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• Marvel rolls out new Thor, Captain America merchandise

  By John Freeman on October 24, 2013

  

  Marvel Entertainment have announced the merchandising plans for upcoming blockbusters Thor: The Dark World and Captain America: The Winter Soldier, the former’s tie-ins to include toys such as the hilarious Thor Potato Head from Hasbro, collectables, apparel, accessories, stationery and… Read More ›

• Metal Horns and Red Wire Dreadlocks: The Rise of Death’s Head II

  By John Freeman on October 24, 2013

  

  Or – Making it When you Least Expect it First posted on deviantart by Liam Sharp, the co-founder of the digital comics company Madefire has kindly given us permission to cross post his memories (with some editorial annotations) of Marvel… Read More ›

• PressPad adds Android to its digital self-publishing service for comic creators

  By downthetubes Guests on October 24, 2013

  

  PressPad, a relatively new self service tablets and smartphones publishing startup which has recently begun offering its iPad publishing service to comic creators, has just announced the impending arrival of support for publishing to the Android platform. While the lion’s… Read More ›

• Photo Report: Lakes International Comic Art Festival 2013

  By Jeremy Briggs on October 24, 2013

  

  The weather was stuck on the rinse cycle, or at least that was how the BBC weatherman described the weekend of the first Lakes International Comic Art Festival over 18-21 October 2013, but while the rain and unseasonably mild temperatures… Read More ›

• Underwater terror stalks the new Commandos

  By John Freeman on October 24, 2013

  

  Here’s the lowdown on this week’s Commando comic releases from DC Thomson on sale from today (Thursday 24th October)… Commando No 4647 – Dead Shot Story: Dominic Teague Art: Vila Cover: Janek Matysiak Preview: www.commandocomics.com/latest-issues/24th-october-2013-collection Young Jason Stringer was an… Read More ›

• In Review: Thunderbirds – The Comic Collection

  By John Freeman on October 23, 2013 • ( 2 )

  

  Creators: Various, including artists Frank Bellamy, Frank Hampson, Eric Eden, John Cooper and Graham Bleathman Publisher: Egmont Classic Comics Out: Now The Book: Blast off on a thrilling adventure through Thunderbirds comic history! Discover the iconic comic strips that captured… Read More ›

• Titan’s “Arrow Comic” now on sale

  By John Freeman on October 22, 2013

  

  Titan Magazines has launched an all-new Arrow Comic, based on the hit TV series that exploded on Sky1 last year. Coinciding with the second series launch in the UK, Arrow Comic hit stores last week, offering original stories written by… Read More ›

• Egmont UK launches All About Angry Birds magazine

  By John Freeman on October 22, 2013

  

  The first issue of All About Angry Birds magazine goes on sale from Egmont UK tomorrow, both here and in Germany, Poland, Turkey and China. Targeting 6-9 year-old boys and girls, the magazine includes everything an Angry Birds fan could… Read More ›

• ‘Crucible’ science fiction adventure comic goes digital

  By downthetubes Guests on October 22, 2013

  

  The first issue of a US-comic styled, digital edition of the SF comic Crucible  is now available for just 69p from Apple’s ‘Newsstand’ store. Crucible, the co-creation of John Freeman and Smuzz, is a science fiction adventure set in world… Read More ›

• Grandville-inspired miniatures released by Ocelot Games

  By John Freeman on October 22, 2013

  

    Grandville Miniatures are a range of 28mm scale figures from Ocelot Games based on Bryan Talbot‘s acclaimed Grandville graphic novels, featuring the intrepid Detective Inspector LeBrock and his loyal aide Detective Roderick Ratzi. Sculpted by top artists and cast in fine… Read More ›

• Death Sentence Issue 1 Sell Out success for Titan Comics

  By John Freeman on October 22, 2013

  

  It’s a pandemic! Titan Comics tells us that the debut issue of Death Sentence by Jim Montynero and Mike Dowling has sold out at distributor level on its first day of release – and we gather this isn’t the only… Read More ›

• Call for Papers: Bad Signals – Collected Essays on the Work of Warren Ellis

  By John Freeman on October 21, 2013

  

  Papers are invited for the first academic collection dedicated to the work of comics writer, novelist, and pop culture commentator Warren Ellis. Ellis’ renowned comics career stretches back to anthology comic Deadline, but he has also published two novels and… Read More ›

• Gatehouse and Windett launch “Kaci Bell Mysteries”

  By John Freeman on October 21, 2013

  

  Ace creators John Gatehouse and Dave Windett have just launched a web strip, The Kaci Bell Mysteries, set in a Bluewater Cove, California – where life is never quite normal! When high school students turn into super-powered freaks and go on… Read More ›

• Lakes Comic Festival back next year

  By John Freeman on October 21, 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  Buoyed by its undoubted success, the organisers of the first Lakes International Comic Art Festival have confirmed the event will return in October 2014, with some planning already being worked on for key threads to the event. Thousands of comics… Read More ›

• Numbercruncher ends with a bang!

  By John Freeman on October 21, 2013

  

  The shock conclusion of the critically acclaimed temporal afterlife adventure Numbercruncher by Si Spurrier and PJ Holden is fast approaching with Issue 4 on sale in all good comic shops from Wednesday 23rd October. An epic battle of wits, wills… Read More ›

• Egmont scoops Sonic the Hedgehog publishing rights

  By John Freeman on October 19, 2013

  

  Egmont UK will launch an All About Sonic the Hedgehog magazine next month and a range of books in May 2014, aimed at children 6-10 years olds, after securing publishing rights for SEGA’s top games character. The new title includes… Read More ›

• Lakes International Comic Art Festival kicks off in style

  By John Freeman on October 18, 2013

  

  The weather is mixed but far from the howling storms some nay sayers feared when the Lakes International Comic Art Festival came up in conversations earlier in the year. And even despite some rain, the greeting to Kendal could not… Read More ›

• Who’s Coming to London Comic Con? Special Guest Round-Up

  By John Freeman on October 18, 2013

  

  MCM London Comic Con, the biggest event of its kind in Europe, returns to ExCel London on 25-27th October. As well as hosting a galaxy of great sci-fi, movie, games, comics, anime and cosplay content, we’ve also got a brilliant… Read More ›

• From the DC Thomson archives: a tribute to Chick Checkley

  By John Freeman on October 18, 2013 • ( 1 )

  

    Commando editor Calum Laird kindly sent us this tribute to the original editor of the war comic Chick Checkley, which he found in a 1971 edition of the DC Thomson staff magazine. The portrait of Chick above is by… Read More ›

• The Changing Man: An Interview with Jon Haward

  By Matt Badham on October 18, 2013

  

  Lowestoft-based comic book artist Jon Haward has worked on everything from Judge Dredd to Spider-Man. In this chat with Matt Badham, however, the focus is mostly on Tales of the Buddha (Before He Got Enlightened), recently released by Renegade Entertainment,… Read More ›

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