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• In Memoriam: Dave Westaway – A Tribute by John Ridgway

  By downthetubes Guests on December 10, 2014 • ( 4 )

  

    We’re saddened to report the passing of Eagle afficianado and comic collector and archivist Dave Westaway, a name that may only be familiar to a few reading this but whose contributions to the work of various groups, preserving and promoting… Read More ›

• Pat Mills To Talk “Charley’s War” at University of Liverpool

  By John Freeman on December 10, 2014

  

    Charley’s War co-creator Pat Mills will challenge the current revisionist “spin” of that century old conflict at a University of Liverpool talk later this month. Pat, who is a Visiting Professor in the Department of English, (he was given an honorary professorship by the University back in 2011)… Read More ›

• Pat Mills to challenges Great War revisionists with University of Liverpool lecture

  By John Freeman on December 10, 2014

    Charley’s War co-creator Pat Mills will challenge the current revisionist “spin” of that century old conflict at a University of Liverpool talk this month. Pat, who is a Visiting Professor in the Department of English, (he was given an honorary professorship by the University… Read More ›

• In Review: Spaceship Away 34

  By John Freeman on December 10, 2014 • ( 4 )

  

    The latest issue of the Eagle-inspired Spaceship Away, available now, comes with another great cover from veteran artist Don Harley inspired by the original “Dan Dare” tale “The Ship that Lived”, and includes a great bonus Christmas gift – a 24-page “Dan… Read More ›

• Nickelodeon widens its Writing Program to accept worldwide applications

  By John Freeman on December 10, 2014

  

  Viacom-owned cable and satellite TV network Nickelodeon has announced an open call for its 2015 global Animated Shorts Program, open worldwide. They’ll be taking pitches between 1st February – 31st March 2015. They’ve also announced an expansion to their Writing Program,… Read More ›

• “Toy Hunter” returns to Quest in January, seeking Space: 1999 Eagle and collectibles for Stan Lee

  By John Freeman on December 10, 2014

  

    Acclaimed toy dealer Jordan Hembrough is back on the hunt to find the holy grail of toys and collectibles with bigger price tags that earn bigger profits in the third season of Toy Hunter, which will premiere on QUEST… Read More ›

• British Comic Shop Releases (9th December 2014) – 2000AD clears the decks for all-new thrills!

  By John Freeman on December 9, 2014

  

    Here’s this week’s list of comics – both US and UK releases – on sale in specialist UK comic shops tomorrow, Wednesday 10th December 2014, courtesy of First Age Comics, Lancaster. We’ve picked out the titles published by British publishers in… Read More ›

• Hibernia releases “Library of Death” and “Baker’s Half Dozen” strip collections, new Scream! Archive announced

  By John Freeman on December 8, 2014

  

    Just in time for Christmas, Hibernia Comics , publishers of collections such as The Tower King and Thirteenth Floor, has released two terrific collections – one from the short-lived horror comic Scream! and the other from the perhaps lesser well-known… Read More ›

• Richard Piers Rayner, Will Sliney feature in When Saturday Comes

  By John Freeman on December 8, 2014

  

    The latest issue of the “Half Decent Football Magazine” When Saturday Comes includes a feature on how artists turn their hands to football featuring Road to Perdition and Doctor Who artist Richard Piers Rayner and Marvel artist Will Sliney. Born in Middlesbrough,… Read More ›

• Tonight’s Gotham on Channel 5: Harvey Dent

  By John Freeman on December 8, 2014

  

  Jim leaves Selina in Alfred’s safekeeping while ADA Harvey Dent (Nicholas D’Agosto) uses her potential testimony to rattle the man Dent believes is responsible for the Waynes’ murders. Meanwhile, Oswald finds Fish’s mole in the Falcone organization in Gotham – ‘Harvey Dent’ – which airs… Read More ›

• Cup of O – Thought Bubble Stash Dissection

  By Owen Watts on December 7, 2014

  

    Last month saw the annual appearance of the Thought Bubble Comic Art Festival in Leeds – the convention element of which is a permanent fixture on the convention calendar for the majority of small pressers in the UK. I was there… Read More ›

• Capital Comic Con, The Edinburgh Comic Art Festival
, announced for October 2015

  By John Freeman on December 7, 2014

  

  After a long year and a half of searching for the right venue and the right dates, BHP Events – part of comics publisher BHP Comics – has finally been able to secure all the elements they want to produce their first event… Read More ›

• Barry Kitson, Andrew Wildman part of Dutch Comic Con Line-Up

  By John Freeman on December 7, 2014

  

    British artists Barry Kitson and Andrew Wildman are part of a growing guest line up for next year’s Dutch Comic Con, which will be held 28th – 29th of March 2015 at the Jaarbeurs Exhibition Centre, Utrecht. Dutch Comic Con is an… Read More ›

• Sneak Peek: 2000AD Prog 2015 – Dark Judges, Dark Justice and Savage, too

  By John Freeman on December 7, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

    2000AD Prog 2015, a 100-page bumper issue of Tharg-assembled thrill power that kicks off a number of new ongoing stories for the weekly SF comic, will arrive in newsagents, comic shops and on digital devices worldwide on 17th December – and… Read More ›

• In Review: Buck Danny – No-Fly Zone

  By Jeremy Briggs on December 7, 2014 • ( 4 )

  

  Cinebook brings us the fourth in their translated adventures of US military pilot Colonel Buck Danny in Francis Bergese’s No-Fly Zone, originally published in France in 1998 as Zone Interdite, the 47th French Buck Danny album. Buck Danny, with his… Read More ›

• Broken Frontier Awards 2014 launched, Warren Ellis, Darryl Cunningham, SelfMadeHero among the chosen

  By John Freeman on December 6, 2014

  

  The top comics site Broken Frontier has announced the nominees for its 11th annual Broken Frontier Awards. The site’s staff has selected five nominees for each of the 13 categories that comprise the BF Awards, their way to honour the… Read More ›

• Wart Horror Comic team launch a “Cosmic” Kickstarter

  By John Freeman on December 6, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  Writer Chris Welsh and artist Ammar Al-Chalabi, the team behind the fun, long-running and much-praised “cosmic horror web comic” WART have just launched a Kickstarter to raise funds to publish a print edition. For those that need reminding, the crowd funding site Kickstarter is… Read More ›

• Crucible: The Quest – Episode Ten

  By John Freeman on December 6, 2014

  

  Beyond the ‘safety’ of Pomorele, our Taskers meet with the Tanners Guild guides… but tough as they are, they’re about to encounter something much tougher…

• Crucible: The Quest – Episode Nine

  By John Freeman on December 6, 2014

  

  Our first look at the world outside the gates of Pomorele, and no, the perspective is meant to look that odd…

• Crucible: The Quest: Episode Eight

  By John Freeman on December 6, 2014

  

  Time to mount up and head out of Pomorele… but are there some things best left unsaid?

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