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• Kids Comics – an Oxymoron in Waiting?

  By downthetubes Guests on April 11, 2014

  

  Feature by Jonathan Clode Back in August 2013, it was reported that American artist Paul Pope had pitched an idea to DC Comics to bring back Jack Kirby’s Kamandi, The Last Boy on Earth, only to be told by DC… Read More ›

• Athletics Weekly revives Alf Tupper, “Tough of the Track” for London Marathon

  By John Freeman on April 11, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  Athletics Weekly – the world’s only devoted weekly track and field magazine better known as AW – has revived DC Thomson’s famous fish and chips-eating runner Alf Tupper, “The Tough of the Track“, who featured in comics such as The… Read More ›

• Amazon buys Comixology, what now for independent comic creators?

  By John Freeman on April 11, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  I’ve just seen the news that Amazon.com is acquiring comiXology, the US company that developed a cloud-based digital comics platform. In a statement, David Naggar, Amazon’s VP, content acquisition and independent publishing said “Amazon and comiXology share a passion for reinventing… Read More ›

• Photo Report: Dundee Comics Expo 2014

  By Jeremy Briggs on April 10, 2014

  

  Since 2007 the University of Dundee has run various annual events that are now tagged as the Dundee Comics Day which consist of talks and workshops by comics creators plus a handful of sales tables. In Easter 2013 they added… Read More ›

• Nemesis the Warlock film images by Tony Luke uncovered

  By John Freeman on April 10, 2014 • ( 4 )

  

  Brighton-based 2000AD comic creator  Tony Luke – creator of a slew of amazing strips for a huge range of companies – has been digging into his archives and has started turning up some interesting stuff… including these images of a 12-minute stop-motion… Read More ›

• George Low and Keith Page continue World War One Commando series

  By John Freeman on April 10, 2014

  

  Here’s the rundown of the latest issues of DC Thomson’s Commando, on sale from today in all good newsagents and for iPad and iPhone. Writer George Low’s epic World War One story – a loosely connected series that doesn’t require… Read More ›

• Eighth International Manga Award competition announced, win a trip to Japan

  By John Freeman on April 10, 2014

  

  The entry period for the worldwide Eighth International Manga Award organised by Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has begun. The winner will earn a trip to Japan to meet Japanese Manga creators if they win. The International Manga Award was… Read More ›

• Egmont’s “Ben 10 Magazine” named number one news stand title for boys

  By John Freeman on April 9, 2014

  

    Egmont’s Ben 10 Magazine – available in print and in digital format – has topped the charts as the UK’s number one magazine in the primary boys sector and has now sold more than  5.2 million copies since its launch in… Read More ›

• Charlie Gillespie’s horror fantasy, “The Many”, primed for digital release

  By John Freeman on April 9, 2014

  

  London-based comic creator Charlie Gillespie – a name longtime 2000AD and Judge Dredd Mgeazine readers are sure to recognise – is to launch his hard-hitting story The Many as a digital comic, distributed through Comixology from 25th April. He very kindly sent… Read More ›

• Award-winning creator Becky Cloonan joins Lakes International Comic Art Festival line-up

  By John Freeman on April 9, 2014

  

    The Lakes International Comic Art Festival has announced that the critically-acclaimed comic creator Becky Cloonan has joined the event’s line-up of guests. Born in Pisa, Italy, Becky Cloonan began her career self-publishing mini-comics in 1999. Since then she has gone on to… Read More ›

• Name A Character in Mark Millar’s Starlight

  By John Freeman on April 8, 2014

  

  Ever fancied having a comic-book character named after you? Especially one in a book that’s been picked up as a big-budget movie by Fox? Well, via an eBay auction, Writer Mark Millar (Wanted and Kick-Ass) and Goran Parlov (The Punisher)… Read More ›

• Leading Graphic Novel Publisher Top Shelf Partners with the SEQUENTIAL Digital Graphic Novel App

  By John Freeman on April 8, 2014

  

  SEQUENTIAL, the graphic novel storefront and reader app focused on literary graphic novels produced by Panel Nine, has announced that it has started releasing titles by pioneering art comics and graphic novel publisher Top Shelf Productions. Top Shelf Productions, which… Read More ›

• Massive Luther Arkwright tome, “Arkwright Integral” announced

  By John Freeman on April 8, 2014

  

  Finally! At long last, a comics publisher – Dark Horse – has had the good sense to commission and publish a high quality ultimate A4 size hardback edition of the first flagship British graphic novel, Luther Arkwright by Eisner and Harvey Award-winner Bryan… Read More ›

• Sally Heathcote “Director’s Commentary” reveals creators secrets about new graphic novel

  By John Freeman on April 8, 2014

  

  (with thanks to Joe Gordon): Writer Mary Talbot and artist Kate Charlesworth have their guest Director’s Commentary on the making of their upcoming book Sally Heathcote – Suffragette on the Forbidden Planet International blog today. “For those not familiar with… Read More ›

• Director’s Commentary: Mary Talbot and Kate Charlesworth on Sally Heathcote, Suffragette

  By Joe Gordon on April 8, 2014

  

  This Director’s Commentary going behind the scenes on the award-winning Sally Heathcote, Suffragette by Mary Talbot, Kate Charlesworth and Bryan Talbot was originally published on 8th April 2014 on the Forbidden Planet International blog by Joe Gordon, and is re-published… Read More ›

• Scotland’s Robert the Bruce celebrated in new comic

  By John Freeman on April 7, 2014

  

  A new comic book, King Robert the Bruce and the Wars of Independence, is now available to order directly from the King Robert the Bruce educational web site. The web site, developed by staff and students at Fife College, celebrates Dunfermline’s historic… Read More ›

• “Nemo: The Roses of Berlin” hits Top Three in Graphic Novel Sales for March

  By John Freeman on April 7, 2014

  

  Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill’s latest League of Extraordinary Gentlemen-inspired title Nemo: The Roses of Berlin, co-published by Knockabout and Top Shelf, proved a sales hit last month in terms of sales in specialist comic shops, reaching the Number Three spot… Read More ›

• A Different Type of Star – Rejuvenating DC Thomson’s Red Star for a New Era

  By John Freeman on April 5, 2014

  

  General Jumbo, The Smasher and  Supercats are just some of the classic British heroes back in print right now, thanks to a team of Scottish comic creators, DC Thomson and Comic Heroes magazine. As we previously reported, The Glasgow League of Writers has teamed up with publisher DC… Read More ›

• 21st Tank Girl project gets massive Kickstarter support

  By John Freeman on April 5, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  After a break of nearly 20 years Jamie Hewlett will be drawing a new Tank Girl story as part of 21st Century Tank Girl project conceived by Alan C. Martin, joining six other artists to create a brand new book that has… Read More ›

• Jon Lock’s AFTERLIFE INC. collection on course for crowd funding success?

  By John Freeman on April 5, 2014

  

  Comics writer Jon Lock recently launched a Kickstarter campaign that looks to be on course to see the publication of a deluxe collection of his amazing AFTERLIFE INC., the tale of con-artist Jack Fortune, who, following his untimely demise, discovers an afterlife in… Read More ›

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