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• Black Sails and Dark Tales: the Return of Heros the Spartan

  By Norman Boyd on October 28, 2013

  

  Remember how Google Scholar used to have “resting on the shoulder’s of giants” as their strapline? By pure accident, I’m sitting on the same bench with them! I’m in a published book – Frank Bellamy’s Heros the Spartan, out now… Read More ›

• Emily Haworth-Booth wins 2013 Observer/Cape/Comica graphic short story prize with ‘Colonic’

  By John Freeman on October 28, 2013

  

  33-year-old Emily Haworth-Booth  has been announced as the winner of this year’s Observer/Cape/Comica graphic short story prize, for her story ‘Colonic’ – and Michael Parkin as runner up, for his story ‘Lines’. On of this year’s judges, Stephen Collins, author… Read More ›

• “Comica Conversations” kick off with UK exclusive preview of Dave McKean’s “Nine Lives”

  By John Freeman on October 28, 2013

  

  Comica 2013, the London International Comics Festival, kicks off its season of Comica Conversations with the UK exclusive preview of Dave McKean‘s latest storytelling experiment, which premiered earlier in October at the Graphic festival in Sydney Opera House, entitled Nine… Read More ›

• Spandex Special launches this weekend at MCM Expo

  By John Freeman on October 26, 2013

  

  After seven issues of gay superhero shenanigans, Spandex series creator Martin Eden is bringing his comic saga to and end in a Spandex Special! To celebrate, the comic will be a whopping 52 pages and will feature five ‘variant covers’,… Read More ›

• Artist Nigel Dobbyn ‘invades’ Redcar!

  By John Freeman on October 26, 2013

  

    Catch 2000AD, Sonic The Hedgehog and The Beano artist Nigel Dobbyn at the Invasion exhibition at Kirkleatham Museum near Redcar this Sunday and the next. Aside from hearing first-hand how comic strips are developed, you might even pick yourselves… Read More ›

• Zakk Ridley from Orang Utan Press set to stun

  By John Freeman on October 26, 2013

  

  Those darn fine indie publishers Orang Utan Comics are offering something special for visitors to next month’s Thought Bubble comic art festival in Leeds – a limited edition convention exclusive copy of the totally stunning-looking The Intergalactic Adventures of Zakk… Read More ›

• My Singing Monsters magazine on way from Egmont UK

  By John Freeman on October 25, 2013

  

  Big Blue Bubble, creators of the best-selling gaming app My Singing Monsters, have signed the master publishing house Egmont UK as its new strategic licensing partner. The agreement between Egmont and the Canadian video game creators will see the My… Read More ›

• Coming in 2014: Captain America – The Winter Soldier (UK Trailer)

  By John Freeman on October 25, 2013

  

      Captain America: The Winter Soldier comes to the UK on 28th March 2014 and stars Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson, Samuel L. Jackson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Cobie Smulders, Robert Redford, Frank Grillo. The film is directed by Anthony… Read More ›

• 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 ›

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