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• ComiXology Unlimited, Digital Comics Subscription Service, Launched in US

  By John Freeman on 25 May 2016

  

  ComiXology, the digital comics platform that Amazon acquired in 2014, has announced the launch of ComiXology Unlimited, a Netflix/Amazon Prime-styled service offering access to thousands of titles from nearly a dozen comics publishers on a monthly subscription. Currently only available in the US,… Read More ›

• New Mega City Book Club Podcast Celebrates 2000AD’s “Dan Dare”

  By John Freeman on 25 May 2016

  

  A new podcast celebrating 2000AD and its proudest fans’ first discovery of the comic has just launched. This first episode of the podcast, dedicated to all the collected editions from 2000AD and Rebellion Publishing, is the brainchild of host Eamonn Clarke and for… Read More ›

• New 2000AD features debut of artist Steven Austin in Galaxy’s Greatest Comic

  By John Freeman on 25 May 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  This week’s 2000AD – Prog 1982 , available from all good newsagents, comic shops, and on various digital platforms! – sees the debut of artist Steven Austin in the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic, providing art for a “Time Twister” tale -“The Timeless… Read More ›

• REPAINT Your Heroes with Comic Artist Graham Pearce at this year’s Lancaster Comics Day

  By John Freeman on 24 May 2016

  

  After the success of last year’s Lancaster Comics Day, Preston-based comic creator Graham Pearce – best known for his wonderful SGT. MIKE BATTLE indie comic – is back with his popular REPAINTED workshop where he will be inviting comic fans… Read More ›

• Judge Dredd-inspired “Lawgiver” convention back for third year this weekend

  By John Freeman on 24 May 2016

  

  The 2000AD/ Judge Dredd-inspired comic event Lawgiver back on Saturday 28th May and organisers promise it will be bigger, better and more badass! The Lawgiver III guest list includes Mick McMahon (artist on “Judge Dredd”, “Slaine”, “ABC Warriors”, Batman, Tank Girl);  Abigail Bulmer (artist… Read More ›

• Crucible Character Models On Display at Glasgow’s Satellite 5 SF Convention

  By John Freeman on 24 May 2016

  

  Top designer Alligator Descartes, who has created some amazing Crucible figures based on designs by Smuzz for the eponymous comic story which you can read on Tapastic, will be giving a talk at Satellite 5, a Glasgow SF convention, this weekend,… Read More ›

• Comic Creator Spotlight: The Art of Gordon C. Livingstone

  By Colin Noble on 24 May 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  Artist Gordon Livingstone is another unsung hero of British comics. Born on 17th August 1934, he grew up in the tenements of Lochee, Dundee. As a school leaver, Gordon ended up working as an office boy for a local law firm… Read More ›

• Kate Evans “Threads” gives a human face to Calais refugees

  By John Freeman on 24 May 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  Comic artist Kate Evans is currently working on a graphic novel about the  current international refugee crisis, giving a human face to the 5000 plus people living in Calais that the British right wing press has done its best to both… Read More ›

• MCM London – Writers to Look Out For

  By Antony Esmond on 23 May 2016

  

  MCM London is fast approaching, taking place over the three days between Friday 27th of May and Sunday 29th of May at the Excel Centre, in London’s Docklands. Whilst it’s normally a gaudy and minor celebrity filled show, it’s important… Read More ›

• In Memoriam: Stewart Perkins (WR Logan)

  By John Freeman on 23 May 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  Writer Richmond Clements, co-editor of FutureQuake, pays tribute to an unsung hero of British comics – and particularly 2000AD – fandom, whose death was announced at the weekend… There has been a running black joke this year about the innumerable number… Read More ›

• DC Thomson to publish Noddy magazine inspired by DreamWorks Animation’s Noddy, Toyland Detective

  By John Freeman on 23 May 2016

  

  DC Thomson has announced it will publish a magazine based on the new DreamWorks Animation television series Noddy, Toyland Detective. Noddy magazine will follow Noddy, Toyland Detective, now airing on Channel 5’s Milkshake, which sees Noddy and his famous car, Revs… Read More ›

• Awesome Comics Podcast Episode 47 – Kevin Bieber and Man vs Rock!

  By John Freeman on 23 May 2016

  

  Buckle your seat belts folks because Kevin Bieber, one of the creators behind Man vs Rock, the craziest and most hilarious small press books ever created joins the gang this week. He talks about how the book came to be,… Read More ›

• Awesome Comics Podcast Episode 46: Monty Nero

  By John Freeman on 22 May 2016

  

  Better late than never, here’s our plug for the latest episode of the Awesome Comics Podcast, which is rapidly heading to its landmark half century of episodes! This week, Monty Nero, creator of the acclaimed super powered comic Death Sentence… Read More ›

• Andy Fanton pens “A Tale of Two Scottish Cities” for Jurys hotel chain

  By John Freeman on 20 May 2016

  

  Jurys had a hotel in Edinburgh and one in Glasgow… but now they have two in each city and to celebrate the recent launch of their new accommodation, they created this comic strip all about both great cities… it’s Shakespeare with a Scotch Twist!… Read More ›

• Bradford Literature Festival Challenges artist Rian Hughes to re-visit his Yesterday’s Tomorrows

  By John Freeman on 19 May 2016

  

  There’s a chance to travel back in time with Dan Dare artist Rian Hughes this Sunday at the Bradford Literature Festival, who joins author Andy Croft, choreographer Jonathan Watkins and moderator Michael Stewart to discuss ‘How The Future Looked From The… Read More ›

• Records shattered in New York Comics & Comic Art Auction, X-Men cover bought for £30 sells for $155,350

  By John Freeman on 19 May 2016

  

  Collectors converged in force on Heritage Auctions‘ May 13-14, 2016 Comics & Comic Art Signature® Auction at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in Manhattan, driving a stunning $6.55+ million total prices realised behind a near-perfect 99.9% sell-through rate by both value and total… Read More ›

• Something For the Weekend: Tank Girl Back, Debbie Drake of the SAS Debuts! (New Comics w/c 16/5/16)

  By John Freeman on 19 May 2016

  

  Fresh off the back of their latest calamitous chapter comes a shiny new Tank Girl tale from Titan Comics this week, the work of series creator Alan Martin and artist extraordinaire, Brett Parson. Expect a healthy dose of delirium and plenty… Read More ›

• Convict Commandos battle Polar Bears! What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

  By John Freeman on 19 May 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  Here’s the intel on the latest issues of Commando (Issues 4915-4918) from DC Thomson, on sale now in all good newsagents and assorted digital platforms (detailed below) – and good news, the Convict Commandos are back, battling both polar bears and the… Read More ›

• Third Doctor Returns to comics in all-new Doctor Who story from Paul Cornell

  By John Freeman on 19 May 2016

  

  BBC Worldwide North America and Titan Comics have announced the return of the Third Doctor this August, in comics! This brand-new five-part comic series, written by Paul Cornell (Doctor Who, Wolverine, Action Comics, The Severed Streets), stars the Third Doctor, as… Read More ›

• Looking Forward, Looking Back: ICv2 Interviews Dark Horse’s Mike Richardson on the Comics Business Past and Present

  By John Freeman on 19 May 2016

  

  ICv2 – a web site geared more toward the business side of comic retailing – recently caught up with Dark Horse Comics founder and CEO Mike Richardson to get his reflections on 30 years in the comics industry. In Part… Read More ›

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