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• Dambusters comic released for Kindle

  By John Freeman on 6 February 2014

  

  Ace comic artist and illustrator Nick Spender has been beavering away on The Story of the Dambusters, a comics project telling the story of  “Operation Chastise” for a long time, occasionally mailing me pages of work in progress. At last,… Read More ›

• Fumio Obata launches debut graphic novel at Gosh London

  By John Freeman on 6 February 2014

  

  Japanese-born, UK-based comics creator, comics educator and animator Fumio Obata is at Gosh London tomorrow night (7th February), signing copies of his debut novel, It Just So Happens, published by Jonathan Cape. The team at Gosh! are huge fans of… Read More ›

• “To End All Wars” World War One anthology final cover revealed

  By John Freeman on 6 February 2014

  

  This slipped through our radar last month – our apologies to the editorial team. It’s the finished cover for the upcoming World War One anthology To End All Wars, which will be released later this year by Soaring Penguin Press,… Read More ›

• “Celeste” sneak peek, new SelfMadeHero title from INJ Culbard

  By John Freeman on 6 February 2014

  

  Creator INJ Culbard has published a tantalising sneak peek of his graphic novel Celeste, out this April from SelfMadeHero. In London, the moment two commuters, Aaron and Lilly, lay eyes on each another on a packed Monday morning tube train,… Read More ›

• Soaring Penguin to publish “Mengelmoes” by Willem Samuel

  By John Freeman on 5 February 2014

  

  British independent publisher Soaring Penguin Press launches a new series this month: Mengelmoes, by South African-born creator Willem Samuel, a comic diary that takes you into the most life-changing period of South Africa. Soaring Penguin have kindly sent us a… Read More ›

• Cartoon Map of Europe in 1914 “discovered”

  By John Freeman on 5 February 2014

  

    Cartoons featured as heavily in the day to day lives of the men and women of 1914 as they do today. This German cartoon from 1914, highlighted by the Public Domain Review, shows the lay of the political land… Read More ›

• Lakes Comic Art Festival announces “Great War in Comics” exhibition

  By John Freeman on 5 February 2014

  

  The Lakes International Comic Art Festival has announced that the prestigious Abbot Hall gallery in Kendal is to host a tie-in exhibition, entitled “The Great War in Comics” – featuring art from the classic war strip Charley’s War drawn by… Read More ›

• Ladybird Books celebrates 100th anniversary in 2015

  By John Freeman on 4 February 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  Ladybird Books – whose artists in the past included Dan Dare creator Frank Hampson and fellow Eagle artists Martin Aitchison and Frank Humphris along with TV21 artist Ron Embleton – will celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2015. To coincide with… Read More ›

• Markosia announces “Apollo” SuperCon Exclusive

  By John Freeman on 4 February 2014

  

  Independent British publishers Markosia have added another Limited Edition London Super Comic Convention Exclusive to their roster – an over-sized version of one of their latest graphic novels, Apollo by Erik von Wodtke and Douglas A. Sirois. Just 50 copies… Read More ›

• World War One – Comic Creator Connections: John Freeman

  By downthetubes Guests on 4 February 2014

  

  John Freeman edited some of the Charley’s War collections for Titan Books and is also one of the editors of this Charley’s War web site. He’s worked in British comics for nearly 30 years, first at Marvel UK then as… Read More ›

• Solid State Tank Girl Books Must be Won!

  By downthetubes Guests on 4 February 2014

  

  Thanks to those fine folk at Titan Books, we have TWO copies of their new British comic collection, Solid State Tank Girl, to give away! All you need to do to be in with a chance to win is answer… Read More ›

• Battle Classics – Competition Winners

  By John Freeman on 4 February 2014

  

  The winners of copies of Titan Books new British comic collection, Garth Ennis Presents Battle Classics were John Hammond and Paul Eldridge. Congratulations to them both and our thanks to Titan for the prizes. You’ll be pleased to hear that… Read More ›

• Hal Laren wins our Dan Dare “Reboot” Competition

  By John Freeman on 4 February 2014

  

  We know we’ve been longer announcing the winner of our Dan Dare Reboot Competition. You can view them all the entries on Flickr here. There’s a piece of news on the character we have been anxious to share with you, but right… Read More ›

• Lakes International Comic Art Festival announces 24 Hour Comic Marathon

  By John Freeman on 4 February 2014

  

  The Lakes International Comic Art Festival (17-19th October 2014) has announced plans to host a 24 Hour Comic Marathon hosted by ace comics creator and educator Dan Berry – and they’re looking for comic artists to take part. Here’s the… Read More ›

• British Comic Awards 2014 Nominations Open

  By John Freeman on 4 February 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  After a slight delay the nomination process for this year’s British Comic Awards is now open. Readers, retailers, creators, publishers, heroes, villains and talking animals are all welcome to suggest their favourite comics and comic book creators. They will all… Read More ›

• Panel Borders: Régis Loisel and Peter Pan

  By John Freeman on 3 February 2014

  

  Starting a month of shows about French comics or bande dessinée, Alex Fitch talks to cartoonist Régis Loisel about his epic graphic novel adaptation of and prequel to J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan, published in the UK by Soaring Penguin Press…. Read More ›

• In Praise of… Gerry Dolan

  By John Freeman on 1 February 2014 • ( 7 )

  

  Back in my days as editor of Doctor Who Magazine, one of the first comic strips I edited for the title was “Stairway to Heaven”, a story that is much noted for being the first published professional work of a… Read More ›

• Birmingham MCM Comic Con back in March

  By John Freeman on 1 February 2014

  

  Two great events; one weekend; one ticket! Visit the MCM Birmingham Comic Con at the NEC on 22-23 March and you’ll also get entry to Britain’s biggest collectors’ event, Memorabilia Birmingham. If you’re into movies, sci-fi, videogames, comics, cosplay or… Read More ›

• Revolutionary War: Fitting It Into Marvel Continuity

  By John Freeman on 1 February 2014

  

  Over on the excellent It Came from Darkmoor blog dedicated to all things Marvel UK, Mark Roberts has been mulling over Marvel’s new limited series, Revolutionary War, and how it fits into overall Marvel continuity. In particular, he’d been trying… Read More ›

• Looking back on Charley’s War: An Interview with Pat Mills

  By downthetubes Guests on 1 February 2014

  

  If you’ve read a British comic book in the last few decades, the chances are you’ve read a story written or edited by Pat Mills. Learning his craft with DC Thomson in Dundee, Pat would go on to create Battle… Read More ›

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