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• Sneak Preview – Bertie Bear Issue 4

  By Antony Esmond on 22 August 2015

  

  Words and Pictures by Andy W. Clift Letters by Jon Scrivens Script Editor – Rachel Barber Guest Cover Artist – Daniel John Sendall-King Published by Bounce Comics The Story: In the fourth installment of this series our hirsute rough and tumble… Read More ›

• Something for the Weekend: British Comic Shop Releases (20th August 2015)

  By John Freeman on 21 August 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. You know, thinking about the headline I’ve given this item, wouldn’t it be… Read More ›

• Marvel Curiosities: Night Raven’s first major US appearance, alongside Nick Fury and Black Widow

  By John Freeman on 20 August 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  (With thanks to Tony Ingram): As folk know, we try to document Marvel UK curiosities and the  graphic novel Fury/Black Widow: Death Duty, published by Marvel US in February 1995, certainly qualifies. Given the publication date, I did wonder if it was one… Read More ›

• Artist Liam Sharp turns to prose for “Andrew Wilmingot’s Paradise Rex, Press Inc.”

  By John Freeman on 20 August 2015

  

  Comics artist and co-founder of the digital publising house Madefire Liam Sharp has turned his hand to a new novella, recently released by PS Publishing that even his publisher, Peter Crowther, describes as “off the wall” and has had staff at… Read More ›

• Comic Creator Spotlight: Big Punch Studios

  By John Freeman on 20 August 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Independent publishers Big Punch Studios will be featuring on a number of panels at the upcoming Melksham Comic Con soon (Saturday 30th – Sunday 31st August). Big Punch Studios are Nich Angell, Lucy Brown, Jon Lock and Alice White: four friends with… Read More ›

• Cup of O – Small Press Reviews

  By Owen Watts on 19 August 2015

  

    Hello! Two of the three comics I’m reviewing this month are from last year’s Melksham Comic Con – the next of which is taking place in a fortnight. It’s a wonderfully passionate little convention and Geoffery Crescent and I will be there with The… Read More ›

• Looking back on Marvel UK’s “Frontier” comics, on their way as a new collection in 2016

  By John Freeman on 19 August 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Picked up by numerous Marvel fans in mid July, Amazon has posted details of the upcoming Marvel Frontier Comics: The Complete Collection, assembling a number of strips published by Marvel UK in the 1990s as part of what was the… Read More ›

• 10 Days to Mancster Con 2015, celebrating indie sequential art in the North West

  By John Freeman on 19 August 2015

  

    There are just ten days to go to MancsterCon 2015 on 29th August 2015, which will be held at the University of Salford Media City campus. Featured guests include Adam Cadwell, creator of Blood Blokes and Lydia Wysocki, creator of the Newcastle Science Comic, among others…. Read More ›

• Mal Earl’s “Bulletproof Nylon” returns to Aces Weekly in November 

  By John Freeman on 19 August 2015

  

  The latest chapter in Cumbria-based comic creator Mal Earl‘s Bulletproof Nylon saga – a comic strip titled “Hope Road” – will feature in David Lloyd’s terrific digital anthology comic, Aces Weekly, in November. Bulletproof Nylon is an ongoing creative project, informed and… Read More ›

• On Sale Today: The Blacklist #2 from Titan Comics

  By John Freeman on 19 August 2015

  

    On sale today in all good comic shops from Titan Comics is The Blacklist #2, written by Nicole Dawn Phillips with art from Beni Lobel. Based on the hit show from NBC starring James Spader, this issue sees Kilniski… Read More ›

• Egmont’s new “Download” magazine features “Dan Droid” comic strip

  By John Freeman on 19 August 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Just launched this week is a brand new kids magazine, DOWNLOAD, from Egmont Publishing UK, featuring an all-new comic strip, “Dan Droid“, drawn by top comic artist Steve Beckett. This new title follows the launch of YouTube-focused magazine Oh My Vlog!… Read More ›

• Egmont Publishing UK celebrates growing comics sales

  By John Freeman on 19 August 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Following up on our recent coverage of improved news stand comic sales in the UK for numerous titles, we’re pleased to Egmont Publishing UK is deservedly delighted ar the success of its new Disney Frozen magazine and growing sales for… Read More ›

• Safari Festival returns to London this weekend

  By John Freeman on 18 August 2015

  

  The Safari Festival, organised by Breakdown Press, is back this weekend, taking place at Studio 2, the Shoreditch gallery space of London-based creative agency, Protein. The Festival is a one-day celebration of the new wave of alternative and art comics from the UK and beyond and… Read More ›

• Gosh! Comics gets set to host Safari Festival Pre-Party

  By John Freeman on 18 August 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  This weekend sees the return of Safari Festival, courtesy of the fine folks at Breakdown Press. It’s a showcase from some of the most interesting and innovative comics work out there at the moment and we’ve got an event on Friday night to… Read More ›

• Dave Gibbons guest at London’s SoundStage in September

  By John Freeman on 18 August 2015

  

  Comics Laureate, artist and writer Dave Gibbons and costume designer Jane Petrie will share a stage at London’s Soundstage in September. Soundstage is a new and unique regular London-based arts event. Each month, there’ll be a line-up of two special… Read More ›

• In Review: OFF LIFE Issue 12

  By John Freeman on 18 August 2015

  

  Issue 12 of OFF LIFE, the free print and digital comics anthology is out now, its hard-working team revitalised from running their Yellow “Comics For A Lost Generation” series – where 52 artists are illustrating 52 weeks of news, a project that will be released… Read More ›

• In Review: Dump Issue 3

  By John Freeman on 17 August 2015

  

  Writer: David Robertson Artist: David Robertson, Damon Herd, Donna Law, Neil Paterson, Ludi Price, Keara Stewart and Pam Wye Publisher: Fred Egg Comics Format: 80 pages, black and white Continuing in what seems like some mission to offer the most eclectic… Read More ›

• An Embarrassment of Riches: A forward look at Comic Conventions of 2016

  By Colin Noble on 17 August 2015

  

  We are already seeing a surge in convention activity for next year as teams around the country begin to prepare their conventions – which should really come as no surprise to many event organisers, whose planning for their next comics… Read More ›

• British Museum to host Manga Now: Three Generations Exhibition

  By John Freeman on 17 August 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Celebrating the tenth anniversary of Asahi Shimbun sponsorship, the British Museum’s Asahi Shimbun Gallery is to host Manga Now: Three Generations from September, an exhibition featuring newly commissioned and recent works by a trio of celebrated Japanese manga artists: Chiba Tetsuya, Hoshino… Read More ›

• Author Chris Lackey talks “Transreality” with the Awesome Comics Podcast crew

  By John Freeman on 17 August 2015

  

  Episode 7 of the Awesome Comics Podcast is sliding up your alley today. Hosted by Vince Hunt (Red Mask From Mars) Hunt, Dan Butcher (Vanguard) Butcher and Tony Esmond (the hairy and annoying one) this episode has as its guest… Read More ›

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