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• Betty Boop returns to the small screen, new fine art prints by Naja Conrad-Hansen released

  By John Freeman on 12 February 2016

  

    Betty Boop – whose early comic adventures were re-published last year by Titan Comics – is coming back to the small screen, some 30 years after her last show. A new 26-episode series aimed at “tweens and teens” recounting the adventures… Read More ›

• Joe Kelly Announced as first US guest for Lakes International Comic Art Festival 2016

  By John Freeman on 12 February 2016 • ( 2 )

  

  Just as Marvel’s latest blockbuster superhero movie Deadpool hits UK cinemas, the Lakes International Comic Art Festival has announce its first major US guest for the 2016 is Joe Kelly, who will be making an exclusive UK appearance at the Festival weekend… Read More ›

• New Tales from the TARDIS rounds off “Pyramids of Mars” sequel story

  By John Freeman on 12 February 2016

  

  The latest issue of Titan Comics second UK Doctor Who title, Tales from the TARDIS, is on sale now, and sees the finale to “The Spiral Staircase” a comic sequel to the classic TV story Pyramids of Mars. Re-presenting Doctor… Read More ›

• New Comics On Sale This Week in the UK – On the King’s Road, with Judge Dredd and Doctor Who in tow

  By John Freeman on 11 February 2016

  

  Right. I’ve just been down to Lancaster’s First Age Comics to have a look at the new comics, only to be told that while Titan’s Johnny Red is selling well there, more people would have bought  if “they had only… Read More ›

• British Comic Sales Figures: Winners and Losers (July – December 2015)

  By John Freeman on 11 February 2016 • ( 2 )

  

  Updated 16th February to add comment from Generation Media The Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) sales figures for titles registered with the organisation have just been published this week and while many comics or young children’s magazines have taken a hit for the reporting… Read More ›

• Pat Mills to talk Charley’s War at Birmingham Creative Networks event, strip to get “reloaded” treatment

  By John Freeman on 11 February 2016

  

  Pat Mills is to give a talk for Birmingham’s Creative Networks next week (Thursday 25th February). Pat is a UK comic legend – described by some as the ‘Godfather of British comics’, he was an integral part of the UK comics… Read More ›

• Knockabout announces Alan Moore’s novel “Jerusalem” for September 2016

  By John Freeman on 10 February 2016

  

  Knockabout has announced Alan Moore’s second novel, Jerusalem, will now be published in September 2016. Described as a fantastical exploration of his hometown of Northampton which runs to more than a million words in draft form, publisher Tony Bennett described… Read More ›

• Saga’s Lying Cat talking toy launched

  By John Freeman on 10 February 2016

  

  Fans of Fiona Staples and Brian K. Vaughan best selling Saga comic book attending the US Emerald City Comicon will probably fighting for this talking plush variant of the title’s “Lying Cat”. The release should go some way to assuaging… Read More ›

• Unpopular Tales to launch adult Red Riding Hood title at London Super Comic Con

  By John Freeman on 10 February 2016

  

  The first new adult fairy tale from Spanish publisher Unpopular Tales will be launched at London Super Comic Con. The publisher successfully raised over $2500 in a crowdfunding campaign last year to produce and release a new series of comics for… Read More ›

• New Commando tale offers “Operation Torch”-inspired World War Two story

  By John Freeman on 10 February 2016 • ( 2 )

  

  Here’s the lowdown on the latest issues of Commando (Issues 4887-4890), on sale this coming Thursday. These new issues are announced just as publisher DC Thomson also advertises for a new editor for the title, who “will play a pivotal role… Read More ›

• DC Thomson launches Twirlywoos magazine

  By John Freeman on 10 February 2016

  

  DC Thomson, publishers of The Beano and Thunderbirds Are Go, has just launched Twirlywoos magazine, the magazine behind the hit CBeebies show that follows Great BigHoo, Toodloo, Chickedy and Chick seeking adventure wherever they go. Twirlywoos magazine is a 28-page… Read More ›

• Comics For Valentine’s Day: Celebrating 40 Years of Action and Bullet

  By Colin Noble on 10 February 2016 • ( 4 )

  

  Valentine’s Day is usually considered a time for lovers, but this year – 2016 – it’s year for lovers of Action… and Bullet, two British boys’ comics celebrating their 40th anniversary. Although, sadly, neither of course are still being published, both left… Read More ›

• Salisbury Council Backs Pratchett Statue Plan

  By John Freeman on 9 February 2016

  

  A campaign for a statue of Discworld creator the late Sir Terry Pratchett to be erected in Salisbury, close to where he lived, got a significant boost this week when councillors unanimously approved the idea. As we reported earlier, an online… Read More ›

• Acclaimed Web Comic BREAKS Celebrates Second Anniversary, but still battles for readers

  By John Freeman on 9 February 2016

  

  Comic creators Malin Ryden and Emma Vieceli should be celebrating this week, after their much-praised web comic, BREAKS, reached its milestone second anniversary – but despite all their hard work promoting the comic, we’re sorry to report they’re still battling… Read More ›

• Garage art and fashion magazine goes Marvel with supermodels as superheroes covers

  By John Freeman on 9 February 2016

  

  Garage – a biannual print publication that brings to life the most original and ambitious collaborative projects across contemporary art and fashion – has teamed with Marvel to create five special edition covers for its tenth issue, celebrating the brand’s powerful… Read More ›

• Planet 55’s new animated series “Prisoner Zero” gets debut at Gallifrey One

  By John Freeman on 9 February 2016

  

  The big Gallifrey One Doctor Who convention takes place in Los Angeles this weekend, and there are several comics guest on the line-up as well as stars such as Fifth Doctor Peter Davison, War Doctor Sir John Hurt, Sixth Doctor Colin Baker… Read More ›

• In Review: The Trouble with Women by Jacky Fleming

  By John Freeman on 9 February 2016

  

  By Jacky Fleming Publisher: Square Peg Out: 18th February 2016 Format: Hardback, 128 Pages ISBN: 978-1910931097 The Book:  CAN WOMEN BE GENIUSES? OR ARE THEIR ARMS TOO SHORT? WHY DID WE ONLY LEARN ABOUT THREE WOMEN AT SCHOOL? WHAT WERE ALL… Read More ›

• 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 ›

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