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• In Review: Wallace & Gromit – Complete Newspaper Comic Strips Collection 1

  By Jeremy Briggs on November 23, 2013

  

  In May 2010 The Sun newspaper began a series of Wallace & Gromit comic strips, a series that ran six days a week for over three years. The strip, credited to “Aardman and Titan Comics” told the humorous antics of… Read More ›

• Production, institution and sedition… the comic industry goes under the academic spotlight

  By John Freeman on November 22, 2013

  

  After successful conferences in Bournemouth, Glasgow and Dundee, the 2014 Fifth International Graphic Novel and Comics Studies conference, to be held 23rd – 25th June next year in Manchester, has announced its theme – production, institution and sedition – and… Read More ›

• Egmont partners with SEQUENTIAL for new ‘Charley’s War’ iPad release

  By John Freeman on November 22, 2013

  

  Digital graphic novel storefront app SEQUENTIAL has released the first four parts of Charley’s War, the classic comic created by industry legends Pat Mills and Joe Colquhoun and first published in Battle Picture Weekly over 30 years ago. The Charley’s… Read More ›

• Eagles Of Battle Series Begins In Commando

  By Jeremy Briggs on November 21, 2013

  

  One of the traits of Commando over its 50 years of publication is that it tells one-off stories rather than on-going serials. The title has rarely even had series within its run that reused the same characters, although notable exceptions… Read More ›

• Glenn B Fleming tackles the Kennedy Conspiracy

  By John Freeman on November 21, 2013

  

  Comic creator and publisher of the British comics magazine Crikey! Glenn B Fleming has sidestepped once again into the world conspiracies and unanswered mystery with S-172: Lee Harvey Oswald's Links to Intelligence Agencies. Over the past half century, opinion has… Read More ›

• In Review: Lady S Volume 4 – A Mole In DC

  By Jeremy Briggs on November 21, 2013 • ( 2 )

  

  Born as Shania in Estonia, now a naturalised American under a stolen passport as Suzan, while blackmailed into espionage activities as Lady S, the leading lady of writer Jean Van Hamme and artist Philippe Aymond’s Lady S series has such… Read More ›

• Titan Comics – Thought Bubble Bound with Monty Nero, Mike Dowling plus portfolio reviews

  By John Freeman on November 20, 2013

  

  Titan Comics has announced its schedule for the Thought Bubble Festival in Leeds this weekend where the company will have brand-new comics and exclusive prints on sale, as well as a packed schedule of events including portfolio reviews and unmissable… Read More ›

• Comics Forum to talk courses at Thought Bubble

  By John Freeman on November 20, 2013

  

  In addition to the Comics Forum conference which forms part of this weekend’s Thought Bubble in Leeds this week, the academically-focused  organisation also be running a table at the Thought Bubble convention this coming weekend where team members will be talking… Read More ›

• In Review: Lament Of The Lost Moors – Siobhán

  By Jeremy Briggs on November 20, 2013

  

  Cinebook start yet  another new series with Siobhán, the first book in the Lament of The Lost Moors series, a tale of dark ages swords and sorcery written by Jean Dufaux and illustrated by Grzegorz Rosinski. In the land of… Read More ›

• Black Out Horror anthology debuts at Thought Bubble

  By John Freeman on November 19, 2013

  

  Live fast. Die young. On 23rd November the horror-comedy anthology, BLACKOUT II: YOLO, will launch at Thought Bubble Festival in Leeds. BLACKOUT II: YOLO was created by P M Buchan (La Belle Dame Sans Merci, The Times Literary Supplement), Jack… Read More ›

• Titan Comics releases ‘Marada the She Wolf’ collection

  By John Freeman on November 19, 2013

  

  A stunning new edition of Marada The She-Wolf by Chris Claremont and John Bolton has just been released by Titan Comics – telling a story of the white-haired, blood-soaked swordswoman and mercenary, object of unearthly desire and descendant of Julius… Read More ›

• New ‘Necessary Monsters’ to debut at Thought Bubble

  By John Freeman on November 19, 2013

  

  Necessary Monsters, published by First Comics and created by by Daniel Merlin Goodbrey and Sean Azzopardi, debuts Issues 3 and 4 at Leeds Thought Bubble Festival this weekend. There exists a world of horrors beneath the one we know. Where… Read More ›

• Dogooder Comics launches first title, ‘Dungeon Fun’

  By John Freeman on November 19, 2013

  

  Dogooder Comics, a new Scottish small-press comics publisher, will launch their first book Dungeon Fun with a launch party at Plan B Books in Glasgow this Wednesday, before debuting UK-wide at Thought Bubble this weekend. Dungeon Fun is a story… Read More ›

• In Review: Wayne Shelton – The Mission

  By Jeremy Briggs on November 19, 2013

  

  Writer Jean Van Hamme is a major name in the Franco-Belgian bandes dessinees world, indeed one could equate the success of his many graphic novel series and the films and TV series based on them with Alan Moore, so when… Read More ›

• Panel Borders radio show on Doctor Who comics

  By John Freeman on November 18, 2013

  

  On today’s Resonance FM radio show Panel Borders, Alex Fitch is broadcasting an extract from the SCI-FI-LONDON panel on Doctor Who spin-offs, recorded in May 2013 at the Stratford PictureHouse Cinema, East London. Joining Alex are artists Adrian Salmon and… Read More ›

• SelfMadeHero gets set for Thought Bubble, launching Frederik Peeters’ “Aama”

  By John Freeman on November 18, 2013

  

  SelfMadeHero, one of the UK’s leading independent graphic novel publishers, is preparing to burst into this year’s Thought Bubble, Leeds’ Comic Art Festival this weekend, with a whole army of creators and new graphic novels for the centrepiece convention weekend… Read More ›

• ‘The Expedition’ movie stars to attend Birmingham Comic Con

  By John Freeman on November 18, 2013

  

  Sometimes, it's humans who are the endangered species… Join the stars of upcoming monster movie The Expedition at MCM Birmingham Comic Con on Saturday 23rd November, rubbing shoulders with a range of comic creators, for a sneak peek at the… Read More ›

• Rogue Trooper returns to IDW in 2014

  By John Freeman on November 18, 2013

  

  As announced at San Diego Comic-Con 2013, the genetically modified G.I., Rogue Trooper is returning to 2000AD‘s US partner IDW next year. Expanding the relationship started with the successful Judge Dredd series, IDW and Rebellion/2000AD will return to the frontlines… Read More ›

• TV Century 21 artist Mike Noble joins Andercon guest list

  By John Freeman on November 18, 2013

  

  Veteran comic artist Mike Noble is to attend the Gerry Anderson-inspired Andercon in Heathrow, London, next April. Mike Noble is the legendary British comic artist and illustrator who began his career drawing strips such as The Lone Ranger in the… Read More ›

• Comic creators form cancer-fighting super team!

  By John Freeman on November 18, 2013

  

  Two UK comic creators who previously used their artistic talents to raise awareness of bowel cancer have convinced some of the comic industry’s biggest names to donate items to a fundraising raffle for Beating Bowel Cancer and Breast Cancer Care…. Read More ›

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