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• London Christmas Zines Social announced

  By John Freeman on November 27, 2013

  

  South West London and Surrey Zines, in association with London’s Housmans Bookshop, have announced a free event Christmas Zine Social on Saturday 7th December, where zine sellers can sell their wares in the run up to Christmas. Zine readers and… Read More ›

• British Comic Award Winners 2013 announced, Leo Baxendale honoured

  By John Freeman on November 26, 2013

  

  The winners of this year’s British Comic Awards were announced at Thought Bubble at the weekend. We’re told the voting was very, very close this year as the Judges tangled with the decision to pick a winner amongst such superb… Read More ›

• Titan Comics A1 Annual on sale today in all good comic shops

  By John Freeman on November 26, 2013

  

  Here are full details of the A1 Annual, on sale in all good comic shops from Titan Comics today (26th November)… Writer(s): Ron Marz, Matt Wagner, Dave Johnson, Tom Raney, Rufus Dayglo, Andy Kuhn, Dave Dorman, Mark A. Nelson, W.H…. Read More ›

• Daleks versus Dennis the Menace: Daleks triumphant

  By John Freeman on November 25, 2013

  

  The Daleks proved the winners in the Professional Publisher Association‘s long-running Cover the the Century Poll (see news story), revealed at a Gala Dinner to mark its centenary at the Park Lane Hotel on 21st November, which was attended by… Read More ›

• Radio interviews with 2000AD alumni including Milligan and McCarthy(s)

  By John Freeman on November 25, 2013

  On today’s Panel Borders radio show, Alex Fitch talks to a pair of 2000AD fanzine contributors and a quartet of acclaimed 1980s 2000AD alumni about their work. Dogbreath and Zarjaz contributors – Lee Robson and Bryan Coyle – discuss their… Read More ›

• 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 ›

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