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• ABC Results: Egmont sees sales as “strong” and “thriving”

  By John Freeman on August 21, 2014

  

    Egmont, the publishers of TOXIC, many pre-school and girls youth sector titles on sale on the British news stand, have issued the following statement in response to the latest ABC reported sales figures which we reported on earlier this… Read More ›

• Moleskine announces London “urban sketching” event

  By John Freeman on August 20, 2014

  

    On Saturday 6th September Moleskine (the makers of the iconic notebooks and more) are hosting “the rise of urban sketching” event in London. The brand are collaborating with some highly talented sketchers who will be showcasing their skills during live… Read More ›

• VIZ UnMasked – or, “It’s not all over until the fat lady sings…”

  By John Freeman on August 20, 2014

  

  Hot on the heels of the British Library’s “Comics UnMasked” exhibition comes the Lakes International Comic Art Festival‘s very own homage to art and anarchy in the UK – “VIZ Unmasked“. VIZ Unmasked will, amongst other things, reveal the dark… Read More ›

• The Bible Goes Commando At The British Library

  By Jeremy Briggs on August 20, 2014

  

  The British Library’s comics exhibition Comics Unmasked: Art and Anarchy In The UK, enthusiastically billed by the library as “the UK’s largest ever exhibition of mainstream and underground comics” has just completed its time in the library’s PACCAR Gallery. However… Read More ›

• Book Palace to publish limited edition “Art of Modesty Blaise” catalogue

  By John Freeman on August 19, 2014

  

  London-based Book Palace is to publish a limited edition Art of Modesty Blaise catalogue, which will be presented free with any purchase from the art sales and specialist publisher of Modesty Blaise original art. Modesty Blaise, the tough and enigmatic character… Read More ›

• British Comic Shop Comic Releases (20th August 2014) – Judge Dredd clone stalks 2000AD!

  By John Freeman on August 19, 2014

  

    Here’s a list of comics – both US and UK releases – on sale in specialist UK comic shops from tomorrow, Wednesday 20th August 2014, courtesy of First Age Comics, Lancaster. We’ve picked out the titles published by British publishers in bold… Read More ›

• Saucy Goings On At The Edinburgh International Book Festival

  By Jeremy Briggs on August 18, 2014

  

  The Edinburgh International Book Festival is currently in full swing and while the 40+ events of last year’s Stripped 2013 festival-within-a-festival have been scaled back to the more typical BookFest number of a dozen or so, with creators including Bryan… Read More ›

• British News Stand Comic Sales see surge for pre-school, dips for humour titles

  By John Freeman on August 18, 2014

  

    (Updated 20th August 2014) The Audit Bureau of Circulations reported sales figures for January – June 2014 have been released, which include subscription sales, with Redan’s Peppa Pig and Immediate Media’s CBeebies Weekly titles continuing to do well in the pre-school market. Egmont, too,… Read More ›

• In Review: Countdown to TV Action

  By John Freeman on August 18, 2014

  

  by Steve Holland Publisher: Bear Alley Books Out: Now The Book: The latest comic index from Bear Alley Books covers the history and content of Countdown and TV Action, the Gerry Anderson-themed comic from Polystyle launched in the early 1970s…. Read More ›

• Orkney gallery hosts 2000AD-inspired exhibition

  By John Freeman on August 15, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

    If you’re heading to Orkney for your holidays, then you might want to drop in on a new exhibition featuring comic art by four artists who live on the island. The Orkney Comic Art Exhibition is being held on… Read More ›

• Dan Dare, Eagle, Beano, Thunderbirds and TV21 gems in latest ComPal auction

  By John Freeman on August 15, 2014

  

    Two gorgeous Don Harley-created Dan Dare sketches, rare Beano and Dandy issues from World War Two and plenty of Fleetway Picture Library items are just a few of the lots in the September ComPal comic auction, which has just… Read More ›

• In Review: Kenya – Apparitions

  By Jeremy Briggs on August 15, 2014 • ( 3 )

  

  Kenya – Apparitions is the first in a new series created by Leo and Rodolphe and translated into English by Cinebook. Colonial Kenya in 1947 is a place for big game safaris and American pulp novelist John Remington is on… Read More ›

• “Super Pope” artist Maupal exhibited in London

  By John Freeman on August 14, 2014

  

    A slightly off-topic item, but some readers might be interested to know that London’s Le Dame gallery is currently exhibiting the work of Mauro Pallotta, also known as Maupal, who you might remember for his grand wall painting depicting Pope… Read More ›

• New Self-Publishing Experience Day in Cornwall announced

  By John Freeman on August 14, 2014

  

  ‘The Self-Publishing Experience Day – From Manuscript to Market’, which will take place next month in Cornwall, will bring together the UK’s most widely-recommended self-publishing services provider, the UK’s only dedicated self-publishing magazine and one of the UK’s leading book printers… Read More ›

• Review of Angus Library Exhibition

  By Colin Noble on August 14, 2014 • ( 3 )

  

  I am fortunate, as one of DTT’s roving reporters,  in being in Scotland. So I get to see a lot of the small exhibitions that D C Thomson’s put on to encourage sales or to remind people that DCT are… Read More ›

• New look for Doctor Who Adventures as Twelfth Doctor debuts

  By John Freeman on August 13, 2014

  

    To celebrate Doctor Who returning to BBC One on Saturday 23rd August with a brand-new series and new Doctor, the latest issue of Immediate Media’s BBC Doctor Who Adventures has an exciting new look. The magazine features an exclusive… Read More ›

• Cup of O – ICE Birmingham

  By Owen Watts on August 13, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

    The other weekend saw the first ICE Birmingham event – filling the long-vacant gap of a solid Birmingham comics show. It’s certainly been the first time since 2011 that I’ve sold my sequential wares in the city. ICE was a single-day event… Read More ›

• Fish finger sandwiches draw in fans of Sean Phillips art!

  By John Freeman on August 13, 2014

  

    A selection of images from last year’s fantastic The Art of Sean Phillips exhibition has just opened in a Kendal café, to help raise local awareness of this year’s upcoming Lakes International Comic Art Festival (17th – 19th October) Festival… Read More ›

• Deadly Mines, Jungle Dangers and a shipboard traitor in new Commando titles

  By John Freeman on August 13, 2014

  

  Here’s the intel on Commando Issues 4731-4734, on sale from today, 14th August 2014 in all good newsagents and for iPad and iPhone via iTunes. The 12-month World War One saga, every story drawn by Keith Page, continues with a… Read More ›

• In Review: Antares – Episode 5

  By Jeremy Briggs on August 13, 2014

  

    Brazilian artist and writer Leo (Luiz Eduardo de Oliveira) continues his Worlds of Aldebaran saga with Antares Episode 5, the continuation of the third series of his incredibly alien tales of 22nd century interplanetary settlers and the beasts and… Read More ›

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