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• Framed! Britain’s Observer newspaper meets the creators shaking up modern comics

  By John Freeman on 8 February 2016

  

  No longer the preserve of the hardcore geek, comics are moving away from superheroes and into a new golden age of creativity and diversity. Andrew Harrsion at The Observer talked to the indie writers and artists inking the changes this weekend, including… Read More ›

• ICv2: Comic Sales Slip in January

  By John Freeman on 8 February 2016

  

  The ICV2 web site reports that comics and graphic novel sales were down 5.1 per cent versus the year ago period in January, with graphic novels trailing at a 7.77 per cent decline and comics down 3.86 per cent, according… Read More ›

• Awesome Comics Podcast Episode 32: Knowledge is Power – A Small Press Comic Book Q&A

  By John Freeman on 8 February 2016

  

  It’s an epic Awesome Comics Podcast show this week after Vince Hunt, Dan Butcher and Tony Esmond asked for listener questions – and boy, did they get some great ones! (Be warned that there is some swearing and some risque… Read More ›

• Top CBS comedy “2 Broke Girls” Meets Aces Weekly’s “Return of the Human”!

  By John Freeman on 8 February 2016

  

  Hit US tv show 2 Broke Girls brings the Aces Weekly-published ground-breaking SF strip Return of the Human by J.C. Vaughn and Mark Wheatley to a potential audience of millions on Wednesday 10th February. Set in Brooklyn, New York, 2 Broke Girls follows the… Read More ›

• SEQUENTIAL Offers free iPad Guide to Comics Creatrix: 100 Women Making Comics Exhibiton

  By John Freeman on 8 February 2016

  

  SEQUENTIAL, the iPad app for digital graphic novels, has partnered with London’ House of Illustration to provide a free digital guide for their new exhibition Comix Creatrix: 100 Women Making Comics, as well as digital graphic novels displayed within the… Read More ›

• Tabella Publishing Shutters after nearly a decade of comic publishing

  By John Freeman on 8 February 2016

  

  Lost in post-Christmas catch-ups was the news that British graphic novel publisher Tabella Publishing has closed its doors. Originally set up with the aim of publishing graphic novels and art books, Tabella diversified into iOS apps, ebooks, and even publishing… Read More ›

• Sneak Preview: Second Sight by David Hine & Alberto Ponticelli, Signing News

  By John Freeman on 8 February 2016

  

  Comic book writer and occasional artist David Hine will be signing at Orbital Comics in London on Wednesday, the release day of his new creator owned comic Second Sight, published by AfterShock Comics. David began his career at Marvel UK and… Read More ›

• Bid for Terry Pratchett Statue in Salisbury Gathers Pace

  By John Freeman on 8 February 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  Salisbury City Council’s Services Committee will meet later today to discuss, among other things, a proposal to erect a statue in memory of author and Discworld creator Sir Terry Pratchett in the city. An online petition campaigning for the statue,… Read More ›

• Aleister Crowley: Wandering the Waste relaunches at London Super Comic Con

  By John Freeman on 8 February 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  Aleister Crowley: Wandering the Waste, the critically-acclaimed graphic novel by Martin Hayes, Roy Huteson Stewart and Paul McLaren is re-launching at London Super Comic Con 2016 later this month – one of several new titles from Markosia. Described as “one of the… Read More ›

• Duran Duran, David Cassidy Look-In art and more goes under the hammer

  By John Freeman on 8 February 2016

  

  A huge auction at Stroud Auction Rooms this week, offering antique guns, Hornby trains, art prints (including a Battle of Britain print by Frank Wooton), also features a number of comic art pages from Look-In and other comics featuring top TV characters and… Read More ›

• Tonight on Gotham on Channel 5: Scarification

  By John Freeman on 8 February 2016

  

  In “Scarification”, tonight’s episode of Gotham airing on Channel 5 in the UK, as Theo Galavan forces the Penguin to work for him, and the old family rivalry between the Waynes and Galavans resurfaces, Jim Gordon struggles to maintain order in the city. Here’s… Read More ›

• Singing Dragon Book Launch hits a high note at Gosh

  By Antony Esmond on 6 February 2016

  

  Last night’s launch party for new imprint Singing Dragon at Gosh Comics in London was evidence that neither party messes about. The joint was packed to the gills – even after the free booze ran out. Singing Dragon is a reasonably… Read More ›

• Andi Ewington’s “Overrun” project gets physical!

  By John Freeman on 6 February 2016

  

  Overrun – a stunning comic described by Broken Frontier’s Andy Oliver as “Tron meets Dawn of the Dead” – is finally being released as limited edition physical comic, complementing its availability as a digital edition for Apple devices and Kindle. The amazing creation… Read More ›

• Behind the Mask: David Lloyd on BBC Artsnight

  By John Freeman on 6 February 2016

  

  Artist David Lloyd, publisher of the digital anthology Aces Weekly and co-creator of V for Vendetta with Alan Moore, put in an appearance on BBC2’s fascinating Artsnight this week. In this first episode of the series, ventriloquist, comedian and documentary film-maker… Read More ›

• In Review: In Love And Warcraft

  By Colin Noble on 5 February 2016

  

  Branching out a little from my normal fare, I felt that I want to share my thoughts on a production by the Beam Theatre Company that I had the joy of watching on Thursday 4th February 2016. My wife, daughter… Read More ›

• In Review: Man Vs. Rock

  By Antony Esmond on 4 February 2016

  

  WARNING: This comic features very adult material Man Vs Rock – The Series Written by Kevin Bieber and Victor DeTroy Art by Jared Lamp Published by BoxRott Publishing 150 pages – Black and White The Story: Forget about the story. What… Read More ›

• M.A.S.K. Returns in All-New Fan film from David Guivant

  By John Freeman on 4 February 2016 • ( 3 )

  

  David Guivant, a talented  young independent director and artist from the South Pacific island of New Caledonia, is working on a fan film sequel to M.A.S.K, based on the toy range that appeared in a DC Comics nine-issue title and 80 issues… Read More ›

• New Comics On Sale This Week (Wednesday 3rd February) – Bad Kids, Bunnies and Soviet Space Dogs!

  By John Freeman on 4 February 2016

  

  2000AD have a feast of great graphic albums out this week as well as the regular Prog (1966), but a quick heads up that coming out next week in comic shops is Judge Dredd: Dead Zone by John Wagner, with… Read More ›

• Eagle Daze: The Life and Times of Leonard James Matthews – Part Six

  By Roger Perry on 4 February 2016 • ( 5 )

  

  Leonard Matthews, General Managing Editor of Fleetway and the Eagle Group of Comics, was a “Creative Visionary”… but that, Roger Perry argues in his extensive biography of the man which continues here on downthetubes, is only due to him having utilised the ideas… Read More ›

• Cosplay Is NOT Consent – By Colin Noble

  By Colin Noble on 4 February 2016

  

  With the conventions of 2016 fast approaching, I’m looking forward to meeting a lot of artists, writers, editors, inkers and publishers. But another part of the convention experience has become meeting some of the cosplayers out there, who deserves kudos… Read More ›

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