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• The Guardian Makes Comics – 26 Pages of ’em in one edition!

  By John Freeman on 27 April 2014

  

  British newspapers might call them “cartoon strips” (because, believe it or not, that’s what the public thinks of them as, not “comic strips” from my own experience of dealing with business people who want to use comics in their projects),… Read More ›

• Aces Weekly: Now We Are Ten

  By John Freeman on 27 April 2014

  

    David Lloyd’s ambitious, award winning digital comics project, Aces Weekly, is now running its tenth volume – a milestone the team are extremely grateful to readers to have reached and an achievement that coincides with another important marker, the… Read More ›

• Elliot Baggott joins Great Beast project, Rachael Smith’s “House Party” out in June

  By John Freeman on 27 April 2014

  

  Great Beast – a group of independent comic creators self publishing their work to a professional level – have announced that new talent Elliot Baggott will be joining the team to release his first graphic novel, Hundred Metre Garden, later this… Read More ›

• Leeds Laydeez Do Comics offer “Yorkshire Showcase” with Widdershins creator Kate Ashwin and more

  By John Freeman on 27 April 2014

  

  The Leeds group of the international Laydeez Do Comics project are hosting a special showcase of comic creators on Monday 19th May, as part of the Yorkshire Festival 2014, the first ever Arts and Cultural Festival in the lead up the… Read More ›

• Lakes International Comic Art Festival Tickets Go On Sale Today

  By John Freeman on 25 April 2014

  

  The Lakes International Comic Art Festival has announced that tickets are now on sale for its massive weekend of comic events in Kendal, Cumbria in October (17th – 19th October 2014). In just its second year the Festival features an… Read More ›

• Stan Lee backs revived Eagle Awards

  By John Freeman on 25 April 2014

  

    The Eagle Awards are back, and, hot on the heels of promoting next week’s Free Comic Book Day (3rd May) US legend Stan Lee has joined the team behind them to provide fans around the world with a fresh opportunity to honour… Read More ›

• Women in Comics, Warren Ellis’ ‘Supreme’ revival and more in May ‘Previews’

  By John Freeman on 25 April 2014

  

  The May edition of Diamond Comic Distributors’ monthly Previews catalogue arrives in comic shops, hobby stores, and other specialty outlets on 30th April, with Women in Comics in the limelight along with plug for the relaunch of Rob Liefeld’s omnipotent character Supreme… Read More ›

• R.D. Ricci’s “Ligeia the Vampire” returns in all-new motion book

  By John Freeman on 24 April 2014

  

  Rodrigo Diaz Ricci is back producing his wonderful Ligeia the Vampire character

• Wolverhampton auction house announces major vintage comics sale

  By John Freeman on 24 April 2014

  

  Over 2,000 comics and examples of pulp literature from a vast single collection is set to come up for auction at a May Specialist Collectors’ Sale by Cuttlestones in Wolverhampton. With the majority of examples dating from the golden –… Read More ›

• Happy Birthday, Overkill!

  By John Freeman on 24 April 2014

  

  Overkill was a Marvel UK anthology published during the 1990s which ran for 52 issues, deliberately designed as a Marvel equivalent to 2000AD. Initially edited by myself, it was also edited by Alan Cowsill. The magazine was part of Editorial Director… Read More ›

• Beserker Viking stalks the in latest Commandos!

  By John Freeman on 23 April 2014

  

    Here’s the rundown for DC Thomson’s Commando Issues 4699-4702 on sale from 24th April 2014 in all good newsagents and for iPad and iPhone. It;s a another fine mix for the war comic title, featuring stories from Eric Hebden and… Read More ›

• Doctor Who Adventures tempt new readers with free sampler edition

  By John Freeman on 23 April 2014

  

  This week you can access a special online sample edition of Doctor Who Adventures magazine by clicking on this link. You’ll find highlights from the latest issue published by Immediate Media (number 344), which includes an exciting interview with a Cyberman and the best… Read More ›

• Beano “Mail on Sunday” sampler nets 25% sales rise

  By John Freeman on 23 April 2014

  

    There’s good news for The Beano this week, which has seen a sales uplift of around 25% after a free sampler was made available to The Mail on Sunday readers on 6th April 2014 and as a digital version to Mail… Read More ›

• Call for Papers: special Digital Comics issue of “Networking Knowledge” planned

  By John Freeman on 23 April 2014

  

  A Call for Papers has just been announced for Digital Comics, a special-themed issue of Networking Knowledge, the journal of the MeCCSAPostGraduate Network. MeCCSA is the subject association that represents all who teach or research in Higher Education in media, communications and cultural studies,… Read More ›

• 50 Years of Doctor Who comics to be celebrated at Lakes Festival in October

  By John Freeman on 23 April 2014

  

  Grab your sonic screwdriver and set the time-space co-ordinates on your TARDIS for Kendal, 17th October 2014!  The Lakes International Comic Art Festival has just announced a number of events to celebrate 50 years of Doctor Who in comics, the world’s longest-running science fiction TV-inspired… Read More ›

• Jinty Comic site launched

  By John Freeman on 22 April 2014

  

  Inspired by the UK Girls Comics Index and by the Tammy Project, writer Jenni Scott has launched a dedicated reference site devoted to the girls comic Jinty, published by  IPC/Fleetway. It’s good to see this area of British comics getting much deserved exposure… Read More ›

• Panel Borders: The Worldwide Comix of Jeffrey Lewis

  By John Freeman on 22 April 2014

  

  Continuing a month of shows on the British comics radio show Panel Borders  looking at the connections between comic books and music culture, guest presenter Conor O’Grady talks to American underground cartoonist Jeffrey Lewis about his comics such as Fuff and… Read More ›

• In Review: Sally Heathcote: Suffragette

  By John Freeman on 21 April 2014

  

  By Mary Talbot, Kate Charlesworth and Bryan Talbot Publisher: Jonathan Cape Out: 1st May 2014 The Book: Sally Heathcote: Suffragette is a gripping inside story of the campaign for votes for women. A tale of loyalty, love and courage, set against a vividly… Read More ›

• Stripped “highly successful” says Edinburgh International Book Festival

  By Jeremy Briggs on 20 April 2014

  

  Summer 2013 saw the Edinburgh International Book Festival, the largest literary festival in the world, take a major step into the field of comics and graphic novels by running Stripped, a mini-festival within the main festival consisting of 45 different… Read More ›

• Stirling Comics Festival announced for September

  By John Freeman on 19 April 2014

  

  Black Hearted Press has announced they we will be producing the Stirling Comics Festival, forming a comic book strand of the Stirling Fringe Festival (19 – 28th September 2014). BHP will produce a series of free events for the public over the… Read More ›

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