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• Phoenix Children’s Comic Festival back in May

  By John Freeman on April 18, 2014

  

    The second Phoenix Children’s Comic Festival will take place at the Oxford’s Story Museum  on Saturday 3rd May, featuring art and events from many familiar names to readers of the Phoenix and great comics in general, with confirmed events from Laura Ellen… Read More ›

• In Memoriam: Andy Robertson, SF editor

  By John Freeman on April 18, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  We’re sorry to report the passing of SF editor and fan Andy Robertson who had been involved with Interzone, serving as Assistant Editor from an early stage and contributing many reviews and interviews. Andy also published a number of stories and edited two anthologies based on… Read More ›

• Jamie Smart’s “Fish Head Steve” heading to your TV screens?

  By John Freeman on April 17, 2014

  

    ITV Studios America has entered into an exclusive production deal with Komixx Entertainment Inc., an entertainment rights owner and content production company based in the UK that represent a number of properties, including Jamie Smart‘s “Fish Head Steve” character,… Read More ›

• “Filmed in Supermarionation” documentary to get Andercon preview

  By John Freeman on April 17, 2014

  

  Network DVD‘s upcoming major new feature film about the work of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, Filmed in Supermarionation, is to get a sneak preview at the first Andercon convention this weekend. The clips already released suggest it’s going to be… Read More ›

• Arvon announces Graphic Novel Writing with Bryan Talbot and Leah Moore

  By John Freeman on April 16, 2014

  

  The Arvon Foundation has just announced it will be running a residential creative writing course, Graphic Novel Writing with Bryan Talbot and Leah Moore, at the end of July (28th July – 2nd August). Running at The Hurst in Shropshire, the… Read More ›

• Luke Pearson, Isabel Greenberg and SelfMadeHero nominated for Will Eisner Awards

  By John Freeman on April 16, 2014

  

  The nominations for this year’s Will Eisner Awards have just been announced. The awards will be given out in a gala ceremony on Friday, 25th July during Comic-Con International: San Diego. The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, commonly shortened to… Read More ›

• XIII series on Sky2: Episode Images

  By John Freeman on April 15, 2014

  

  Sky have kindly sent us some images from the first two recently aired images of XIII, based on the  graphic novel series of the same name Jeremy Briggs has enthusiastically reviewed here for some time. Episode 3 airs this week on… Read More ›

• Inkwell Awards ballot opens to find and honour favourite comic book inkers

  By John Freeman on April 15, 2014

  

  The Inkwell Awards, a US non-profit organization devoted to educating and promoting the art of inking, is inviting the public worldwide to vote for the industry’s best of the past year. The official public ballot will be available on the… Read More ›

• In Review: Spaceship Away Issue 32

  By John Freeman on April 15, 2014

  

  The latest issue of the Dan-Dare and Eagle comic-inspired magazine Spaceship Away has just shipped to subscribers and will be available soon from the title’s web site (http://spaceshipaway.org.uk). This issue, wrapped in a cover and back cover by Eagle and… Read More ›

• In Review: WesterNoir Book Four

  By Jeremy Briggs on April 15, 2014

  

  The fourth book in writer Dave West and artist Gary Crutchley’s WesterNoir tales of Old West demon hunter Josiah Black is now available and seemingly turns the table on the main character as its subtitle is Josiah Black: Wanted For… Read More ›

• Electric Sheep Magazine’s comic Jubilee

  By Alex Fitch on April 14, 2014

  

  Previously a print periodical from Wallflower Press (Summer 2008 – Winter 2009), Electric Sheep is a cult and world cinema review magazine that has existed before and since as a website, carrying on many of the features of the print… Read More ›

• Panel Borders tackles the GHOSTS creative team as London exhibition looms

  By John Freeman on April 14, 2014

  

  Continuing a month of radio shows about the depiction of musicians and music culture in comic books, this week’s episode of Britain’s Panel Borders coincides with our yearly look at the work of young graphic novelists whip will also be… Read More ›

• Alan Grant and Tony Luke reunited for top secret ‘Project X’

  By John Freeman on April 14, 2014

  

    Word has reached us of an exciting new ‘Project X’, from the minds of UK creators Alan Grant (Judge Dredd, Judge Anderson, Batman et al), Tony Luke (Dominator, Hellkatt, 2000AD), Yasushi Nirasawa (Phantom Core, Godzilla, Guillotina) and Les Garner… Read More ›

• In Review: Alpha – Sanctions

  By Jeremy Briggs on April 14, 2014

  

  It is quite a while since Cinebook translated one of writer Mythic (Jean-Claude Smit-le-Bénédicte) and artist Youri Jigounov’s albums about CIA agent Alpha but they have returned to the series with Sanctions, originally published in France in 2000. A Russian… Read More ›

• More XIII For British Viewers And Readers

  By Jeremy Briggs on April 13, 2014

  

  The bandes dessinee series XIII written by Jean Van Hamme and illustrated by William Vance began in the French weekly Spirou in 1984 and ran for nineteen albums between 1984 and 2007. In 2008 XIII was brought to the small screen… Read More ›

• 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 ›

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