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• Matt Garvey chats about writing comics and more on latest Lakes International Comic Art Festival podcast

  By John Freeman on 16 June 2018

  

  Comics writer Matt Garvey is the guest on the latest Lakes International Comic Art Festival podcast. He’s written a whole host of comics including The Either, Chunks, White Noir and The Devil in Disguise.  Hosts Ian Loxam and Nikki Bates talk… Read More ›

• Kaboom! Comics arrive at Preston’s Harris Museum, launch event next Saturday!

  By John Freeman on 15 June 2018

  

  Love Comics? This is your chance to enjoy an eclectic mix of original comic art that will impress and inspire most comics’ fans, with a free exhibition of comic art at Preston’s Harris Museum in Lancashire, brought to the city… Read More ›

• In Pictures: Treasury of British Comics Exhibition – Orbital Comics, London

  By Richard Sheaf on 15 June 2018

  

  Here’s a few snaps from the Treasury of British Comics exhibition currently on at Orbital Comics in central London. The art is being exhibited courtesy of 2000AD publisher Rebellion Publishing in a celebration of their imprint, The Treasury of British Comics. Rebellion have been lovingly… Read More ›

• In Review: Murder Most Mundane

  By John Freeman on 15 June 2018

  

  Writers: Ash Deadman and Matt Hardy Art: Clark Bint Colours: Edward Bentley Letters: Rob Jones Publisher: Mad Robot Comics The Book: Everyone loves a murder mystery… but how many murders are too many? Welcome to Fadfield – a tranquil, idyllic village where… Read More ›

• In Pictures: NoBrow’s “Studio Dreams” at the SPACE Gallery, Hackney

  By Antony Esmond on 14 June 2018

  

  I have to admit that few things these days get me to head into London’s East End, an area that I spent a lot of time in during the late 1980s and early 90s. A place that was an altogether… Read More ›

• Cover Reveal: Posy Simmonds’ new graphic novel, Cassandra Drake, out in November

  By John Freeman on 14 June 2018

  

  Here’s the cover of Posy Simmonds‘ much-anticipated new graphic novel, coming out from Jonathan Cape Graphic Novels on 1st November 2018, titled Cassandra Drake. Comics guru Paul Gravett tells us he’s been lucky enough to read the first half and… Read More ›

• When Alan Moore wrote football comics…a look back at Marvel UK’s “Not the World Cup: The Official Souvenir Brochure”

  By John Freeman on 14 June 2018

  

  downthetubes contributor and comics archivist Richard Sheaf has shared plenty of strange British comic one shots and short-lived titles over on his brilliant Boys Adventure Blog, and while his recent coverage of Gilbert’s Fridge intrigued, I think it’s more than… Read More ›

• Steve Pugh to draw Mariko Tamaki’s new DC story “Harley Quinn – Breaking Glass”

  By John Freeman on 14 June 2018

  

  DC Entertainment’s plans for its new DC Zoom and DC Ink titles, announced this week, look promising for younger comic readers, with some great creators attached, including Harley Quinn – Breaking Glass, written by award-winning Canadian comics writer Mariko Tamaki… Read More ›

• New Editor on board at Commando comic!

  By John Freeman on 13 June 2018

  

  Brand new Commando (issues 5131 – 5134) are on sale this Thursday in all good UK newsagents, and there’s also a new editor on board. Evade fate and fatalities with Captain Valentine as The Phantom returns, beat the Nazis at… Read More ›

• Hidden Messages part of new 2001: A Space Odyssey Isle of Man stamps

  By John Freeman on 13 June 2018

  

  The Isle of Man post office is marking the 50th anniversary of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey in style with a set of eight stamps – which contain secret messages for fans of the classic science fiction film. The… Read More ›

• Aces Weekly Volume 34 launches, offering a feast of comics talent (and dragons!)

  By John Freeman on 12 June 2018

  

  The fab digital anthology Aces Weekly Volume 34 is out now, offering a 150-page plus Summer volume of episodic comics – and it couldn’t be hotter. Just £1 per week, in any currency, gets you this volume, plus all following… Read More ›

• RetroFan magazine set to celebrate the Crazy Cool Culture You Grew Up With!

  By John Freeman on 12 June 2018

  

  TwoMorrows Publishing debuts RetroFan #1, a new full-colour magazine celebrating the Crazy Cool Culture You Grew Up With next week. Do you remember when Saturday morning television was your domain, and yours alone? When tattoos came from bubble gum packs,… Read More ›

• In Review: Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

  By Tim Robins on 9 June 2018

  

  Kklak! Dinosaurs bit back! Minor spoilers included It is impossible to spoil Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom as the trailers have already spelt out most of the plot: volcano erupts, dinosaurs in danger, heroes to the rescue, heroes betrayed, villains sell… Read More ›

• In Review: Trujillø by Gustaffo Vargas

  By John Freeman on 9 June 2018

  

  I’m hugely grateful to artist Russell Mark Olson for introducing me to artist, animator and designer Gustaffo Vargas, who then sent me a copy of his short but perfectly demented self-published SF adventure title Trujillø. Quite honestly, I wouldn’t be… Read More ›

• WebFind: Gene Colan: Visions of a Man Without Fear

  By John Freeman on 8 June 2018

  

  If you’re a fan of artist Gene Colan like me, then this 48-page exhibition catalogue on offer from the San Francisco Cartoon Art Museum is a bit of a gem. Gene Colan: Visions of a Man Without Fear features high-quality… Read More ›

• Francesca Dare’s Penny Blackfeather returns as Sloth Comics launches latest collection

  By John Freeman on 8 June 2018

  

  Penelope Blake is back thanks to Sloth Comics, along with the ghost of her pirate grandfather, a very special parrot and the enigmatic (if somewhat incompetent) adventurer she protects. Collecting further episode of the “regency punk” adventure web comic, set… Read More ›

• Development on 2000AD Tabletop Adventure Game gathering pace

  By John Freeman on 8 June 2018

  

  Work appears to be cranking up on the long-awaited Judge Dredd & The Worlds of 2000AD Tabletop Adventure Game from EN Publishing, announced last year, with some tantalising recent additions to the official web site for the role playing project. While… Read More ›

• In Review: Dunce Issues 1 – 3 by Jens K Styve

  By Antony Esmond on 8 June 2018

  

  Created by Jens K Styve The Story: Issue One opens on a skull-faced man wearing a dunce’s cap. He’s feeling a little under the weather. His pal, who looks like a cross between a fish and a geography teacher, tells… Read More ›

• 2000AD Sci-Fi Special covers by Tula Lotay and Emily Zeinner revealed!

  By John Freeman on 8 June 2018

  

  Rebellion have revealed Tula Lotay‘s cover to their 2000AD Sci-Fi Special, on sale from 20th June in all good newsagents and comic shops. For the first time in 2000AD’s 41-year history, an entire issue of the comic title will have… Read More ›

• Creeping Crawlers set to chill in new short story anthology

  By John Freeman on 7 June 2018

  

  What is this lingering fear of insects, arachnids, arthropods, crustaceans and those that slither… is it a hangover from the survival battles in the savannah or does it go deeper and further back than that in our evolutionary heritage? Unchallenged,… Read More ›

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