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• Family Zone Fun for All promised at this year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival

  By John Freeman on 15 June 2015

  

  Children (of all ages) will find the amazing world of comics to discover and explore at the Family Zone, part of this year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival  (Saturday 17th – Sunday 18th October 2015). Special events and workshops will offer a… Read More ›

• Birmingham Comics Festival – back by popular demand in 2016

  By John Freeman on 15 June 2015

  

  Debuting earlier this year, the Birmingham Comics Festival made good on its promise: to put the second city fairly and squarely back on the UK comic convention map, placing comics and their fans at the absolute heart of all its events…. Read More ›

• Lakes Festival’s “Lost in Space” anthology winners announced at Lancaster Comics Day

  By downthetubes Guests on 14 June 2015 • ( 2 )

  

    Last year, the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, in conjunction with Titan Comics, ran a competition to find undiscovered talent with a “Lost in Space” theme – and the winners were announced today at Lancaster Comics Day by the… Read More ›

• It’s Lancaster Comics Day! 

  By John Freeman on 14 June 2015

  

  Typically, of course, it’s raining cats and dogs, but Britain’s finest weather casters inform us things will improve later – and everything is now indoors. The fun starts at 1100 at Lancaster Library with a “Breaking Into Comics” panel with… Read More ›

• Lancaster Comics Day: A Really Heavy Greatcoat Special

  By John Freeman on 13 June 2015

  

  With Lancaster Comics Day tomorrow, what better way to celebrate than with a special Really Heavy Greatcoat special, which will also feature in a special “Jam” comic, Frankenzine, on sale on the day? The strip sees current Greatcoat owner Kevin… Read More ›

• Doctor Who hits San Diego Comic Con – Literally, in Titan Comics Special

  By John Freeman on 13 June 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Cavan Scott and George Mann are among the creators involved in  a special issue of Titan Comics Twelfth Doctor Doctor Who comic, which will be on sale at San Diego Comic-Con next month. Drawn by Rachael Stott and coloured by Ivan Nunes,… Read More ›

• Glenn Fabry Sketch Book in the works after successful Kickstarter campaign, other projects hinted at

  By John Freeman on 12 June 2015

  

    Top comics artist Glenn Fabry has easily secured funding for his planned Sketchbook 3 book project, which will feature over 40 full colour pages of never seen before exciting images by the artist perhaps best known for his work… Read More ›

• Toronto Comic Art Festival confirms Lakes Festival guests, adds Estelle Bachelard and Samuel LeBlanc

  By John Freeman on 12 June 2015

  

  The Toronto Comic Arts Festival has announced the outline of its 2015 trips to England and Japan, to exhibit at festivals in both countries and fulfil their mandate of promoting Canadian comics culture on the world stage. As we previously reported, TCAF have partnered… Read More ›

• Dave Gibbons Copyist Protest Art up for auction in aid of Hero Initiative

  By John Freeman on 11 June 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Up for auction with proceeds being paid to Hero Initiative now is Dave Gibbons one off diptych artwork entitled ‘Whaat??’, commissioned for the Image Duplicator exhibition in 2013 in London to coincide with the Roy Lichtenstein exhibition at the Tate Modern… Read More ›

• Sneak Peek: The Blacklist #1

  By John Freeman on 11 June 2015 • ( 3 )

  

  Out next month from Titan Comics is the brand-new original official comic series to the critically acclaimed NBC crime drama The Blacklist, starring James Spader. When the FBI is framed for the public killing of a political activitist at an… Read More ›

• James Bond, Thunderbirds and other rarities offered in latest Bonhams Entertainment Memorabilia Sale

  By John Freeman on 11 June 2015

  

  Bonhams Entertainment Memorabilia Sale, taking place on 24 June at Bonhams Knightsbridge, features a varied selection of lots with interesting connections to the silver screen and television, including James Bond and Doctor Who items, as well as some Gerry Anderson-related… Read More ›

• Titan Comics set to publish “Heroes Reborn” tie-in comics

  By John Freeman on 11 June 2015

  

  Titan Comics has announced that the company has been granted rights to publish comics based on US TV network NBC’s upcoming event series Heroes Reborn, which launches in the autumn. The licensing agreement awarded by Universal Partnerships & Licensing begins with… Read More ›

• ASHCAN Awards: Writer nominations include Tom Ward, Jasper Bark

  By John Freeman on 10 June 2015

  

  Hearty congratulations to Tom Ward, creator of the excellent indie comic Merrick: The Elephantman, a title we’ve been enthusing about on downthetubes for quite a while now. Along with others that include the equally talented Jasper Bark (whose new book, Bloodfellas,… Read More ›

• Panel Borders: My So-Called Secret Identity

  By John Freeman on 10 June 2015

  

  Continuing a month of shows about comic book creators who have used crowd funding to launch various titles on Britain’s only regularly radio broadcast comics show, Alex Fitch, with the help of guest presenter Nicola Streeten, discusses the crowd-funding campaign for the… Read More ›

• Phoenix Comic now on sale in selected Waterstones

  By John Freeman on 10 June 2015

  

    The Phoenix Comic – the brilliant children’s comic published by David Fickling Comics – has extended its distribution a step further and is now on sale in selected Waterstones bookshops. The Phoenix is a weekly story comic for children, packed… Read More ›

• TorsoBear – Back in the Game with new Kickstarter target

  By John Freeman on 10 June 2015

  

  Brett Uren, the creator of the acclaimed Torsobear project, has re-launched his bid for funding a second volume of stories on Kickstarter, his enthusiasm undimmed after an ambitious bid to secure £13,500 earlier in the year fell short of target, despite… Read More ›

• British Comic Shop Releases (8th June 2015) – 2000AD, Tank Girl and a Death Sentence that’s a must!

  By John Freeman on 10 June 2015

  

  Here’s our guide to new comics and graphic on sale in British comic shops today (Wednesday 8th June 2015), complementing our monthly list of new British graphic novels and comic collections (June 2015 list here). New Readers: Jump-on 2000AD this week! Three… Read More ›

• Blast from the Past: An Interview with Alan Class

  By John Freeman on 10 June 2015

  

  I came across a lovely little item by Howard Fuller on his meeting with Alan Class at Putney’s 30th Century Comics, the now retired publisher of those black and white anthologies that many of us used to buy in the… Read More ›

• In Review: Doctor Who – Tenth Doctor #11

  By John Freeman on 10 June 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  DOCTOR WHO: THE TENTH DOCTOR #11 Writer: Nick Abadzis Artist: Elena Casagrande Ink Assistant: Michelle Pasta Layout Assistant: Giorgia Sposito Colour: Arianna Florean Publisher:  Titan Comics On Sale: Wednesday 10th June 2015 The Book: New Yorkers Cindy and Gabby have a falling… Read More ›

• Saltire Fan Art Competition Launched

  By John Freeman on 10 June 2015

  

  The team behind the Scottish superhero story Saltire are running a Fan Art Competition – and the winners will see their artwork in print. Saltire , published by Diamond Steel Comics, is a series centring around a Scottish comic book superhero,… Read More ›

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