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• Bids for rare Dandy Comic Number Two on eBay – complete with jumping frog – hit £6400

  By John Freeman on 14 October 2017

  

  We’re used to seeing British comic rarities crop up on sites like ComPal and Heritage Auctions, but it’s rare one as valuable as The Dandy Comic Number Two, complete with a slightly damaged but working jumping frog gift, crop up on… Read More ›

• Sneak Peek and Review: Scream & Misty Halloween Special 2017

  By John Freeman on 14 October 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  MINOR SPOILER WARNING! 2000AD publisher Rebellion’s eagerly-anticipated Scream & Misty Halloween Special 2017 goes on sale on Wednesday 18th October – and we have a sneak peek for you. The Special features some classic comics from Misty, Scream and Thunder,… Read More ›

• Lakes Festival Focus 2017: It’s the Etherington Brothers! (Well, one of ’em!)

  By John Freeman on 13 October 2017

  

  This year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival starts today, and we’re delighted to bring you one final interview with two of the guests from across the globe – with Robin Etherington, representing the amazing Etherington Brothers! You won’t find a… Read More ›

• In Pictures: Valerian creators Pierre Christin and Jean Claude Mezieres in London

  By John Freeman on 13 October 2017

  

  Last month, Pierre Christin and Jean-Claude Mézières were in London, at the Institut Francais, for an event titled Valerian & Laureline Disclosed. Chaired by comics expert Paul Gravett, the Valerian creators were full of life and were happy to rib each other… Read More ›

• How Comics inspire reading – Charlie Adlard’s mission as Comics Laureate continues

  By John Freeman on 13 October 2017

  

  Yesterday, I attended and inspirational talk by Comics Laureate Charlie Adlard and Dr Natasa Lackovic from the GNC ReOPen project at Lancaster University, about how comics can encourage reading and how getting people involved in creating comics can be a… Read More ›

• Ed Pinsent’s Drake, a 1980s British indie comic classic, is back!

  By John Freeman on 13 October 2017

  

  How on earth did I miss this? Ed Pinsent – one of the most distinctive voices in independent comics of the 1980s, put out a new Drake Ullingsworth title back in July. Plus, he has an amazing web site that’s… Read More ›

• “Scotland Yardie” artist Joseph Samuels joins Lakes Festival line-up

  By John Freeman on 12 October 2017

  

  The Lakes International Comic Art Festival has announced a last-minute change to its planned events for its 2017 Festival weekend in Kendal (13th – 15th October). Unfortunately, post his busy New York Comic Con schedule, writer Peter Milligan, who was… Read More ›

• Lakes Festival Focus 2017: An Interview with Australian comics creator and educator Stuart Medley

  By John Freeman on 12 October 2017

  

  We’re just one day away from this year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival and we have another interview with one of many guests from across the globe – with Australian comics creator and educator Stuart Medley. Stuart’s comics clients have… Read More ›

• Lakes Festival Focus 2017: An Interview with Australian Comics Creator Bruce Mutard

  By John Freeman on 11 October 2017

  

  We’re just days away from this year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival and we have another interview with one of many guests from across the globe – Bruce Mutard, an inspirational comics creator from Australia. A previous guest, this year… Read More ›

• Crowdfunding Spotlight: cyberpunkdreams by Rob Chant

  By John Freeman on 11 October 2017

  

  cyberpunkdreams is a great-looking dystopian world project, encompassing several different media including an illustrated collection of short stories that has already achieved its £4000 Kickstarter target, conceived by Cambridge-based author cyberpunk author Rob Chant. It’s a project by Late Night Games,… Read More ›

• Sneak Peek: Graphic Science by Darryl Cunningham

  By John Freeman on 11 October 2017

  

  Overlooked, sidelined, excluded, discredited: key figures in scientific discovery come and take their bow in an alternative Nobel prize gallery – Graphic Science, a new book by graphic novelist Darryl Cunningham published by Myriad Editions – and we have a… Read More ›

• “Illegal” a stunning new graphic novel from Eoin Colfer, Andrew Donkin and Giovanni Rigano, debuts

  By John Freeman on 11 October 2017

  

  Two years in the making, the graphic novel Illegal from Irish Children’s Laureate Eoin Colfer and children’s author and graphic novelist Andrew Donkin, illustrated by Italian artist, Giovanni Rigano, has just been published, and it’s already attracting well-deserved critical attention. The… Read More ›

• Out Today: Dan Dare #1 – Sneak Peek

  By John Freeman on 11 October 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  The new Dan Dare comic from Titan Comics launches today and we’ve got some pages to share with you. Here’s the full intel on this action-packed first issue, written by Peter Milligan, with art by Alberto Foche! It’s on sale… Read More ›

• New Lakes International Comic Art Festival “App” offers artwork rewards

  By John Freeman on 11 October 2017

  

  Heading to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival? Get the Festival app on your iPhone, iPad or iTouch – and grab some artwork rewards as you explore Kendal. Created by Mobetrics, a Cumbrian mobile technology and app development company, the… Read More ›

• In Review: Ismyre by B. Mure

  By Antony Esmond on 10 October 2017

  

  Ismyre by B. Mure Full Colour – 80 pages Published by Avery Hill Publishing “A fantasy mystery story…” The Story: In the city of Ismyre, Ed the sculptor works as his widower neighbour sings strange melodies late into the night…. Read More ›

• Finnish Comic Village rises up in Kendal, featuring Tove Jansson photographic exhibition and more

  By John Freeman on 10 October 2017

  

  The Finnish Institute in London launches The Finnish Village at the The Lakes International Comic Art Festival held in Kendal, Cumbria this weekend. The festival, which will take place 13th – 15th October, brings some of the biggest international names… Read More ›

• Frank Bellamy “Garth” strip sells for over $600 at Heritage Auctions

  By John Freeman on 10 October 2017

  

  Heritage Auctions offered this Frank Bellamy Garth daily comic strip first published in the Daily Mirror in 1975 in its latest auction at the weekend, which sold for over $650. J214 dated 8-29-75 sees Garth use a pilot’s trick to throw… Read More ›

• New Comics and Graphic Novels set to launch at this year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival

  By John Freeman on 10 October 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  The Lakes International Comic Art Festival tales place this weekend in Kendal (13th – 15th October 2017). Along with its free Family Zone, comic creator talks, signings, exhibitions, illustration portfolio reviews, Finnish Village (and sauna!) there are a number of… Read More ›

• US Naval Academy Museum explores how the Navy has been portrayed in SF

  By John Freeman on 6 October 2017

  

  On 18th November 2017 from 1200 – 1700 EST, the United States Naval Academy Museum will host #NavyCon, a conference on how fleet forces have been portrayed in science fiction and how those apply to what the US navy does… Read More ›

• New York Comic Con 2017: Day One

  By John Freeman on 6 October 2017

  

  Tony Esmond reports from across the Atlantic on his first day at New York Comic Con 2017… Last night was a doozy. I met up with Marc Laming, Amri and Adrian Hashimi (check out www.adrianhashimi.com for some of the best… Read More ›

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