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• 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 ›

• Out Now: Aces Weekly, Volume 33, the comics non-paper, no short of quality comics!

  By John Freeman on 9 April 2018

  

  It’s here! Aces Weekly Volume 33 has now opened its doors, offering superb-quality, high-talent, low-cost, original cyberspace comics. The team are still offering the same incredible deal of 20 pages a week for £1 in any currency because they can, and… Read More ›

• Writer James Peaty reveals more about “The Road to the Thirteenth Doctor” on latest Doctor Who: Panel to Panel

  By John Freeman on 9 April 2018

  

  Episode 98 of Jeremy Bement‘s excellent podcast Doctor Who: Panel to Panel is live and is well worth a download for its interview with writer James Peaty, who was just announced as the writer of the three-issue series The Road… Read More ›

• Cover Reveal: The Road To The Thirteenth Doctor from Titan Comics

  By John Freeman on 9 April 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  Titan Comics and BBC Studios recently announced The Road To The Thirteenth Doctor – a three-part comic event beginning this July and leading into Titan’s all-new Thirteenth Doctor ongoing comic series launching this autumn. The Road To The Thirteenth Doctor features… Read More ›

• Words From Beyond: Lady Penelope Artist Frank Langford Part 1 – Tardis Interview

  By Jeremy Briggs on 9 April 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  Frank Langford is a familiar name when it comes to comics having illustrated fan favourites like Thunderbirds’ Lady Penelope in the 1960s and BBC TV’s Doctor Who in the 1970s, yet when Gordon Blows interviewed him in the third issue… Read More ›

• Bradford LitFest backs comic creators with Comico 2018

  By John Freeman on 8 April 2018

  

  Comico 2018 is Bradford’s first dedicated comics and manga weekend and will be held at University of Bradford, alongside the annual Bradford Literature Festival (29th June – 8th July 2018). Comico will combine a traditional convention setup with specially curated… Read More ›

• In Pictures: Comic Creators unite for second Swindon Small Press Day 2018

  By Antony Esmond on 8 April 2018

  

  The second Swindon Small Press Event took place at The Incredible Comic Shop in Swindon last month. It’s a great comic shop full of everything that a fan needs. (Along with some dodgy looking small press creators on SPE). The brainchild… Read More ›

• In Review: “Meta Worlds”, a new superhero novel series

  By Antony Esmond on 7 April 2018

  

  Written by Harry Harris and CD Mick Published by Mediaaria CDM – 336 pages – £12.00 Black and White interior illustrations Cover by Ciara McAvoy The Story: META WORLDS was conceived with the intention to introduce a new type of storytelling…. Read More ›

• Crowdfunding Spotlight Sneak Preview: The Edge Off by Fraser Campbell and Iain Laurie

  By Antony Esmond on 7 April 2018

  

    Here’s a preview of a preview, if you understand what I mean. The Edge Off is a new comic that will be hitting Kickstarter on the 20th April 2018. The creators are very wisely creating a bit of buzz… Read More ›

• In My View: Why Comics Need Better Media Coverage

  By downthetubes Guests on 7 April 2018

  

  Comics publisher, artist and events organiser Shane Chebsey has launched a petition calling on the BBC to consider more regular coverage of comics as a medium. We think he has a point – the last major coverage (without 1960s Batman… Read More ›

• If only comics publishers had the marketing budget of Avengers: Infinity War…

  By John Freeman on 7 April 2018

  

  ComicBookMovie is reporting that the US marketing spend for Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War, on general release 26th April in the UK, is likely to be around $150 million, the spend boosted by licensed TV promotions from companies such as Coca-Cola,… Read More ›

• How I Got Used to digital comics “Guided View” – and it’s all down to Shang Chi, Master of Kung Fu!

  By John Freeman on 6 April 2018

  

  I was away on a long course for a full week recently, so began reading quite a lot of comics digitally again. US publisher Marvel had a large and outrageously priced sale recently and I picked up loads of old… Read More ›

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