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• BD&Comics Passion Festival launches comics competition for young artists

  By John Freeman on February 21, 2013

  Calling all comics devotees:  the BD & Comics Passion Festival is back at London’s Institut Français 30th May 30th to 2nd June, with workshops, live drawing, concerts and movies galore are on the agenda, with some of the greatest writers… Read More ›

• Aces Weekly heads for the London SuperCon

  By John Freeman on February 21, 2013

  Progenitor by Phil Hester & John McCrea, which featured in Aces Weekly Volume 1 Aces Weekly – www.acesweekly.co.uk – the exclusively digital weekly comic art magazine that’s packed with talent from around the globe – is just one of many… Read More ›

• Soldiers of Song

  By John Freeman on February 21, 2013

  

    Readers of Charley’s War will recall writer Pat Mills often referenced songs from the period during the telling of the story. The seeds of irreverent humour that inspired the likes of Wayne and Shuster and Monty Python were sown… Read More ›

• Thought Bubble announces 2013 dates, first guests

  By John Freeman on February 18, 2013

  Thought Bubble 2013 icon by Alice Duke Leeds-based Thought Bubble has just announced that this year’s festival will run from 17th – 24th November, in conjunction with the 27th Leeds International Film Festival, and the comics convention, a regular feature… Read More ›

• Comics and graphic novels in the Resonance FM charity auction

  By John Freeman on February 18, 2013

  Resonance FM, the London based radio station which Panel Borders is broadcast from, is currently running a fundraiser that’s going on until 21st February. The Arts Council funding of the station only goes so far (and no programme makers, including… Read More ›

• Dan Abnett signing at Maidstone’s No Man’s Land

  By John Freeman on February 17, 2013

  Comics writer, author and Primary Clone Dan Abnett will be at a signing to promote a move of premises for Maidstone games shop No Man’s Land next Saturday (23rd February). An independent gaming shop, No Man’s Land is, Dan tells… Read More ›

• Radio show with David Hine, Mark Stafford and Catherine Anyango

  By John Freeman on February 16, 2013

  Panel Borders: Darkness and inhumanity in literature Continuing our month of shows about comics and literature, Alex Fitch talks to a trio of graphic novelists about adapting classic 19th century novels as sequential art. In a panel discussion recorded at… Read More ›

• King Richard III goes manga

  By John Freeman on February 16, 2013

  With the discovery of his body in Leicester last year, interest in the often-much maligned King Richard III, the last Plantagenet king of England, is at something of a fever pitch. The latest temporary exhibition at the Bosworth Heritage Centre… Read More ›

• Tripwire seeks Kickstarter funding for 21st anniversary project

  By John Freeman on February 15, 2013

  In 2013, Britain’s logest-running comics and genre magazine Tripwire celebrates its 21st birthday and, to commemorate, publisher and editor is planning to publish a must-buy book. Tripwire has been Britain’s only features-driven comics and genre magazine which has published since… Read More ›

• Elephantmen enjoy some Sleeping Partners

  By John Freeman on February 15, 2013

  The latest issue of British comic creator Richard Starkings smashing science fiction strip Elephantmen (#46) features art by Bulletproof Coffin artist Shaky Kane in the fourth installment of the ‘Sleeping Partners’ storyline. Published by Image Comics. the issue tells the… Read More ›

• Heritage Auctions heads for London Super Con

  By John Freeman on February 15, 2013

  Heritage Auctions, the US-based leading collectibles auctioneer, will once again be exhibiting at the London Super Comic Convention, with company staff on hand to talk with potential consigners, bidders and other interested parties. “Consignments of comics and comic art will… Read More ›

• Manga Jiman 2012 Competition Results

  By John Freeman on February 15, 2013

  First prize winners, Sara Ferreira and Gisela Martins. Photo: Embassy of Japan The results of the Manga Jiman 2012 Competition were announced at a reception held at London’s Embassy of Japan on 8th February. The major manga-writing competition, now in… Read More ›

• More 2D Comics Festival Guests announced

  By John Freeman on February 14, 2013

  Following up on our recent post about the 2013 2D Comics Festival, Northern Ireland’s largest ever comics event has just announced several guests set to appear when the long-running annual comic event returns from 30th May – 2nd June in… Read More ›

• Will Simpson art in focus at W5, Belfast

  By John Freeman on February 14, 2013

  Will Simpson at the W5. Photo: W5 Centre The work of Will Simpson is the focus of an exhibition at Belfast’s W5 Centre until 28th April 2013, highlighting the work of this internationally-known artist, whose career began in comic strip… Read More ›

• “Carol Day” artist David Wright features in illustrators Issue 2

  By Jeremy Briggs on February 14, 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  The latest issue of illustrators, the heavily illustrated art quarterly celebrating the finest European illustration of the 20th Century, is now available. illustrators Issue 2 features two major articles on the artwork of David Wright – Peter Richardson looks at Wright’s elegant, painted pin-up… Read More ›

• Marc Jackson’s ‘Man from Space’ lands online

  By John Freeman on February 13, 2013

  Marc Jackson, one of the team at Macclesfield-based design agency Creative Hero, has just launched his Man from Space web comic – an all-ages, all-awesome (hopefully) outer-space adventures of a intergalactic hobo and his smart-mouthed sidekick Michael… the Goldfish. “It’s… Read More ›

• Commando goes Kindle, new print issues on sale now

  By John Freeman on February 13, 2013

  Along with details of the latest print editions of DC Thomson’s Commando war comic comes news that the title has pushed further into the digital sphere – with a number of one-off issues released for Amazon’s Kindle device. “Operation Kindle… Read More ›

• 2000AD announces 2013 graphic album range

  By John Freeman on February 13, 2013

  2012 was a truly zarjaz year for 2000AD – and the next 12 months looks set to be even better with the announcement of  their graphic novel collections schedule for the UK and Ireland. With 19 titles collecting stories of… Read More ›

• Dan Dare On The Radio: A Thrilling Serial

  By Jeremy Briggs on February 13, 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  The spaceman character of Dan Dare was introduced to British comics readers in the first issue of Eagle comic in April 1950 and both he and the comic were an immediate success. In July 1951 the strip was transferred to… Read More ›

• SelfMadeHero gets set and goes with ‘The Murder Mile’

  By John Freeman on February 13, 2013

  Legendary athlete, Sir Roger Bannister runs for his life as a comic book hero in a new graphic novel from SelfMadeHero – The Murder Mile. In 1954, the world-class runner took part in a number of heats prior to his… Read More ›

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