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• Crowdfunding Spotlight: Milford Green, a Victorian alien graphic novel

  By John Freeman on 31 January 2018

  

  Apart from winning “Prettiest Village in the British Empire, 1897” Milford Green is a normal village in the rolling hills of Southern England. That is until on one summer’s evening, Alfie Fairfield, a socially awkward inventor, sees some kind of… Read More ›

• New indie comic titles galore set to launch at this weekend’s True Believers Comic Festival!

  By John Freeman on 31 January 2018

  

  The excellent True Believers Comic Festival returns to Cheltenham Racecourse this very weekend, offering a heady line-up of great comics guests and a panel event that includes the Awesome Comics Podcast team – featuring our very own, patent pending Tony Esmond!… Read More ›

• ComicsFlix news site announces return of stripzine Atomic and a new, subscription-only comic magazine

  By John Freeman on 31 January 2018

  

  The comics news site ComicsFlix has just announced two great new print titles – including Comic Scene UK, a subscription only monthly comic magazine – as part of a return for its team’s return to publishing. Also in the works is a… Read More ›

• Accident Man? Buy the movie, but don’t forget the comic!

  By John Freeman on 30 January 2018

  

   Next month sees the DVD, Blu-ray, and digital release of comic book movie, Accident Man in the US (the UK date hasn’t been announced) – based on the comic crated and written by 2000AD creator Pat Mills and Tony Skinner, with artists… Read More ›

• Tammy’s classic comic story “Bella at the Bar” back in print, exclusive cover reveal!

  By John Freeman on 30 January 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  Two new collections from British girls comics are on their way from 2000AD publishers Rebellion – and the good news is that they aren’t just sticking to collecting stories from Misty. The great news is that one of the new… Read More ›

• Oxford-based TORCH to host several comic-related events, Bryan and Mary Talbot on guest list

  By John Freeman on 30 January 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  Launched in May 2013, Oxford-based TORCH provides an important opportunity for the city’s humanities scholars to collaborate with researchers across other disciplines, and institutions; work with academics across all stages of their academic careers; develop partnerships with public and private… Read More ›

• Mort Walker’s “Beetle Bailey” in Britain

  By John Freeman on 29 January 2018

  

  How “Beetle Bailey” crossed the pond. You’ll be surprise who drew him!

• Crowdfunding Spotlight: Steven Ingram’s “Left” on Kickstarter

  By Jeremy Briggs on 29 January 2018

  

  Artist and writer Steven Ingram has been making comics for over 10 years and since 2013 he has been self publishing Left which tells the story of Sam, a girl who is trying to keep away from a cult she was a member of… Read More ›

• Knock me down with a kipper! downthetubes is 20 years old in… October!

  By John Freeman on 29 January 2018

  

  Well, I’ve got egg all over my face this morning. Ever striving to bring accurate reports on the world of comics (largely, at present, British comics) and more, marking major events where we can between the demands of various editing… Read More ›

• Time to celebrate: Egmont UK’s long-running comic magazine TOXIC hits 300

  By John Freeman on 28 January 2018

  

  Buried inside a gaudy plastic bag on British newsstands right now is TOXIC Issue 300, but no-one seems to have noticed the landmark except some of its creative team – and Phil Boyce over at the Oink! blog, who posted… Read More ›

• Web Find: Classics Illustrated World War Specials with John M. Burns covers

  By John Freeman on 27 January 2018

  

  Back in 2014, Classic Comic Store published two Classics Illustrated special issues, re-publishing some of their World War-inspired material, but what I missed back then is that both feature new covers by ace British artist John M. Burns. Running to… Read More ›

• The Ballad of Halo Jones, M.A.C.H. 1 and Mazeworld – a guide to collections out in 2018 from 2000AD

  By John Freeman on 26 January 2018

  

  A new colour version of Alan Moore and Ian Gibson’s all-time classic SF adventure The Ballad of Halo Jones leads an incredible year of graphic novel releases from 2000AD, which also includes the release of Alan Grant and Arthur Ranson‘s stunning… Read More ›

• Titan Comics teases “The Prisoner” projects, more new series revealed, lost Jack Kirby project collected

  By John Freeman on 25 January 2018

  

  Titan Comics have revealed the covers and teased interior art on their celebratory The Prisoner comic first teased and reported on downthetubes last October. They’ve also announced the impending publication of an oversized artist edition of a lost The Prisoner… Read More ›

• Creating Comics: A Turn of the Millennium Interview with Alan Moore, Part Two

  By John Freeman on 25 January 2018

  

  First published on the Engine Comics web site way back in 2002, this is the second part of a wide-ranging interview with Alan Moore specifically about writing comics with Daniel Whiston is a fascinating read, and is re-published here on… Read More ›

• In Review: 2000AD Prog 2065

  By John Freeman on 25 January 2018

  

  The latest issue of 2000AD, on sale now in all good newsagents and comic shops, continues to stoke up the fires for all its protagonists, with some particularly grim outlooks for the ABC Warriors and Savage – and Dredd isn’t… Read More ›

• Artist and writer Nick Brokenshire joins Star Wars Adventures creators

  By John Freeman on 24 January 2018

  

  Artist Nick Brokenshire, whose credits include IDW’s Amelia Cole series and The Once and Future Queen for Dark Horse Comics, is the latest creator to work on IDW’s all-ages Star Wars Adventures title. He’s both written and drawn a story… Read More ›

• Saga, Walking Dead top 2017 comic store books sales chart

  By John Freeman on 24 January 2018

  

  Diamond Book Distributors has announced the top 25 best-selling graphic novels from publishers they distribute to comic shops through 2017, based on sales data gathered from their retailer network and retail partners – and it looks like US publisher Image Comics… Read More ›

• Crowdfunding Spotlight: Sliced Quarterly Volume 2, the Experimental Comic Anthology

  By John Freeman on 24 January 2018

  

  Sliced Quarterly, an experimental comic anthology, is running a crowdfunding campaign to print its second trade paperback collection. The diversity of the strips included offers a fascinating snapshot of creative talent out there in the indie field right now and… Read More ›

• Blake’s 7 40th Anniversary marked with stunning new Inifinity magazine cover by Pete Wallbank

  By John Freeman on 24 January 2018 • ( 2 )

  

  Happy 40th anniversary, Blake’s 7! This month marks 40 years since Terry Nation‘s SF adventure series launched on BBC1, and there’s been no shortage of celebrations – not least of them artist Pete Wallbank‘s marvellous cover art for an upcoming… Read More ›

• In Pictures: Orbital Comics “Kirby Consciousness” Exhibition, Image Comics-inspired exhibition on now

  By John Freeman on 24 January 2018

  

  For anyone who couldn’t get to the “Kirby Consciousness” exhibition at Orbital Comics in London, here are a few hurried snaps Richard Sheaf took the other evening, offering plenty of examples of Jack Kirby comics and artists taking their own spin on his work. In… Read More ›

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