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• STRIP Magazine Issue 2 on sale for IPad now, print edition in newsagents tomorrow

  By John Freeman on May 9, 2013

  

  Slightly ahead of its print release, the digital edition of STRIP: The Adventure Comics Magazine #2 is now on sale for iPad in the iTunes store. The print edition goes on sale in newsagents across the UK from tomorrow (Friday)…. Read More ›

• Team MOBILE #3 audio comic on sale now from iTunes

  By John Freeman on May 9, 2013

  The Team MOBILE #3 audio comic from ROK Comics is now on sale in the iTunes store for Apple devices. The adventures of Team M.O.B.I.L.E. continue! They are the undesirables, the no-hopers, misfits… the teenagers who don’t fit in, who… Read More ›

• downthetubes.net: Main Site Closed, for now

  By John Freeman on May 8, 2013

  Owing to rising costs – in part, it appears, due to a dramatic rise in “hot linking” to images on the site, which results in excess bandwidth charges of £50 per month – we have been forced to temporarily close… Read More ›

• Breaking talent to be showcased at Kendal-based comic art festival’s Clock Tower

  By John Freeman on May 7, 2013

  

  Some of the UK’s best emerging and established comic art talent will be showcasing their skills at the specially-dedicated Comics Clock Tower venue as part of Kendal’s The Lakes International Comic Art Festival in October, rubbing shoulders with the likes… Read More ›

• In Review: Thorgal – Ogotai’s Crown

  By Jeremy Briggs on May 7, 2013

  Thorgal – Ogotai’s Crown picks up directly from where the previous book, Brand Of The Exiles, left off. However this Thorgal title is very different to the more traditional Viking tale of exile and slavery of the preceding book as… Read More ›

• New 9th Art Award: Submission Details announced

  By Jeremy Briggs on May 6, 2013

  Graphic Scotland and the Edinburgh International Book Festival have announced that submissions are now open for the inaugural 9th Art Award for graphic fiction. The 9th Art Award will choose the best work of graphic literature originally written and published… Read More ›

• In Review: Thorgal – Brand Of The Exiles

  By Jeremy Briggs on May 6, 2013

  Cinebook may have completed Jean Van Hamme’s XIII series of books but they still have others from the bandes dessinee master and one of them is the Viking fantasy series Thorgal. Illustrated by artist Gzegorz Rosinski, The Brand Of The… Read More ›

• Ranger Book Available From Bear Alley Books

  By Jeremy Briggs on May 5, 2013

  The Rise And Fall Of The Trigan Empire is rightly considered one of the best British comic strips of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Written by Mike Butterworth and initially illustrated by Don Lawrence, it ran in Look and… Read More ›

• Comica Festival’s Bank Holiday 2 for 1 deal on upcoming MangaAsia event

  By John Freeman on May 4, 2013

  London-based Comica Festival and Asia House are offering a Bank Holiday Weekend Special of 2 for 1 (i.e. buy one, get one free!) on the pass for all three talks at Comica MangAsia on Saturday May 18th, if you book… Read More ›

• Courageous Mayhem: Irish comic launches Saturday

  By John Freeman on May 3, 2013

  Courageous Mayhem is a boy’s own adventure style compendium, a veritable who’s who of the Irish comics scene. Among it’s eighty-four pages are the critically acclaimed Paddy Lynch (Big Jim), Alan Nolan (And The Blood Flowed Green), Phil Barrett (Where’s… Read More ›

• Geek Retreat coffee shop opens in Glasgow

  By John Freeman on May 3, 2013

  Cafe culture meets comic book geekery in Geek Retreat, the new Glasgow hang out for those who like their coffee served with a side of superheroes, which opens tomorrow, on Free Comic Book Day (4th May). Geek Retreat is a… Read More ›

• Abslom Daak, Dalek Killer, returns…

  By John Freeman on May 3, 2013

  

  Well, all right, that headline is a little misleading. I’m not talking about new stories (although there have been some, find out more below…). Rather, the release of Doctor Who: Nemesis of the Daleks, a Seventh Doctor comic collection from… Read More ›

• Gatehouse, Windett unleash "Lazarus Lemming"

  By John Freeman on May 2, 2013

  Lazarus Lemming is the top special secret agent of Department X, the covert government agency that investigates eXtraordinary happenings worldwide. When the world’s cows are kidnapped to steal their farts, or all the citizens of Transylvania are turned into mindless… Read More ›

• Lakes International Comic Art Festival announces full guest list

  By John Freeman on May 1, 2013

  

  The Lakes International Comic Art Festival has now announced the full line up for the event which will run from 18-20th October in Kendal, Cumbria. 15 new guests are being revealed today. These are on top of the 37 guests… Read More ›

• Paragon 13 – pulp action adventure from cover to cover!

  By John Freeman on May 1, 2013

  Issue 13 of the long running acclaimed British anthology comic Paragon is on sale now. With a great cover by Bhuna, read Oor Ganesh – the Hindu god (as if drawn by Dudley Watkins!); the further adventures of Jikan –… Read More ›

• Malta Comic Con 2013 Annoounced

  By John Freeman on May 1, 2013

  

  Malta Con organisers Wicked Comics have just announced the 2013 show will run the weekend of Saturday 30th November and Sunday 1st December at St. James Cavalier Valletta. The guest list has yet to be revealed, but, says Chris Le… Read More ›

• Multiverse Mgazine blasts back into action

  By John Freeman on May 1, 2013

  Mike Conroy’s comics news and features magazine Multiverse is finally back in print – with a spanking new look for Issue 7 from Barry Renshaw and packed with industry news from both the US and UK, complete with an intriguing… Read More ›

• TRIPWIRE kicks off its 21st birthday celebrations

  By John Freeman on May 1, 2013

  May is a busy month for the British independent media magazine TRIPWIRE. Despite not hitting the kickstarter target for TRIPWIRE 21, its planned 21st anniversary special, publisher and editor-in-chief Joel Meadows tells us he’s putting the book out anyway. The… Read More ›

• Marvel Heroes game makers announce Iron Man weekend as film breaks UK box office records

  By John Freeman on April 30, 2013

  Marking the launch of Marvel’s Iron Man 3 movie, which opened in the UK last week in advance of the US release and has broken box office records (taking £11.4 million in its opening weekend), game maker Gazillion Entertainment will… Read More ›

• Radio interviews with Tim Pilcher, Graham Rawle and Paul Magrs

  By John Freeman on April 30, 2013

  Book List: Celebrating Ephemera Starting a new series of the bimonthly show on books, Alex Fitch talks to three authors whose work celebrates ephemera and pop culture detritus. ‘Graphic Novelist’ Graham Rawle discusses his latest novel The Card, which follows… Read More ›

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