts to develop an international network of… Read More ›

• Red 5 Comics “The Dark Age” picked up for new TV project

  By John Freeman on March 28, 2019

  

  Christopher Lemole and Tim Zajaros, founders of Armory Films, are teaming with Knightfall co-creator Don Handfield on The Dark Age, based on a comic series from US publisher Red 5 Comics, Deadline reports. Red 5 Comics will release the comic… Read More ›

• Art Quarterly spotlights re-opening of London’s Cartoon Museum next month

  By John Freeman on March 27, 2019

  

  The Spring 2019 issue of Art Quarterly, the quarterly magazine for members of the Art Fund charity, and features a focus on Comic Creators, spurred by the upcoming re-opening of London’s Cartoon Museum.

• Lyon BD 2019 Festival poster by Luke McGarry revealed

  By John Freeman on March 27, 2019

  

  This Tintin-style poster to promote the 14th Lyon BD Festival is by “Sad Chewie” artist Luke McGarry is great fun – how many characters slipped into the image  can you recognise? (Oh, and before any wag asks given this week’s… Read More ›

• Marvel’s Death’s Head is back, new series launches later this year

  By John Freeman on March 26, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  Death’s Head is back! Marvel has announced a new limited series, written by Tini Howard with art by Kei Zama coloured by Felipe Sobreir, edited by Sarah Brunstad – and with regular covers by Nick Roche, launching in July. Here’s… Read More ›

• British Library partners with Universities on Digital Comics PhD projects

  By John Freeman on March 26, 2019

  

  The British Library is collaborating with university partners to award PhD funding for four new doctoral research projects, starting in October 2019, two on digital comics. As we previously reported, the projects will be co-supervised by the British Library, offering… Read More ›

• All-new Tammy and Jinty Special out in June

  By John Freeman on March 26, 2019

  

  Tammy and Jinty were two of Britain’s best-loved girls’ comics in the 1970s and ’80s – ground-breaking female-led comics that covered everything from science fiction and fantasy to romance and domestic drama. This June, hot on the heels of the… Read More ›

• New Lion Kids Comic Bible released

  By John Freeman on March 25, 2019

  

  Two years in the making, The Lion Kids Comic Bible, was published last week by Lion Children’s Books, a collaborative project from Ed Chatelier (original concept), Mychailo Kazybrid (script and pencils), Bambos Georgiou (inks), Jeff Anderson (colourist) and Jesus Barony… Read More ›

• Who knew Dan Dare’s “Digby” was also a cat?

  By John Freeman on March 25, 2019

  

  Eagle fans will know Peter Hampson was his father Frank Hampson’s model for “Flamer” Spry in the original “Dan Dare” strip. But Peter was also called on to help his father when he illustrated for Ladybird Books… and the family… Read More ›

• Blast! An Early 1990s British News Stand Comics Casualty

  By downthetubes Guests on March 25, 2019 • ( 3 )

  

  Image via EBay Short-lived, like many of its brethren and certainly overlooked, Blast! had some worthwhile strip content and is certainly worth a revisit. Luke Williams delves into its pages… By the late 1980s, following the triple header of Watchmen,… Read More ›

• Hellboy artist Ben Stenbeck joins Comics Salopia line up

  By John Freeman on March 24, 2019

  

  At Comics Salopia this June, join host Leonard Sultana as he interviews the guest who has travelled further than any other to join the event in Shrewsbury.

• British Comic Heroes: Swift Morgan – The First Brit in Space? – and artist Denis McLoughlin

  By downthetubes Guests on March 23, 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  He was Britain’s first genuine picture-strip SF hero, his adventures launched in far-off 1948, visualised by the legendary Denis McLoughlin. Now, Andrew Darlington explores the full, complex, and fascinating history of Swift Morgan… ‘FAST ACTION IN THE WORLDS OF THE… Read More ›

• MACC-POW! announces first guests for June

  By John Freeman on March 23, 2019

  

  This year’s line-up for MACC-POW!, a one day celebration of comics and comic art, in the heart of Macclesfield, Cheshire in June, has just been announced. Observer comics prize winner Tor Freeman, Jacob Phillips and Lew Stringer return, joined this year by Comics Laureate Hannah Berry, New Zealand cartoonist Roger Langridge and Rachael Smith.

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