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• Comics Unmasked exhibition launch point for new Beano merchandise

  By John Freeman on July 2, 2014

  

  Alongside the British Library’s “Comics Unmasked” exhibition – which runs until 19th August – there’s a range of limited edition merchandise on offer, some of it inspired by the show itself, including t-shirts featuring the promotional character created by Jamie… Read More ›

• Thunderbirds Are Go: Thunderbird 1 Revealed

  By John Freeman on July 2, 2014

  

  Typical. You go on holiday and just as you do, what happens? ITV release the first image from their new new Thunderbirds Are Go series. Of course, it would have ben great if they’d started with Thunderbird 5 and worked… Read More ›

• Panel Borders: What makes a good graphic novel?

  By John Freeman on July 1, 2014

  

  Concluding a month of shows looking at the work of female cartoonists, Alex Fitch hosts a panel discussion with cartoonists Hannah Berry, Corinne Pearlman, Hannah Eaton and Nicola Streeten to try and the question: “What makes a good graphic novel?”, with reference… Read More ›

• Monty Nero signing Death Sentence in Southampton this Friday, London next week

  By John Freeman on July 1, 2014

  

    Monty Nero will be signing the collected hardcover of Death Sentece at the Forbidden Planet Southampton Megastore on Friday 4th July from 6 – 7.00pm, and will be joined by artist Mike Dowling for a signing at Forbidden Planet London… Read More ›

• Forbidden Planet Doctor Who Signings announced

  By John Freeman on July 1, 2014

  

    Celebrate all things Doctor Who at Forbidden Planet later this month, when Rob Williams and Al Ewing sign the store’s exclusive Variant Cover of Doctor Who 11th #1 in Bristol on 26th July from 3 – 4pm. (yes, we… Read More ›

• CamCon returns to Cambridge in August

  By John Freeman on July 1, 2014

  

  Following the success of last year’s event, the CamCon team have announced that a third one day convention celebrating all things geeky will be held once again at the Junction in Cambridge on 30th August 2014 – and the guest line up… Read More ›

• Prince’s Drawing School announces Comics and Graphic Novels course

  By John Freeman on July 1, 2014

  

  The Prince’s Drawing School, Shoreditch has announced a one week Drawing Stories: Comics and Graphic Novels course later this month, taught by Emily Haworth-Booth, the winner of last year’s Jonathan Cape/Observer/Comica Graphic Short Story Prize This one week course,  is suitable for both beginners… Read More ›

• In Review: Largo Winch – Cold Black Sea/Red-Hot Wrath

  By Jeremy Briggs on July 1, 2014

  

  Writer Jean Van Hamme and artist Philippe Francq deliver up another slice of the rather complicated life of billionaire playboy businessman Largo Winch in the two-part story Cold Black Sea and Red-Hot Wrath. In New York at a party to… Read More ›

• Cup of O – Small Press Reviews

  By Owen Watts on June 30, 2014

  

  Before diving into some reviews I just want to give a shout out to on-going webcomic Warm Cube by the masterful Neil Ford – an absorbing and astounding weekly odyssey which is as absorbing as it is gorgeous. See the web links at… Read More ›

• Entries Invited For Dundee Comics Prize 2014

  By Jeremy Briggs on June 30, 2014

  

  The Scottish Centre For Comics Studies and the Centre For Scottish Culture, both at the University Of Dundee, have teamed up to make October 2014 Heroes And Villains month in Dundee and this then will be the theme of the… Read More ›

• In Review: The Scorpion – The Mask of Truth

  By Jeremy Briggs on June 29, 2014

  

  The Scorpion returns with The Mask Of Truth,  the third part of the latest on-going story of the swashbuckling 18th century rogue and his battles with the less-than-holy Pope Trebaldi written by Stephen Desberg and illustrated by Enrico Marini. One… Read More ›

• In Review: Bearlands Issues 1 to 3

  By Jeremy Briggs on June 28, 2014

  

  Subversive Comic’s full colour glossy Bearlands, written by Jeremy Biggs and illustrated by Bakki, tells the anthropomorphic story of an unnamed chopper-riding, leather-clad, Matrix sunglasses wearing, cigarette smoking teddy bear as he tries to survive in the aftermath of a… Read More ›

• Scott Pilgrim creator Bryan Lee O’Malley heads to Edinburgh

  By John Freeman on June 27, 2014

  

  Bryan Lee O’Malley, creator of the international bestseller Scott Pilgrim, is set to make his literary festival debut at this year’s Stripped 2014 graphic novel strand of Edinburgh International Book Festival to talk about his much-anticipated new graphic novel, Seconds,… Read More ›

• To Arms! Via IndieGoGo

  By Jeremy Briggs on June 27, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  During our interview earlier in the week with writer/artist Jessica Martin, she mentioned that she is involved with a new Great War anthology graphic novel entitled To Arms! This is planned as an 80+ page hardback anthology with stories based… Read More ›

• Gnasher dog toys on their way

  By John Freeman on June 26, 2014

  

  DC Thomson Consumer Products has announced a partnership with pet accessories specialists Rupert’s Pet Shop for the launch of the first range of Dennis the Menace and Gnasher dog toys. Marking the brand’s entrance into the pet sector, the partnership… Read More ›

• Bear Alley Books “Countdown” book on sale next week

  By John Freeman on June 26, 2014

  

    The latest comic index from Bear Alley Books, Countdown to TV Action, goes on sale from 4th July. The 200-plus page book, which features a a colour cover featuring the work of Gerry Haylock, John M. Burns and Gordon… Read More ›

• In Review: Leap Issue Zero

  By Jeremy Briggs on June 26, 2014

  

  Northern Ireland’s Uproar Comics, best known for their ongoing series Zombies Hi set in an around the City of Derry after a zombie apocalypse, have introduced a new science fiction space opera title to their output, Leap. The sleeper ship… Read More ›

• Creator Talk: Six Questions For Writer/Artist Jessica Martin

  By Jeremy Briggs on June 25, 2014 • ( 2 )

  

  Jessica Martin is a familiar name, if not necessarily a familiar face, from her time as an impressionist on the TV series Spitting Image. Her CV includes stage acting and singing, radio, and other television series including her role as… Read More ›

• British Comic Shop Comic Releases (25th June 2014)

  By John Freeman on June 25, 2014

  

  Here’s a list of comics – both US and UK releases – on sale in specialist UK comic ships on sale today, Wednesday 25th June 2014, courtesy First Age Comics, Lancaster. We’ve picked out the titles published by British publishers in bold… Read More ›

• Bunkerbound launches Classic Thunderbirds range

  By John Freeman on June 24, 2014

  

  The Classic Thunderbirds giftware range from Bunkerbound goes on sale in the UK and Ireland this month, an early stage in the roll out of official Thunderbirds products, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the show in 2015 – and the… Read More ›

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