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• Space comics galore – from Glasgow!

  By John Freeman on June 29, 2013

  

  Glasgow’s Sparkle Horse was the venue for the launch of not one but two space-themed comics recently – The Amateur Astronomer’s Journal by Neil Slorance and Bunny behind the Moon by Gill Hatcher. Bunny Behind the Moon by  Glasgow-based Gill… Read More ›

• cereal:geek magazine goes video game crazy…

  By John Freeman on June 29, 2013

  

  The latest issue of cereal:geek, the magazine devoted to animation of the 1980s, is now available for pre-order. Issue 16 showcases animation inspired by video games. Not only did some cartoons of the 1980s receive the video game treatment, but… Read More ›

• In Review – Project Luna: 1947

  By John Freeman on June 29, 2013

  

  by Martin Hayes and Jim Boswell Publisher: Markosia Out: Now (Hardcover) Trade: 1st July 2013 The Book: Set in 1947, amidst the largest UFO flap in history, four disparate crew members are chosen to go to the moon to investigate… Read More ›

• Authorised Nelson Mandela comic biography gets re-promoted

  By John Freeman on June 29, 2013

  

  As the world holds its breath as he battles illness, UK distributors Gazelle have re-promoted the authorised Nelson Mandela comic. Nelson Mandela was called a terrorist, forced into hiding, captured, threatened with the death penalty and eventually thrown into jail… Read More ›

• Writing Visual Culture: Digital Comics – Call for papers

  By John Freeman on June 28, 2013

  

  Writing Visual Culture is the open access, double-blind peer-reviewed journal of the University of Hertfordshire’s TVAD Research Group. The journal’s focus is the relationship between text, narrative and image. We are currently seeking submissions for a new themed edition examining… Read More ›

• Panini Up for Sale?

  By John Freeman on June 28, 2013

  

  A number of Italian news sites such as lospaziobianco.it and English media site Bleeding Cool are reporting the major European publisher Panini Modena may be up for sale. Citing a story in Il Mondo magazine (not available online but appearing… Read More ›

• STRIP Magazine Issue 2 – print edition still missing in action

  By John Freeman on June 28, 2013

  

  Print Media, the Bosnian publishers of STRIP: The Adventure Comics Magazine, have just released the following statement about the non appearance of the second issue. Issue 1 went on sale in UK newsagents in May, but the second issue has… Read More ›

• David Hasselhoff returns to comics in Simon Williams ‘Retro Tales’

  By John Freeman on June 27, 2013

  

  The newly-formed Retro Comics Group – the brainchild of Wales-based comic creator Simon Williams – has managed to snag the legendary TV/Hollywood star David Hasselhoff as a special guest star for the comic title Retro Tales. The Hoff will make… Read More ›

• New comic to fight HIV/AIDS published

  By John Freeman on June 27, 2013

  

  Cardiff University’s Centre for Language and Communication Research has been working with South African charity Whizzkids United to produce a comic book in which teenagers tell their own stories to support HIV/AIDS education. The charity’s main programme involves using football… Read More ›

• Titan Comics get set for official launch at Comic Con

  By John Freeman on June 27, 2013

  

  Titan Comics will officially launch its range of titles – which include A1, Carl Critchlow’s Thrud the Barbarian and Numbercruncher – at San Diego Comic Con with brand-new comics, brand-new collections and exciting panels and signings. Titan Comics, a new… Read More ›

• Prisoners of Time: An Interview with John Ridgway

  By John Freeman on June 27, 2013 • ( 3 )

  

  British comic creators are heavily involved in US publisher IDW’s Doctor Who at 50 celebrations for their ‘Prisoners of Time’ maxi series, which will feature every incarnation of the Doctor, as well as a long list of villains, some new,… Read More ›

• Call for Submissions: 100 Years of Krazy Kat

  By John Freeman on June 27, 2013

  

  On October 13th 1913, George Herriman’s Krazy Kat – one of the most outstanding comic strips ever created – was first published in The New York Evening Journal. Krazy Kat initiated a whole new way of thinking about comics, and… Read More ›

• Zenith Collection content details, 1st July release date

  By John Freeman on June 26, 2013

  

  There’s less than a week to go before pre-orders open for the first ever complete reprint of Grant Morrison and Steve Yeowell’s superhero 2000AD series Zenith. The limited edition hardback book will only be available from the 2000AD online shop… Read More ›

• Alan Moore and Mitch Jenkins’ launch Kickstarter to complete “Jimmy’s End” film series

  By John Freeman on June 26, 2013

  

  Alan Moore and Mitch Jenkins have launched a Kickstarter campaign to make the final part of their Jimmy’s End film project. The pair have already produced four short films in the series and are now looking for funds to complete… Read More ›

• Digital Dandy 12 – On Sale Now

  By John Freeman on June 26, 2013

  

  The latest Digital Dandy (Issue 12) is available now –  stuffed full of Daft, Dramatic and Different comic strips. This issue features Bananaman and Appleman in a spectacular duel of fruity fencing, as well as nostril-numbing terror in Hyde and… Read More ›

• Charting the Oink-verse!

  By John Freeman on June 26, 2013

  

  (With thanks to George Shiers over on Wacky Comics): A  comic blog dedicated to the classic British humour comic Oink! was launched earlier in the year, covering each individual issue of the title to the day that it went on… Read More ›

• BeanoMAX bows out as 75th anniversary nears, new title on way

  By John Freeman on June 26, 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  It’s all change over at The Beano, as the title’s monthly companion, BeanoMAX, bows out on Issue 79, on sale now in all good newsagents. The magazine will be replaced by a 32-page comic, the 100% Official Dennis the Menace… Read More ›

• Nick Spencer, Chris Ward at GOSH

  By John Freeman on June 26, 2013

  

  What are you doing on Saturday? In London? How about getting along to Gosh Comics and getting a book signed by the people who made it weeks before it’s actually released? Nick Spencer (Morning Glories, Bedlam) and Christian Ward (Olympus)… Read More ›

• You’re All Just Jealous Of My Jetpack!

  By John Freeman on June 25, 2013

  

  Cartoonist Tom Gauld has followed up his widely praised graphic novel Goliath with a collection of cartoons made for The Guardian newspaper. Over the past eight years, Gauld has produced his weekly You’re All Just Jealous of My Jetpack cartoon… Read More ›

• Neil Gaiman documentary in the works from Sequart

  By John Freeman on June 24, 2013

  

  The Sequart Research & Literacy Organization, in conjunction with Respect! Films, has announced that author Neil Gaiman will be the next subject in its expanding line of comics-centric documentaries. In the tradition of Sequart’s Grant Morrison: Talking with Gods and… Read More ›

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