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• Inkwell Awards ballot opens to find and honour favourite comic book inkers

  By John Freeman on 15 April 2014

  

  The Inkwell Awards, a US non-profit organization devoted to educating and promoting the art of inking, is inviting the public worldwide to vote for the industry’s best of the past year. The official public ballot will be available on the… Read More ›

• In Review: Spaceship Away Issue 32

  By John Freeman on 15 April 2014

  

  The latest issue of the Dan-Dare and Eagle comic-inspired magazine Spaceship Away has just shipped to subscribers and will be available soon from the title’s web site (http://spaceshipaway.org.uk). This issue, wrapped in a cover and back cover by Eagle and… Read More ›

• In Review: WesterNoir Book Four

  By Jeremy Briggs on 15 April 2014

  

  The fourth book in writer Dave West and artist Gary Crutchley’s WesterNoir tales of Old West demon hunter Josiah Black is now available and seemingly turns the table on the main character as its subtitle is Josiah Black: Wanted For… Read More ›

• Electric Sheep Magazine’s comic Jubilee

  By Alex Fitch on 14 April 2014

  

  Previously a print periodical from Wallflower Press (Summer 2008 – Winter 2009), Electric Sheep is a cult and world cinema review magazine that has existed before and since as a website, carrying on many of the features of the print… Read More ›

• Panel Borders tackles the GHOSTS creative team as London exhibition looms

  By John Freeman on 14 April 2014

  

  Continuing a month of radio shows about the depiction of musicians and music culture in comic books, this week’s episode of Britain’s Panel Borders coincides with our yearly look at the work of young graphic novelists whip will also be… Read More ›

• Alan Grant and Tony Luke reunited for top secret ‘Project X’

  By John Freeman on 14 April 2014

  

    Word has reached us of an exciting new ‘Project X’, from the minds of UK creators Alan Grant (Judge Dredd, Judge Anderson, Batman et al), Tony Luke (Dominator, Hellkatt, 2000AD), Yasushi Nirasawa (Phantom Core, Godzilla, Guillotina) and Les Garner… Read More ›

• In Review: Alpha – Sanctions

  By Jeremy Briggs on 14 April 2014

  

  It is quite a while since Cinebook translated one of writer Mythic (Jean-Claude Smit-le-Bénédicte) and artist Youri Jigounov’s albums about CIA agent Alpha but they have returned to the series with Sanctions, originally published in France in 2000. A Russian… Read More ›

• More XIII For British Viewers And Readers

  By Jeremy Briggs on 13 April 2014

  

  The bandes dessinee series XIII written by Jean Van Hamme and illustrated by William Vance began in the French weekly Spirou in 1984 and ran for nineteen albums between 1984 and 2007. In 2008 XIII was brought to the small screen… Read More ›

• Kids Comics – an Oxymoron in Waiting?

  By downthetubes Guests on 11 April 2014

  

  Feature by Jonathan Clode Back in August 2013, it was reported that American artist Paul Pope had pitched an idea to DC Comics to bring back Jack Kirby’s Kamandi, The Last Boy on Earth, only to be told by DC… Read More ›

• Athletics Weekly revives Alf Tupper, “Tough of the Track” for London Marathon

  By John Freeman on 11 April 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  Athletics Weekly – the world’s only devoted weekly track and field magazine better known as AW – has revived DC Thomson’s famous fish and chips-eating runner Alf Tupper, “The Tough of the Track“, who featured in comics such as The… Read More ›

• Amazon buys Comixology, what now for independent comic creators?

  By John Freeman on 11 April 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  I’ve just seen the news that Amazon.com is acquiring comiXology, the US company that developed a cloud-based digital comics platform. In a statement, David Naggar, Amazon’s VP, content acquisition and independent publishing said “Amazon and comiXology share a passion for reinventing… Read More ›

• Photo Report: Dundee Comics Expo 2014

  By Jeremy Briggs on 10 April 2014

  

  Since 2007 the University of Dundee has run various annual events that are now tagged as the Dundee Comics Day which consist of talks and workshops by comics creators plus a handful of sales tables. In Easter 2013 they added… Read More ›

• Nemesis the Warlock film images by Tony Luke uncovered

  By John Freeman on 10 April 2014 • ( 4 )

  

  Brighton-based 2000AD comic creator  Tony Luke – creator of a slew of amazing strips for a huge range of companies – has been digging into his archives and has started turning up some interesting stuff… including these images of a 12-minute stop-motion… Read More ›

• George Low and Keith Page continue World War One Commando series

  By John Freeman on 10 April 2014

  

  Here’s the rundown of the latest issues of DC Thomson’s Commando, on sale from today in all good newsagents and for iPad and iPhone. Writer George Low’s epic World War One story – a loosely connected series that doesn’t require… Read More ›

• Eighth International Manga Award competition announced, win a trip to Japan

  By John Freeman on 10 April 2014

  

  The entry period for the worldwide Eighth International Manga Award organised by Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has begun. The winner will earn a trip to Japan to meet Japanese Manga creators if they win. The International Manga Award was… Read More ›

• Egmont’s “Ben 10 Magazine” named number one news stand title for boys

  By John Freeman on 9 April 2014

  

    Egmont’s Ben 10 Magazine – available in print and in digital format – has topped the charts as the UK’s number one magazine in the primary boys sector and has now sold more than  5.2 million copies since its launch in… Read More ›

• Charlie Gillespie’s horror fantasy, “The Many”, primed for digital release

  By John Freeman on 9 April 2014

  

  London-based comic creator Charlie Gillespie – a name longtime 2000AD and Judge Dredd Mgeazine readers are sure to recognise – is to launch his hard-hitting story The Many as a digital comic, distributed through Comixology from 25th April. He very kindly sent… Read More ›

• Award-winning creator Becky Cloonan joins Lakes International Comic Art Festival line-up

  By John Freeman on 9 April 2014

  

    The Lakes International Comic Art Festival has announced that the critically-acclaimed comic creator Becky Cloonan has joined the event’s line-up of guests. Born in Pisa, Italy, Becky Cloonan began her career self-publishing mini-comics in 1999. Since then she has gone on to… Read More ›

• Name A Character in Mark Millar’s Starlight

  By John Freeman on 8 April 2014

  

  Ever fancied having a comic-book character named after you? Especially one in a book that’s been picked up as a big-budget movie by Fox? Well, via an eBay auction, Writer Mark Millar (Wanted and Kick-Ass) and Goran Parlov (The Punisher)… Read More ›

• Leading Graphic Novel Publisher Top Shelf Partners with the SEQUENTIAL Digital Graphic Novel App

  By John Freeman on 8 April 2014

  

  SEQUENTIAL, the graphic novel storefront and reader app focused on literary graphic novels produced by Panel Nine, has announced that it has started releasing titles by pioneering art comics and graphic novel publisher Top Shelf Productions. Top Shelf Productions, which… Read More ›

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