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• Carlos Ezquerra: His Early Comics Work for Wizard

  By John Freeman on October 6, 2018

  

  While Judge Dredd co-creator Carlos Ezquerra, who died this week, is well known for his work on 2000AD, he worked for other publishers, including Commando and Beano DC Thomson, which once published many more titles than they do today. One… Read More ›

• Lakes Festival Focus 2018: Kaisa Leka

  By John Freeman on October 6, 2018

  

  Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. This “Festival Focus” for 2018 is Kaisa Leka, a Finnish comics artist and adventurer who, together… Read More ›

• Lakes Festival Focus 2018: Drew Marr, the Festivals’s youngest ever exhibitor?

  By John Freeman on October 5, 2018

  

  Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. This “Festival Focus” for 2018 is possibly the event’s youngest exhibitor ever,  Drew Marr from Dundee, Scotland… Read More ›

• Vote for graphic novels on the “most rebellious reads of the 21st century” list

  By Joe Gordon on October 5, 2018

  

  With Book Week Scotland coming up soon (running from 19th to 25th of November), the Scottish Book Trust has created a poll where readers can vote for the “most rebellious read of the 21st century”. From their description: “This Book… Read More ›

• Comichaus and British Library Team Up to preserve digital comics

  By John Freeman on October 5, 2018

  

  Creators and publishers in the UK can now use the Comichaus database site to not only submit their digital comics to the Comichaus app – but with one click they can also send a copy to the British Library for… Read More ›

• Lakes Festival Focus 2018: Writer and Illustrator Owen Michael Johnson

  By John Freeman on October 5, 2018

  

  Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. This “Festival Focus” for 2018 is Owen Michael Johnson, a writer and illustrator who grew up… Read More ›

• Why Rebellion’s acquisition of IPC’s “classic comics” is great news for fans

  By downthetubes Guests on October 5, 2018

  

  David McDonald of Hibernia Comics, publishers of a number of limited edition collections and Archive books, assesses the impact Rebellion’s purchase of the IPC comics archive from TI Media and what it may mean for fans of British comics… The… Read More ›

• Beano Studios announces Rocket Licensing as UK Licensing Agent

  By John Freeman on October 5, 2018

  

  Beano Studios has announced the appointment of Rocket Licensing as their UK licensing agent and Angeles Blanco’s promotion to Director of Global Licensing. Rocket Licensing – whose clients also include US comics publisher Valiant Entertainment, MGM and Sony Pictures –… Read More ›

• Arthur Ranson signing tonight celebrates 10 years of exhibitions at London’s Orbital Comics

  By John Freeman on October 5, 2018

  

  The Mazeworld signing and launch of The Art of Arthur Ranson exhibition is on tonight at Orbital Comics, London. The deluxe new edition of Mazeworld from Rebellion Publishing collects the entire dark fantasy he created with Alan Grant, and was… Read More ›

• Hammer Horror set to hit the High Street!

  By John Freeman on October 4, 2018

  

  Aisle19 Solutions is to bring classic Hammer Horror style to the British high street, thanks to its new partnership with the British film studio, and its first port of call is Topman and Topshop. Aisle19 Solutions has secured the rights… Read More ›

• Work continues to celebrate the First Cat in Space with memorial statue

  By John Freeman on October 4, 2018

  

  Late last year, artist Matthew Serge Guy launched a Kickstarter to create a memorial to Félicette, the first cat in space. The project clearly caught the mood of cat lovers worldwide, because he raised over £43,000 to make the project… Read More ›

• Crowdfunder in memory of 2000AD artist Carlos Ezquerra smashes target

  By John Freeman on October 4, 2018

  

  Fans of 2000AD artist Carlos Ezquerra, who died earlier this week, have launched a JustGiving page in his memory, which has already raised £2600. “Carlos was one of the finest comic book artists of his generation,” says Dale Jackson, who… Read More ›

• Tales from Toxic! That Never Were: “Dino-Wars”, by Pat Mills and David Pugh

  By John Freeman on October 4, 2018

  

  Toxic! was a British weekly comic book published in 1991  by Apocalypse Ltd. that ran for just 31 issues before numerous problems combined to bring the project to a halt and the publisher sadly went out of business. But it… Read More ›

• Crowdfunding Spotlight: Our Final Halloween

  By Antony Esmond on October 4, 2018

  

  Written and co-created by Mike Garley Art ad co-creation by Michael Lee-Graham Letters and logo design by Michael Stock 35 pages – Full Colour – £3.00 • Currently being Kickstarted here The Book: Five kids wake up in an abandoned… Read More ›

• Roger Dean “Crossing the Line” Exhibition announced

  By John Freeman on October 4, 2018

  

  Trading Boundaries in Uckfield, Sussex, has announced their 2018 official Roger Dean exhibition – Crossing the Line.

• Narnia comes to Netflix

  By John Freeman on October 3, 2018

  

  Streaming service Netflix is to be the new home for C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia, working with Entertainment One (EOne) and the C.S. Lewis Company to create movies and series based on all seven of Lewis’ fantasy tales. Considered a… Read More ›

• Beano exhibition breaks records for attendance

  By Joe Gordon on October 3, 2018

  

  Bonnie Dundee, long home to DC Thomson who have provided generations of readers with their comics fix, has been running the Bash Street’s Back exhibition at the McManus Gallery, “a fun and rebellious look at the Beano at 80” –… Read More ›

• Thunderbirds Lady Penelope focus of new merchandise from Half Moon Bay

  By John Freeman on October 3, 2018

  

  Award-winning wholesaler Half Moon Bay has secured the licensing rights for both Moomin and Thunderbirds, adding the classic brands to its expanding gift and publishing portfolio in the UK, with new launches early in 2019. The Bath-based company, established in… Read More ›

• In Review: Modern Slorance – The Finland Issue – Travel, art, food, tortoises!

  By Joe Gordon on October 3, 2018

  

  Modern Slorance: the Finland Issue, by Neil Slorance “Saunas, Moomins, Food, Romance and more!” A wee disclaimer before I start: I love Neil Slorance’s comics. I first came across them in the (sadly now defunct) Plan B Books down by the… Read More ›

• Blackpool Tower gets an Iron Man makeover, re-named Stark Tower!

  By John Freeman on October 3, 2018

  

  Known as a national icon, it’s been announced that The Blackpool Tower has changed its name to Stark Tower to honour Marvel Super Hero Iron Man – a move that surprised residents of the seaside town. Stark Tower is of course… Read More ›

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