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• Gosh to host Blank Slate’s New British Comics Launch Party

  By John Freeman on July 18, 2013

  

  Blank Slate have published so many books by new British talent in the last month that London comic shop Gosh! has decided to throw a launch party for a bunch of them all at once. All at once. They’re having… Read More ›

• San Diego Comic Con: From One Side of the Show to — the other

  By John Freeman on July 18, 2013

  Undaunted by the size of the event, Rich Johnston, he of Bleeding Cool, explores the Sand Diego Comic Con in living colour… Brave man!

• Lakes Festival Guest List grows again, competition for accommodation, tickets announced

  By John Freeman on July 18, 2013

  

  Media eyes may be turned toward San Diego Comic Con right now, the biggest comics convention in the United States – but in Kendal, Cumbria, the organisers of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival (18th – 20th October 2013) know… Read More ›

• Gosh! It’s Adventure Time in Berwick Street!

  By John Freeman on July 18, 2013

  

  If you’ve been lucky enough to catch one of the Free Comic Book Day activity days at Gosh! London, you’ll know how great it is, that thing they do where they sit a bunch of cartoonists at the same table… Read More ›

• Comic ConQuest game, spoofing comics events, revealed

  By John Freeman on July 17, 2013

  

  Those of you who can’t afford to shell out for the flight and hotel to attend San Diego Comic Con (save your money for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival or Thought Bubble!) can soon enjoy all the fun of… Read More ›

• Beano goes vintage – Glasgow Vintage Festival that is

  By John Freeman on July 17, 2013

  

  Beano staff past and present will be on hand at Glasgow’s Vintage Festival (27th-28th July) to talk about the comic in a special workshop. Morris Heggie, who’s written about The Beano and Editor in Chief Mike Stirling will be at… Read More ›

• Alan Moore & Melinda Gebbie’s Lost Girls go digital

  By John Freeman on July 17, 2013

  

  US publisher Top Shelf has announces an event some thought would never come: the digital release of the groundbreaking, literary, and fearlessly erotic masterpiece by Alan Moore and Melinda Gebbie‘s Lost Girls. Available for adults only in multiple digital formats/vendors,… Read More ›

• Readers Summer Special Commandos go on sale

  By John Freeman on July 17, 2013

  

  Here’s the latest issues of DC Thomson’s Commando, on sale now in all good newsagents across the UK and digitally from iTunes for iPad and iPhone. These releases comprise four re-presented stories, based on reader suggestions. The Commando team remind… Read More ›

• Caption, the comics creator’s convention, guest list revealed

  By John Freeman on July 17, 2013

  

  Oxford’s East Oxford Community Centre is once again host to Britain’s longest-running comics festival Caption next month – with a terrific guest list including of both new and experienced talent, including top comic artist and designer Rian Hughes, who created… Read More ›

• Cats and Comics exhibition at Orbital Comics, London

  By John Freeman on July 16, 2013

  

  Maybe it’s part of their masterplan to take over the world, or maybe it’s just that cool cats hang out with cool cartoonists, but have you ever noticed how often cats show up in comics? They turn up in autobiographical… Read More ›

• New London convention “Nine Worlds” debuts in August

  By John Freeman on July 16, 2013

  

  Nine Worlds is a new multi-genre convention in London taking place the weekend of 9–11 August 2013 for fans of science fiction, fantasy, gaming, cosplay, anime, science and having a big party. Covering film and TV, Doctor Who, Steampunk and more, the guest… Read More ›

• Panel Borders: Small press gay comics and zines

  By John Freeman on July 16, 2013

  

  Small press gay comics and zines: Continuing a month of shows about gay and lesbian comics, Alex Fitch talks to cartoonists David Shenton and Sina Sparrow about their work. Shenton discusses his plans for new cartoon work and his current… Read More ›

• Madefire signs deal to bring its “motion books” to key US publishers

  By John Freeman on July 16, 2013

  

  Groundbreaking. Innovative. Original. All these terms could be used to describe either the cutting-edge digital studio Madefire or their new US publishing partners: IDW, Top Cow, Boom! Studios, and iTV. In signing a new partnership, these trailblazing companies are going… Read More ›

• Multitasking Humanoids representative sought for the UK

  By John Freeman on July 16, 2013

  

  The legendary graphic novel publishing house Humanoids / Les Humanoïdes Associés is seeking a multitasking freelancer to be its liaison person in the UK. This is a full‐time telecommuting position for someone with an existing strong knowledge of and interest… Read More ›

• Digital comics to be focus of major US trade conference in October

  By John Freeman on July 15, 2013

  

  With digital comic sales in the US alone up threefold in 2012, to around $70 million, or around 9% of the total market, from $25 million in 2011, how can the business of comics and graphic novels keep moving ahead,… Read More ›

• Titan Books ‘Alien’ nominated for Harvey Award, but Brit creators absent this year

  By John Freeman on July 15, 2013

  

  The 2013 Harvey Awards Nominees have been announced with the release of the final ballot, presented by the Executive Committees of the Harvey Awards and the Baltimore Comic-Con. Named in honour of the late Harvey Kurtzman, one of the industry’s… Read More ›

• Crucible: A Brief Guide to Pomorele

  By John Freeman on July 15, 2013

  

  Taken from The Walking Guide to Shoorec by Ewek Venzlor For the last 50 years Pomorele has  prided itself as ‘The Fishfree Sea’ and their Seacatchers pride themseelves on bringing back to the harbour a wide variety of ‘Hingies’, ‘Nippies’… Read More ›

• Megacon Returns to Carlisle in August

  By Jeremy Briggs on July 15, 2013

  

  After a successful event last summer, Megacon returns to Carlisle’s Richard Rose Academy at 1.00pm on the afternoon of Saturday 17 August 2013 with its same selection of book, comics, gaming, and cosplay. Megacon uses the enormous atrium of the… Read More ›

• Batman Automobilia Special on sale this week

  By John Freeman on July 15, 2013

  

  The Batman Automobilia Special, focusing on ‘The Bat’ vehicle from The Dark Knight Rises, goes on sale on Thursday (18th July). Batman’s first hovercraft, The Bat was almost as much a character as any of the human stars in the… Read More ›

• In Review: The Complete Rainbow Orchid

  By Jeremy Briggs on July 14, 2013

  

  Originally started some ten years ago in black and white in the small press magazine BAM!, Garen Ewing’s adventure of Julius Chancer has had as long a journey as its erstwhile hero has in the story. Originally published as three… Read More ›

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