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• Wythenshawe Comic Con launches in June

  By John Freeman on 13 April 2018

  

  A new comic convention for South Manchester, Wythenshawe Comic Con will take place at Wythenshawe Forum on Saturday 9th June 2018. The event is a joint venture between the Wow Comix comic shops and The Wythenshawe Forum, with support from… Read More ›

• More Frank Hampson Ladybird Book art for sale, Southport anniversary exhibition announced

  By John Freeman on 13 April 2018

  

  The official Frank Hampson web site run by the Dan Dare creator’s son, Peter, has a lot of his art for sale, and some new Ladybird Books art boards ohave just been added. Hampson was first commissioned by Ladybird Books… Read More ›

• In Praise of… Comic Artist Alfonso Font

  By John Freeman on 13 April 2018

  

  If you caught yesterday’s news about the impending release of a collection of the 1970s strip “Black Max” as part of Rebellion’s Treasury of British Comics, the signature of the incredible artist Alfonso Font on the cover of the Collection just… Read More ›

• Dan Dare inspired British firm gets Boeing backing

  By John Freeman on 13 April 2018

  

  Boeing has announced its investment in Reaction Engines Limited, a leader in advanced propulsion systems based in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. Reaction Engines’ technology will contribute to the next generation of hypersonic flight and space access vehicles. Reaction Engines is known… Read More ›

• Cover Reveal: The Latest Treasury of British Comics collections, including new Misty, Black Max

  By John Freeman on 12 April 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  The covers for Rebellion’s Treasury of British Comics new collections this autumn and winter have been revealed – Misty Volume Three, The Thirteenth Floor, Black Max, El Mestizo, and Ken Reid’s Creepy Creations. All these collections can be ordered from… Read More ›

• In Review: 2000AD Prog 2076

  By John Freeman on 12 April 2018

  

  This week’s 2000AD (available from all good newsagents and UK comic shops now, and various digital platforms) sees the start of a new “Judge Dredd” story from Michael Carroll and Staz Johnson, pitting the lawman against media machinations and the… Read More ›

• Dark Horse bags “Criminy”, new Original Graphic Novel from Roger Langridge and Ryan Ferrier

  By John Freeman on 12 April 2018

  

  US publisher Dark Horse has announce Criminy, a new graphic novel from Roger Langridge, the Eisner and Harvey award-winning creator of SNARKED, and Ryan Ferrier, the critically acclaimed writer of Kennel Block Blues. Roger and Ryan unite to co-create this… Read More ›

• Portsmouth Comic Con – one month to go, Doctor Who comics panel details

  By John Freeman on 12 April 2018

  

  There’s just one month to go until Portsmouth welcomes its first Comic Con to the Guildhall (5th – 6th May 2018), and the stellar line-up of guests and the range of family activities are not to be missed. Organised in… Read More ›

• Sea Hero Quest game that helps battle dementia shortlisted for BAFTA award

  By John Freeman on 12 April 2018

  

  Sea Hero Quest, an innovative virtual reality game co-designed by an architect at Northumbria University which aims to help the fight against dementia has been shortlisted for a BAFTA award. The winners of the British Academy Games Awards will be… Read More ›

• Dead Popular: Jonathan Ross and Charlie Adlard talk “The Walking Dead”

  By John Freeman on 12 April 2018

  

  Charlie Adlard, artist on The Walking Dead and  and co-creator of many of the major characters that have been used in AMC’s hit TV show of the same name was at Waterstones in Tottenham Court Road, London on Monday, in… Read More ›

• William Hartnell’s “An Unearthly Child” Doctor Who script goes under the hammer

  By John Freeman on 12 April 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  Dudley-based Aston’s Auctioneers is offering incredibly exciting star lot for their 3rd May Film & Music Memorabilia Auction – William Hartnell‘s original copy of the script for the first ever episode of Doctor Who. Thrown out by the actor who… Read More ›

• In Review: The Tide by Adam Lumb

  By John Freeman on 11 April 2018

  

  By Adam Lumb Publisher: Rich and Strange Press ISBN 9781999957704 The Book: There are monsters in the lake. War is coming. Spies are everywhere. This is witness protection… in hell. The Tide is female led heroic fantasy horror-thriller, and oversized… Read More ›

• Subaquatic Steampunk surfaces in Gosport in September

  By John Freeman on 11 April 2018

  

  Gosport’s Royal Navy Submarine Museum has announced a Subaquatic Steampunk Weekend this September. Offering six outstanding performers and the best steampunk artists artwork on display to amaze and inspire, the event also includes a steampunk market areas to peruse and… Read More ›

• British Podcast Awards open – vote for your favourite in the Listeners’s Choice category

  By John Freeman on 11 April 2018

  

  Got a favourite British comics Podcast? The 2000AD Thrillcast perhaps, or the Awesome Comics Podcast? Panel Borders? Newcomers like the Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast? There are a huge range of of great podcasts out there produced here in… Read More ›

• SJ McCune’s Human Beings is haunting my head… and I don’t care!

  By Antony Esmond on 10 April 2018

  

  This isn’t a review of the latest issue of SJ McCune’s The Human Beings in the strictest sense. Think of this article as more of a discussion on the connection a comic made with the reader (me) after a spectacular… Read More ›

• Cardiff Indie Comic Expo Line-Up Announced

  By John Freeman on 10 April 2018

  

  The Cardiff Indie Comic Expo – Cardiff’s original independent comic show – is back on Saturday 2nd June 2018, 2018 and it returns to its original venue of the Mercure Holland House Hotel on Newport Road. CICE is an annual… Read More ›

• Create the Break, a British professional development course for emerging comic artists, announced

  By John Freeman on 10 April 2018

  

  Well, there’s no end of great comic-related news today. After months of planning behind the scenes, the launch of ‘Create the Break’ has been announced – a professional development course for emerging comic artists based in the West Midlands. Marvel… Read More ›

• The Simpsons co-creator David Silverman joins Lakes International Comic Art Festival 2018 line-up

  By John Freeman on 10 April 2018

  

  The Simpsons co-creator and cartoonist David Silverman will be joining the line-up at this year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival weekend in Kendal (12th – 14th October 2018). David will be on stage during the weekend chatting with cartoonist and fellow animator Steve… Read More ›

• Why news of the Adventures of The Three Musketeers collection is – hopefully – great news for classic British comic fans

  By John Freeman on 10 April 2018

  

  The Book Palace is to publish a limited edition of Adventures of The Three Musketeers, collecting the work of the brilliant Chilean comic artist Arturo Del Castillo, first published in Film Fun and Lion in the 1960s. Collected in a… Read More ›

• Words From Beyond: Lady Penelope Artist Frank Langford Part 2 – Andersonic Quotes

  By Jeremy Briggs on 10 April 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  In the first part of this Words From Beyond feature on artist Frank Langford we reprinted a rare interview with him from Tardis fanzine dated February 1976. For this second part we begin with a selection of quotes from Andersonic fanzine dated… Read More ›

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