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• Did MAD Magazine’s cover boy Alfred E. Neuman hail from… Iowa?

  By John Freeman on 29 January 2016

  

  Alfred E. Neuman is the fictitious mascot and cover boy of the American humour magazine MAD, a face that had drifted through US pictography for decades before being claimed by the title’s editor Harvey Kurtzman, and later named by the… Read More ›

• Win the Fourth Doctor’s iconic scarf in the latest Doctor Who Comic

  By John Freeman on 29 January 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  The time-travelling thrills continue in on the streets of London in the latest issue of Doctor Who Comic (Issue 2.5), on sale in all good newsagents across the UK. In this month’s bumper issue from Titan Comics, reprinting some of… Read More ›

• Dinosaur Action set to celebrate 100th issue with Top Dino Facts, Dino Blaster and More

  By John Freeman on 28 January 2016

  

  British publisher Signature Publishing’s Dinosaur Action magazine celebrates its milestone 100th issue next month. Launched in 2007 as Dino-Mite, the title became Dinosaur Action in 2013. It was Signature Publishing’s first children’s magazine and has since gone on to sell over 1.2… Read More ›

• Monster Mayhem Galore in “The Night of the Fire-Beast’ from Insane Comics

  By John Freeman on 28 January 2016

  

  Recently launched by US publisher Insane Comics is Night of the Fire-Beast, a meta fictional comic book based upon a lost 1958 B-movie, conceived and drawn by Chris Martinez, written by Jonathan Clode (co-editor of the terrific, Eisner Award-nominated World War One anthology… Read More ›

• Comix Creatrix: 100 Women Making Comics – Win a pair of tickets to the exhibition at the House of Illustration

  By John Freeman on 28 January 2016

  

  As we previously reported, Comix Creatrix: Women Making Comics is the UK’s largest ever survey of the work of pioneering female artists working in the comics medium – and web site Ents24 is running a competition  to win tickets. Comix… Read More ›

• Flood Damage Prompts Online Art Auction by Lakes International Comic Art Festival

  By John Freeman on 28 January 2016

  

  The Lakes International Comic Art Festival is to auction some fantastic pieces of original comic art in an effort to raise funds after the loss of thousands of pounds worth of giclees, prints, tables, books and other equipment in the devastating floods that hit… Read More ›

• Cam Kennedy Commando comic Classic Resurfaces!

  By John Freeman on 28 January 2016 • ( 2 )

  

  Four classic Commandos get the re-issue treatment this week from DC Thomson, including one story drawn by Cam Kennedy, gift-wrapped in a cover from (no relation) Ian Kennedy. These four issues are on sale in all good newsagents and available via… Read More ›

• Dave Gibbons set to WOW in Liverpool in May

  By John Freeman on 27 January 2016

  

  Comics Laureate and Honorary Doctor of Comics from Dundee University Dave Gibbons is to be a guest at Liverpool’s WoWFest 2016 in May, talking about his career to date, his inspirations, and how to practically develop creative ideas and bring them… Read More ›

• California College of the Arts offers free online Comic Creator course

  By John Freeman on 27 January 2016

  

  The California College of the Arts will launched a free online course next month offering the opportunity for anyone, anywhere to learn how to make their own comics from one of very few schools in the United States to offer… Read More ›

• Preview – Einstein: An Illustrated Biography

  By Antony Esmond on 27 January 2016

  

  Written by Corrine Maier Illustrated by Anne Simon Published by NoBrow Press in March 2016 Hardback with 72 pages in full colour – £13.99 Format 225 x 300mm. ‘Welcome to another dimension… where time and space are intricately woven… ‘… Read More ›

• Titan Books Announce Latest Modesty Blaise Collection

  By John Freeman on 27 January 2016

  

  On its way to bookshops in March is Modesty Blaise: Ripper Jax, the latest instalment of the best-selling collection of the acclaimed action adventure strip created and written by the late Peter O’Donnell. It’s been a long run for this series, with… Read More ›

• Former Tharg Steve MacManus Set To Spill the Beans on 2000AD’s Early Days

  By John Freeman on 26 January 2016

  

  2000AD has announced it is to publish the memories of arguably its most definitive editor – Steve MacManus – in September 2016. In 1973, 20-year-old Steve MacManus joined Fleetway Publications in London as a sub-editor on one of the UK’s… Read More ›

• SF Author Tony Cooper launches “Powerless” comic Kickstarter based on his superhero novel series

  By John Freeman on 26 January 2016

  

  Science fiction author Tony Cooper has launched a very modest Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign to raise just £600 to publish a comic book based on his literary creations. Powerless: Some Kind of Hero is a 24 page, full-colour comic featuring characters… Read More ›

• Sneak Peek: Midnight Tea by Jenika Ioffreda

  By John Freeman on 26 January 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  One upcoming new independent comic that caught my eye on social media recently is a new project from Jenika Ioffreda, one of the creators I met for the first time at Malta Comic Con last year. Jenika’s new project, Midnight Tea,… Read More ›

• 2000AD Thrill-Cast teases possible return of “War of the Worlds” Martians in new “Scarlet Traces”

  By John Freeman on 26 January 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  The first 2000AD Thrill-Cast of 2016, released last week, looks ahead at some of the Things To Come in the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic 2000AD and the Judge Dredd Megazine – and there’s some fantastic teases for numerous projects, including the new… Read More ›

• Danger Mouse comic one step closer to release?

  By John Freeman on 25 January 2016

  

  The long-awaited Danger Mouse comic – based on the smash hit new series – could be one step nearer to publication, after publisher DC Thomson advertised for staff for the title. DC Thomson was announced as a major licensing partner last June,… Read More ›

• Brussels Comic Strip Festival Returns for Seventh Year

  By John Freeman on 25 January 2016

  

  After its resoundingly successful sixth edition in 2015, the Brussels Comic Strip Festival is already sketching out its seventh edition, to be be held 2-4 September 2016 in the Parc de Bruxelles/Warandepark and surrounding areas. All of the Comics Festival’s… Read More ›

• Awesome Comics Podcast Episode 30: Dave White of Avery Hill Publishing

  By John Freeman on 25 January 2016

  

  Avery Hill Publishing are a small press publisher on the rise and Dave White, one of the brains behind it joins Vince Hunt, Tony Esmond and Dan Butcher to talk about how they came to be, how Factory Records influenced them,… Read More ›

• Heros the Spartan original art by Frank Bellamy up for auction

  By John Freeman on 25 January 2016

  

  The frankbellamy.blogspot.com reports there’s now another chance to own a spread of ‘Heros the Spartan” from Eagle. Offered on eBay, the page in question is Episode 12 from the “Eagle of the Fifth” story written by Tom Tully, drawn by Frank… Read More ›

• Space:1999 FX director Brian Johnson interviewed in latest Andersonic

  By John Freeman on 25 January 2016

  

  The latest issue of the top Gerry Anderson-inspired fanzine Andersonic is on sale now and headlines a new interview with Brian Johnson, Space:1999‘s visual effects director, designer of the iconic Eagle transporter now getting plenty of attention from modellers thanks to Round… Read More ›

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