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• Middlesbrough Literary Festival hosts "Mini Comic Con"

  By John Freeman on May 31, 2013

  Middlesbrough will host a Mini Comic Con on Saturday 22nd June as part of the fifth Middlesbrough Literary Festival , which begins on Saturday 15th June. The ethos of the Middlesbrough Literary Festival is to celebrate the word in all… Read More ›

• Medicine and Comics merge for unusual conference

  By John Freeman on May 31, 2013

  Ethics Under Cover is an interdisciplinary conference in July in Brighton, intended to appeal to a wide audience, including healthcare professionals, comics creators, students, academic scholars, comics enthusiasts and various stakeholder groups. The meeting, organised by Brighton and Sussex Medical… Read More ›

• Mars Attacks – Your Wallet!

  By John Freeman on May 31, 2013

  IDW Limited has announced plans for interstellar domination of your wallets this week, beginning with the Mars Attacks: Attack from Space Limited-Edition Hardcover. The book collects the first five issues of the popular IDW comic series drawn by top talent… Read More ›

• In Review: Peter Pan by by Régis Loisel

  By John Freeman on May 30, 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  by Régis Loisel Out: Now (UK and Europe only) Publisher: Soaring Penguin The Book: Before he became Peter Pan, before his arrival to Neverland, he was a boy fighting for survival. Born into the suburbs of harsh, Dickensian London, to… Read More ›

• 10 Questions: Russell Willis, publisher of SEQUENTIAL and Panel Nine

  By John Freeman on May 30, 2013

  Russell Willis – Publisher of Panel Nine I’ve known Russell Willis since the 1980s, first encountering him at the Fast Fiction stall run by Paul Gravett and Peter Stanbury at the now-legendary Westminster Comic Marts when he was publishing INFINITY,… Read More ›

• WebFinds: Wonderfully Vulgar, an online exhibition of British Comics

  By John Freeman on May 30, 2013

  Early comics merchandise: an Ally Sloper greeting card from 1890 (with thanks to Norman Boyd and Kevin Carpenter): It was a surprize to me too – but British Comics do turn up in the strangest of places – but none… Read More ›

• Latest Issue of Illustrators Journal now available

  By Jeremy Briggs on May 30, 2013

  Illustrators journal celebrates the finest magazine, book and comics illustrators published in the UK and Europe featuring fabulous artwork in every issue, much of which is taken from scans of the original art. It gives readers the stories behind the… Read More ›

• Elephantmen storm 2D Festival as new issue debuts

  By John Freeman on May 30, 2013

  With the brilliant 2D Festival on this weekend in Northern Ireland, here’s a quick plug for the latest issue of Richard Starkings Elephantmen. Issue 48, with art from Axel Medellin and a cover by the ever brilliant Boo Cookoffers the seventh… Read More ›

• Six-Gun Gorilla comics inspired by British pulp hero in the pipeline

  By John Freeman on May 29, 2013

  Two comics projects inspired by an obscure British Pulp hero published by DC Thomson the 1930s are in the works, illustrating, perhaps, the potential pitfalls of reviving “Golden Age” heroes in the public domain. Six-Gun Gorilla was published in Wizard,… Read More ›

• Complete Zenith Collection finally on its way from 2000AD

  By John Freeman on May 29, 2013

  2000AD is to publish a complete – if strictly limited – collection of Grant Morrison and Steve Yeowell’s ground-breaking superhero series Zenith for the first time in December. The 2000AD marketing team have been teasing fans with the possibility of… Read More ›

• More Big Commando Books From Prion

  By Jeremy Briggs on May 26, 2013

  

    15th August 2013 will see Prion Books release four new Commando books, each reprinting six stories from the long running war comic, and bring the number of Commando reprint books released by Prion in 2013 to eight. With painted… Read More ›

• Gary Northfield’s TeenyTinySaurs storm Gosh!

  By John Freeman on May 25, 2013

  Excellent childrens’ books illustrator and Phoenix-contributor Gary Northfield has released The Terrible Tales of the TeenyTinySaurs, a delightful new kid’s book from Walker Books – and Gosh London are celebrating it with a launch party on Friday 31st May. Is it… Read More ›

• Titan Comics releases Devil May Cry: The Vergil Chronicles

  By John Freeman on May 24, 2013

  Titan Comics has just released the first issue of Devil May Cry: The Vergil Chronicles comic, based on the all-new re-imagination of Capcom’s world-famous  eponymous videogame saga. Both issues of the two-part ‘prequel’ comic series are already available digitally, to… Read More ›

• Orbital Comics announces Comic Book Creators launch event

  By John Freeman on May 24, 2013

  Orbital Comics in London have announced a special discussion panel to celebrate the launch of the new Comic Book Creators magazine from Twomorrows Publishing, taking place on Saturday 8th June. Learn more about how John Morrow and his wife started… Read More ›

• SEQUENTIAL gets set to launch

  By John Freeman on May 24, 2013

  SEQUENTIAL, the free digital graphic novel storefront app for the iPad created by Panel Nine, is launching next Wednesday in the UK, bringing you loads of great titles from the likes of Hunt Emerson, Gilbert Shelton, Alan Moore, Krent Able… Read More ›

• Digital Dandy Issue 8 Now Available

  By Jeremy Briggs on May 24, 2013

  Kat and the crew from Retro-Active face an explosive end to a rooftop rescue, Bananaman has a face-off with the ultra-naughty League of Super Villains, there’s some (nearly) bare-faced cheek as Desperate Dan tries to take a bath in private,… Read More ›

• Dravn to Succeed: Dave Elliott on A1, DRAVN and the lure of the anthology comic

  By John Freeman on May 23, 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  Dave Elliott has more than 25 years of experience working in every aspect of the comic book industry from writer and artist to editor and publisher, and his latest project, the return of A1, is about to be launched, in… Read More ›

• Commando Editor Talks At Chalke Valley History Festival

  By Jeremy Briggs on May 22, 2013

  Commando Editor Calum Laird is scheduled to give a talk at the Chalke Valley History Festival at Ebbesbourne Wake near Salisbury in Wiltshire. The talk entitled  “Achtung! Commando Comics” will take place at 1130 on Saturday 29 June 2013. Calum… Read More ›

• Keith Page seeks a publisher for "Tommy Atkins’ Tour of the Trenches"

  By John Freeman on May 22, 2013

  Commando artist Keith Page (whose credits also include Paint It Black, the Charlotte Corday saga with Stephen Walsh and the Bryant and May series by Christopher Fowler) has created a smashing-looking 32-page comic called Tommy Atkins’ Tour of the Trenches… Read More ›

• New venue, ace guest list for Glasgow Comic Con

  By John Freeman on May 22, 2013

  There’s an impressive line up already announced for this year’s Glasgow Comic Con, which will take place at the CCA Glasgow. GCC is Scotland’s number one comic book festival, bringing in people from across the UK to celebrate the art… Read More ›

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