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• Video Review and Picture Gallery – Comics: The Famous & Forgotten Exhibition at The Beacon, Whitehaven

  By John Freeman on 4 February 2026 • ( 3 )

  

  Enjoy a quick video tour of this amazing comic art exhibition!

• Exclusive: Comics Laureate Bobby Joseph’s “2026 – 2027 Comics Laureate Reading List”

  By John Freeman on 4 February 2026

  

  British comic creators central to new Comics Laureate reading list

• Doctor Who – the Fifteenth Doctor – battles the Daleks!

  By John Freeman on 3 February 2026

  

  Taking on the pepper pot perils!

• Road Safety Campaigns: Do you remember Tufty Squirrel, or “The Beacon”?

  By John Freeman on 3 February 2026

  

  Comics – a weapon in the battle for public safety!

• In Review: Sherlock Holmes and the Empire Builders Volume 2: The Gene Genie

  By James Bacon on 2 February 2026

  

  Holmes is back in dramatic action!

• BAFTA Games in Concert Earns Rapturous Standing Ovation at Festival Hall, UK tour to follow

  By John Freeman on 2 February 2026

  

  Iconic video game soundtracks live on stage

• In Memoriam: Comics Archivist Alan Vince

  By John Freeman on 2 February 2026 • ( 1 )

  

  A highly regarded expert on EAGLE and Dan Dare has passed

• DC Thomson teases this year’s annuals, and new comic collections

  By John Freeman on 2 February 2026 • ( 1 )

  

  London Book Fair will sees launch of full 2027 range

• Roy of the Rovers artist Barrie Mitchell exhibition in the works

  By John Freeman on 2 February 2026

  

  Veteran British comic artist deservedly in the spotlight

• Retro Review: Marvel Platinum Deluxe Edition – The Definitive Thor

  By downthetubes Guests on 2 February 2026

  

  Enthralled by Norse Gods once again!

• Comics Assemble! A New Democratic Comic Convention Comes to Gloucester

  By John Freeman on 1 February 2026

  

  New indie comic event announced

• In Memoriam: Cartoonist Paul Sample, creator of Ogri

  By John Freeman on 1 February 2026

  

  The creator of many a biker’s favourite has passed

• New Quentin Blake exhibition at London’s Southbank Centre

  By John Freeman on 1 February 2026 • ( 1 )

  

  Helping celebrate 75 years of the South Bank Centre

• Doctor Who – Terror from the Deep: Episode 87

  By John Freeman on 31 January 2026 • ( 2 )

  

  Time Lord interest in the Doctor’s latest battle continues…

• In Memoriam: Science Fiction and Terran Trade Authority artist Bob Layzell

  By John Freeman on 31 January 2026 • ( 3 )

  

  Farewell to an SF art legend

• Creating Comics: More Roy Wilson Prelims in latest Phil-Comics eBay auction

  By John Freeman on 30 January 2026

  

  More superb Roy Wilson art under the hammer

• John Russell Fearn’s ‘Vargo Statten’ novel, The Catalyst in the Spotlight

  By John Freeman on 30 January 2026

  

  John Russell Fearn’s international status as an SF author lives on

• Daleks invade Cartoonists Club of Great Britain

  By John Freeman on 30 January 2026

  

  Plumbing the depths of Skaro!

• In Review: For the Record by David Robertson

  By John Freeman on 30 January 2026

  

  David Robertson’s latest anthology is intensely personal, but very accessible…

• Sino-French Graphic Novels in the Spotlight at University of Cambridge

  By John Freeman on 30 January 2026

  

  Bande dessinée in person and online event

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