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• Original first issue of the Beano on offer on eBay… for £25,000

  By John Freeman on July 22, 2018

  

  Comics auctioneers Phil Comics is offering an original, unrestored, FN+ example of the first Beano comic – cover dated 30th July 1938 – in the same week that the comic turns 80, with a starting bid price of £25,000. This… Read More ›

• Indian Wars, Dan Dare and PC49, too – New Eagle Times available now

  By John Freeman on July 22, 2018

  

  The latest issue of Eagle Times (Volume 32,Number Two), the magazine of the Eagle Society, is available now by mail order, offering a diverse range of features and some text fiction, largely inspired by the original Eagle adventure comic. The Eagle… Read More ›

• Gloucester gets set to have some sizzling summer comics fun

  By Antony Esmond on July 20, 2018

  

  The mighty True Believers Comic Festival: Summer Variant Edition is incoming on the 5th of August, and I’ll be there with Awesome Comics Podcast team member Vince Hunt. Held in Gloucester at the gorgeous Blackfriars Priory in Ladybekkgate Street this… Read More ›

• Author and Comedian David Walliams guest-edits Birthday Beano!

  By John Freeman on July 20, 2018

  

  As part of Beano’s 80th Birthday celebrations, comedian and prolific children’s author David Walliams guest-edits and stars in the commemorative issue of the world’s longest running comic. The special issue, on sale on next Wednesday, 25th July, immortalises David in… Read More ›

• Broken Frontier releases 2018 Small Press Yearbook

  By John Freeman on July 20, 2018

  

  Comics culture site Broken Frontier has published its 2018 Small Press Yearbook, an anthology celebration of the work of European indie talent including BF’s annual ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch’. This year’s book, which features a cover by recently… Read More ›

• National Library of Scotland celebrates Beano’s 80th anniversary with special one day event in Glasgow

  By John Freeman on July 19, 2018

  

  Join the National Library at Kelvin Hall in Glasgow at a special event to wish a very happy 80th birthday to the iconic Scottish comic, The Beano. 80 years ago, the launch of The Beano revolutionised British comics. It was an… Read More ›

• HISTORY’s San Diego Comic-Con 2018 Panels and Fan Events, includes free Vikings comic by Andi Ewington, Indro

  By John Freeman on July 19, 2018

  

  The TV drama Vikings will be back at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con with a cast panel, new Season 5B trailer, and an exclusive comic book, Vikings: Causor, written by Andi Ewington (Red Dog, Freeway Fighter) with art by Daniel… Read More ›

• BBC Radio Scotland celebrates The Beano with new documentary

  By John Freeman on July 19, 2018

  

  Following up on the documentary A Comic Celebration: The Dandy, BBC Radio Scotland has broadcast A Comic Celebration: The Beano in the run up to next week’s 80th anniversary of the comic’s launch on Tuesday 26th July 1938. The documentary reveals author and… Read More ›

• Comics history magazine Nemo returns, to be published by Fantagraphics

  By John Freeman on July 18, 2018

  

  NEMO, the illuminating magazine about comics history, is coming back, once again edited by Rick Marschall and published by Fantagraphics Books Inc., and in an expanded, oversized book format. Founded by founded by Rick Marschall and published from 1983-1990, Nemo the… Read More ›

• London Film and Comic Con to host its first Comics Symposium this month

  By John Freeman on July 18, 2018

  

  Last year’s London Film and Comic Con gave us a new and improved Comic Zone, organised by #1 New York Times Bestselling writer and long-time comic creator Tony Lee – and at this year’s event, which is less than two… Read More ›

• Could you win a Limited Edition football-inspired colouring book by Luke and Steve McGarry?

  By John Freeman on July 18, 2018

  

  Limited to just 100 copies, Steve McGarry and Luke McGarry created a fun football-themed colouring book as part of the activities surrounding the Playing for a Draw exhibition.. and here’s your chance to win one in our latest competition, but… Read More ›

• National Cartoonists Society, Lakes and Lyon BD Festivals partner for new US event, NCSFest, next May

  By John Freeman on July 18, 2018

  

  The Kendal-based Lakes International Comic Art Festival has announced a new international partnership with France’s Lyon BD Festival and the US-based National Cartoonists Society to bring a new comics event to Huntington Beach, California, in May 2019. The National Cartoonists Society… Read More ›

• 2000AD, comic creators and fans celebrate as Rogue Trooper film announced

  By John Freeman on July 17, 2018

  

  The 2000AD team, comic creators and fans have welcomed the news that acclaimed filmmaker Duncan Jones is to bring Rogue Trooper to the big screen. The Galaxy’s Greatest Comic has released a free character primer and a huge number artists have… Read More ›

• More great comic creators join Doctor Who Infinity game team

  By John Freeman on July 16, 2018

  

  Doctor Who Infinity is a new game coming to PC, iTunes and Google Play next month, featuring art by a number of creators well known for their work on the Doctor Who Magazine comic strip – and details of the… Read More ›

• Wait, was that The Beano in the new Doctor Who trailer?

  By John Freeman on July 16, 2018

  

  The first trailer for Jodie Whittaker’s era of Doctor Who features a nod to a past Doctor and, hopefully, a nice nod to the ongoing 80th anniversary celebrations for the weekly British humour comic, the Beano. As the Doctor’s golden regeneration energy… Read More ›

• Ian Rankin investigated by the Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast

  By John Freeman on July 16, 2018

  

  The Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast team have just released Episode 32, which features a great interview with crime novelist and comics writer Ian Rankin. The creator of the Rebus novels chats about his career, his love of comics… Read More ›

• Publisher Dez Skinn releases Limited Edition “Warrior #0” for the 1980s anthology’s many fans

  By John Freeman on July 16, 2018

  

  Author and publisher Dez Skinn has released a special limited edition print of the original dummy that helped launch his award-winning comics anthology Warrior, the original home of Alan Moore and Garry Leach’s Marvelman (now Miracleman), V for Vendetta (co-created… Read More ›

• SelfMadeHero’s psychological graph novel thriller Tumult on sale now

  By John Freeman on July 16, 2018

  

  SelfMadeHero‘s final release for the first half of 2018 is the stylish contemporary psychological thriller Tumult, written by John Harris Dunning with extraordinary art by Michael Kennedy. Tumult a powerful read, with a striking art style and scratching of the… Read More ›

• Rare Tank Girl ephemera and more on show in Worthing as Deadline star approaches her 30th anniversary!

  By John Freeman on July 16, 2018

  

  In the run up to the 30th anniversary of the hit comic character from Deadline, a new display of Tank Girl and other comics-related  ephemera is on view at Worthing Museum and Art Gallery in West Sussex, curated by the founders… Read More ›

• In Pictures – The Beano, A Manual for Mischief Exhibition at the V&A

  By John Freeman on July 15, 2018

  

  Beano fans are surely spoilt for choice at the moment, not only has the McManus Gallery in Dundee been taken over by them, and the gallery re-branded as the McMenace, but a small corner of London has also been given… Read More ›

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