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• Lakes Festival Focus 2014: Comics writer Jörg Tittel

  By John Freeman on September 15, 2014

  

    In the run up to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival (17th – 19th October), we’re aiming to run a number of interviews spotlighting at least a few of the huge number of guests and comic creators who will be at the… Read More ›

• Award-winning cartoonist Steve English “Football Earth” calendar released

  By John Freeman on September 14, 2014

  

    If you’ve been in any branch of WH Smiths or a local supermarket of late it can’t have escaped your attention that retailers have launched their first forays in the 2014 Christmas Offensive – and that includes offerings of… Read More ›

• Cup of O – Melksham Comic Con 2014

  By Owen Watts on September 14, 2014

  

      This year’s Melksham Comic Con was my second as a seller – last year’s single day was easily one of my favourite events of 2013. For 2014, the small indie con expanded into two days and although the Sunday was markedly… Read More ›

• Mauri Kunnas “Beatles with an ‘A'” from Knockabout is a cartoon delight

  By John Freeman on September 13, 2014

  

    Knockabout Comics recently released Beatles With An ‘A’ by Mauri Kunnas, which is a wonderful re-telling the first beats of the Beatles’ career as only this legendary Finnish rock cartoonist could tell them. The book is filled with hilarious… Read More ›

• Creators @ MCM Scotland Comic Con 2014

  By Jeremy Briggs on September 13, 2014

  

   In 2013 the MCM organisation severely underestimated the level of interest in their MCM Scotland Comic Con and the queues to get in on its single day reached near legendary status, as well as the BBC News. This year things… Read More ›

• At-TEN-Shun! Free indie street comic OFFLIFE reaches landmark issue

  By John Freeman on September 13, 2014

  

  The British indie street mag OFFLIFE has reached something of a landmark with the publication of its tenth issue this week, available in print from the usual stockists in London and Bristol, and digitally from their web site. Here’s the… Read More ›

• Star Trek fans urged to back campaign to collect British Star Trek comics

  By John Freeman on September 12, 2014

  

  Star Trek comic fans are being urged to support a campaign to get all the rare British Star Trek comics – with all their wonderful idiosyncracies, such as Captain Kirk teaching gorilla men how to play football – collected. In recent years, IDW‘s Library of American Comics imprint… Read More ›

• Lakes Festival Focus 2014: An Interview with Comic Artist Doug Braithwaite

  By John Freeman on September 12, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

    In the run up to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival (17th – 19th October), we’re planning to run a number of interviews spotlighting at least a few of the huge number of guests and comic creators who will… Read More ›

• IPC Media re-branded as Time Inc. UK

  By John Freeman on September 12, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  It was the end of an era last week as Time Inc. announced that it is rebranding its wholly-owned UK publishing arm IPC Media – which owns a huge back list of comic characters and comics – to Time Inc…. Read More ›

• Art Heroes announces comic book launch for Endangered and Other Stories

  By John Freeman on September 11, 2014

  

    North East-based comic publisher Art Heroes , the creation of Daniel Clifford and Lee Robinson, a writer and artist team publishing comic books and offering a range of creative workshops, is hosting a comic book launch for its new book… Read More ›

• Nottingham Comic Con guest list expands, huge exhibitor line-up planned

  By John Freeman on September 11, 2014 • ( 2 )

  

    The second ever Nottingham Comic Con (previously known as Nerd Fest) on Saturday 4th October will be double the size of last year’s event, hosting 13 guests, over 150 exhibitor tables and live music. The event will also have the… Read More ›

• ITV Studios talks up Thunderbirds Are Go!, Making of documentary in the works

  By John Freeman on September 11, 2014

  

    Rubbing shoulders with a host of previews for new and continuing drama for a wide range of companies, the latest MIPCOM Preview from World Screen includes a number of comments on the new Thunderbirds Are Go! series, launching next… Read More ›

• Arabs at War and a Royal kidnap? Commando adventures continue

  By John Freeman on September 10, 2014

  

  Here’s the details for DC Thomson’s Commando Issues 4739-4742, on sale from Thursday (11th September 2014) through newsagents, by subscription and for digital devices. Along with the usual full-length comic stories, Issue 4739 offers the chance to win  a copy of… Read More ›

• New range of Anderson Collectibles in the works, Space:1999 posters announced

  By John Freeman on September 10, 2014

  

    Anderson Entertainment, the company founded by Gerry Anderson, creator of TV hits including Thunderbirds and which now has a number of new projects in the works based on his ideas, including the Gemini Force One novels, has signed a licensing… Read More ›

• 2014 Top Toy Brands announced, most have have tie-in comics in the UK

  By John Freeman on September 9, 2014

  

    LIMA – the International Licensing Industry Merchandisers’ Association – has just revealed the nation’s favourite licensed toy brands among British children, with LEGO and Barbie taking the top spots on boys’ and girls’ lists of the most favoured toy… Read More ›

• World War One poems brought to life through comics in “Above the Dreamless Dead”

  By John Freeman on September 9, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

    Above the Dreamless Dead, out on 23rd September, is a splendid World War One trench poem anthology edited by Chris Duffy (Nursery Rhyme Comics, Fairy Tale Comics), published by First Second, which includes work by Hunt Emerson, Luke Pearson, Pat Mills and… Read More ›

• British Comic Shop Comic Releases (10th September 2014) – Beware of Springheeled Jack!

  By John Freeman on September 9, 2014

  

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

• Michael Palin to narrate “The Clangers”

  By John Freeman on September 8, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

    Award-winning actor, writer, presenter and comedian Michael Palin has been confirmed as narrator for the much-anticipated new Clangers series,  a contemporary version of the British classic animated television show being co-produced by CBeebies, Coolabi Group, Smallfilms and Sprout, which will… Read More ›

• The Beano launches mischievous new app

  By John Freeman on September 8, 2014

  

  The Beano has launched the first in a series of new apps for fans of its characters, following in the fottsteps of Egmont’s TOXIC to reach its computer and device-savvy readership. The Dennis & Gnasher’s Prank Sticker app, available now for iPhone and… Read More ›

• DC Thomson has high hopes of success for new “110% Gaming” Magazine

  By John Freeman on September 8, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  Beano publisher DC Thomson announced the launch of a new monthly children’s magazine last week, and it looks as though they’re pretty confident the title will be a success. The title, 110% Gaming, is aimed at eight to 12 year-old kids… Read More ›

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