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• Making Sense of the new Secret Wars: Battleworld and the Marvel UK Superheroes

  By John Freeman on February 6, 2015

  

    Mark Roberts has  been documenting the histories and current fates of many Marvel UK characters, from Captain Britain and Death’s Head to Motormouth and the Gene Dogs, for many years on his excellent blog, It Came From Darkmoor. But… Read More ›

• Garth Ennis, Bryan Hitch and John McCrea working on new DC Comics projects

  By John Freeman on February 6, 2015

  

    Various comic sites including Comic Book Resources and IGN have published details of new series coming from DC Comics in June following the end of their “New 52” imprint – and they include projects from writer and artist Bryan Hitch and… Read More ›

• In UK Cinemas Today: Shaun the Sheep Movie

  By John Freeman on February 6, 2015

  

    From Aardman, the creators of Wallace & Gromit and Chicken Run, Shaun the Sheep The Movie is coming to cinemas worldwide in 2015! In this new trailer, watch more of Shaun and The Flock’s hilarious adventures in the Big… Read More ›

• In UK Cinemas Today: Jupiter Ascending

  By John Freeman on February 6, 2015

  

    Starring: Channing Tatum, Mila Kunis, Sean Bean, Eddie Redmayne, Douglas Booth Earth needs a heroine…

• Lakes Comics Festival gest cash boost from local Council

  By John Freeman on February 6, 2015

    The Lakes International Comic Art Festival has just received a welcome cash boost from Kendal Town Council that will help it secure further funding for this year’s weekend-long event in October (16th-18th October 2015) and its impressive array of… Read More ›

• In UK Cinemas Today: Rendlesham UFO Incident

  By John Freeman on February 6, 2015

  

    Rendlesham UFO Incident is written and directed by Daniel Simpson (Spiderhole, H) and tells the story of three UFO investigators plunging deep into Rendlesham Forest over three days. Daniel spent nearly four years filming on handheld cameras and created… Read More ›

• LEGO Doctor Who Set to Materialise Later This Year

  By John Freeman on February 5, 2015

  

    Doctor Who and LEGO fans around the world are celebrating the news that The LEGO Group will be producing a LEGO Doctor Who set. The concept for a Doctor Who set came from the LEGO IDEAS  (http://ideas.LEGO.com),  a crowdsourcing community where LEGO… Read More ›

• Venting Spleenal: An Interview with Nigel Auchterlounie

  By Matt Badham on February 5, 2015

  

  Nigel Auchterlounie AKA Spleenal, is a cartoonist who has worked on everything from all-ages comics like Dennis the Menace to biting, one-page satirical strips that, when posted on Twitter, point out the inconsistencies and unfairness behind the policies and actions… Read More ›

• Dark Horse Comics Partners with the SEQUENTIAL Graphic Novel App

  By John Freeman on February 5, 2015

  

    Dark Horse Comics has announced that its graphic novels will be included in the SEQUENTIAL iPad app, with the first tranche of titles available now. The move makes SEQUENTIAL the first third-party digital comics app to distribute a full… Read More ›

• “WarWorldz: Origins” Launches on Tapastic, second strip for new Shared Universe project

  By downthetubes Guests on February 4, 2015

  

    WarWorldz: Origins – one story for a new Shared Universe from a a number of comic creators – has just launched on the Tapastic web comic platform and we hope you’ll give it your support. The story is set in 2015 on a mysterious… Read More ›

• Sneak Preview: The Indifference Engine 2 – The Suicide Show

  By John Freeman on February 4, 2015

  

    Markosia released The Indifference Engine by Cy Dethan and Robert Carey a while ago now – a book I enjoyed as a fan of alternate timelines and other such SF themes. Now, a second collection, The Indifference Engine: The Suicide Show, this volume drawn… Read More ›

• Sneak Peek: Interstellar dogfights for Doctor Who!

  By John Freeman on February 4, 2015

  

    Next Wednesday (11th February 2015) sees the release of Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor #8, uniting the creative genius of writer Al Ewing (2000AD, Judge Dredd) and artist Warren Pleece (2000AD, Vertigo comics) and we have a sneak peek!     Interstellar dogfights still… Read More ›

• WarWorldz: Origins Launched on Tapastic

  By John Freeman on February 4, 2015

  

  WarWorldz: Origins has just launched on the Tapastic web comic platform and we hope you’ll give it your support. The story is set in 2015 on a mysterious alien world linked to our own through a  Dimensional Gate, where humans battle alien… Read More ›

• British Comic Shop Releases (4th February 2015) – 2000AD, Crossed and Miracleman!

  By John Freeman on February 4, 2015

  

    Here’s this week’s list of comics – both US and UK releases – on sale in specialist UK comic shops today, Wednesday 4th February 2015. We’ve picked out the titles published by British publishers in bold below, or titles with a… Read More ›

• Hodder & Stoughton to Publish Graphic Novel from YouTube Star Joe Sugg

  By John Freeman on February 4, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

    Hodder & Stoughton has acquired the rights to a graphic novel from Joe Sugg, best known for his channel ‘ThatcherJoe‘ on YouTube, which has over three million followers. Joe started making YouTube videos in 2011 and currently has 3.5million… Read More ›

• Titan launches “Shaun the Sheep” movie magazine

  By John Freeman on February 3, 2015

  

  On sale now in all good newsagents is Titan Magazines new Shaun the Sheep – The Movie Magazine, the official companion to the cinematic release this month. The title (the latest Totally… issue) sees Shaun and the The Flock journey to… Read More ›

• Grimalkin Press launches Kickstarter for Simon Moreton’s first full-length graphic novel

  By John Freeman on February 3, 2015

  

    US publisher Grimalkin Press has launched a Kickstarter to fund Simon Moreton‘s first full length comic collection, Plans We Made – a hauntingly beautiful and poetic look at the cartography of youth. Based in Bristol, Simon is a zine maker… Read More ›

• Kev F Sutherland helps promote new Rubies Beano range at Spring Fair

  By John Freeman on February 2, 2015

  

  Now where oh where is that @Rubies_UK stand? I’ve got faces to draw #springfair @BeanoComic pic.twitter.com/jkTfxgx5DS — Kev F Comic Artist (@KevFComicArtist) February 2, 2015 DC Thomson Consumer Products has announced several new products and partners in  the gifting and homewares… Read More ›

• In Review: Vivacity by Jessica Martin

  By Jeremy Briggs on February 2, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  A follow-up 2013’s It Girl, Vivacity moves Jessica Martin’s non-fiction Hollywood Heroines theme from the silent black and white era into the glamour of the early colour epics with the life story of Oscar, BAFTA and Tony winning British actress,… Read More ›

• British Comic Creators join in the fun of Hourly Comics Day

  By John Freeman on February 2, 2015

  

    Hourly Comics Day took place online yesterday, as it does annually on every the 1st February. You can view the strips created by following the social media hashtag on places like Twitter, Tumblr and Facebook using the hashtag #HourlyComicsDay. (I use WebSta to search… Read More ›

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