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• Set phasers to stun! You could win a Star Trek Discovery original painting

  By John Freeman on February 23, 2018

  

  Star Trek has returned to the small screen with the highly different (for Trek, anyway) series – Star Trek Discovery. Set before the original 1960s show, this series, screening on Netflix in the UK, has an awful lot going on… Read More ›

• Maggie Gray’s new Alan Moore study to get launch at one day “Original Writer” conference

  By John Freeman on February 23, 2018

  

  Out next month is Alan Moore, Out from the Underground by Maggie Gray and the book gets its launch on Saturday 17th March at the University of London. The launch is part of the conference taking place that day, The… Read More ›

• Leah Moore and John Reppion back on the case with Sherlock Holmes: The Vanishing Man

  By John Freeman on February 23, 2018

  

  Nine years after Leah Moore and John Reppion‘s first Sherlock Holmes series arrived on comic shop shelves, the dynamic writing duo are back at US publisher Dynamite Entertainment, writing a brand new mystery –Sherlock Holmes: The Vanishing Man. Dynamite continue… Read More ›

• Sizzling Summer Reads! Titan Comics Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer hits stores in June

  By John Freeman on February 23, 2018

  

  Celebrating the centenary year of Mickey Spillane, Titan Comics has announced Mickey Spillane’s Mike Hammer, a brand-new Hard Case Crime comic book series, based on a story originally written by Mickey Spillane and adapted by Max Allan Collins (Road To… Read More ›

• Sonic the Hedgehog returns to comics, but what are the chances of a British title, too?

  By John Freeman on February 23, 2018

  

  With the news that SEGA of America and Paramount have dated the release of the first Sonic the Hedgehog feature film for November 2019, we’re wondering if we might see the character return to British comics. The character once enjoyed a… Read More ›

• Rian Hughes talks “Logo-a-Gogo” at Gosh! next month, takes time out to create new Doctor Who logo concept

  By John Freeman on February 23, 2018

  

  Comics artist and designer Rian Hughes will be at Gosh! in London on Thursday 15th March 2018 for a talk and Q&A to celebrate the launch of his new book on pop culture branding, Logo-a-Gogo. Rian embodies the word prolific. Since… Read More ›

• Embassy of Japan Manga Jiman Competition Winners Announced

  By John Freeman on February 22, 2018

  

  The winners of the 2017 edition of the Embassy of Japan‘s  Manga Jiman competition were revealed at a reception hosted at the embassy earlier this month. The contest, now in its 11th year, continues to go from strength to strength,… Read More ›

• Starlord editor Kelvin Gosnell de-cloaks for latest The 2000 AD Thrill-Cast!

  By John Freeman on February 22, 2018

  

  In the mid-1970s, a sub-editor at British comics publisher IPC read an Evening Standard newspaper article about a forthcoming movie called Star Wars. Spotting a potential gap in the market and encouraged by fellow IPC employee Pat Mills, he penned a… Read More ›

• Crowdfunding Spotlight: Merrick: The Sensational Elephantman & Doctor Crowe #1

  By John Freeman on February 22, 2018

  

  We’re betting many of you are already fans of Tom Ward and Luke Parker‘s brilliant Merrick: The Sensational Elephantman, which has deservedly enjoyed huge success and acclaim, a project made possible through crowdfunding via Kickstarter. Well, now, Tom and team… Read More ›

• In Review: 2000AD 2069 (and a quick, enthusiastic plug for Judge Dredd Megazine 393!)

  By John Freeman on February 22, 2018

  

  Believe it or not, I’ve actually had a short break away and I’m now playing a bit of catch up, so this week’s 2000AD review is a bit brief. Wrapped behind a striking cover by Clint Langley, one of the… Read More ›

• All-change at Commando as editor moves on, but the action continues

  By John Freeman on February 21, 2018

  

  The details of the latest issues of Commando (Issues 5099 – 5102) come with news that the title’s current editor, Kirsten Murray, is moving on from DC Thomson. we wish her every success in her future endeavours, wherever that may… Read More ›

• In Memoriam: Comics and Children’s Magazines Publisher Robert Sutherland

  By John Freeman on February 21, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  I was very sorry to hear of the passing of Robert Sutherland, who was Managing Director of Marvel UK between 1980 and 1990, and CEO of Redan Publishing for 27 years. Shrewsbury-based Redan fast became the UK’s leading publisher of… Read More ›

• Crowdfunding Spotlight: Kicking Ice, a Graphic Novel About Women’s Hockey

  By John Freeman on February 20, 2018

  

  Ron Marz is, perhaps, better known as a comics writer, but he’s also an editor – and as Editor-in-Chief for Ominous Press, and one of the projects he’s currently editing is an original graphic novel called Kicking Ice. “I think… Read More ›

• Rare Horror Movie Posters offered this April by Heritage Auctions

  By John Freeman on February 20, 2018

  

  Rare movie posters from classic American horror flicks, including the only-remaining Belgian poster for The Mummy (Universal, 1933) starring Boris Karloff, haunt Heritage Auctions’ Movie Posters event taking place 7th – 8th April in Dallas. Cinema’s classic monsters in the 600-lot auction… Read More ›

• Crowdfunding Spotlight: Hatch – The Next Day by Glenn B. Fleming

  By John Freeman on February 18, 2018

  

  Hatch is a unique character, the brainchild of artist/writer Glenn B Fleming, who also brought us the wonderful Jack Kirby: A Personal Journey documentary through successful crowdfunding last year. Hatch the strip, is, simply, a visual experience, a wordless tale… Read More ›

• Exclusive: Pat Mills joins new ComicScene UK magazine line-up

  By John Freeman on February 18, 2018

  

  Pat Mills, the creator and first editor of 2000AD and co-creator of characters such as Slaine and A.B.C. Warriors, is to write an exclusive regular monthly column for the new magazine Comic Scene UK. His ‘Last Word’ column is expected to… Read More ›

• Latest Lakes International Comic Art Festival podcast spotlights Awesome Comics Podcast and Macc-Pow

  By John Freeman on February 18, 2018

  

  The fabulous Awesome Comics Podcast turned the spotlight on the Lakes International Comic Art Festival podcast recently, so it’s no surprise the Kendal-based audio adventurers have returned the favour! Interviewed for Episode 22 are artist and writer Vince Hunt, creator… Read More ›

• Myriad Editions set to celebrate women cartoonists and comic creators in Britain with “The Inking Woman”

  By John Freeman on February 18, 2018

  

  Due for release in March, Myriad Editions The Inking Woman by Nicola Streeten and Cath Tate, will be published one week after a study of early female cartoonist, Marie Duval. Taking its name from the terrific The Inking Woman exhibition… Read More ›

• In Review: The Skylab Haynes Owners Workshop Manual

  By John Freeman on February 18, 2018

  

  Since the first ‘proper’ Haynes Owners Workshop Manual, for the Austin Healey ‘Frogeye’ Sprite, was published in 1966, the publisher has covered the innards of many a vehicle – both factual and fictional, some of the covered here on downthetubes…. Read More ›

• British Comic Sales Figures, Winners and Losers (July – December 2017): Good news for Beano, bad for TOXIC

  By John Freeman on February 17, 2018 • ( 2 )

  

  The latest sales figures for some comics and children’s magazines available on the UK news stand for the second half of 2017 have just been published by the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC). There are winners and losers as ever, as consumer… Read More ›

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