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• Britain’s New Statesman magazine looking for a new cartoonist

  By John Freeman on May 12, 2016

  

  Britain’s New Statesman – a political and cultural magazine founded in 1913 – has issued an an open call for submissions for the NS back page cartoon. Here’s the full details from their site: The back page of the New Statesman has a… Read More ›

• Pictures from an Exhibition: The 2002 Bristol Dan Dare show

  By John Freeman on May 11, 2016

  

  Back in 2002, Bristol’s Museum and Art Gallery played host to a Dan Dare exhibition, the same year that saw the launch of the short-lived animated series.  One visitor, John Leslie Sinclair, has kindly shared some of his pictures of… Read More ›

• 1950s Dan Dare Treen Mask Up For Auction – And It Could Be Rarer Than Auctioneers Think

  By Jeremy Briggs on May 11, 2016

  

  On Wednesday 18th and Thursday 19th May 2016, auctioneers and valuers Bearnes, Hampton and Littlewood will be auctioning a full head alien mask at their auction house in Exeter. Listed as item 1200 in the the auction catalogue (PDF link, correcting for incorrect… Read More ›

• Andrew Cartmel’s Vinyl Detective Released

  By John Freeman on May 11, 2016

  

  Just released by Titan Books is former Doctor Who script editor and Rivers of London comic co-writer Andrew Cartmel’s new novel The Vinyl Detective: Written in Dead Wax. Titan have clearly got a lot of faith in this new title… Read More ›

• Dan Dare Audio Adventures Cast Revealed, Recording Underway

  By John Freeman on May 10, 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  Inspired by the original Eagle comic strips, the cast for B7 Media’s dramatic new audio version of Dan Dare – currently recording in London – has been announced. Ed Stoppard – The Pianist, Joy Division, Brideshead Revisited and Youth –… Read More ›

• Planet Replica Reveals Limited Edition Mekon Figure, solicits pre-orders

  By John Freeman on May 9, 2016

  

  Planet Replicas Ltd – makers of many 2000AD-inspired items  – has begun taking orders for a limited edition release of the Mekon as he appeared in “Dan Dare” in the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic. A limited edition of just 350 pieces, this… Read More ›

• Modiphius Thunderbirds game Expansion details revealed

  By John Freeman on May 9, 2016

  

  Modiphius Entertainment has just released information for the expansion to their Thunderbirds board game, Thunderbirds: Tracy Island. The expansion on the Thunderbirds co-operative board game will require the base game to play. It  includes new cards, playable characters, machines and models of 14 pod… Read More ›

• Striker’s Return – Announcement Soon?

  By John Freeman on May 9, 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  Striker creator Pete Nash has told fans of the popular strip – sadly dropped from The Sun’s print edition – that news on the strip’s future should be announced soon. Strikerworld, the official fan site for the strip, have been… Read More ›

• New Art Released for Dave McKean’s “Black Dog” – World Premiere soon!

  By John Freeman on May 9, 2016

  

  Award-winning comic creator Dave McKean has just released two new tantalising images from his amazing new project Black Dog – The Dreams of Paul Nash, which gets its world premiere, multimedia launch in Kendal at the end of this month. As… Read More ›

• Big Finish Launches Paul Spragg Memorial Doctor Who Short Trip Competition

  By John Freeman on May 9, 2016

  

    Two years ago, Big Finish, producers of a huge number of Doctor Who audio adventures, lost the much-loved Paul Spragg, producer’s assistant by role, but a vital contributor across the company as a whole and to the people working… Read More ›

• Words From Beyond: IPC Managing Editor Gil Page – EFA Interview

  By Jeremy Briggs on May 9, 2016

  

  The recent sad news of the passing of Gil Page, an editorial stalwart of Amalgamated Press, Fleetway, IPC and latterly as that company’s Managing Editor, resulted in many words of tribute from those who worked with him and for him… Read More ›

• Awesome Comics Podcast Episode 45: Kirk Campbell and Dirty Rotten Comics

  By John Freeman on May 9, 2016

  

  Kirk Campbell, one of the minds behind the brilliant anthology Dirty Rotten Comics joins the Awesome Comics Podcast gang to talk about the series, how it came to be, the amazing creators that have contributed and so much more. It’s a… Read More ›

• Soviet Children’s Book Art at London’s House of Illustration

  By John Freeman on May 8, 2016

  

  London’s House of Illustration, currently hosting the marvellous  Comix Creatrix exhibition, will host an exhibition of  Soviet children’s picture book illustration from Russa from the end of May. With their perfect synthesis of typography, design and illustration, Soviet children’s books… Read More ›

• Absence Creator Martin Stiff releases free new supernatural sci-fi comic for FBCD

  By John Freeman on May 7, 2016

  

  British comic creator and designer Martin Stiff – best known for The Absence, published by Titan Comics  – has gone digital for Free Comic Book Day by releasing a free, new 29-page web-comic. “It’s a story completely unrelated to The Absence (although… Read More ›

• Happy Birthday, First Age Comics! Lancaster store celebrates ten year of comics trading today

  By John Freeman on May 7, 2016

  

  Lancaster comic shop First Age Comics will be celebrating today – not just because it’s Free Comic Book Day, which helps boost visitors to the shop – but also the fact it’s the company’s Tenth Anniversary. As you can imagine, dedicated owners Lucy… Read More ›

• Big Finish Productions Doctor Who Licence Extended to 2025

  By John Freeman on May 6, 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  Big Finish Productions has announced that its licence from BBC Worldwide to make original Doctor Who and Torchwood dramas on audio has been extended until June 20th 2025. Big Finish released its first Doctor Who audio production, Doctor Who: The Sirens of Time, in… Read More ›

• Jings! Crivvens! Maw Broon’s Kitchen to open in Dundee

  By John Freeman on May 6, 2016

  

  Publisher DC Thomson has announced that the first Maw Broon’s Kitchen will open in Dundee city centre next year. Following the retail launch of a range of Maw Broon’s Kitchen-branded food products, the publishing company has worked with a selected… Read More ›

• Broken Frontier Publishes First Small Press Yearbook

  By John Freeman on May 6, 2016

  

  Following hot of the heels of the release of its brilliant Broken Frontier Anthology, the comic book and graphic novel news site has just released another great publication – the Broken Frontier Small Press Year Book 2016. Launched on Friday 29th… Read More ›

• Titan Comics “Assassin’s Creed” Free Comic Book Day – Full Details

  By John Freeman on May 6, 2016

  

  Titan Comics are releasing a new Assassin’s Creed one-shot featuring two original short stories from the popular Assassin’s and Templar series this weekend (Saturday 7th May), as part of this year’s Free Comic Book Day. Free Comic Book Day is a single day when participating comic book specialty shops around… Read More ›

• Something For The Weekend: This Week’s New – and Free! – Comics (w/c 2nd May 2016)

  By John Freeman on May 6, 2016

  

  Heading to your local comic shop this weekend? Of course you are – it’s Free Comic Book Day on Saturday, and no-one’s going to pass up the chance of free comics, are they? Especially when your local comic shop –… Read More ›

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