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• Awesome Comics Podcast probes Shaun Dobes, offers Nottingham Comic Convention ticket competition

  By John Freeman on August 24, 2015

  

  Episode 8 of the Awesome Comics Podcast is ready to creep into your frontal lobe today. Hosted by Vince Hunt (Red Mask From Mars) , Dan Butcher (Vanguard) and Tony (the hairy and really annoying one) Esmond, this episode has as… Read More ›

• Dan Abnett and Ian Culbard’s “Wild’s End” returns with “The Enemy Within” next month

  By John Freeman on August 24, 2015

  

  Last Year, US publisher BOOM! Studios invited readers to the sleepy village of Lower Crowchurch at the cusp of a violent, otherworldly invasion in the critically acclaimed Wild’s End, an anthropomorphic mashup of Wind in the Willows and War of… Read More ›

• Safari Festival 2015 – An Old Bloke’s Review

  By Antony Esmond on August 23, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  The Safari Festival 2015 was billed as “a celebration of the new wave of alternative and art comics from the UK and beyond…. and for attendees to experience the best of the UK comics’ avant-garde”.  Run by the team behind… Read More ›

• In Review: JM Barrie’s Peter Pan adapted by Stref

  By Jeremy Briggs on August 22, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  JM Barrie’s Peter Pan is one of the best known and loved British children’s novels of the last century, so it comes as something of a surprise to discover that there has never been a graphic novel based directly on… Read More ›

• In Review: Gabriel – The Devil is Everywhere

  By Antony Esmond on August 22, 2015

  

  Written by Jim Alexander Art by David Hill Letters by Nate Pride Production by Jim Campbell Cover by David Hill Mature Content – from Planet Jimbot “A world where God and the Devil – angels and demons – are real…. Read More ›

• Sneak Preview – Bertie Bear Issue 4

  By Antony Esmond on August 22, 2015

  

  Words and Pictures by Andy W. Clift Letters by Jon Scrivens Script Editor – Rachel Barber Guest Cover Artist – Daniel John Sendall-King Published by Bounce Comics The Story: In the fourth installment of this series our hirsute rough and tumble… Read More ›

• Something for the Weekend: British Comic Shop Releases (20th August 2015)

  By John Freeman on August 21, 2015

  

  Here’s  this week’s list of comics on sale now in comic shops across the UK. As usual, our list highlights the work of British creators and publishers. You know, thinking about the headline I’ve given this item, wouldn’t it be… Read More ›

• Marvel Curiosities: Night Raven’s first major US appearance, alongside Nick Fury and Black Widow

  By John Freeman on August 20, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  (With thanks to Tony Ingram): As folk know, we try to document Marvel UK curiosities and the  graphic novel Fury/Black Widow: Death Duty, published by Marvel US in February 1995, certainly qualifies. Given the publication date, I did wonder if it was one… Read More ›

• Artist Liam Sharp turns to prose for “Andrew Wilmingot’s Paradise Rex, Press Inc.”

  By John Freeman on August 20, 2015

  

  Comics artist and co-founder of the digital publising house Madefire Liam Sharp has turned his hand to a new novella, recently released by PS Publishing that even his publisher, Peter Crowther, describes as “off the wall” and has had staff at… Read More ›

• Comic Creator Spotlight: Big Punch Studios

  By John Freeman on August 20, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Independent publishers Big Punch Studios will be featuring on a number of panels at the upcoming Melksham Comic Con soon (Saturday 30th – Sunday 31st August). Big Punch Studios are Nich Angell, Lucy Brown, Jon Lock and Alice White: four friends with… Read More ›

• Cup of O – Small Press Reviews

  By Owen Watts on August 19, 2015

  

    Hello! Two of the three comics I’m reviewing this month are from last year’s Melksham Comic Con – the next of which is taking place in a fortnight. It’s a wonderfully passionate little convention and Geoffery Crescent and I will be there with The… Read More ›

• Looking back on Marvel UK’s “Frontier” comics, on their way as a new collection in 2016

  By John Freeman on August 19, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Picked up by numerous Marvel fans in mid July, Amazon has posted details of the upcoming Marvel Frontier Comics: The Complete Collection, assembling a number of strips published by Marvel UK in the 1990s as part of what was the… Read More ›

• 10 Days to Mancster Con 2015, celebrating indie sequential art in the North West

  By John Freeman on August 19, 2015

  

    There are just ten days to go to MancsterCon 2015 on 29th August 2015, which will be held at the University of Salford Media City campus. Featured guests include Adam Cadwell, creator of Blood Blokes and Lydia Wysocki, creator of the Newcastle Science Comic, among others…. Read More ›

• Mal Earl’s “Bulletproof Nylon” returns to Aces Weekly in November 

  By John Freeman on August 19, 2015

  

  The latest chapter in Cumbria-based comic creator Mal Earl‘s Bulletproof Nylon saga – a comic strip titled “Hope Road” – will feature in David Lloyd’s terrific digital anthology comic, Aces Weekly, in November. Bulletproof Nylon is an ongoing creative project, informed and… Read More ›

• On Sale Today: The Blacklist #2 from Titan Comics

  By John Freeman on August 19, 2015

  

    On sale today in all good comic shops from Titan Comics is The Blacklist #2, written by Nicole Dawn Phillips with art from Beni Lobel. Based on the hit show from NBC starring James Spader, this issue sees Kilniski… Read More ›

• Egmont’s new “Download” magazine features “Dan Droid” comic strip

  By John Freeman on August 19, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Just launched this week is a brand new kids magazine, DOWNLOAD, from Egmont Publishing UK, featuring an all-new comic strip, “Dan Droid“, drawn by top comic artist Steve Beckett. This new title follows the launch of YouTube-focused magazine Oh My Vlog!… Read More ›

• Egmont Publishing UK celebrates growing comics sales

  By John Freeman on August 19, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Following up on our recent coverage of improved news stand comic sales in the UK for numerous titles, we’re pleased to Egmont Publishing UK is deservedly delighted ar the success of its new Disney Frozen magazine and growing sales for… Read More ›

• Safari Festival returns to London this weekend

  By John Freeman on August 18, 2015

  

  The Safari Festival, organised by Breakdown Press, is back this weekend, taking place at Studio 2, the Shoreditch gallery space of London-based creative agency, Protein. The Festival is a one-day celebration of the new wave of alternative and art comics from the UK and beyond and… Read More ›

• Gosh! Comics gets set to host Safari Festival Pre-Party

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

  

  This weekend sees the return of Safari Festival, courtesy of the fine folks at Breakdown Press. It’s a showcase from some of the most interesting and innovative comics work out there at the moment and we’ve got an event on Friday night to… Read More ›

• Dave Gibbons guest at London’s SoundStage in September

  By John Freeman on August 18, 2015

  

  Comics Laureate, artist and writer Dave Gibbons and costume designer Jane Petrie will share a stage at London’s Soundstage in September. Soundstage is a new and unique regular London-based arts event. Each month, there’ll be a line-up of two special… Read More ›

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