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• Coverless Batman #1 sells for £8200 in UK comic auction

  By John Freeman on 28 May 2018

  

  A coverless copy of Batman #1, estimated to sell for between £2000 – 2,500 (somewhat less than its US valuation) has just sold for an astonishing £8,200 in an online auction yesterday. Comic Book Auctions offered the rarity along with… Read More ›

• Comics Uncovered postponed, merged with ICE Birmingham in September

  By John Freeman on 28 May 2018

  

  The comic creator-focused event Comics Uncovered, announced in February, will now be part of the ICE Birmingham line up in September and will not take place in July as previously announced. “Due to circumstances beyond my control I have had… Read More ›

• How so many British Adventure Comics became just one – Eagle – in the 1990s

  By downthetubes Guests on 27 May 2018

  

  Over on his brilliant Rusty Staples site, 2000AD writer Michael Carroll has begun a series of articles tracing the history of British comics, creating a series of “family trees” showing various mergers and more down the years. It’s something Alan… Read More ›

• Lawgiver 2018! What a Day!

  By Antony Esmond on 27 May 2018

  

  I’ve always been a 2000AD fan but never quite got into the message board scene that they have of recent become known for. It’s an ace comic and full of some of the best and most imaginative comics you’ll see… Read More ›

• South London Comic and Zine Fair returns!

  By John Freeman on 27 May 2018

  

  South London Comic and Zine Fair returns to Stanley Halls for a second year in July. The event, taking place Saturday 14th July 2018, will once again host a cornucopia of London’s most talented zine and alternative comic creators and throw a spotlight the capital’s most… Read More ›

• In Preview – “SUTRA: Songs from the World of Om” by Andy Barron

  By Antony Esmond on 27 May 2018

  

  Created by Andy Barron The Story: The creatures of the World of Om return and navigate the landscape that in many ways mirrors our own. This is a world of beauty and savagery. It reveals much about these characters and… Read More ›

• A Class Act: Martin Rowson’s graphic take on The Communist Manifesto

  By John Freeman on 27 May 2018

  

  SelfMadeHero recently marked the 200th anniversary of Karl Marx’s birth with a graphic novel adaptation of The Communist Manifesto, created by Guardian cartoonist Martin Rowson – and the book has gone down a storm. Published in 1848, at a time… Read More ›

• Marvel UK Comics That Never Were: Rourke versus Wolverine, versus… Monark Starstalker?

  By John Freeman on 26 May 2018

  

  That time Wolverine battled Monark Starstalker… or might have

• Creating Comics: Why British publishers attempts to launch a graphic novels line keep failing, and how to do it better

  By downthetubes Guests on 26 May 2018

  

  Are there better ways to publish graphic novels?

• Doctor Who Panel to Panel Podcast reaches 100th episode

  By John Freeman on 26 May 2018

  

  Episode 100 of Doctor Who: Panel to Panel, the podcast produced by Jeremy Bement about Doctor Who comics, is live, and I’m honoured to have been asked to take part in this landmark episode. Jeremy has racked up an impressive… Read More ›

• In Praise of… Comic Artist Harry Bishop, creator of “Gun Law” and more

  By John Freeman on 25 May 2018

  

  I recently did some brief research on the work of British newspaper strip artist Harry Bishop, perhaps best known for drawing Gun Law, based on the TV series Gunsmoke, starring James Arness as Matt Dillon, for the Daily Express. While… Read More ›

• In Review: Solo – A Star Wars Story

  By Tim Robins on 25 May 2018

  

  I never felt the need to watch a film that told me Han Solo’s back story because the character was such a cliché that I felt that I already knew it. For me, Star Wars didn’t exactly have depth. As an… Read More ›

• Van Helsing’s Terror Tales rises from the grave

  By John Freeman on 25 May 2018

  

  Available now direct from its original editor is a smashing collection of “Van Helsing’s Terror Tales“, strips first published in House of Hammer back in the 1970s. Unashamedly capitalising on the huge interest in the horror genre of the time, not only… Read More ›

• Back of the net! All-new Roy of the Rovers heads to Match of the Day Magazine

  By John Freeman on 25 May 2018

  

  BBC Match of the Day magazine is to publish all-new Roy of the Rovers adventures, ahead of the release of Rebellion’s new graphic novels later this year. The much-loved character is being relaunched as a “swashbuckling 16-year-old” prodigy who is hoping… Read More ›

• Rebellion announces Sniper Elite: Resistance mini series

  By John Freeman on 24 May 2018

  

  Based on the global bestselling videogame, Sniper Elite: Resistance is the brand new comic book from 2000AD publishers Rebellion. This high-octane three-issue US-format mini-series, written by Keith Richardson and with art from Patrick Goddard (Savage), launches 29th August 2018. Sniper Elite:… Read More ›

• Games Workshop moves into children’s fiction with “Warhammer Adventure” novels

  By John Freeman on 24 May 2018

  

  Games Workshop has announced a new Warhammer book series, giving its stories of planet-wide chemical weapon strikes and demonic possession a re-working for a new line of children’s fiction. Published by Black Library – Games Workshop’s own publishing house – the… Read More ›

• In Preview/ Review: Bella at the Bar Volume One

  By John Freeman on 24 May 2018

  

  Written by Jenny McDade Art by John Armstrong On Sale: 12th July 2018, 114 Pages ISBN: 9781781086254 Publisher: Rebellion Publishing/ Treasury of British Comics The Book: Bella’s gymtastic adventure begins here! Bella Barlow is a young orphan with ambitions to… Read More ›

• In Review: Space Ace Volume 10

  By John Freeman on 24 May 2018

  

  Art and Stories by Ron TurnerColour by John RidgwayPublished by John Lawrence The Book: 44-page anthology (extra pages this issue) comprising three stories featuring “Space Ace” by Ron Turner, colourised and re-mastered by John Ridgway. The title includes the second… Read More ›

• 2018 Myriad Editions First Graphic Novel Competition Short List Revealed

  By John Freeman on 24 May 2018

  

  Myriad Editions has announced the shortlist for its First Graphic Novel Competition 2018: Cathy Brett, Sabba Khan, Clarrie Pope and Blanche Pope, Jenny Robins, Zara Slattery, Anna Trench and Sarah Ushurhe. Find out more about some of the creators… The… Read More ›

• Royal Academy of Art Stamps revealed

  By John Freeman on 24 May 2018

  

  A new series of 65p and £1.55 stamps commissioned to mark the 250th anniversary of the Royal Academy. Royal Mail’s Special Stamp programme has commemorated anniversaries and celebrated events relevant to UK heritage and life for more than 50 years…. Read More ›

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