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• Celebrate Free Comic Book Day with 2000AD, Doctor Who and more

  By John Freeman on May 6, 2017

  

  Today is Free Comic Book Day, an industry-led annual promotion to encourage you to visit your local comic shop. Not only to pick up free comics, but to hopefully buy some from that shop too – and generally have fun… Read More ›

• Blazing Battle Action – the story of one of Britain’s best-loved war comics recounted

  By John Freeman on May 5, 2017

  

  In 2003, David Bishop, co-author of the newly-updated Thrill-Power Overload (and more) wrote a behind the scenes account of how trail-blazing British war comic Battle was created and nurtured, as told by those who were there. Commissioned for the Judge Dredd Megazine… Read More ›

• Sector 13, new 2000AD fanzine launches

  By John Freeman on May 4, 2017

  

  This Saturday Sector House 13 – The Pit Crew, a Belfast based 2000AD fan group will be debuting their fanzine, Sector 13 at the Enniskillen Comics Festival. The 24 page A4 zine, which will be on sale for £3 ,… Read More ›

• Production is Underway on Warner Bros. Pictures’ Super Hero Action Adventure “Aquaman”

  By John Freeman on May 4, 2017

  

  Principal photography has begun on Warner Bros. Pictures’ action adventure Aquaman, helmed by James Wan (The Conjuring films, Furious 7). Jason Momoa stars in the title role, returning to the character he plays in this autumn’s Justice League. The film also… Read More ›

• 2000AD’s Rogue Trooper revealed for “Rogue Trooper Redux” Game

  By John Freeman on May 4, 2017

  

  Rebellion has released just released a new video revealing the look to Rogue Trooper in their upcoming game Rogue Trooper Redux, an updating of their acclaimed game. Fronted by Michael Molcher (aka “The Man with the Terrifying ‘Tache”), the video… Read More ›

• “What if I’m not a comic?” – A Review of “The Human Beings” Issue One

  By John Freeman on May 4, 2017

  

  By Stuart (SJ) McCune Published by Millicent Barnes Comics This is fully intended to be a non traditional review, since The Human Beings is a book that does not adhere to a world of cliche or even what goes on… Read More ›

• Lakes International Comic Art Festival 2017 Comics Clock Tower Line Up Revealed

  By John Freeman on May 4, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  The Lakes International Comic Art Festival has announced the comic creators who will have a presence in their free-to-enter Comics Clock Tower venue in Kendal Town Hall in October. The creators were chosen after hundreds of applications were sifted through… Read More ›

• Time Travel, Tiger Tanks – and a Traitor in the ranks? New Commando comics on sale now

  By John Freeman on May 4, 2017

  

  Here’s the inside intel on DC Thomson’s latest issues of Commando (Issues 5015-5018), on sale from today in all good newsagents and various digital platforms. This week’s bundle of Commandos will take you across the battlefields and skies of World… Read More ›

• In Review: The Dan Dare Audio Adventures – Reign of the Robots

  By Ian Wheeler on May 3, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  Reign of the Robots by Simon Guerrier Directed by Andrew Sewell Part of Dan Dare: The Audio Adventures Volume Two Produced by B7 Media Distributed by Big Finish Featuring cover art by Brian Williamson The first story of the second… Read More ›

• Kate Evans next guest speaker for London’s Laydeez Do Comics next week

  By John Freeman on May 3, 2017

  

  Graphic novelist, cartoonist and activist Kate Evans and Gemma Seltzer, Relationship Manager at Arts Council England, are the speakers at the next Laydeez Do Comics event in London next week. Kate’s book Red Rosa, the graphic biography of Rosa Luxemburg,… Read More ›

• Brits among the 2017 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards Nominees

  By John Freeman on May 3, 2017

  

  The nominees for the 2017 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards have been announced and among the names are some British creators, including three for artist Sean Phillips. Once again, this year’s nominees reflect the wide range of material being published… Read More ›

• A feast of 2000AD goodies this week – and a Free Comic Book Day special on its way, too!

  By John Freeman on May 3, 2017

  

  Run, do not walk, to your nearest purveyor of Thrills and pick up 2000AD Prog 2029 – the latest edition of the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic! There’s a lot of other great titles out from Rebellion this week, too, but here’s… Read More ›

• Comic Connections: New Captain Scarlet, Thunderbirds figures on way from BIG Chief Studios

  By John Freeman on May 2, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  Coming soon from replica figure makers BIG Chief Studios is a range of high-end collectables based on the classic series Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet and other series created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson… and the box art they’ve created has several comic… Read More ›

• Andy Luke’s new comic “We Shall Not Be Stapled” launches this week in Belfast

  By John Freeman on May 2, 2017

  

  We Shall Not Be Stapled , a new anthology, will get a lunchtime launch at Comic Book Guys in The Spires Shopping Centre, Belfast tomorrow – Wednesday 3rd May, 1 – 2.00pm. Copies will also be available at the Enniskillen Comic… Read More ›

• Melinda Gebbie, Tom Richmond and more join Lakes International Comic Art Festival Line-Up

  By John Freeman on May 2, 2017

  

  Tickets for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival are on sale now – and the guest list is attracting plenty of attention from fans across the UK – and abroad. This year, the Lakes Festival is moving to a pass system for the… Read More ›

• “Video Games For Good” Charity Anthology

  By Jeremy Briggs on May 2, 2017

  

  What was your first video game? And how many times since you first played it has someone said “Those can’t be good for you”? The new comic anthology Video Games For Good, curated by Claire Hubbard, sets out to counter… Read More ›

• BLAMM! Kate Charlesworth Retrospective opens this week in Glasgow

  By John Freeman on May 2, 2017

  

  This week sees the opening of a new retrospective exhibition of the work of comics artist and illustrator Kate Charlesworth in Glasgow. Curated by John McShane, BLAMM!, at the iota arts space, is the first major retrospective of Kate’s work, spans her… Read More ›

• In Review: Space Ace Volume Eight

  By John Freeman on May 2, 2017 • ( 5 )

  

  Art and Stories by Ron Turner Colour by John Ridgway Published by John Lawrence The Book: 40-page anthology comprising four stories featuring “Space Ace” by Ron Turner, first published in The Book of Space Adventures in 1963, colourised and re-mastered… Read More ›

• Bank Holiday Reading: The 1976 Frankie Stein Holiday Special

  By Richard Sheaf on April 30, 2017

  

  Holiday Specials may be few and far between these days when it comes to British comics – it’s simply too expensive or publishers to “sell in” one shots, sadly. But this doesn’t mean you can’t dip into your collection and… Read More ›

• Lost Fleet – Corsair by Jack Campbell #2 – Covers Spotlight!

  By John Freeman on April 28, 2017

  

  June sees the release of The Lost Fleet: Corsair #1 – a new comic series by Jack Campbell, based on his best-selling series of military science-fiction novels which I’m editing for Titan Comics – but the covers for #2 are already… Read More ›

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