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• Dog Friendly! Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast chats with the Gluepot Books team

  By John Freeman on January 15, 2018

  

  The latest episode of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast is online now and leads with an interview with sisters Scarlett and Sophie Rickard who have created their own publishing company, Gluepot Books, publishers of the hugely enjoyable canine-inspired comic tale (no… Read More ›

• The Really Heavy Greatcoat Review of the Year 2017

  By John Freeman on January 15, 2018

  

  The Really Heavy Greatcoat by myself and Lancaster-based artist Nick Miller was published fairly regularly for about 20 years in alternative Lancaster print titles such as On The Beat and Off the Beat and online on virtual-lancaster.net. These days, Nick Still draws an annual celebratory Greatcoat at… Read More ›

• Gerry Anderson’s Space Precinct revived for new, official comic

  By John Freeman on January 14, 2018

  

  Space Precinct: Reloaded, a colour prequel comic to Gerry Anderson‘s Space Precinct TV series is due from Anderson Entertainment next month. Announced back in October 2017 during the FAB Live event, Space Precinct: Reloaded, written by Chris Thompson and illustrated… Read More ›

• Belfast’s “Laughter in the Dark – Illustrating the Troubles” exhibition includes free workshop by 2000AD artist PJ Holden

  By John Freeman on January 14, 2018

  

  A free political cartoons exhibition “Laughter in the Dark – Illustrating the Troubles” is running in Belfast’s Linen Hall Library for the rest of the month. The exhibition which charts the birth and rise of the political cartoon and its… Read More ›

• In Review – Gamayun Tales: The King of Birds

  By Antony Esmond on January 14, 2018

  

  Written and Drawn by Alexander Utkin Translated by Lada Morozova Published by Nobrow 67 pages – Full Colour Hardback – £12.00/$19.95 The Story: This is the story of how a small golden apple started a great battle. It all began… Read More ›

• British comics art helps boost Heritage Auction sales record, first European auction date revealed

  By John Freeman on January 13, 2018

  

  Numerous records set by Heritage Auctions‘ Comics & Comic Art category in 2017 include total sales of $44.3 million (almost £32 million)  – the highest ever in the 16-year history of the category and a new standard for the second… Read More ›

• New Andersonic zine delves into 1990s Captain Scarlet comics and more

  By John Freeman on January 13, 2018

  

  Issue 23 of the fab Andersonic zine is now available via the title’s website (and eBay for a short period in the Collectibles > SF > Thunderbirds section). There’s a great mix of articles in the ‘zine, including a look… Read More ›

• Darryl Cunningham to talk “Graphic Science” at this year’s Glasgow’s Aye Write!

  By John Freeman on January 12, 2018

  

  Glasgow’s Aye Write! Book Festival has announced their March 2018 line-up. Their planned events include an appearance by graphic journalist Darryl Cunningham talking about Graphic Science, a cracking collection of stories about some often overlooked scientists last year. Darryl Cunningham’s… Read More ›

• Creating Comics (and some dogged determination): Jasper Bark reveals the secrets of making “Parassassin”, his latest graphic novel

  By downthetubes Guests on January 12, 2018

  

  One of the most intriguing graphic novels I’ve read in the past few months is Parassassin by Jasper Bark with art by Alfa Robbi, first published in the brilliant digital anthology Aces Weekly but available now as a full-blown graphic… Read More ›

• The Copyright Cheat Affair: the hair-raising time The Man from U.N.C.L.E met Britain’s Barracuda comic hero

  By downthetubes Guests on January 11, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  In the second of a series of articles, publisher, comics creator and historian of Tamil comics Nathan Viswa reveals some more disturbing and bizarre instances of British comics conflagration and copyright theft on the Indian sub-continent… When British publisher Fleetway… Read More ›

• Manchester TimeQuake Steampunk Festival – details announced for massive Steampunk Expo

  By John Freeman on January 11, 2018

  

  Details of the first TimeQuake Steampunk Festival, taking place in Manchester on 30th March 2018, have been announced. The event is the brainchild of the Victorian Steampunk Society, who are teaming up with Manchester’s Bowlers Exhibition Centre and the organisers of… Read More ›

• Peter Hogan and Steve Parkhouse’s “Resident Alien” hits the Big Apple!

  By John Freeman on January 11, 2018

  

  Peter Hogan and Steve Parkhouse are ready to crack open a new case file as the next chapter of the acclaimed science-fiction/ murder mystery Resident Alien, published by Dark Horse, takes their curious and compassionate alien detective to New York… Read More ›

• “Do, Think, Share” – the free 64 Million Artists campaign seeking to support creators in all walks of life

  By John Freeman on January 10, 2018

  

  Libraries across the UK are taking part in 64 Million Artists, a national campaign and inviting everyone to get involved, be creative and have fun. Now in its fourth year, the initiative aims to support visitors to libraries to feel… Read More ›

• Lakes International Comic Festival Podcast chats with Tillie Walden

  By John Freeman on January 10, 2018

  

  Cartoonist and illustrator Tillie Walden is the latest guest of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast, a comics creator with a track record of producing some amazing books, including The End of Summer, released in 2015 by Avery Hill Publishing and… Read More ›

• Beano creators hit back at media sniping as comic hits 80, buoyed by success of new “Dennis and Gnasher” TV show

  By John Freeman on January 10, 2018

  

  Just after Christmas, perhaps because they’d been drinking too much mulled wine while reading this year’s top-selling Beano annual, some of Britain’s national media got into one of its occasional “comics aren’t what they used to be” funks. Specifically, with… Read More ›

• In Review: 2000AD Prog 2063

  By John Freeman on January 10, 2018

  

  Wrapped in a cover from Neil Roberts, 2000AD Prog 2063 hits all good newsagents, comic shops and digital platforms today, Wednesday 10th January 2018. This week’s favourite dialogue? Got to be Fly-Trap’s “My tendrils… they’re throbbing!”. Yes, much in demand… Read More ›

• Kamikaze conjurors and bickering air-duo bail outs! New Commando comics on sale this week

  By John Freeman on January 10, 2018

  

  Here’s the intel on the latest Commando war comics from DC Thomson (Issues 5087-5090), on sale in newsagents and various digital platforms this Thursday, 11th January 2018. Buckle up and get ready for evading raiders in the Kenyan bush, bickering… Read More ›

• Titan Comics “Lost Fleet – Corsair” by novels author Jack Campbell draws to a close – a preview, and a thank you

  By John Freeman on January 9, 2018

  

  Tomorrow (10th January 2018) sees the release of Lost Fleet – Corsair #5 in comic shops and digital platforms, the final issue in what will hopefully be the first in a series of tales based on the best-selling Lost Fleet… Read More ›

• Buster’s bonkers adventure tale “Von Hoffman’s Invasion” collected

  By John Freeman on January 9, 2018

  

  Mad scientists, giant monsters, and courageous saboteurs! That’s the one line “pitch” with which 2000AD publishers Rebellion are promoting their Treasury of British Comics collection of the Jet and Buster strip “Von Hoffman’s Invasion” – and it sums this crazy… Read More ›

• Dan Dare – Raumschiffpilot! That’s Dan Dare in German to you – plus, “Jesus von Nazareth”, too

  By John Freeman on January 8, 2018

  

  Dan Dare has a long tradition of reprint in other languages, so it’s no surprise, perhaps, to discover that the early adventures of the Eagle character had an outing in two volumes in German in the late 1980s – Dan Dare,… Read More ›

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