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• Kendal Calling: Artists Wanted to Paint Windows for Lakes International Comic Art Festival

  By John Freeman on June 5, 2015

  

  The Windows on Comic Art Trail is a unique element of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival and the team behind the event have just launched an appeal for artists to get involved in this year’s redecoration of local shop… Read More ›

• British Comic Web Sites: Trawling the Statistics

  By John Freeman on June 5, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  Intrigued by things statistical this morning, I thought I’d have a look at the documented audiences for various British comics-related web sites – both publishers and news sites – on Alexa.com, which details their world rankings. As you can see,… Read More ›

• Marvel’s Agent Carter heads to FOX UK, launches 12th July

  By John Freeman on June 5, 2015

  

  FOX UK has acquired the rights to the ABC Studios action-packed ­­­­­­­­post World War Two period drama Marvel’s Agent Carter from Disney UK and Ireland, and the series will begin airing on 12th July. As regular readers already know, the… Read More ›

• Publishers and book lovers urged to back Independent Bookshop Week 2015

  By John Freeman on June 5, 2015

  

  Book lovers and publishers are being encouraged show their support for their local independent bookshops by contributing to some of the dynamic digital initiatives being announced for this year’s Independent Bookshop Week, which is organised by the Booksellers Association – and there’s… Read More ›

• IDW relaunches digital comics offering in partnership with Madefire

  By John Freeman on June 5, 2015

  

  IDW Publishing, a pioneer in digital comics, has launched its next-generation of comic apps for Apple iOS. These new apps were produced in partnership with the premier iOS app developer, Madefire, the company established by a group of creatives that… Read More ›

• Basil Brush “Full Fox on Tour” prompts TV Comic memories

  By John Freeman on June 4, 2015

  

  (Updated 5/6/15): Basil Brush – star of TV, stage and TV Comic – is out and about over the summer months in the UK with his “Full on Fox Tour”, taking in towns across the country from Newport on Saturday to Ipswich… Read More ›

• Ambush and Arctic Battles in the latest Commando comics

  By John Freeman on June 4, 2015

  

  Here’s the intel on the latest issues of DC Thomson’s Commando (Issues 4815-4818) on sale now in all good newsagents and through various digital outlets. If you’re a Commando fan, why not take advantage of our subscription offer? Commando 4815… Read More ›

• All Change at Broken Frontier web site

  By John Freeman on June 4, 2015

  

  The big news for the comic news site Broken Frontier doesn’t stop. Hot on the heels of the successful Kickstarter campaign for its inaugural Broken Frontier Anthology, the acclaimed site is restructuring the top of its editorial staff, heralding an… Read More ›

• “Minnie the Minx” artist Jim Petrie exhibition in Dundee

  By John Freeman on June 4, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  The latest comics exhibition at the Lamb Gallery at the University of Dundee is a memorial show for Minnie the Minx artist Jim Petrie. This special exhibition celebrates the work of artist Jim Petrie, who died in 2014. A former… Read More ›

• Crucible: The Quest Episode 34

  By John Freeman on June 4, 2015

  

  For those who came in late (new readers start here!): deep below the surface of Shaarn, our adventurers confront a terror of legend that has already killed… and threatens to do so again in its own quest! By John Freeman… Read More ›

• Clear Spot: Ten Years of New Doctor Who spin-offs

  By John Freeman on June 3, 2015

  

  In an hour long show looking at new Doctor Who novels, comics and animated serials since the programme returned to television in 2005, Alex Fitch talks to novelist Alastair Reynolds about his book The Harvest of Time and to writers / editors Jay… Read More ›

• Panel Borders: Martian Comics and Ocular Anecdotes

  By John Freeman on June 3, 2015

  

  Starting a month of shows about comic book creators who have used crowd funding to launch various titles on Panel Borders, Britain’s only regularly broadcast radio show about comics, Alex Fitch talks to writer and Sequart’s founder, Dr. Julian Darius and… Read More ›

• In Review: Thrones & Bones – Nightborn

  By John Freeman on June 3, 2015

  

  By Lou Anders Cover and Illustrations by Justin Gerard Publisher: Crown Books Out: 14th July 2015 The Book: From the author of Frostborn comes Book 2 in the acclaimed Thrones and Bones fantasy-adventure trilogy for fans of Lloyd Alexander and Brandon Mull. Karn… Read More ›

• Twelfth Doctor “The Fractures” arc finale debuts

  By John Freeman on June 3, 2015

  

  Today sees the release of Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor #8 from Titan Comics, written by Robbie Morrison (Drowntown, Nikolai Dante) with art by Brian Williamson (Torchwood), bringing us the climactic finale of ‘The Fractures’ story arc! Here’s a sneak… Read More ›

• British Comic Shop Releases (3rd June 2015) – Custard Creams and Gunsuits!

  By John Freeman on June 3, 2015

  

    Here’s our guide to new comics and graphic on sale in British comic shops today (Wednesday 3rd June 2015), complementing our monthly list of new British graphic novels and comic collections (June 2015 list here). This week sees the release of… Read More ›

• Sneak Peek: Verity Fair Book One: Custard Creams & Pink Elephants by Terry Wiley

  By John Freeman on June 2, 2015

  

  Although previously published last year and also available digitally for iPad from SEQUENTIAL (And Part One is also available from Madefire), Terry Wiley‘s marvellous VerityFair Book One: Custard Creams & Pink Elephants gets another round of distribution in comic shops this… Read More ›

• Sneak Peek: Arcadia #2

  By John Freeman on June 2, 2015

  

  The second issue of Boom! Studios Arcadia written by British creator Alex Paknadel with art by Eric Scott Pfeiffer is released in comic shops tomorrow (3rd June 2015) – and here’s a sneak peek. Issue One went to a second printing, much… Read More ›

• Comic Art’s Asterix the Gaul screen print range in the spotlight

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

  

  Leading screen printer John Patrick Reynolds and his company Comic Art added Asterix the Gaul to their licensed range earlier this year and the range is looking terrific, complementing the company’s existing range of British comics-inspired art very nicely, working closely… Read More ›

• New Dennis the Menace book on the way from Cavan Scott and Nigel Parkinson

  By John Freeman on June 2, 2015

  

  Cavan Scott – whose credits include Doctor Who, The Beano, Judge Dredd, Skylanders, Angry Birds, Warhammer 40,000 and more, as well as his own novels and short stories – has  written Dennis the Menace and Gnasher: The Golden Catapult for Puffin Books, to be released… Read More ›

• Call For Papers: Transtions 6

  By John Freeman on June 1, 2015

  

    The TRANSITIONS 6 – New Directions in Comics Studies 2015 Symposium will take place on 31st October 2015 at Birkbeck, University of London and a Call For Papers has just gone out. The Respondent will be Professor Roger Sabin (of Central… Read More ›

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