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• Tricks of the Trade: Writing a Comics-inspired Novel, by Steve MacManus

  By John Freeman on 28 September 2019

  

  Former Tharg, comics editor and writer Steve MacManus shares his experience of writing his first novel, The Sheerglam Conspiracy, a story set inside the world of 1970s British comics. 40,000 words long, it took 14 long months to write –… Read More ›

• Creating Comics: Writing That First Issue of a New Comic, by Monty Nero

  By downthetubes Guests on 27 September 2019

  

  The first ever issue of the new Frenemies title by Monty Nero and Yishan Li has gone out digitally – to backers only – so it seemed like a good time to ask co-creator and X-Men writer Monty Nero to… Read More ›

• Toys and Licensing – troubled times ahead as Brand Licensing Europe nears?

  By John Freeman on 27 September 2019 • ( 3 )

  

  The UK licensing industry is the second largest in the world, and the biggest in the Europe, with a value of $14.58bn (£11.84bn) in 2018, according to figures from the global licensing industry body, Licensing International, a growth of 3.9… Read More ›

• Lakes Festival Focus 2019: Comics Promoter Árni Beck Gunnarsson

  By John Freeman on 27 September 2019

  

  Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival in October, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. This “Festival Focus” for 2019 is with Árni Beck Gunnarsson, a comics creator whose… Read More ›

• Scorch Comics delivers a great “Comic Zone” to Wyntercon VI this weekend

  By John Freeman on 27 September 2019

  

  If you’re in the Eastbourne area this weekend and looking for something comic-related to do then look no further than Wyntercon VI, which features a great Comic Zone line up, put together by local comic shop Scorch Comics. Over the… Read More ›

• Vojtěch Mašek arrives in Kendal in new Comics Cultural Exchange

  By John Freeman on 26 September 2019

  

  The Czech Literary Centre, a section of the Moravian Library, and the Lakes International Comic Art Festival have released details of their Comics Cultural Exchange taking place this autumn. Czech comic book writer and artist Vojtěch Mašek has now arrived… Read More ›

• Vectis announces its first dedicated Lego Auction Sale

  By John Freeman on 26 September 2019

  

  Vectis Auctions will be holding its first dedicated Lego Auction Sale in October, expected to be the largest of its kind in the UK. The majority of the sale is the lifetime collection of Stockton based Lego builder and exhibitor… Read More ›

• Lakes Festival Focus 2019: Film Maker, Illustrator and Graphic Designer Lars Jakobsen

  By John Freeman on 26 September 2019

  

  Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival in October, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. This “Festival Focus” for 2019 is with Lars Jakobsen, director and founder of the… Read More ›

• Rare Frank Frazetta, Gil Elvgren, Alberto Vargas art heads to Heritage Auctions

  By John Freeman on 26 September 2019

  

  An oil painting by iconic American science fiction and fantasy artist Frank Frazetta could bring as much as $400,000, and artwork from the collection of Glynn and Suzanne Crain and the Investment Rarities Incorporated collection should continue their waves of… Read More ›

• Dark Horse announces Blacksad: The Complete Stories for 2020 release

  By John Freeman on 26 September 2019

  

  US publisher Dark Horse Comics has announced a complete collection of Spanish creators Juan Díaz Canales and Juanjo Guarnido’s award-winning and internationally acclaimed Blacksad series in Blacksad: The Complete Stories – well, to date, anyway…

• Steve MacManus parodies 1970s British comics in “The Sheerglam Conspiracy”

  By John Freeman on 25 September 2019

  

  Former Tharg Steve MacManus is back on our reading list here in the downthetubes dungeon, this time with his first novel, The Sheerglam Conspiracy, a thoroughly scurrilous jab at the British comics industry in the 1970s. London, 1973. For 40… Read More ›

• In Review: Invasion 1984

  By John Freeman on 25 September 2019

  

  Luke Williams takes a look at Invasion 1984, plucked from the pages of Battle, released earlier this year… By John Wagner, Alan Grant (writing as Rick Clark) and Eric Bradbury Publisher: Treasury of British Comics / Rebellion Out: Now As… Read More ›

• WebFind: “Return to Cloudbase” by Supermarionation Recreations – and a new puppet show project

  By John Freeman on 25 September 2019

  

  Back in August 2017, the team at Supermarionation Recreations learned that nothing significant was being done to mark the 50th anniversary of the original Captain Scarlet TV series. Agreeing this was a missed opportunity, as fans of the show they felt… Read More ›

• In Review: Benjamin Dix and Lindsay Pollock’s powerful “Vanni”

  By Joe Gordon on 25 September 2019 • ( 4 )

  

  By Benjamin Dix and Lindsay Pollock Published by Myriad Editions & New Internationalist New Internationalist and Myriad Editions have collaborated on another graphic reportage work, following the fascinating and moving Escaping War and Waves by Olivier Kugler last year (reviewed… Read More ›

• 2000AD revamps subscription incentives offering badge, poster and more

  By John Freeman on 25 September 2019

  

  With news stand sales of comics and magazines facing a number of challenges, despite the best efforts of their publishers, it’s no surprise they’re becoming even more determined to encourage readers to subscribe and that includes 2000AD publishers Rebellion

• Lakes Festival Focus 2019: Comic Artist and Writer Robert Deas

  By John Freeman on 24 September 2019

  

  Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival in October, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. This “Festival Focus” for 2019 is with Robert Deas is a British comic artist and… Read More ›

• Lakes Festival Focus 2019: Comics Author and Illustrator Judith Vanistendael

  By John Freeman on 24 September 2019

  

  Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival in October, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. This “Festival Focus” for 2019 is with a Belgian author of graphic novels Judith… Read More ›

• In Words and Pictures: The Great War Dundee Comic Launch

  By Colin Noble on 23 September 2019

  

  My main hobby is comics (you’d never have guessed, would you?) but one of my many other interests is history. When I found out about the Great War Dundee event that combined both, involving the launch of the free Great… Read More ›

• Lakes Festival Focus 2019: Illustrator and Graphic Artist Pierre van Hove

  By John Freeman on 23 September 2019

  

  Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival in October, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. This “Festival Focus” for 2019 is with  Pierre Van Hove, an illustrator and graphic… Read More ›

• 2000AD Prog 2150 – Jump on Board this Wednesday!

  By John Freeman on 23 September 2019

  

  This week’s 52-page 2000AD – Prog 2150 – is a “jump on board” issue, with all-new thrills throughout, an issue on sale this Wednesday in all good comic shops and newsagents (and digital platforms, too) that comes alongside release date… Read More ›

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