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• Geek Retreat coffee shop opens in Glasgow

  By John Freeman on May 3, 2013

  Cafe culture meets comic book geekery in Geek Retreat, the new Glasgow hang out for those who like their coffee served with a side of superheroes, which opens tomorrow, on Free Comic Book Day (4th May). Geek Retreat is a… Read More ›

• Abslom Daak, Dalek Killer, returns…

  By John Freeman on May 3, 2013

  

  Well, all right, that headline is a little misleading. I’m not talking about new stories (although there have been some, find out more below…). Rather, the release of Doctor Who: Nemesis of the Daleks, a Seventh Doctor comic collection from… Read More ›

• Gatehouse, Windett unleash "Lazarus Lemming"

  By John Freeman on May 2, 2013

  Lazarus Lemming is the top special secret agent of Department X, the covert government agency that investigates eXtraordinary happenings worldwide. When the world’s cows are kidnapped to steal their farts, or all the citizens of Transylvania are turned into mindless… Read More ›

• Lakes International Comic Art Festival announces full guest list

  By John Freeman on May 1, 2013

  

  The Lakes International Comic Art Festival has now announced the full line up for the event which will run from 18-20th October in Kendal, Cumbria. 15 new guests are being revealed today. These are on top of the 37 guests… Read More ›

• Paragon 13 – pulp action adventure from cover to cover!

  By John Freeman on May 1, 2013

  Issue 13 of the long running acclaimed British anthology comic Paragon is on sale now. With a great cover by Bhuna, read Oor Ganesh – the Hindu god (as if drawn by Dudley Watkins!); the further adventures of Jikan –… Read More ›

• Malta Comic Con 2013 Annoounced

  By John Freeman on May 1, 2013

  

  Malta Con organisers Wicked Comics have just announced the 2013 show will run the weekend of Saturday 30th November and Sunday 1st December at St. James Cavalier Valletta. The guest list has yet to be revealed, but, says Chris Le… Read More ›

• Multiverse Mgazine blasts back into action

  By John Freeman on May 1, 2013

  Mike Conroy’s comics news and features magazine Multiverse is finally back in print – with a spanking new look for Issue 7 from Barry Renshaw and packed with industry news from both the US and UK, complete with an intriguing… Read More ›

• TRIPWIRE kicks off its 21st birthday celebrations

  By John Freeman on May 1, 2013

  May is a busy month for the British independent media magazine TRIPWIRE. Despite not hitting the kickstarter target for TRIPWIRE 21, its planned 21st anniversary special, publisher and editor-in-chief Joel Meadows tells us he’s putting the book out anyway. The… Read More ›

• Marvel Heroes game makers announce Iron Man weekend as film breaks UK box office records

  By John Freeman on April 30, 2013

  Marking the launch of Marvel’s Iron Man 3 movie, which opened in the UK last week in advance of the US release and has broken box office records (taking £11.4 million in its opening weekend), game maker Gazillion Entertainment will… Read More ›

• Radio interviews with Tim Pilcher, Graham Rawle and Paul Magrs

  By John Freeman on April 30, 2013

  Book List: Celebrating Ephemera Starting a new series of the bimonthly show on books, Alex Fitch talks to three authors whose work celebrates ephemera and pop culture detritus. ‘Graphic Novelist’ Graham Rawle discusses his latest novel The Card, which follows… Read More ›

• Comic Creator Interview: David Hine on adapting “The Man Who Laughs”

  By John Freeman on April 29, 2013

  

  David Hine has had an illustrious career in comics, both as artist and writer, working on a diverse range of comics since his debut in the 1980s on titles such as Crisis. He’s currently finishing the first arc of Storm… Read More ›

• Duncan Fegredo back on Hellboy – Midnight Circus launches in October

  By John Freeman on April 29, 2013

  Following up on a collaboration which spanned multiple series, leading up to Mike Mignola’s return to both writing and drawing his beloved demon, British artist Duncan Fegredo will return to tell a story about a young Hellboy’s first brush with… Read More ›

• Mars Attacks Judge Dredd!

  By John Freeman on April 29, 2013

  Step on up and place your bets! An army of angry green men bent on galactic conquest have landed in Mega-City One, but they didn’t count on the grizzled lawmaking legend of Judge Dredd standing in their way. The skeptics… Read More ›

• Radio interviews with Jenny Linn-Cole and Jon Turner

  By John Freeman on April 28, 2013

  Panel Borders: Shallowater, Your days are numbered Concluding a month of shows looking at small press and independent comics, we have a pair of interviews recorded in venues where such titles are stocked. Alex Fitch talks to Jenny-Linn Cole (in… Read More ›

• Ian Gibson at Gosh London today

  By John Freeman on April 27, 2013

  The artist behind one of 2000AD’s most ground-breaking series will be signing at Gosh Comics today Ian Gibson’s work with Alan Moore on The Ballad of Halo Jones is lauded as some of the legendary weekly comic book’s greatest. And… Read More ›

• Convict Commandos back in action!

  By John Freeman on April 26, 2013

  

  Here’s the lowdown on the latest Commandos

• British team create ‘Eden’ for Dark Horse Presents

  By John Freeman on April 26, 2013

  Creators Jim Alexander, John Higgins (assisted on colours by Sally Jane Hurst) and Jim Campbell have a short story, “Eden”, in the latest issue of Dark Horse Presents (#23), on sale now in all good comic shops. Jim Alexander’s publishing debut… Read More ›

• Beano and BeanoMax go Prank Mad…

  By John Freeman on April 25, 2013

  (via Lew Stringer): British comics have often featured activity pages amongst the strips, from the humble reader’s jokes page, ‘How to’ features on magic tricks, and puzzle pages such as Teaser Time. The latest thing appears to be the pranks… Read More ›

• Neil Gaiman’s Keynote at the London Book Fair – Video

  By John Freeman on April 25, 2013

  Here’s Neil Gaiman‘s keynote speech at this year’s London Book Fair, in which he talks about the need to experiment with new media and pretty much sums up what we’re all thinking -no-one knows what is really going to work… Read More ›

• Andy Diggle and Sean Phillips at FP Edinburgh for Free Comic Book Day

  By John Freeman on April 25, 2013

  (via Forbidden Planet International: On Free Comic Book Day (Saturday May the 4th) the Edinburgh Forbidden Planet International will be welcoming artist Sean Phillips and writer Andy Diggle for a special signing session from 3 to 5.00pm. Get yourself down… Read More ›

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