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• “The BFG” – More Casting News, 2016 Release Date Set

  By John Freeman on April 15, 2015

  

    As production gets underway in Vancouver, Walt Disney Studios has announced it will co-produce and co-finance Steven Spielberg‘s production of Roald Dahl‘s story The BFG, marking the three-time Academy Award winner’s first time directing a Disney-branded movie. Due for release in the… Read More ›

• Edinburgh Comic Con: A Bird’s Eye View

  By Colin Noble on April 15, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  In April 2014, I went to a rather small, poorly attended comic show called SBA at the Students Union that is part of Edinburgh University. I was lucky and I got to spend an inordinate amount of time chatting with… Read More ›

• Dirty Rotten Comics Launch Event This Friday

  By John Freeman on April 15, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

      The team behind Dirty Rotten Comics are having a launch event for Dirty Rotten Comics Issue 4 on Friday 17th April at the Horse and Stables pub opposite Lambeth North tube station. This bumper Spring 2015 anthology clocks in at just under a staggering hundred pages and features… Read More ›

• In Memoriam: Herb Trimpe, co-creator of Captain Britain

  By John Freeman on April 15, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

    Fans of legendary comics artist Herb Trimpe, the co-creator of Captain Britain and one of the first artists to draw Wolverine, have rushed to pay tribute to him.     Herb Trimpe, whose death was announced yesterday by his cousin… Read More ›

• Six Questions: Writer/Artist Montynero Discusses His Death Sentence

  By Jeremy Briggs on April 14, 2015

  

  From a short run small press comic via monthly magazine publication to a limited run series, plus a glossy hardback reprint edition along the way, writer and artist Montynero’s Death Sentence has had something of a convoluted publishing history as it… Read More ›

• “Dennis and Gnasher Blast in Beanotown”, the latest Beano-inspired game from DC Thomson

  By John Freeman on April 13, 2015

  

    Recently launched by DC Thomson is Dennis and Gnasher Blast in Beanotown, a gaming app for mobile devices in which Beanotown’s mayor has banned all fun and grumpy adults patrol the streets. Players join Dennis and Gnasher in a battle… Read More ›

• IS SHE AVAILABLE? project from Igor Goldkind combines comics, art and jazz

  By John Freeman on April 13, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

    A ground-breaking new collection of Poetry, Illustration, Music and Movement by acclaimed comics and SF author Igor Goldkind featuring work by creators such as Bill Sienkiewicz, Rian Hughes, David Lloyd, Liam Sharp and Glenn Fabry is being published by Chameleon Publishing in both electronic form and… Read More ›

• Osprey and Commando join forces for New British War Comic Collaboration

  By John Freeman on April 13, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

    Osprey Publishing  and DC Thomson  have joined forces to create eight new Commando Comics graphic war novels. The new books – to be sold  globally through the Osprey/Bloomsbury distribution network – will consist of an original, fictional, full colour… Read More ›

• Daredevil “Man Without Fear” Costume Available Now in Marvel Heroes 2015

  By John Freeman on April 13, 2015

  

    If like us, you tuned into Netflix this weekend watching all 13 episodes of Marvel’s Daredevil… then how about playing lots of Marvel Heroes 2015… as Daredevil, in this new costume inspired by Matt Murdock’s first costume, as depicted… Read More ›

• Propelled to Create: An Interview with Comics Writer Ricardo Mo

  By Antony Esmond on April 13, 2015

  

    I’ve been following the releases of a crime comic called Propeller on Comixology, produced by writer Ricardo Mo with art by Alberto Muriel, a gorgeous black and white story with a twist, mashing up the 1950s crime story vibe with a… Read More ›

• Tonight’s Gotham on Channel 5: The Blind Fortune Teller

  By John Freeman on April 13, 2015

  

    The young Bruce Wayne calls a board meeting to express his concerns about the direction of Wayne Enterprises.  Elsewhere, James Gordon and Leslie head to circus for a pleasant night out, but all hell breaks loose when a circus is… Read More ›

• One Beat Zines ambitious plans for UK indie comic distro, new titles

  By John Freeman on April 11, 2015

  

    One Beat Zines is a new zine-making collective/distribution service run by Sarah Broadhurst and Julia Scheele aiming is to make cheap-and-cheerful zines that will publish regular anthology books featuring amazing artists and writers. Their first book, the crowd funded Double Dare Ya, an anthology with a cover… Read More ›

• Latest Comix Reader On Sale Now

  By John Freeman on April 10, 2015

  

    The latest issue of Comix Reader (Issue 6) is on sale now in comic shops and other outlets, featuring a cover by Richard Cowdry and strips by a huge assortment of artists and writers, including Lord Hurk, Ralph Kidson, Paul O’Connell, Bernadette Bentley… Read More ›

• First Pics from Marvel’s Deadpool Released

  By John Freeman on April 10, 2015

  

  One of the first official image from Marvel’s Deadpool, due for release in the UK on 12th February 2016, has been released. Directed by Tim Miller, the film stars Ryan Reynolds as Wade Wilson, a former Special Forces operative turned mercenary who is… Read More ›

• Curating Charley’s War: An Interview with Titan’s collection editor Simon Ward

  By Matt Badham on April 10, 2015

  

    Last year, I chatted to Simon Ward, who edited the tenth volume of Charley’s War for Titan Books. Some quotes from the conversation were used in an article that was published in the last issue of Comic Heroes magazine. Anyway,… Read More ›

• Nerd Hutch Small Press Expo Hits Newcastle!

  By John Freeman on April 10, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  My abject apologues to the enthusiastic team behind Nerd Hutch, a day long event celebrating some of the UK’s hottest small press and DIY talent taking place tomorrow at the Travelling Man comic shop in Grainger Street, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. Hosted on both floors… Read More ›

• Spicy Tea and Sympathy! New Brenda and Effie Mysteries episode coming soon

  By John Freeman on April 10, 2015

  

    Anne Reid (Last Tango in Halifax, Dinnerladies) stars in Episode Three of The Brenda and Effie Mysteries, audio stories based on the characters created by author Paul Magrs, available soon from Bafflegab Productions, who also produce The Scarifyers. Brenda and… Read More ›

• “Jupiter’s Legacy” film news breaks as collection launches in comic shops

  By John Freeman on April 9, 2015

  

    Mark Millar and Frank Quitely’s Image Comics-published series Jupiter’s Legacy is headed to the big screen, notes The Hollywood Reporter. The news comes as Jupiter’s Circle #1, also by Mark and set in 1959, featuring art by Wilfredo Torres,… Read More ›

• Going Euro: Titan Comics Ups its bande dessine-sourced titles

  By John Freeman on April 9, 2015

  

    Titan Comics has revealed more details of its plans to expand its line of European-sourced albums for English-speaking audiences, with a new edition of Enki Bilal’s The Nikopol Trilogy in the works, among other titles. News of further releases follows Titan’s… Read More ›

• “Comics Uncovered” to offer aspiring creators tips on breaking Into the comics industry

  By John Freeman on April 9, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

    If you or someone you know is interested in writing, drawing or publishing their own comics or in finding work in the comics industry as a professional freelancer you may want to sign up for Comics Uncovered in September –… Read More ›

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