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• Titan Books new Marvel fiction line launched with Dan Abnett-penned Avengers tale

  By John Freeman on May 15, 2018

  

  Titan Books recently launched its new publishing programme in collaboration with Marvel of original fiction books. Titan Comics, a sister imprint of Titan Entertainment Group, has had a long, proud history of producing magazine products to support some of Marvel’s… Read More ›

• Watchmen rarity on offer from comic creator Tim Pilcher in bid to attend San Diego Comic Con

  By John Freeman on May 15, 2018

  

  Author, comics writer and editor Tim Pilcher has not one but two books nominated for an Eisner Awards this year – How Comics Work, co-written with comic artist and writer Dave Gibbons, which we really liked, and Deconstructing The Incal,… Read More ›

• FutureQuake 2018 Now on Sale

  By John Freeman on May 15, 2018

  

    FutureQuake is back to brighten the boring, Inspire the indolent and render the jaded jubilant! Within the latest incredible issue witness a titanic 20 possible futures including the return of the one and only Neroy Sphinx. Wrapped within a… Read More ›

• Frank Frazetta painting sale for $1.79 million sets all-time auction record for any piece of comic art

  By John Freeman on May 15, 2018

  

  Run by Heritage Auctions, Chicago’s largest public auction dedicated to vintage comic books and original comic art fetched $12,201,974 – setting the world record for the most valuable sale of its kind. The top lot claimed its own record when… Read More ›

• In Review: The Man in the Gutter – The Collection

  By Antony Esmond on May 14, 2018

  

  Created by Dimitris Zach Available at Deadhead Comics, West Nicholson Street, Edinburgh, EH8 9DD The Story: Have you ever felt stuck somewhere in between? In between the route to your flat to work and vice versa? In between your desire… Read More ›

• Sonic the Comic, 25 Years On – celebratory gathering in Manchester in June

  By John Freeman on May 14, 2018

  

  Sonic the Comic is celebrating being 25 years young this year with a one-day convention / gathering in Manchester on the 3rd June 2018, organised by the team behind much-loved title’s unofficial continuation online. STC (as it’s usually known) was… Read More ›

• Not a Number, a Patrick McGoohan retrospective, on next month

  By John Freeman on May 14, 2018

  

  For any of you interested in the cult tv series The Prisoner or enjoying Titan Comics new series, there’s a Patrick McGoohan retrospective even taking place at Elstree next month. Organised by The Unmutual, a The Prisoner fan web site,… Read More ›

• First issues of Batman and Commando on offer in latest Compal auction

  By John Freeman on May 13, 2018

  

  There’s a treasure trove of comics and comic art on offer in the latest ComPal auction, including a coverless Batman #1, a first issue of DC Thomson’s long-running Commando comic, “Charley’s War” art by Joe Colquhoun and Dan Dare art… Read More ›

• In Review: Astérix in Britain: The Life and Work of René Goscinny Exhibition at London’s Jewish Museum

  By Richard Sheaf on May 12, 2018

  

  Richard Sheaf reports on the opening of a great new exhibition opening at London’s Jewish Museum… The top floor of the Jewish Museum in Londinium has been given over for the next five months to the story of comic creator… Read More ›

• Just Another Day: A Comic About Brexit offers practical tips to minimise its effects on families

  By John Freeman on May 11, 2018

  

  Continuing a mission to use comics as one way to both highlight and share information, writer Ernesto Priego has just announced the debut of Just Another Day: A Comic About Brexit, in both English and Spanish language versions. Created with the help… Read More ›

• Call for Papers: Graphic Brighton 2018, mashing music with comics!

  By John Freeman on May 10, 2018

  

  Music and comics have had a connection right from the start, with the title of the seminal newspaper strip Hogan’s Alley taken from a popular song by Edward Harrigan. As the 20th Century progressed, these two media flirted with each… Read More ›

• Early Inspirations: The Bayeux Tapestry

  By John Freeman on May 10, 2018

  

  There’s a very good reason why this 1940s King Penguin book about the Bayeux Tapestry is in such a very worn state. It was probably one of my very first encounters with the graphic form, and I often read and… Read More ›

• When Kickstarters Combine: “Hollow Monsters” and “Edge Off” creators offer backers great bonus Rewards deal

  By John Freeman on May 9, 2018

  

  Creator Monty Nero has teamed up with the team behind The Edge Off, a disturbing psychotropic noir comic, to offer an incredible final two day reward for both projects seeking crowdfunding. Simply back both The Edge Off and Hollow Monsters: Who… Read More ›

• Two Beano screenprint exhibitions announced as part of 80th anniversary celebrations

  By John Freeman on May 9, 2018

  

  Britain’s favourite comic, The Beano, celebrates its eightieth birthday this summer and Comic Art, run by screen printer John Patrick Reynolds, will be marking the event with two major exhibitions of Beano screenprints. The Beano‘s first edition was published on… Read More ›

• Horace Panter’s Beano Pop Art exhibition heads to York

  By John Freeman on May 9, 2018

  

  After its debut at the Beano Studios in London last month, Beano-inspired pop art created by The Specials’ bassist Horace Panter is heading to York, and will be on display at the According To McGee gallery in Tower Street from 19th May… Read More ›

• Get ready for GOOF!, an all-new, all ages digital comic!

  By John Freeman on May 7, 2018

  

  On Saturday 23rd June, not only will artist Marc Jackson be hosting the third annual MACC-POW! Macclesfield in Cheshire’s day of comics, as part of the ten day Barnaby festival in the town – he’ll also be launching a brand-new… Read More ›

• A Grand Day Out: Portsmouth Comic Con 2018

  By John Freeman on May 6, 2018

  

  Like thousands of others, I had a great day out at Portsmouth Comic Con yesterday, which continues today, crammed with terrific comic creator guests, cosplayers, film and TV actors, a retro gaming area, Doctor Who monsters, a superb steampunk basement… Read More ›

• Classic British Comic Covers: 2000AD Prog 62, featuring the comic’s first heroine

  By John Freeman on May 5, 2018

  

  “Death Planet” was a short-lived series written by Alan Hebden with art by Lopez which began in 2000AD 62 and ran through to Prog 70, back in 1978. Commander Lorna Varn, the captain of a colony ship from Earth which… Read More ›

• When Kennedy’s Collide: the Commando work of Cam and Ian Kennedy

  By Colin Noble on May 5, 2018

  

  When it comes to staying power, it is hard to come up with a better definition than comic artist Ian Kennedy’s career. Ably supported by his family, Ian has delighted generations of comic fans since he went freelance in the 1950s…. Read More ›

• Essential British Comics Reference: Bear Alley Books’ “Ranger The National Boys’ Magazine”

  By John Freeman on May 4, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  Online discussion about where a piece of art by the talented British comic artist Ron Embleton (TV Century 21, Look and Learn, Ranger, World of Wonder) might have been published prompted Bear Alley Books publisher Steve Holland to remind me… Read More ›

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