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• Beano Studios unveils 2019 Beano Annual cover, out in August

  By John Freeman on 16 March 2018

  

  Over on Twitter, Beano Studios has revealed the covers of Beano Annual 2019, a title that usually goes on sale around August each year. After the news of problems at DC Thomson-owned Parragon Books earlier this month, it’s great to know this… Read More ›

• Music Hall Memories: That time comics writer Tim Quinn met Eartha Kitt

  By Tim Quinn on 16 March 2018

  

  Writer Tim Quinn recalls an unexpected encounter with a childhood legend…

• Latest Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast spotlights North American Conventions and more

  By John Freeman on 16 March 2018

  

  The Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast does like to treat its many listeners, and with Episode 24 they’ve included two great interviews that turn the spotlight on the world of North American comic conventions. First, the team have a chat… Read More ›

• WebFind: Terry Posters, an incredible Czechoslovakian poster site

  By John Freeman on 16 March 2018

  

  A project by Prague-based Kino Svetozor, the Terry Posters collection consists of over 20,000 posters from Czechoslovakia between 1930 and 1989, many offered for sale. There’s amazing art represented here by a huge range of influential talents,, including Karel Vaca,… Read More ›

• Marvel’s Incredible Hulk slams Blackpool tram! New exhibition opens next week at Madame Tussauds Blackpool

  By John Freeman on 15 March 2018

  

  The Incredible Hulk stopped traffic in Blackpool today – literally – as the iconic green superhero was seen apparently stopping a tram, causing dramatic scenes on the seafront. The spectacular stunt was staged by Madame Tussauds Blackpool to mark the… Read More ›

• Crowdfunding Spotlight: Borough of Churches Graphic Novel by Amrit Birdi & Adam Cheal

  By John Freeman on 15 March 2018

  

  Writer Adam Cheal (Redemption Heights, Toxic Storm) and best-selling artist Amrit Birdi (Joe Sugg’s Username:Evie, F2’s Galaxy of Football, Assassins Creed) have teamed up to deliver a great-looking new horror comic, Borough of Churches, which is fast approaching its initial funding target… Read More ›

• Beano characters go Pop! New artworks by Horace Panter revealed

  By John Freeman on 14 March 2018

  

  A new collaboration between the Beano and The Specials’ bassist Horace Panter is about launch the likes of Dennis, Gnasher, Minnie the Minx and Billy Whizz into the worlds of Warhol, Lichtenstein and Hockney. After yesterday’s news that Dennis was… Read More ›

• Crowdfunding Spotlight: Nick Prolix’s Slang Pictorial

  By John Freeman on 14 March 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  Offering 24 pages of classic cartooning set in 1960s London, featuring “The Sheep And The Wolves“, Slang Pictorial is a retro comic full of big dreams and bigger hair, and another great looking comics project from the talented Nick Prolix seeking… Read More ›

• On Sale Now: 2000AD 2072

  By John Freeman on 14 March 2018

  

  Episodes include: Judge Dredd » Live Evil (part 4) Mega-City One, 2140 AD. Home to over 72 million citizens, this urban hell is situated along the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America. Unemployment is near total, boredom universal, and crime… Read More ›

• Out This Week: American Gods – My Ainsel #1 – Preview Pages

  By John Freeman on 13 March 2018

  

  The comic book adaptation of American Gods, the Hugo, Bram Stoker, Locus, World Fantasy, and Nebula Award-winning novel and hit Starz television series by Neil Gaiman, returns with American Gods: My Ainsel #1, on sale from tomorrow in all good comic shops…. Read More ›

• In Review: Journey Planet 39 – Judge Dredd

  By John Freeman on 13 March 2018

  

  Journey Planet is a occasional fanzine themed around – well, whatever takes the contributors’ fancy, basically, but Issue 39, just released, has a Judge Dredd theme, dedicated overall to co-creator Carlos Ezquerra. The editor for this free, 96 page monster… Read More ›

• House of Illustration hosts the first ever UK exhibition devoted to North Korean comics

  By John Freeman on 13 March 2018

  

  London’s House of Illustration is hosting the UK’s first ever exhibition of graphic design from North Korea, revealing a style honed over decades in a closed society – and has announced a talk by comics expert Paul Gravett to discuss… Read More ›

• Beano’s Dennis builds his own Kelpies to celebrate anniversary of his first appearance

  By John Freeman on 13 March 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  Beano Studios has partnered with the iconic Scottish monument The Kelpies to launch a new product range featuring exclusive Dennis and Gnasher comic strip artwork by Beano artist David Sutherland, which will also help mark the anniversary of the character’s appearance in… Read More ›

• In Memoriam: Comic Strip star and Comedian Sir Ken Dodd – Happiness and Tears

  By Tim Quinn on 13 March 2018

  

  Writer, publisher, raconteur and fellow Liverpudlian Tim Quinn pays tribute to comedian Ken Dodd, who died yesterday aged 90, who was not only a star of TV and stage, but comics, too… “Ken Dodd was a true legend across Great… Read More ›

• Sneak Peek: Permanent Press by Luke Healy

  By John Freeman on 12 March 2018

  

  Permanent Press by comic creator Luke Healy is now available for pre-order from Avery Hill Publishing and the book will debut at the Dublin Comic Arts Festival in April. Luke is depressed, afflicted by a severe case of metaphoritis and deadlines… Read More ›

• British comics galore and Frankie Stein art, too – in this month’s Phil Comics online auction

  By John Freeman on 12 March 2018

  

  There’s some great lots in this latest batch of comics-related auction items from British online comic auctioneers Phil Comics – including a near full set of the 1970s TV-inspired title Countdown and TV ACTION and Frankie Stein art by Robert… Read More ›

• Doctor Who comic artists join eBook project to help raise funds for writer Tommy Donbavand

  By John Freeman on 10 March 2018

  

  Screenwriter and author Paul Ebbs (Casualty, Doctors, BBC Radio 4 and more) wants you to help fellow writer Tommy Donbavand and his essential fund to provide for his family while he undergoes treatment for cancer – for a second time…. Read More ›

• WebFind: L’Inferno, the first full length Italian film, a horror-filled classic released in 1911

  By John Freeman on 10 March 2018

  

  My thanks to comic artist Gary Erskine for highlighting the incredible L’Inferno, the first full-length Italian feature film. Some would say it’s the first horror film, although I doubt its makers saw it as that. Released in 1911, it’s loosely adapted… Read More ›

• Creating Comics, a Seminar: Johanna Schipper on her Graphic Novels

  By John Freeman on 10 March 2018

  

  For the second seminar in the ‘Sketching/Scripting Women’ series, the Centre for the Study of Contemporary Women’s Writing and University of London Institute in Paris are hosting a seminar with artist Johanna Schipper later this month. A graphic novel artist and translator, Schipper… Read More ›

• Newcastle’s Seven Stories announces two comics talks in April

  By John Freeman on 9 March 2018

  

  Seven Stories – the institution whose mission is to collect, champion and celebrate its children’s literature – has announced two events presented by publisher and comics expert Paul Gravett in April. Both tie in with their excellent, ongoing “Comics” exhibition…. Read More ›

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