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• Something For The Weekend (w/c 25th July 2016) – Dredd versus Aliens … versus Rom the Spaceknight?

  By John Freeman on 26 July 2016 • ( 2 )

  

  Sadly, despite the terrific cover by John McCrea above, Judge Dredd only battles Rom the Spaceknight – back thanks to IDW this week – in this one striking image. But the good news is that Mega City One’s favourite lawman… Read More ›

• Star Trek: Discovery – New TV Series Teaser Released

  By John Freeman on 25 July 2016

  

  San Diego Comic Con saw the release of the first teaser trailer for the new Star Trek TV show, which debuts in the US on CBS in January 2017, followed by around airing (except Canada) on Netflix. Titled Star Trek:… Read More ›

• In Review – Sliced (Quarterly) Issue #3

  By Antony Esmond on 25 July 2016

  

  Edited by Ken Reynolds Cover by Saffron Knight Featuring – Jon Laight (Brethren Born/Level 8 Comics), Rory Donald (Griff Gristle/Madius Comics), Ben Peter Johnson (Blythemporia), Kathryn Briggs (Dirty Rotten Comics), Simon Mackie, S.K. Moore (Macbeth GN), Maximilian Meier, David Hailwood (100%… Read More ›

• Eisner Award Winners 2016

  By John Freeman on 24 July 2016

  

  San Diego Comic Con saw the announcement of this year’s Eisner Award winners – and it was good news for Britain’s Sean Phillips, artist on The Fade Out, who co-won the award for Best Limited Series which is written by… Read More ›

• Justice League, Wonder Woman Teasers Released at San Diego Comic Con

  By John Freeman on 24 July 2016

  

  WB premiered initial footage from Justice League Assemble – due for release 17th November 2017 – at San Diego Comic Con, and you can judge for yourselves whether or not they’ve learnt anything from Batman V Superman debacle. (Well, a… Read More ›

• In Review: Vessels

  By Colin Noble on 23 July 2016

  

  Card Shark Comics has launched their second title and it is worth checking out. A mixture of fantasy, horror and the cold hard light of day merge together to give a very interesting Issue One. The story begins with our… Read More ›

• Hook Jaw is back – and Titan Comics has snagged him!

  By John Freeman on 23 July 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  (Updated 28th July 2016, new imagery added): Comics news site Multiversity Comics has delivered the news that Hook Jaw – the giant killer shark first brought to life in the pages of 1970s comic Action by Pat Mills, Ken Armstrong and Ramon… Read More ›

• Weird and Wonderful! It’s the new Doctor Who Adventures!

  By John Freeman on 22 July 2016

  

  You know something has been missing from your summer? Well, that’s all about to change with the latest issue of Doctor Who Adventures, featuring an all-new comic strip by James Peaty, Russ Leach and John Burns. PIRATES OF VOURAKIS James Peaty,… Read More ›

• A Friday Rant: The Perplexing Non Publicity for many British Comic Publications

  By John Freeman on 22 July 2016

  

  The latest issue of InPublishing, a magazine covering all aspects of newspaper, magazine and digital publishing – available free to those working in publishing – and which publishes all its features, free to view, online – has just interviewed Egmont… Read More ›

• Early debut for Titan Comics Mycroft Holmes title at SDCC, Titan Comics Plans Unveiled

  By John Freeman on 22 July 2016

  

  This San Diego Comic-Con, Britain’s Titan Comics is brings its biggest ever offering to the massive event – a feast of exciting debuts, SDCC variants and special appearances from a host of creators. These include NBA all-star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Mycroft… Read More ›

• In Review: Antares – Episode 6

  By Jeremy Briggs on 22 July 2016

  

  Brazilian artist and writer Leo (Luiz Eduardo de Oliveira) continues his Worlds of Aldebaran saga of 22nd century interplanetary settlers with the final book in the ongoing Antares saga, Episode 6. Having flown with a small team from the settlers’… Read More ›

• Doctor Who Comics at San Diego, New Projects To Be Revealed

  By John Freeman on 22 July 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  If you’re lucky enough to be heading to this year’s San Diego Comic Con this weekend, then look out for a special Doctor Who convention special courtesy of Titan Comics – available in two variant covers, one by Alice X Zhang… Read More ›

• Panel to Panel Interviews Doctor Who comic creator Dan McDaid

  By John Freeman on 22 July 2016

  

  Episode 58 of Doctor Who: Panel to Panel is available for download, so grab your copy of The Crimson Hand graphic novel and flip through it as host Jeremy Bement chats with comic creator Dan McDaid about his run on the… Read More ›

• New Danger Mouse comic launches

  By John Freeman on 21 July 2016 • ( 3 )

  

  DC Thomson has launched its Danger Mouse magazine, a four-weekly magazine aimed at primary kids. It’s of course magazine is based on the hit CBBC show that’s successfully introduced secret agent Danger Mouse to whole new audience, saving London, saving the world… Read More ›

• Comic Creator Spotlight: A Story from “Buscavidas” by Carlos Trillo and Alberto Breccia, in English

  By John Freeman on 21 July 2016

  

  As a supplement to artist Ron Tiner‘s thee-part series on the life and work of Argentinian comics creator Alberto Breccia, here’s six pages from his work Buscavidas (a title which has different titles in English, among them “Story Gatherer”, “Scandal… Read More ›

• Awesome Comics Podcast Episode 55: Matt Rooke and Bubbles O’Seven

  By John Freeman on 21 July 2016

  

  The Awesome Comics Podcast Episode 55, features Matt Rooke, co-creator of Apes ‘n’ Capes, and brings you the lowdown on some talking comics … and apes! Matt Rooke, the artist behind Apes ‘n’ Capes and the brand new primate spy… Read More ›

• Neil Gaiman and Shane Oakley partner on “Forbidden Brides” for Dark Horse

  By John Freeman on 21 July 2016

  

  Dark Horse have announced Neil Gaiman (Sandman) is returning to one of his darkly complicated short stories in Neil Gaiman’s Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Secret House of the Night of Dread Desire. That’s surely got to… Read More ›

• Something For The Weekend (w/c 18th July 2016) – Support Your Local Comic Shop!

  By John Freeman on 20 July 2016

  

  So, last week as I was promoting the week’s new comics, I was a bit flippant about the price rises for imported US comics British comic shops will have to pass on to their customers (imposed by Diamond, who had no choice, either,… Read More ›

• Lakes International Comic Art Festival – Festival Flash Guide!

  By John Freeman on 20 July 2016

  

  The fourth Lakes International Comic Art Festival will run from 14-16 October 2016 in Kendal, Cumbria, celebrating great comic art from across the world – and the full details for every ticketed event have now been announced. Here’s a “Flash Guide”… Read More ›

• Comic Creator Spotlight: The Life and Work of Alberto Breccia – Part Two by Ron Tiner

  By John Freeman on 19 July 2016 • ( 2 )

  

  He’s perhaps best known to British comic fans for his work through the Bardon Press Features office in Barcelona for Fleetway Edtions in the 1960s, first on Super Detective Picture Library Number 172 “Passport to Peril” (an adaptation of the novel, Assignment Helene by Edward… Read More ›

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