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• Sneak Preview: Mono #3 by Liam Sharp and Ben Wolstenholme

  By John Freeman on February 18, 2015

  

    Today, 18th February 2015 sees the release of the third instalments of Mono by Liam Sharp and Ben Wolstenholme  from Titan Comics/Madefire, and we have a sneak preview… MONO #3 STORY BY: Liam Sharp ART BY: Ben Wolstenholme COLORS BY: Fin Cramb… Read More ›

• Sneak Preview: Cap Stone #3 by Christina McCormack & Liam Sharp

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

  

    Tomorrow, 18th February 2015 sees the release of the third instalments of Cap Stone by Christina McCormack & Liam Sharp from Titan Comics/Madefire, and we have a sneak preview… CAP STONE #3 STORY BY: Christina McCormack, Liam Sharp ART BY:… Read More ›

• BeyondTheStory commissioned to deliver Thunderbirds Are Go story app

  By John Freeman on February 17, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

    ITV Studios Global Entertainment and Pukeko Pictures have teamed up with digital company BeyondTheStory to produce new digital content for an app designed to support the upcoming Thunderbirds Are Go TV series, which debuts in the UK in April…. Read More ›

• Deadline co-creator and legendary 2000AD contributor Brett Ewins has died

  By John Freeman on February 17, 2015

  

    We are very sorry to learn of the death of artist Brett Ewins, a truly unique comic creator instrumental in helping create the legend that is 2000AD, along with many other achievements. He was just 59. “Throughout his years of working… Read More ›

• Thunderbirds Are Go: Scott Tracy and Thunderbird One Revealed

  By John Freeman on February 17, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

    The YouTube Thunderbirds Are Go  channel has delivered the UK exclusive reveal of Thunderbird 1 and Scott Tracy, 24 hours before it’s aired on ITV and CITV.   The Thunderbird One reveal was quickly followed by other clips of the… Read More ›

• British Comic Shop Releases (18th February 2015) – Survival Geeks and Multiversity Mastermen!

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

  

    Here’s this week’s list of comics – both US and UK releases – on sale in specialist UK comic shops tomorrow, Wednesday 18th February 2015. We’ve picked out the titles published by British publishers in bold below, or titles with… Read More ›

• Dundee University asks “Comics, So What?” in March

  By Jeremy Briggs on February 16, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  On Saturday 7th March 2015 from 1pm onwards the University of Dundee is hosting an event celebrating comics and graphic novels entitled “Comics, So What?” It features workshops and talks by comics creators, and invites members of the public of all… Read More ›

• A Barbed Fist in a Velvet Glove: An Interview with writer Gordon Rennie

  By Antony Esmond on February 15, 2015

  

    Going into this interview I had heard that Gordon Rennie isn’t the sort of writer you ask for a cuddle. He also isn’t the sort of writer who spends his day gossiping on Facebook or posting photos of his… Read More ›

• In Review: The Survivors – Episode 1

  By Jeremy Briggs on February 15, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Cinebook begins the spin-off series from Leo’s Worlds Of Aldebaran books with The Survivors – Episode 1, a tale set during the initial colonisation of Aldebaran IV, 100 years before the main series begins. The reason Earth abandoned the Aldebaran… Read More ›

• Posy Simmonds “True Love” springs to SEQUENTIAL app

  By John Freeman on February 14, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  SEQUENTIAL, the iPad app for digital graphic novels, has announced a Valentine treat for everyone with the news that it is to release an exclusive enhanced edition of the first ever British graphic novel True Love by Posy Simmonds, the acclaimed author of Gemma… Read More ›

• Part-work magazines, 1930s style, on Bear Alley

  By John Freeman on February 14, 2015

  

  Anyone buying one or more of the current US superheroes, Doctor Who, Star Trek, Star Wars or Judge Dredd part works might be interested in taking a look at what part-work magazines were like some eighty years ago. Artist L… Read More ›

• Mike Garley launches Kickstarter for “Samurai Slasher”, a spoof movie comics anthology

  By Antony Esmond on February 13, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

      A Kickstarter for Samurai Slasher, a comic anthology based on a fake 1980s slasher film, has just launched, a story written by Mike Garley (the man behind Dead Roots, Eponymous and The Kill Screen and chock full of UK talent. The 38-page title will feature… Read More ›

• Top Canadian comic creator Darwyn Cooke to make first ever UK appearance at Lakes Festival in October

  By John Freeman on February 13, 2015 • ( 3 )

  

  The Lakes International Comic Art Festival has just announced that award-winning Canadian comic book writer, artist, cartoonist and animator Darwyn Cooke will be among the many international and British guests attending its weekend-long event in Kendal, Cumbria in October (16th- 18th… Read More ›

• Steve and Annie Parkhouse join Carlisle’s EdenCon line-up with Gary Erskine and Mal Earl

  By John Freeman on February 12, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

    Comics artist and writer Steve Parkhouse and his partner, letterer Annie Parkhouse, have joined the guest list for the one day EdenCon in Carlisle on Saturday 18th April 2015. To be held on the University of Cumbria campus, EdenCon… Read More ›

• Crucible: The Quest Episode 19

  By John Freeman on February 12, 2015

  

  Whatever happened to the Tanner, Ghorn? The party are about to find out… And so ends Chapter Three of “Crucible”!

• Crucible: The Quest Episode 18

  By John Freeman on February 12, 2015

  

  Deep Stone at last for our party… and the canny of you out there will notice the small details of Smuzz’ art and see that the rest of their journey to recover a mysterious artefact did not pass without incident…. Read More ›

• Crucible: The Quest Episode 17

  By John Freeman on February 12, 2015

  

  The quest for a mysterious relic continues…

• Crucible: The Quest Episode 16

  By John Freeman on February 12, 2015

  

  The party marks the passing of a friend… and Beloc misses out on a useful health tip!

• WarWorldz: Origins – Episode Two

  By John Freeman on February 12, 2015

  

  2015… and a dogfight of a very unusual kind unfolds above Britain… Story by John Freeman and Stephen Walsh, Script by Stephen Walsh, art by Giancarlo Caracuzzo

• WarWorldz: Origins – Episode One

  By John Freeman on February 12, 2015

  

  Scotland, 2015… and RAF jets scramble in response to an intruder in British air space…. Story by John Freeman and Stephen Walsh, Script by Stephen Walsh, art by Giancarlo Caracuzzo

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