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• Rare “Little Orphan Annie” artwork offered at auction this week

  By John Freeman on 19 February 2019

  

  The original art from the oldest “Little Orphan Annie” comic strip ever brought to market, published in the first month of the strip’s appearance 94 years ago, will make pop culture history this Friday, 22nd February, in Heritage Auctions’ Comics & Comic Art Auction in Dallas.
The item rubs shoulders with a host of art by British artists featured in the upcoming auction, as previously reported – including Dave Gibbons cover for Watchmen #1 and a number of covers created for early Marvel UK comics by American artists.

• Who Remembers Primo, the Premium Tea Bear?

  By John Freeman on 18 February 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  Dum-dum dumde-dumde-dum dum dummmmm, Gives you a sparkle, Premium Tea! Back in the 1960s, J. Lyons and Company offered Premium Tea as on of its brands – and a Primo Bear children’s comic, featuring the work of Sunday Times and LWT artist John… Read More ›

• Compalcomics offers first issue Beano, Black Panther art and more in March auction

  By John Freeman on 16 February 2019

  

  Compalcomics has launched its March auction catalogue of British and US comics, and a huge amount of great comic art, including Black Panther art for Marvel UK, Thunderbirds and Garth art by Frank Bellamy and some other rarities from the Bob… Read More ›

• Complete run of Jinty offered on eBay

  By John Freeman on 15 February 2019

  

  Following up on our item on the auction of a complete run of 2000AD, taking place at Cuttlestones in Wolverhampton today, an eBay auction of a complete run of weekly girls comic Jinty is now live on eBay

• Happy Birthday to the Bash Street Kids, 65 years young!

  By John Freeman on 14 February 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  The Bash Street Kids have been in Beano for 65 years, and this week’s issue of the brilliant humour comic offers an epic tale from Andy Fanton – and we’re delighted he had time for a quick chat about it –… Read More ›

• Cor!! Comic Holiday Specials are heading back to British newsagents!

  By John Freeman on 14 February 2019

  

  Rebellion is making holidays special again this year with a whole slate of classic comic book specials for new readers and nostalgic parents alike!

• Kindness Works, a special Archie Comics project, re-visited

  By John Freeman on 13 February 2019

  

  Happy Random Acts of Kindness Week! (11th – 17th February 2019), which builds to National Random Acts of Kindness Day on 17th February in the United States – but why not spread it globally? With that in mind, here’s some… Read More ›

• Commando Comics tease new series, “War Across Europe: REBEL!”

  By John Freeman on 13 February 2019

  

  Part one of the brand new Commando three-part series, War Across Europe: REBEL! is out soon from DC Thomson

• Axa, Robot Archie, Sanjulian art and more up for auction

  By John Freeman on 13 February 2019

  

  Includes a few items by British creators

• IDW Publishing heads to Portsmouth to celebrate 20th Anniversary

  By John Freeman on 12 February 2019

  

  2019 marks a milestone 20th anniversary for US publisher IDW Publishing, perhaps best known for its Transformers, Star Trek, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles titles and, more recently, its creator-owned imprint Black Crown. Part of the company’s celebrations will be taking place at… Read More ›

• Laydeez do Comics Prize for graphic novel work-in-progress announced

  By John Freeman on 12 February 2019

  

  Laydeez do Comics has announced the longlist for the 2019 Award for a graphic novel in progress by a female identifying UK-based creator. Authors were invited to submit a 12 page extract from the opening of a longer graphic work… Read More ›

• King Features Syndicate plans ahead for Betty Boop at 90, seeks new IP

  By John Freeman on 12 February 2019

  

    King Features Syndicate – distributors of newspaper strips such as The Amazing Spider-Man, Beetle Bailey, Betty Boop, Blondie, The Phantom and many more –  is positioning itself for a year of growth in licensing, and is seeking new IP to… Read More ›

• “Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed!” gets second season on CBBC

  By John Freeman on 12 February 2019

  

  Beano Studios have announced a 52-episode second series of the hit animated TV show Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed! has been ordered for CBBC. The announcement follows the successful launch of the International Emmy nominated kid’s CGI show, which was the… Read More ›

• Awesome Comics Podcast – Convention and Creating Comics Bonanza!

  By John Freeman on 11 February 2019

  

  Just when you turned your back, the Awesome Comics Podcast team slam home two episodes in quick succession, opening with a terrific round up of interviews from the True Believers Comic Festival!

• Avatar releases new edition of Alan Moore’s Writing for Comics

  By John Freeman on 11 February 2019

  

  A new printing of Alan Moore’s Writing for Comics is released this week by Avatar Press. Older British comic fans may remember when Alan first shared his thoughts on how to deliver a top notch script. The main essay featured… Read More ›

• Just Ask for Mercy – the comiXology Originals collection is out soon!

  By John Freeman on 11 February 2019

  

  Out next month from comiXology is Ask for Mercy: The Key to Forever by British creators Richard Starkings and Abigail Harding – the first collection of the creator-owned series launched last year on the digital comics platform. An action-packed and artistically stunning dark… Read More ›

• Will Doom Patrol feature on Netflix in the UK?

  By John Freeman on 11 February 2019

  

  DC’s Doom Patrol TV series launches this week in the US, exclusively on on the DC Universe streaming service across the pond. Hopes are high the series will make it to Netflix here in the UK, which has also screened the… Read More ›

• In Review: Reign of the Supermen

  By Joe Gordon on 10 February 2019

  

  Joe Gordon reviews The Reign of the Supermen, out now on Blu-Ray and DVD….

• Creator Spotlight: Eagle’s PC49 artist John Worsley

  By John Freeman on 10 February 2019 • ( 3 )

  

  We’re used to thinking of John Worsley as the artist on the “The Adventures of PC 49” strip in the original Eagle comic, but of course he was a professional illustrator who worked in a number of different fields –… Read More ›

• 40th anniversary of Doctor Who Weekly celebrated in new audio adaptations of original strips

  By John Freeman on 10 February 2019

  

  Two classic Doctor Who comics strips are released as audio adaptations by Big Finish next month, starring Tom Baker as the Fourth Doctor and Rhianne Starbuck as companion Sharon. Adapted from the comic strips by Pat Mills and John Wagner,… Read More ›

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