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• 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 ›

• Top Spanish comic artists Jordi Bernet and Paco Roca join Lakes Festival Line-Up

  By John Freeman on May 5, 2016

  

  The Lakes International Comic Art Festival has just announced appearances by two top Spanish comic creators at this year’s Festival (14th-16th October) – Torpedo and Jonah Hex artist Jordi Bernet and Paco Roca, best known for his award-winning graphic novel Wrinkles…. Read More ›

• Artist Emma Vieceli Mind Probed for Doctor Who: Panel to Panel

  By John Freeman on May 5, 2016

  

  Better late than never, in the latest episode of Jeremy Bement’s terrific Doctor Who: Panel to Panel, he covers a lot of Doctor Who comic news, reviews “Shock Horror” from Doctor Who Adventures Issue 13 (Danger! Spoilers!), praising Tommy Donbavand’s script… Read More ›

• Awesome Comics Podcast Episode 44 – Comics Writer Luke Halsall

  By John Freeman on May 5, 2016

  

  Writer Luke Halsall takes a moment out of being a new dad to join the Awesome Pod this week to talk about his work in the Avery Hill Publishing anthology Reads, Out of Time (a Time Travelling Adventure published by Luke and… Read More ›

• Remembering Gil Page: A Personal Tribute by David Hunt

  By John Freeman on May 5, 2016 • ( 2 )

  

  Former comics editor David Hunt pays tribute to one of the great, and largely unsung force behind the success of British comics over several decades – Gil Page, who died earlier this week. I last saw my dear friend Gil Page… Read More ›

• No Laughing Matter? Comic Writer Tommy Donbavand versus Cancer

  By Matt Badham on May 4, 2016

  

  Author and comics writer Tommy Donbavand was diagnosed with inoperable throat cancer in March 2016. In this interview, he talks about his novels and comics, writing a blog about his cancer and how our readers can help him… Matt Badham:… Read More ›

• Partners in Crime: Andy Diggle and Angela Cruickshank take “Control” in June

  By John Freeman on May 4, 2016

  

  1st June 2016 sees the launch of a new six-part miniseries, Control, written by Andy Diggle (The Losers, Thief of Theives) and partner Angela Cruickshank, with art from Andrea Mutti (Le Syndrome de Caïn, Iron Man, Noir) and Vladmir Popov (Darklight, Steed and Mrs Peel), published by US publisher Dynamite Entertainment. In Control,… Read More ›

• New Commando Title includes a tribute to artist Ken Barr

  By John Freeman on May 4, 2016 • ( 2 )

  

  Here’s the intel on the latest issues of Commando (Issues 4911-4914) from DC Thomson, on sale now in all good newsagents and assorted digital platforms (detailed below). This batch of the ace war comic includes “Rogue Pilot”, featuring a cover by the… Read More ›

• In Memoriam: IPC Managing Editor Gil Page

  By John Freeman on May 4, 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  We’re sorry to report the passing of Gil Page, an editorial stalwart of Amalgamated Press, Fleetway, IPC and latterly Egmont, as that company’s Managing Editor. He passed away peacefully in his sleep earlier in the week, aged 79. “Gil was… Read More ›

• IDW To Publish M.A.S.K. Comic Book in November – but will reprints of UK series follow?

  By John Freeman on May 3, 2016

  

  Hasbro’s Mobile Armored Strike Kommand (M.A.S.K.) is returning in a new ongoing comic. Joining other recent Hasbro additions to the IDW Publishing slate, ROM and Micronauts, M.A.S.K. will become the latest property to receive its own comic series. Mobile • Armored • Strike • Kommand… Read More ›

• Preston’s Talk Nerdy to Me III offers “Science of Tatooine” talk and more

  By John Freeman on May 3, 2016

  

  Talk Nerdy to Me – a free annual convention celebrating all types of nerdiness and fun will be held at Preston’s Harris Library, Museum and Art Gallery on Friday 13th May, from 5.00 to 10.00pm. The Talk Nerdy to Me III… Read More ›

• Secrets Revealed: How artist Gordon C. Livingstone started on Commando

  By Colin Noble on May 3, 2016

  

  Some days, it’s just so hard to get going when it comes to comic research, but there are others when good things just fall into your lap. Today was one of those days when good things just kept falling. My… Read More ›

• Will You Be Spellbound by this British Comics Auction?

  By John Freeman on May 3, 2016

  

  An auction of the lifetime collection of artist Alan Hunter, featuring science fiction and comic ephemera owned by the late and great fanzine artist goes under the hammer on Saturday – and includes a number of lots of British comics,… Read More ›

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