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• CamCon returns to Cambridge in August

  By John Freeman on 1 July 2014

  

  Following the success of last year’s event, the CamCon team have announced that a third one day convention celebrating all things geeky will be held once again at the Junction in Cambridge on 30th August 2014 – and the guest line up… Read More ›

• Prince’s Drawing School announces Comics and Graphic Novels course

  By John Freeman on 1 July 2014

  

  The Prince’s Drawing School, Shoreditch has announced a one week Drawing Stories: Comics and Graphic Novels course later this month, taught by Emily Haworth-Booth, the winner of last year’s Jonathan Cape/Observer/Comica Graphic Short Story Prize This one week course,  is suitable for both beginners… Read More ›

• In Review: Largo Winch – Cold Black Sea/Red-Hot Wrath

  By Jeremy Briggs on 1 July 2014

  

  Writer Jean Van Hamme and artist Philippe Francq deliver up another slice of the rather complicated life of billionaire playboy businessman Largo Winch in the two-part story Cold Black Sea and Red-Hot Wrath. In New York at a party to… Read More ›

• Cup of O – Small Press Reviews

  By Owen Watts on 30 June 2014

  

  Before diving into some reviews I just want to give a shout out to on-going webcomic Warm Cube by the masterful Neil Ford – an absorbing and astounding weekly odyssey which is as absorbing as it is gorgeous. See the web links at… Read More ›

• Entries Invited For Dundee Comics Prize 2014

  By Jeremy Briggs on 30 June 2014

  

  The Scottish Centre For Comics Studies and the Centre For Scottish Culture, both at the University Of Dundee, have teamed up to make October 2014 Heroes And Villains month in Dundee and this then will be the theme of the… Read More ›

• In Review: The Scorpion – The Mask of Truth

  By Jeremy Briggs on 29 June 2014

  

  The Scorpion returns with The Mask Of Truth,  the third part of the latest on-going story of the swashbuckling 18th century rogue and his battles with the less-than-holy Pope Trebaldi written by Stephen Desberg and illustrated by Enrico Marini. One… Read More ›

• In Review: Bearlands Issues 1 to 3

  By Jeremy Briggs on 28 June 2014

  

  Subversive Comic’s full colour glossy Bearlands, written by Jeremy Biggs and illustrated by Bakki, tells the anthropomorphic story of an unnamed chopper-riding, leather-clad, Matrix sunglasses wearing, cigarette smoking teddy bear as he tries to survive in the aftermath of a… Read More ›

• Scott Pilgrim creator Bryan Lee O’Malley heads to Edinburgh

  By John Freeman on 27 June 2014

  

  Bryan Lee O’Malley, creator of the international bestseller Scott Pilgrim, is set to make his literary festival debut at this year’s Stripped 2014 graphic novel strand of Edinburgh International Book Festival to talk about his much-anticipated new graphic novel, Seconds,… Read More ›

• To Arms! Via IndieGoGo

  By Jeremy Briggs on 27 June 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  During our interview earlier in the week with writer/artist Jessica Martin, she mentioned that she is involved with a new Great War anthology graphic novel entitled To Arms! This is planned as an 80+ page hardback anthology with stories based… Read More ›

• Gnasher dog toys on their way

  By John Freeman on 26 June 2014

  

  DC Thomson Consumer Products has announced a partnership with pet accessories specialists Rupert’s Pet Shop for the launch of the first range of Dennis the Menace and Gnasher dog toys. Marking the brand’s entrance into the pet sector, the partnership… Read More ›

• Bear Alley Books “Countdown” book on sale next week

  By John Freeman on 26 June 2014

  

    The latest comic index from Bear Alley Books, Countdown to TV Action, goes on sale from 4th July. The 200-plus page book, which features a a colour cover featuring the work of Gerry Haylock, John M. Burns and Gordon… Read More ›

• In Review: Leap Issue Zero

  By Jeremy Briggs on 26 June 2014

  

  Northern Ireland’s Uproar Comics, best known for their ongoing series Zombies Hi set in an around the City of Derry after a zombie apocalypse, have introduced a new science fiction space opera title to their output, Leap. The sleeper ship… Read More ›

• Creator Talk: Six Questions For Writer/Artist Jessica Martin

  By Jeremy Briggs on 25 June 2014 • ( 2 )

  

  Jessica Martin is a familiar name, if not necessarily a familiar face, from her time as an impressionist on the TV series Spitting Image. Her CV includes stage acting and singing, radio, and other television series including her role as… Read More ›

• British Comic Shop Comic Releases (25th June 2014)

  By John Freeman on 25 June 2014

  

  Here’s a list of comics – both US and UK releases – on sale in specialist UK comic ships on sale today, Wednesday 25th June 2014, courtesy First Age Comics, Lancaster. We’ve picked out the titles published by British publishers in bold… Read More ›

• Bunkerbound launches Classic Thunderbirds range

  By John Freeman on 24 June 2014

  

  The Classic Thunderbirds giftware range from Bunkerbound goes on sale in the UK and Ireland this month, an early stage in the roll out of official Thunderbirds products, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the show in 2015 – and the… Read More ›

• In Review: The Graphic Novel Man: The Comics of Bryan Talbot

  By Norman Boyd on 24 June 2014

  

  The Project: The Graphic Novel Man: The Comics of Bryan Talbot is a Digital Story Engine documentary series available on HD Download providing the definitive Bryan Talbot experience for established fans and first time readers. Introduced by Michael Moorcock, The Graphic… Read More ›

• Dennis elbow? Andy Murray guest edits The Beano

  By John Freeman on 24 June 2014

  

    He’s no stranger to the pages of The Beano – having taken on Minnie the Minx in the weekly humour comic from DC Thomson in the past, for its 75th anniversary edition for example. But now Britain’s top male… Read More ›

• Titan’s limited UK edition Doctor Who photo covers, Twelfth Doctor #1 variants

  By John Freeman on 24 June 2014

  

      Just to add to the list of Doctor Who first issue covers from Titan Comics, the company is to release these limited edition UK exclusive editions with photo cover variants. Only 1000 copies of each edition will be available… Read More ›

• In Review: It Girl by Jessica Martin

  By Jeremy Briggs on 24 June 2014 • ( 2 )

  

  The phrase ‘It girl’ is bandied about these days without the majority of people using it knowing how it was coined or who it originally referred to. In 1927, as she was starting her rise to becoming the biggest grossing… Read More ›

• Cup of O – 2000AD Round-Up

  By Owen Watts on 23 June 2014

  

    Hello – ! Welcome to my first round-up of the most recent goings-on in the mighty world of 2000AD. The first big deal is the current US-size mini-series version of Edginton & Culbard’s Brass Sun – the second issue is due out in the… Read More ›

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