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• Thunderbirds at 50 celebrations to kick off at Glastonbury Festival next year

  By John Freeman on 5 June 2014

  

  ITV Studios Global Entertainment has announced it is launching the countdown to the 50th anniversary of Thunderbirds at next year’s Glastonbury Festival, where Charles Hazlewood’s All Star Collective will perform a set written by Barry Gray, the man behind much of the… Read More ›

• British Museum to host British Film Institute Science Fiction event

  By John Freeman on 5 June 2014

  

    The British Film Institute’s science fiction blockbuster project “Days of Fear and Wonder” will blast off from the forecourt of the British Museum in spectacular style in August, with a trilogy of science fiction classics screening over three successive… Read More ›

• D-Day marked in new Commando tale

  By John Freeman on 4 June 2014

  

  Here’s details on the latest issues of DC Thomson’s Commando, on sale from Thursday 5th June in UK newsagents and for digital devices. There’s another great-looking World War One story from Keith Page, while D-Day – which sees its 70th… Read More ›

• Creator Profile: Ken Barr

  By John Freeman on 4 June 2014

  

  Artist Ken Barr, born in Scotland in 1933, is perhaps best known to downthetubes readers for his Commando covers, and has been working continuously for many years in the British graphics art industry. His innovative style and fresh perspective make… Read More ›

• Thunderbirds Tabletop Game in the works from Modiphius Entertainment

  By John Freeman on 4 June 2014 • ( 1 )

  

    Game publishers Modiphius Entertainment, who recently took over the running of the long-running DragonMeet convention, have just announced a licensing deal with ITV Studios Global Entertainment to develop a co-operative tabletop board game based on the classic 1960s’ television… Read More ›

• Manchester Children’s Book Festival announces Neville Johnson Comic Strip Competition

  By John Freeman on 4 June 2014

  

  A trailblazer event for the biennial Manchester Children’s Book Festival (which takes place at the end of the month) will take place at Manchester Central Library tomorrow (Thursday 5th June), when novelist Curtis Jobling, creator of the globally successful Wereworld series, will be launching the… Read More ›

• Sun-soaked, free Temple APA Issue 16 available now, free

  By John Freeman on 3 June 2014

  

    The sizzling Temple APA Issue Sixteen is now available to download as a totally free PDF file, containing contributions from the likes of British comic creators Dave Hailwood, Simon Mackie, Tony Suleri, Paul Eldridge, Malcolm Kirk and Ben Peter Johnson, (who also provides the… Read More ›

• Beano-branded guitars and Brewers Fayre “Menacing Meals” on their way

  By John Freeman on 3 June 2014

  

  DC Thomson has announced to new Beano-related licensing deals in the past week, one for musical instruments and the other with restaurant chain Brewers Fayre, which will include the release of a limited edition Beano comic on Father’s Day. The… Read More ›

• Bryan Talbot, Graphic Novel Man – DVD and download winners!

  By John Freeman on 3 June 2014 • ( 1 )

  

    Digital Story Engine recently released their ace documentary “Graphic Novel Man” focusing on the career of award-winning British comic creator Bryan Talbot (you can read our review here) and gave us six copies of the DVD and six HD Digital downloads to give away. All… Read More ›

• British Comic Shop Comic Releases (4th June 2014)

  By John Freeman on 2 June 2014

  

    Here’s a list of comics – both US and UK releases – on sale in specialist UK comic ships on 4th June 2014, courtesy First Age Comics, Lancaster. We’ve picked out the UK titles in bold below: 2000AD Summer Sci-Fi… Read More ›

• Hunt Emerson, Knockabout launch Kickstarter to fund Calculus Cat collection

  By John Freeman on 2 June 2014 • ( 1 )

  

    Ace British comic creator Hunt Emerson and publisher Knockabout have just launched a Kickstarter Campaign to try and launch a souped-up reprint of his wonderful 1980s Calculus Cat comic book. Calculus Cat hates TV. His world is black and white, weird,… Read More ›

• Sunderland-based PhD scholarships in media and cultural studies offered

  By John Freeman on 2 June 2014

  

  The Centre for Research in Media and Cultural Studies at the University of Sunderland is offering two full-time Home/EU PhD scholarships with a start date of 1st October 2014. Together with full payment of fees, each scholarship will include a… Read More ›

• Panel Borders: European Female Voices

  By John Freeman on 2 June 2014

  

  Starting a month of shows looking at the work of female comic creators on Britain’s comic radio show Panel Borders, Alex Fitch talks to German scratch board artist Line Hoven and Belgian cartoonist Judith Vanistendael about their family drama graphic… Read More ›

• Charley’s War art exhibition in Swanage next month

  By John Freeman on 30 May 2014

  

  Artwork by the late Joe Colquhoun from the seminal World War One comic story Charley’s War, which featured in weekly comic Battle, will be on show at Durlston Country Park near Swanage next month. Created by arrangement with Joe’s family, the event… Read More ›

• International Graphic Novel and Comics Conference announced

  By John Freeman on 30 May 2014

  

  The fifth International Graphic Novel and Comics Conference will take places between Friday 19th – 20th July 2014 at the Conference Centre in the British Library in London. Now in its fifth year, this conference brings together comic and graphic novel… Read More ›

• Duncan Fegredo, Audrey Niffenegger and more join Lakes Festival guest list

  By John Freeman on 30 May 2014

  

  Not content with an already-announced guest list that includes top comic creators Scott McCloud, Gail Simone, Jock and Becky Cloonan, plus a Doctor Who-inspired group that features publisher Dez Skinn and top creators Nick Abadzis, Mike Collins and Robbie Morrison,… Read More ›

• Rebellion releases A.B.C. Warriors – The Mek Files featuring Bisley, Smuzz art

  By John Freeman on 30 May 2014

  

  Recently released from from the 2000AD Thrill-vaults in a 304-page pulse-pounding collection, are everyone’s favourite war droids: the Atomic, Bacterial, Chemical-proof A.B.C. Warriors. Beautifully bound in a stunning hardback edition, for the first time, all of the full-colour splash pages and… Read More ›

• Titan launches first Dragons: Riders of Berk

  By John Freeman on 29 May 2014

  

    Swooping in from DreamWorks Animation’s smash-hit TV series Dragons: Riders of Berk, Titan Comics has just released the first volume of a series of all-new original adventures of Hiccup and Toothless. Dragons: Riders of Berk Volume One is a thrilling all-ages publication… Read More ›

• Dynamite Entertainment previews Peter Milligan’s “Terminal Hero”

  By John Freeman on 29 May 2014

  

    US publisher Dynamite has released some preview pages from Terminal Hero, the second book in its “Creators Unleashed” series of creator driven comics, written by 2000AD‘s Peter Milligan with art by Piotr Kowalski, with a cover on #1 by Jae Lee. In… Read More ›

• Eleventh Doctor makes his final regular Doctor Who Magazine comic strip appearance

  By John Freeman on 29 May 2014

  

  The new issue of Doctor Who Magazine is on sale from Thursday 29th May and makes the most of its feature on the most popular stories of the first five decades of the series, as voted for by readers of the… Read More ›

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