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• Signature Publishing announces new title, “My Little Pony Equestria Girls”

  By John Freeman on March 19, 2015

  

  Signature Publishing, licensed by Hasbro, are once again to launch a bi-monthly magazine for the brand My Little Pony Equestria Girls. Coinciding with the release of the My Little Pony Equestria Girls: Rainbow Rocks DVD, and the breaking news that a third… Read More ›

• Pirates and Dinosaurs! A Match Made in Heaven by Dan Hartwell and Neill Cameron

  By Matt Badham on March 19, 2015

  

      Blood-thirsty pirates! Vicious dinosaurs! Danger at every turn! The year is 1717. The newly discovered island of Pangaea is the most dangerous place on Earth, where dinosaurs still walk the land… Sophie Delacourt has been sent to Pangaea… Read More ›

• Thunderbirds Are Go: Alan Tracy and Thunderbird 3 Profiled

  By John Freeman on March 19, 2015

  

    The promotions for Thunderbirds Are Go are coming in thick and fast now as the launch date nears, with the new show’s official Facebook page featuring a countdown of Tracy brothers character profiles, inviting fans to back their favourite. Here’s Alan Tracy, in command of… Read More ›

• Crucible: The Quest Episode 24

  By John Freeman on March 19, 2015

  

  Deep in the Deep Stone mine, the party have come across a strange metal-clad room… what is its purpose, and what dangers lurk there?

• Panel Borders: Richard McGuire, Here

  By John Freeman on March 18, 2015

  

      Continuing a month of shows about architecture and landscape in comics, Alex Fitch talks to cartoonist Richard McGuire about his epic 300-page graphic novel Here, published by Hamish Hamilton / Pantheon Books. Here is told entirely in double… Read More ›

• 2014 Manga Jiman Competition Winners Revealed

  By John Freeman on March 18, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

    West London-based comic creator Lorenzo Fruzza has been announced as the overall winner of the 2014 Manga Jiman Competition organised by the Embassy of Japan, for his entry “Cogs”. The winners of the competition were announced at a reception held… Read More ›

• Tax Boost for UK Games, Film and TV Production in 2015 Budget

  By John Freeman on March 18, 2015

  

    Both big screen films and small screen TV production has just gained a further boost in the UK, after the government announced it is to further enhance the tax credits offered for TV and film, along with expanding support for… Read More ›

• Doctor Who comic creator Mike Collins interrogated

  By John Freeman on March 18, 2015

  

  Episode 25 of the excellent Doctor Who: Panel to Panel podcast is up and in this episode, Jeremy Bement covers recent news about the Three Doctors mini-series coming up from Titan Comics and chats with longtime Doctor Who Magazine writer… Read More ›

• Thunderbirds Are Go: Gordon Tracy and Thunderbird 4 Profiled

  By John Freeman on March 18, 2015

  

    The promotions for Thunderbirds Are Go are coming in thick and fast now as the launch date nears, with the new show’s official Facebook page featuring a countdown of Tracy brothers character profiles, inviting fans to back their favourite. Here’s Gordon Tracy, in command of… Read More ›

• Zoom Rockman heads to Lakes International Comic Art Festival

  By John Freeman on March 18, 2015

  

    Talented 14-year-old comic creator Zoom Rockman, the award-winning teenager who has been publishing his own humour title – The Zoom – since the age of nine, with 10 biannual issues under his belt, is to be another guest at the Lakes International Comic… Read More ›

• Lakes Festival guest on board for Marvel’s Star Wars

  By John Freeman on March 18, 2015

  

  US publisher Marvel has announced that artist Stuart Immonen, one of the guests at this year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival, will replace John Cassaday on Marvel’s flagship Star Wars title starting with #8, which ships in July. Stuart began his comics career in… Read More ›

• “Celebration of Life: A Cancer Anthology” comic project announced by Matt Crehan Comics

  By John Freeman on March 18, 2015

  

    (Updated, added Kickstarter link): Writer, letterer and professional athlete Matthew Crehan is the man behind the Kickstarter-funded The Art of Running graphic novel, a biography of Steve Prefontain, drawn by Indonesian artist Sigit Nugroho which will will be launched on 30th May 2015 to tie… Read More ›

• Crucible: The Quest Episode 23

  By John Freeman on March 17, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  And down the rabbit hole we go, dear readers. What, you were expecting cuddly dwarves? A dragon? We hope you aren’t disappointed. We do hope you’re at least a little taken aback…

• Crucible: The Quest Episode 22

  By John Freeman on March 17, 2015

  

  And so, into the Deep Stone mine, where unexpected mysteries await… be prepared for some mind-benidng surprizes that will make you go back and look at previous pages in a new light!

• WarWorldz: Origins – Episode Five

  By John Freeman on March 17, 2015

  

  A crash landing – but where? And just what is waiting to greet Daniel in a mysterious city? Story by John Freeman and Stephen Walsh, Script by Stephen Walsh, Art by Giancarlo Carazuzzo

• Who Remembers Letratone?

  By John Freeman on March 17, 2015 • ( 4 )

  

  … Because if you do, then there’s a special clearance offer for the Letraset-produced screen tone paper being sold on ebay – over £1360 worth of screen tone paper, starting bid 99p. No reserve! Letratone, produced by Letraset from 1966 onwards… Read More ›

• British Comic Shop Releases (18th March 2015) – Doctor Who, Transformers and Ichabod Azrael!

  By John Freeman on March 17, 2015

  

    Here’s our list of both British and US comics on sale this week in comic shops (Wednesday 18th March 2015). It complements our monthly lost of new graphic novel releases which you can find here for March 2015. Titan Comics has a new issue… Read More ›

• Thunderbirds Are Go: John Tracy and Thunderbird 5 Profiled

  By John Freeman on March 17, 2015

  

    The promotions for Thunderbirds Are Go are coming in thick and fast now as the launch date nears, with the new show’s official Facebook page featuring a countdown of Tracy brothers character profiles, inviting fans to back their favourite…. Read More ›

• Sneak Preview – ‘Golemchik’ by William Exley

  By Antony Esmond on March 17, 2015

  

    Golemchik Created by William Exley Published by NoBrow Press 24 pages | £6.50 | To Be Released in June 2015. “He just wanted a friend to spend the summer with. But as friends go, golems can be a bit… Read More ›

• Sneak Peek: Doctor Who – The Twelfth Doctor #6 (Titan Comics)

  By John Freeman on March 17, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

    Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor Issue #6 from Titan Comics, written by Robbie Morrison with art by Brian Williamson, is out on Wednesday in all good comic shops (and some run by undercover Sontarans). The issue features a cover by… Read More ›

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