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• Shaken, not stirred – Win an original James Bond painting!

  By John Freeman on 21 September 2018

  

  Back I n 1962, the film Dr No introduced cinema-goers to the world of James Bond starring Sean Connery as the British spy with a licence to kill. The film adapted one of Ian Fleming’s popular spy novels and struck a… Read More ›

• Lakes Festival Focus 2018: Hunt Emerson

  By John Freeman on 21 September 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 Hunt Emerson, who has drawn cartoons and comic strips since… Read More ›

• In Memoriam: Jack Cunningham, Art Editor of Misty

  By John Freeman on 21 September 2018

  

  The recent death of artist Jack Cunningham ended a long life that contributed to many British girls’ comics. Jack was one of IPC’s unsung heroes, and worked on a number of their women’s magazines and girls’ comics, including Mirabelle (1956-77),… Read More ›

• John Mollo’s original Star Wars designs go under the hammer at Bonhams

  By John Freeman on 21 September 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  The personal notebooks and sketchbooks of world-renowned double Oscar-winning British costume designer, John Mollo, the concept artist behind the international Star Wars franchise, are to be offered at Bonhams in a stand-alone 62-lot sale, Designing an Empire: The John Mollo… Read More ›

• Silent Killer: 32 Kills by Mike Garley, Andy Clift, out now from Comichaus

  By John Freeman on 21 September 2018

  

  32 Kills , a new project by Mike Garley and Andy Clift, published by Comichaus is getting its launch at Thought Bubble this weekend, and is available on the publisher’s digital comics platform, available to read now on the Comichaus app. Co-created… Read More ›

• Thought Bubble Festival 2018 is Here! Are You Ready?

  By John Freeman on 21 September 2018

  

  It’s Thought Bubble Festival weekend in Leeds, and we hope everyone there has a great time! There are some great things lined up, bringing some of the best creators in the world to the city including Warren Ellis (Transmetropolitan, Freakangels, Castlevania,… Read More ›

• Bog Eyed Books collects Tor Freeman’s “Welcome to Oddleigh”

  By John Freeman on 20 September 2018

  

  Children’s publisher Bog Eyed Books have just published a fab collection of Tor Freeman‘s  Welcome to Oddleigh, available now in all good book shops and through online retailers. Collecting  stories from the eponymous webcomic, Welcome to Oddleigh, we’re introduced to Chief… Read More ›

• In Review: Escaping Wars and Waves: Encounters with Syrian Refugees

  By Joe Gordon on 20 September 2018

  

  By Olivier Kugler Publisher: Myriad Editions / New Internationalist “The children are nervous… When they hear any noise, even if you only knock at the door, they can get very afraid.” The world is currently experiencing its one of its… Read More ›

• Lakes Festival Focus 2018: Joe Kelly

  By John Freeman on 19 September 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 Joe Kelly, a writer, producer, penciller and editor, and creator of… Read More ›

• Lakes Festival Focus 2018: Corey Brotherson

  By John Freeman on 19 September 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 Corey Brotherson, a writer and editor with over 15 years’ experience writing… Read More ›

• Bristol Comic and Zine Fair returns in October

  By John Freeman on 19 September 2018

  

  The Bristol Comic and Zine Fair returns on Saturday 6th October 2018, celebrating the world of DIY and independent publishing. The fair brings together artists, writers, and publishers from across Bristol and further afield for a one-day market. Established in 2011… Read More ›

• In Review: Judas by Jeff Loveness, Jakub Rebelka and Colin Bell

  By Joe Gordon on 19 September 2018

  

  Jeff Loveness, Jakub Rebelka, Colin Bell Boom! Studios “No… Not here. I don’t belong here. But the voice comes… And whispers the truth: ‘Yes. This was always the end. This was always your story’” The most famous betrayal in history;… Read More ›

• BBC Radio 4 Extra re-broadcasts Danny Wallace’s Beano documentary, “Menace to Society”

  By John Freeman on 19 September 2018

  

  Author and broadcaster Danny Wallace is a lifelong Beano fan who grew up in Dundee, the home of the comic – and The Dandy, too, and in a BBC Radio 4 Extra programme Menace to Society, first broadcast when the comic… Read More ›

• Making a Difference: Special Effect – The Gamers’ Charity

  By downthetubes Guests on 19 September 2018

  

  Holly Rose Swinyard explores the life-changing work of the Oxford-based Special Effect – The Gamers’ Charity, who put fun and inclusion back into the lives of people with physical disabilities by helping them to play video games. By using technology ranging… Read More ›

• Lakes Festival Focus 2018: Comic Artist and Writer Robert Deas, creator of “Trailblazers”

  By John Freeman on 18 September 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 Robert Deas, an award-winning UK comic artist and the creator of children’s… Read More ›

• Kill Churchill! New Commando story offers daring U-Boat war raid on Westminster!

  By John Freeman on 18 September 2018

  

  Brand new Commandos #5159-5162 are on sale this Thursday in all good newsagents and via various digital platforms. In the latest issues of the long-running war comic from DC Thomson, uncover a plot to assassinate Churchill, seek out Germans in… Read More ›

• In Review: Something Wicked 2018

  By John Freeman on 18 September 2018

  

  If the nights are drawing in, and the air has a chill does that mean it is time for this year’s edition of Something Wicked from Futurequake Press? It surely does. The celebrated anthology returns for 2018 with 23 tales… Read More ›

• DC Super Heroes Corgi cars, Hornby Harry Potter trains back on track in new licensing deal

  By John Freeman on 18 September 2018

  

  Model and collectables firm Hornby Hobbies has entered into a licensing agreement with Warner Bros Consumer Products that will see the company launch a series of model railways and slot car sets across numerous Warner and DC franchises, including Harry… Read More ›

• Looking back at Battle Action Force

  By Luke Williams on 18 September 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  Many older British comic fans will remember Marvel UK’s Action Force comic, but the team had another home – in issues of IPC’s Battle in the early 1980s. Luke Williams looks back at the stories… By the early 1980s, sales… Read More ›

• Power Pack of Ken Reid books must be won!

  By John Freeman on 18 September 2018

  

  Earlier this year, after years of waiting, a crowdfunding campaign was launched to collect all of humour cartoonist Ken Reid‘s Odhams comic strips of the 1960s – featured in Wham!, Smash!, and Pow! – into a pair handsome official hardback collections. The limited collections are now on sale –… Read More ›

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