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• Sneak Preview: iHero – Issue 2

  By Antony Esmond on 10 July 2015

  

  Written by Luke James Halsall Art by Graeme Kennedy Letters by Rob Jones The Story: After the startling events of the first issue, we follow Sovereign and Icon as they continue to investigate the death of the creator of iHero,… Read More ›

• Egmont UK Launches “Star Wars Adventures” title next week

  By John Freeman on 10 July 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Egmont Publishing, will launch Disney’s Star Wars Adventures magazine next week, focused on the Star Wars saga and including comic strip material. The monthly magazine will offer a premium pack of Star Wars goodies that will give kids a real insight into the whole of the Star Wars universe, including all… Read More ›

• Thunderbirds 1965 Project Rockets toward Success, reaching £42,000 base goal in 24 hours

  By John Freeman on 10 July 2015

  

  Within just 24 hours, the Kickstarter campaign for Thunderbirds 1965 – a Kickstarter project with the aim of creating three new Classic Thunderbirds episodes using 1960s audio recordings – has reached 56% of its base goal – £42,000. As we reporteed earlier this week, this September… Read More ›

• New Spaceship Away magazine profiles Bruce Cornwell and Dave Gibbons work for DC Thomson

  By John Freeman on 10 July 2015

  

    The latest issue of the Dan Dare-inspired magazine Spaceship Away – Issue 36 – is now available and it’s a great mix of new strips and features, including a terrific item by our very own Jeremy Briggs documenting the… Read More ›

• In Review: The House of Daemon

  By John Freeman on 10 July 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  The House of Daemon Is a superb horror-tinged adventure… find out more!

• British creators announced on new Vertigo titles to launch this autumn

  By John Freeman on 10 July 2015

  

    DC Comics has just announced twelve new Vertigo titles at San Diego Comic Con – and there’s a host of British talent involved, including David Baillie (whose credits include strips for 2000AD), Mike Dowling (Death Sentence), Peter Milligan (Resident Alien) and… Read More ›

• New Digital Comics study Journal released

  By John Freeman on 9 July 2015

  

  Co-edited by Daniel Merlin Godbrey, a leading light in the field of digital comics, the Digital Comics edition of the MeCCsa Networking Knowledge Journal is now online. The Journal is hopefully of use for anyone studying the area of digital comics… Read More ›

• Crucible: The Quest Episode 37 – Battling the Chrell

  By John Freeman on 9 July 2015

  

  Our adventurers take on a god… but will is Beloc too terrified to help, or is he still too angry at Ardahl for the way he treated him? Crucible is an ongoing creator-owned strip which started in STRIP: The Adventures Comics Magazine,… Read More ›

• Sapphire & Steel Art Competition!

  By John Freeman on 9 July 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  With the news that Luther creator and Doctor Who script writer Neil Cross is, hopefully, to re-make Sapphire & Steel, the spooky ITV-commissioned 1970s show starring Joanna Lumley and David McCallum as mysterious times agents, we think it’s time for one of… Read More ›

• Something for the Weekend (8th July 2015) – Boov, Minions, Bacchus and Dirk Gently, too!

  By John Freeman on 9 July 2015

  

  Here’s this week’s list of comics on sale in British comics shops, plus some news stand titles – our intent, as ever being to skew our coverage in favour of British creators. Out this week is an IDW/Top Shelf release… Read More ›

• Humanoids announces partnership with SF author Robert Silverberg

  By John Freeman on 9 July 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  International graphic novel publishing house Humanoids – which includes a UK Operation – has just announced a deal with legendary science fiction writer Robert Silverberg to adapt a selection of his iconic novels into comics and live action entertainment content. The first novel… Read More ›

• “Eagle Daze” – Part One: When an Eagle became ensnarled in a Mirror’s Net

  By Roger Perry on 9 July 2015 • ( 3 )

  

  We are pleased to publish the memories of Roger Perry – memories of now more than half-a-century ago – of his days at Fleetway Publications working on Girl and Eagle… When an Eagle became ensnarled in a Mirror’s Net “Halfway through 1962,… Read More ›

• Creating Comics: The Making of To End All Wars’ “Bottomley – Brand of Britain”

  By downthetubes Guests on 9 July 2015

  

  Andy Luke reveals the making of one of the strips featured in the Eisner Award-nominated anthology To End All Wars – “Bottomley – Brand of Britain”… On Friday night, the San Diego Comic Con will announce the Eisner Awards, where… Read More ›

• Great War Centenary Anthology in the works

  By John Freeman on 8 July 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Wonderfunders, the free Crowd Funding Platform For Comics and Sequential Art projects, has announced the impending publication of Memorial – the Great War Centenary Anthology in aid of the War Child charity. The project, which we first reported on last year, is being published… Read More ›

• Panel Borders: Writing as the Other

  By John Freeman on 8 July 2015

  

  Continuing a month of shows about comics that are about or from Australasia on this week’s only over-air British comics radio show Panel Borders, Alex Fitch talks to cartoonist turned novelist Ed Hillyer about his debut novel, The Clay Dreaming, released in 2010 – his… Read More ›

• Morph to guest star in this week’s Beano

  By John Freeman on 8 July 2015

  

  DC Thomson has teamed up with Aardman to bring Morph, the nation’s favourite clay character, to The Beano, everyone’s favourite comic this week. Newly-returned to our TV screens, Morph guest stars in the comic, sharing the cover with Dennis the… Read More ›

• Signature set to roll out new “Chuggington Magazine” with five-piece train set

  By John Freeman on 8 July 2015

  

  Signature Publishing, the UK’s fastest growing and multiple award winning children’s magazine publisher, is to  launch Chuggington Magazine, based on the hit young children’s show, later this month. Based on the high quality and action-packed Chuggington TV series, the magazine transports… Read More ›

• After Shock Comics recruits Garth Ennis and Neil Gaiman for their new projects

  By John Freeman on 8 July 2015

  

    British creators – including Neil Gaiman – will be among those working on new comics to be published by the ambitious US publishing start-up AfterShock Comics. As we reported back in May, the Editor In Chief Michael Marts of the new company will be… Read More ›

• Thunderbirds 1965 Project To Create “Classic Thunderbirds Episodes”

  By John Freeman on 8 July 2015

  

  This September marks 50 years since Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s ground-breaking Thunderbirds series blasted onto TV screens in the UK. To celebrate this special anniversary, the iconic puppets will be making a spectacular return in three brand new episodes in… Read More ›

• New Eagle Times highlights Joan Porter’s work on “Dan Dare”

  By John Freeman on 7 July 2015

  

  The latest issue of the Eagle-inspired magazine Eagle Times, published by the Eagle Society, is available now, offering a wealth of insights into the much-loved boys comic of the 1950s and 60s. The features, which include insights from colourist and researcher Joan… Read More ›

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