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• Something for the Weekend (22nd July 2015) – A little 2000AD for the weekend, folks?

  By John Freeman on 24 July 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. Prize-winning British cartoonist Julian Hanshaw makes his US debut this week with the… Read More ›

• Every Doctor (Who) Has His Thursday…

  By John Freeman on 23 July 2015 • ( 5 )

  

    The latest Doctor Who Magazine (Issue 489) is on sale tomorrow and we’ve detailed the issues’ full run down below. It includes the first part of a new 12-page comics strip, “Spirits of the Jungle” by Jonathan Morris, illustrated… Read More ›

• In Review: The Troll by Martin Flink

  By Jeremy Briggs on 23 July 2015 • ( 5 )

  

  Accent UK may be better known for titles about zombies and gunslingers but the rise of more family orientated comics conventions has led them to release The Troll  by Danish artist, storyteller and co-founder of the Copenhagen Comics Festival, Martin… Read More ›

• Rachael Smith’s “The Rabbit” graphic novel launches in September

  By John Freeman on 23 July 2015

  

  Comic creator Rachael Smith and the Avery Hill Publishing crew will be launching The Rabbit, Rachel’s second graphic novel, at Manchester’s Travelling Man comic shop on Friday 28th August and  London’s Orbital Comics  on Friday 11th September 2015. Following her debut, critically acclaimed graphic… Read More ›

• Judgement Comes to Cardiff! (Judge Dredd judgement, that is)

  By John Freeman on 23 July 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Judgement in Cardiff, a  unique exhibition of Judge Dredd art comes to Cardiff next month – the work of a duo known as Caped in Case who commissioned David Roach to draw the event’s promotional poster. The exhibition brings together some of… Read More ›

• Panel Borders: Bruce Mutard – from The Bunker to The Sacrifice

  By John Freeman on 22 July 2015

  

  Continuing a month of shows about Australasian comics, Alex Fitch talks to Melbourne cartoonist Bruce Mutard about his career so far, from his first graphic novel The Bunker to experimental comics such as Alice in Nomansland, and working on a sequel to his… Read More ›

• Comic Creator Spotlight: Comic Artist Jim Watson

  By Colin Noble on 22 July 2015 • ( 3 )

  

  There are many comic artists that I have still to identify whose work I’ve enjoyed down the years. Others that I have identified and see that others also share my enjoyment of their work. But there are many more who… Read More ›

• Sapphire & Steel Competition: Nigel “Spleenal” Auchterlounie joins the fun

  By John Freeman on 21 July 2015 • ( 5 )

  

  Recent news of a possible return to our screens of the spooky Sapphire & Steel prompted various comic artists to pipe up that they’d love to draw a new comic based on the show, so we’re challenging our readers to do… Read More ›

• Wart horror comic continues, last round of crowdfunding permitting…

  By John Freeman on 21 July 2015

  

  Comic creators Chris Welsh and Ammar Al-Chalabi are closing fast on their modest Kickstarter to fund WART Book Three at the moment, so we thought we’d give him a deserved plug to hopefully help him gain full backing. In January, he successfully funded books One… Read More ›

• In Review: London Film and Comic Con 2015

  By downthetubes Guests on 21 July 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  London Film and Comic Con took over the Olympia this year, spreading across four floors. Tickets for both Saturday and Sunday sold out well before the event, leading to some disappointed people who couldn’t get in – but they will know… Read More ›

• In Review: Panel Borders: Crowd-Funded Comics

  By John Freeman on 21 July 2015

  

     A train journey to the Lakes afforded me the chance to listen to this terrific episode of the Resonance FM ’Panel Borders‘ podcast about the positives and negatives of crowd funding your comic projects. This show concluded a month… Read More ›

• Signing at Deadhead Comics

  By Colin Noble on 20 July 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  For those that shop for their comics in Edinburgh, you could do worse than pop along to the recently relocated Deadhead Comics at their new address of 30 West Nicolson Street Edinburgh EH8 9DD. On Saturday 25 July 2015 from 2:30pm… Read More ›

• John Ridgway Interviewed for Doctor Who Panel to Panel Podcast

  By John Freeman on 20 July 2015

  

  Veteran comic artist John Ridgway, still drawing issues of Commando but perhaps best known for his work on 2000AD, Doctor Who Magazine and DC Comics Hellblazer, is the guest on the latest Doctor Who: Panel to Panel podcast. A true Doctor Who comics legend,… Read More ›

• Warren Ellis: “Read Comics. All comics. And then cut them open…”

  By John Freeman on 20 July 2015

  

  Comic creator Warren Ellis – author of Trees, Injection, Ministry of Space and whose fanzines I bought back in the 1980s when we met at the Westminster Comic Mart days, publishes an entertaining weekly newsletter, Orbital Operations (subscribe here), covering all… Read More ›

• Remembered Reading: Dr Mel Gibson’s new study of Girls Comics released

  By John Freeman on 20 July 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Remembered Reading, a reader’s history exploring the forgotten genre of British girls’ comics by Dr Mel Gibson, has just been published by Leuven Univeristy Press. Girls’ comics were a major genre from the 1950s onwards in Britain. The most popular titles sold between… Read More ›

• Proposed New US Copyright Act threatens creator rights worldwide

  By John Freeman on 20 July 2015

  

    (Updated 21st July, added comment by artist Tim Perkins): Proposed changes to US copyright law, effectively re-inventing the failed “Orphan Works” act put forward seven years ago, have come under attack from a huge number of artists and writers,… Read More ›

• Peter Pan: Six Questions for Stephen White On His Adaptation Of JM Barrie’s Classic

  By Jeremy Briggs on 20 July 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Artist Stephen White, who works under the pen-name Stref, has just had his graphic novel adaptation of Peter Pan, JM Barrie’s 1904 play and 1911 novel, released by Birlinn Books. This is, remarkably, the first official graphic novel of one… Read More ›

• Peter Pan The Graphic Novel Events

  By Jeremy Briggs on 19 July 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  Edinburgh publisher Birlinn books have just released Stephen White’s new graphic novel of JM Barrie’s Peter Pan. This 96-page softcover book is based on Barrie’s original novel and play, adapted and illustrated by Stephen (also known as Stref) and coloured… Read More ›

• The Awesome Comics Podcast – Episode 3 with Marc Laming

  By Antony Esmond on 19 July 2015

  

  Flying into your eardrums this upcoming week it’s time for the third episode of The Awesome Comics Podcast. This Monday, joining Vince Hunt (The Red Mask From Mars), Dan Butcher (Vanguard Comic) and Tony Esmond (the grumpy one and contributor… Read More ›

• New International Journal of Comic Art out now

  By John Freeman on 19 July 2015

  

     The latest edition of the International Journal of Comic Art is out now, the premier academic journal devoted to all aspects of cartooning and comics. Edited by John Lent, the whopping 675 page tome features Visual Language: Neil Cohn… Read More ›

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