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• 2015 Lakes International Comic Art Festival nets £1.7 million for host town of Kendal

  By John Freeman on November 9, 2015

  

  The Lakes International Comic Art Festival has published the results of its Visitor Survey and Event Evaluation for this year’s October 2015 – and it makes for positive reading for the event, the town and its team of dedicated volunteers. Now in its third… Read More ›

• Creator Talk: Six Questions For MULP’s Matt Gibbs and Sara Dunkerton

  By Jeremy Briggs on November 9, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  2014 saw the release of issue one of MULP: Sceptre Of The Sun, the first of a proposed five issue series from writer Matt Gibbs and artist Sara Dunkerton. There is a long standing tradition of anthropomorphic characters in British… Read More ›

• Chicago to be home for George Lucas Museum of Narrative Art

  By John Freeman on November 9, 2015

  

  The George Lucas Museum of Narrative Art – first announced last year – has been given the green light by Chicago’s City Council, which has approved revised plans for its design. Construction will begin next year on the Museum, which… Read More ›

• Beano Seeking Digital Content Creators for “Top Secret” Project

  By John Freeman on November 8, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  The Beano, Britain’s weekly humour comic published by DC Thomson, is on a recruitment drive for new staff for what looks like being a hugely ambitious new digital push for the title. Announcing the recruitment drive on their official web site… Read More ›

• Edinburgh League Of Comics Invades Thought Bubble 2015

  By Jeremy Briggs on November 8, 2015

  

  Various members of the Edinburgh League Of Comics will be attending and selling their work at Thought Bubble in Leeds on the weekend of 14/15 November 2015 where they will all have tables in the New Dock Hall. The group was… Read More ›

• Something For The Weekend… Doctor Who? James Bond? Johnny Red? Comics On Sale 4th November 2015 leave you spoilt for choice!

  By John Freeman on November 6, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Well, aren’t we spoilt for choice this week when it comes to titles from British creators with new work this week? Will you be a Doctor Who, James Bond or Johnny Red advocate – or hedge your bets and buy… Read More ›

• Enki Bilal’s “The Nikopol Trilogy” – Back in Print in 2016

  By John Freeman on November 6, 2015

  

  Titan Comics is to breathe new life in to the previously unavailable French cult classic, The Nikopol Trilogy by writer and artist Enki Bilal. After being out of print for 20 years, Titan Comics will release a brand new translation of the tale – described by… Read More ›

• Go Commando With a POW Escape Story Cracker And Air Ace Tale!

  By John Freeman on November 6, 2015

  

  Here’s the lowdown on this week’s Commando releases from DC Thomson (Issues 4859-4862), on sale now in all good newsagents and via various digital platforms, all listed below. Commando 4859 – The Duellist Story: Steve Coombs Art: Rezzonico Cover: Ian Kennedy Preview: www.commandocomics.com/latest-issues/5th-november-2015-collection?issue=4859… Read More ›

• Spanish Edition of “Sally Heathcote: Suffragette” An Award-Winning Hit

  By John Freeman on November 5, 2015

  

  Congratulations today to Mary M Talbot, Bryan Talbot and Kate Charlesworth, with the news that the Spanish edition of Sally Heathcote Suffragette has been granted Best Graphic Novel Award for 2015 by the Madrid Booksellers’ Association (Asociación de Libreros de Madrid)…. Read More ›

• Call For Papers: Graphic Gothic in Manchester, July 2016

  By John Freeman on November 5, 2015

  

  The organisers of Graphic Gothic, an event to be held at Manchester Metropolitan University in July 2016, have put out a Call For Papers. The event is being organised in association with Studies in Comics (Intellect Books), the Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics… Read More ›

• Rethinking Mental Illness: How Creating Comics helped artist Darryl Cunningham 

  By John Freeman on November 5, 2015

  

  Darryl Cunningham, author of the brilliant Psychiatric Tales and Supercrash, is featured on the Rethink Mental Illness blog, talking frankly and positively about how creating comics helped him through difficult times. Rethink Mental Illness aims to help millions of people… Read More ›

• Thought Bubble Guests Pre-Festival Signing Tour Dates Announced

  By John Freeman on November 4, 2015

  

  With less than two weeks away from the start of this year’s Thought Bubble Festival, the organisers have just announced a signing tour taking place as part of 2015’s Festival, bringing some Thought Bubble guests to a comic shop near you during the Festival week,… Read More ›

• New Discworld-inpsired game, Clacks, on sale now from Backspindle Games

  By John Freeman on November 4, 2015

  

  Backspindle Games – the Northern Ireland-based games design company, the creators of fun and strategy board games such as Guards! Guards!, the pocket strategy game Codinca and the award-winning Luchador! Mexican Wrestling Dice – have begun shipping their new Discworld-inspired game, Clacks, featuring art… Read More ›

• Art by Darwyn Cooke, Stuart Immonen and Charlie Adlard added to Lakes Festival fund-raising auction

  By John Freeman on November 4, 2015

  

  Art from the Walking Dead comic by Charlie Adlard, superhero drawings by Darwyn Cooke and Stuart Immonen and cartoons by Guardian cartoonist Steve Bell and VIZ artist Graham Dury have been added to the catalogue for Lakes International Comic Art Festival Grand Auction of Original Comic Art, which will take place live and online from London’s Orbital… Read More ›

• Crowdfunding Spotlight: Breaking the mould with Save Our Souls magazine

  By John Freeman on November 3, 2015

  

  Save Our Souls is a stunning looking new British magazine currently seeking crowdfunding of £3000 to launch, which will feature written articles by brilliant writers and journalists, alongside some of the best short comics and illustration you can find. The… Read More ›

• Crucible: The Walking-Notes of Truuug Vanderplatz ‘The Daunting’

  By John Freeman on November 3, 2015

  

  Here’s another “Crucible” extra from co-creator Smuzz, focusing on our resident medical expert, Truug Vanderplatz, set before the first adventure. There’s more about Crucible here, and you can read the strip on Tapastic (publisher interest welcome). Truug’s notes are presented… Read More ›

• Crowdfunding Spotlight: Lloyd and the Bear by Gibson Grey

  By John Freeman on November 3, 2015

  

  It’s already hit its target, but there’s still time to back Gibson Grey‘s planned trade paperback of his terrific Lloyd and the the Bear strip, collecting the first four issues of Lloyd comic adventures with updated artwork and a whole… Read More ›

• In Review: Lew Stringer’s Brickman Returns

  By John Freeman on November 3, 2015

  

  By Lew Stringer Out: Now! The Story: Lew Stringer’s seriously-stupid superhero Brickman is back after an equally stupidly-long absence from comics – and his creator has finally realised a long-held ambition to bring the character’s many fans a new comic… Read More ›

• Great British Comic Characters Reinvented: Adam Eterno

  By John Freeman on November 2, 2015

  

  We launched our British Comic Characters Made New Competition earlier this week and we’ve just received our first entry – Adam Eterno by Graham Hill. First published in Thunder in 1970, Adam was an immortal time traveller, vulnerable only to… Read More ›

• Simon Bisley delivers 2000AD variant Christmas cover – and Jesus Redondo is back in same Prog!

  By John Freeman on November 2, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  2000AD is bidding UK comics retailers a merry Christmas this year as superstar artist Simon Bisley returns to the comic that launched his career with a special cover. The legendary weekly anthology has teamed up with Diamond UK to offer comic… Read More ›

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