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• Commando: Tigers, Walruses and Horsas

  By John Freeman on December 6, 2012

  It is the time of year when the calendars are in newsagents, card shops and shopping centres around the country and for the second year running Waverley Books have produced a calendar featuring the painted cover artwork of Commando. The… Read More ›

• Warren Pleece signing new book 25 years in the making

  By John Freeman on December 5, 2012

  This coming Saturday, the 8th of December, British comics dude Warren Pleece (one half of the Pleece brothers) will be at Gosh! Comics in London, signing copies of his new book The Great Unwashed – a hardcover anthology 25 years… Read More ›

• Bonhams to auction off Sarah Jane’s ‘Figaro’ car

  By John Freeman on December 5, 2012

  Bonhams upcoming Entertainment Memorabilia sale, to be held next week on Wednesday 12th December, will include an array of props, posters, costumes and related memorabilia from legendary science fiction movies and television shows including Alien, Superman, Star Wars, Blake’s 7,… Read More ›

• The Rainbow Orchid Supplement Now Available

  By John Freeman on December 5, 2012

  The Rainbow Orchid Supplement, the latest publication in Garen Ewing’s world of The Rainbow Orchid, is now available from his webstore. This is a ‘DVD extras’ style publication acting as a bonus for Rainbow Orchid fans that Garen has published… Read More ›

• Dandy Exhibition and Talks at Dundee University

  By John Freeman on December 4, 2012

  This Saturday coming, 8th December 2012, the University of Dundee University will be holding an opening event for their latest comics exhibition which will celebrate the 75th birthday of DC Thomson’s Dandy.  The exhibition will look back over the Dandy’s… Read More ›

• Dandy 75 : It’s Dandy Day

  By Jeremy Briggs on December 4, 2012

  

  It’s Dandy Day!

• Out of the Blue: "Thunderbirds" Shane Rimmer features on new solo album

  By John Freeman on December 4, 2012 • ( 1 )

  If you have a Transformers, music and Gerry Anderson fan in your circle who you’re seeking a Christmas present for, then you might be tempted by Rob Cottingham’s solo album Captain Blue, which is not only a great sounding album… Read More ›

• Dandy 75: Artists Signing At The ABC Show

  By Richard Sheaf on December 3, 2012

  

  The publication of the last ever print Dandy marked by London signing

• New One-Eyed Jack / Valiant Fanzine Available

  By John Freeman on December 2, 2012 • ( 2 )

  Hibernia Books, who have previously published licensed reprints of 1980s IPC strips Doomlord from new Eagle and The 13th Floor from Scream, are back with a fanzine about the IPC comic Valiant entitled One-Eyed Jack And The Death of Valiant…. Read More ›

• Radio interview with Aline and Robert Crumb

  By Alex Fitch on December 2, 2012

  Panel Borders: Drawn Together – 40 years of Aline and Robert Crumb Starting a month of shows about ‘lives on the page’, Panel Borders looks at graphic novels which depict the travails of human existence with books that straddle the… Read More ›

• WebFind: The Eagle Annual Information Site

  By John Freeman on December 2, 2012

  Eagle fan Ian Hartas has created an in-depth guide to the long-running Eagle annual over at www.EagleAnnual.info. The Eagle Annual Number 1 was launched in 1951 for the year 1952, building on the success of the comic which had been… Read More ›

• Dandy 75: A Roundup Of What Is Happening

  By Jeremy Briggs on December 1, 2012 • ( 2 )

  

  As The Dandy’s print edition draws to a close, here are details of some events surrounding this sad event…

• Hudnall, Mayverik deliver ‘Blue Cat’ for Aces Weekly

  By John Freeman on December 1, 2012

  This stunning promo piece by Val Mayerik is for a new strip, Blue Cat by James Hudnall, appearing in the next issue of the digital comic Aces Weekly (acesweekly.co.uk) this month (December). In the story, Cindy Sparks is a 16… Read More ›

• Costa Award Nomination For Dave Shelton

  By John Freeman on November 30, 2012

  When the shortlists for the Costa Book Awards (formerly the Whitbread Book Awards) were announced complete with their two graphic novels, Dotter Of Her Father’s Eyes by Bryan and Mary Talbot and Days of the Bagnold Summer by Joff Winterhart,… Read More ›

• Belfast Comics Fayre (Updated)

  By John Freeman on November 29, 2012

  The “family fun day” event is run by Avalon Arts, a collective organising workshops, alternative and craft fairs and music performances. The site is a good one: Haymarket Arcade is located at the bottom of the central Royal Avenue, about… Read More ›

• ROK releases ZeZi audio comic

  By John Freeman on November 29, 2012

  Rok Records has launched the official audio-enhanced ZEZI COMIC, telling the story of Birmingham’s top rap act. Featuring a full soundtrack that brings the story added life and excitement, find out about ZeZi’s rise – the triumphs, the setbacks, the… Read More ›

• Opinion: Women in Comics (Again)

  By John Freeman on November 29, 2012

  Sugar Glider by Sarah Dunkerton Comics writer and editor Richmond Clements is fed up with people saying there aren’t enough women working in comics. Here’s why… Yet again, at this year’s Thought Bubble comic festival, we had another Women in… Read More ›

• Spaceship Away 28 Available In Time For Christmas

  By John Freeman on November 28, 2012

  Spaceship Away, the A4, full colour glossy magazine that covers original Dan Dare as well as a selection of other classic strips, has released issue 28 in time for Christmas. Priced at £7.95, including UK postage, the 44 page issue… Read More ›

• Call for Papers: Comic Empires: The Imperialism of Cartoons, Caricature, and Satirical Art

  By John Freeman on November 28, 2012

  The Rhodes Colossus: a caricature in Punch, published in December 1892, by Linley Sambourne of Cecil John Rhodes, after he announced plans for a telegraph line and railroad from Cape Town to Cairo. A group of academics has put out… Read More ›

• On the trail of Erin Starfox

  By John Freeman on November 27, 2012

  

  Writer-Artist Will Jarvis has just launched his new sci-fi novel Erin Starfox on Kickstarter, illustrated science fiction that’s just a little different. “It’s not a comic or graphic novel exactly, but it shares some elements of that form,” Will told… Read More ›

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