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MKomix Fair: comic creators in abundance!
A quick reminder that the MKomix Comic Fair organised by comic creator Paul Rainey takes place this Thursday (19th July) in the Milton Keynes Art Gallery. Full details of the event, which reads like a Who’s Who of some top… Read More ›
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Spaceship Away 27 on sale now
Issue 27 of the Eagle-inspired comic magazine Spaceship Away is available now, this time with a background theme drawing on the Dan Dare story The Red Moon, featuring a number of paintings relating to that story from both Don Harley… Read More ›
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Famous Five to ape Doctor Who (or is that Timeslip?)
The cast of The Famous Five1978 production, scripted byRichard Carpenter London-based Kindle Entertainment, makers of the critically acclaimed CBBC show Leonardo are to turn Enid Blyton’s The Famous Five into a time travel show. The company recently announced it has… Read More ›
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Photos from the Opening of the Aberdeen Commando Exhibition
It’s not often a comics event is opened with a bagpiper, even in Scotland, so driving into the car park of the Gordon Highlanders Museum in Aberdeen on a slightly overcast summer’s morning to the skirl of the pipes set… Read More ›
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Past Perfect #54
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In Review: The Random Adventures of Brandon Generator
Writer / Director: Edgar WriterArtist / Animator: Tommy Lee EdwardsNarrator: Julian BarrattMusic: Unloved (David Holmes, Keefus Green and Jade Vincent)Publisher: Microsoft 4 online episodes, approx 7 mins each The plot: Brandon Generator, a freelance writer with writer’s block, overdoes on… Read More ›
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Panel Borders: Tom Gauld and Simone Lia discuss Cabanon Press
Panel Borders: Cabanon Press In the second of a series of shows about comic book creators who have collaborated together, Alex Fitch talks to celebrated British cartoonists Tom Gauld and Simone Lia in a conversation recorded at this year’s Spring… Read More ›
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International Alternative Press Festival returns to London
A quick reminder that the 2nd International Alternative Press Festival begins on 20th July, featuring an inspired assortment of creative events in London. The festival events lead up to the 4th-5th August weekend Small Press Fair in Holborn’s Conway Hall…. Read More ›
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Women in Comics – conference team plan essay collection
Lois Lane in Superman, in 1939 After two very successful conferences – the Women in Comics I at The University of Cambridge in 2009, and Women in Comics II at Leeds Art Gallery, as part of Comics Forum and Thought… Read More ›
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American Illustration, Comics, and Animation Conference announced
What is the future of illustration studies? What can comics scholars learn from animation studies and vice versa? Do illustrated books or graphic novels resist the supposed obsolescence of the book? What do pictures want (now)? These and related questions… Read More ›
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Cam Kennedy sketchbook on sale from Atomik
Open publication – Free publishing – More Cam kennedy 2000AD artist Cam Kennedy‘s eyesight is fading and means, sadly, it is unlikely we’ll see many more new comics from him, so it is important to treasure whatever art from him… Read More ›
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The Dark Newt Rises – in The Dandy!
Watch out, folks – there’s a new superhero in town… well in The Dandy, anyway, as Lew Stringer brings the Dark Newt to the weekly comic next week. “This is the first time I’ve solely created a character for The… Read More ›
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Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide digital edition released
Since 1970, only one comic book price guide has been dubbed “the Bible” for casual and die-hard collectors alike of US comic books. While others have come and gone, the Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide has maintained its stature as… Read More ›
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Former Radio 1 DJ Recalls Time with Roy of the Rovers
On the day Chris Moyles has announced he is finally leaving Radio 1, another BBC DJ has recalled his time as a comic characters in Roy of the Rovers in 1990. Den of Geek have interviewed Simon Mayo about his… Read More ›
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Stan Lee Excelsior Award 2012 Winners announced
The full results of the Stan Lee Excelsior Award 2012 can now be revealed! This award for graphic novels is fully endorsed by The Stan Lee Foundation and the School Library Association. Seventy seven UK schools took part this year… Read More ›
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Artist seeking artists for charity comic
Brain aneurysm survivor Siike Donnelly is aiming to share his love for comic books, and his writing ability, to recruit artists for a very personal project that he hopes will save more lives like his. 30-year-old Siike (Seek) Donnelly, an… Read More ›
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Fanfare, Knockabout Comics and K9 team up for San Diego!
The annual pilgrimage that is San Diego Comic-Con has begun anew for many creators and British-Spanish publisher Ponent Mon/Fanfare has dropped us a line to tell us about lots of interesting products they’ll have at the show from a host… Read More ›
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Team Girl Comic Issue 5 Kicks Off
Back in May, Glasgow’s Team Girl Comic collective began a Kickstarter campaign to raise the money to publish issue 5 of their title. Their target was $1000 (Kickstarter being a US site) and, remarkably, they reached it in five days… Read More ›
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London Film and Comic Con 2012
Crowds gathered at Olympia, London from 6-8th July for another hugely successful London Film and Comic Con. High-profile TV and movie guests included Bernard Cribbins, Freema Agyeman and John Simms from Doctor Who, Gillian Anderson from The X-Files, Gates McFadden and… Read More ›
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Comic Creators voice protest to proposed UK copyright law changes
(Updated 9/7/12 with comments from various creators about the plans) Comic creators are raising concerns about changes afoot to copyright law in the UK, effectively stripping away long held rights and potentially handing the handling of your copyrighted creations to… Read More ›
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Creating Comics: Half the Picture presents Grant Morrison MBE
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Comics Laureate Bobby Joseph on the BBC
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Creating Comics: An Interview with “Dan Dare” comic artist Alberto Foche
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New issue of Simon Jacob’s Cosmic Detective Agency launching at Thought Bubble
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Let’s Hear it For… the art of Jamie Hernandez, and Love and Rockets
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New Northern Toy Fair lands in Blackpool next weekend
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Upcoming Milton Keynes Indie Book Fair offers huge author lineup, including comic creator Paul B. Rainey
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Happy Anniversary, Stingray!
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2000AD ›
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Happy Anniversary, Punks! Judge Dredd Megazine hits 35
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101 Collectibles Launches First-Ever 2000AD Pure Silver Collectible Coin
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Ghastly times for 2000AD’s finest in latest thrills from The Mighty Tharg
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Doctor Who ›
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Doctor Who Appreciation Society’s Celestial Toyroom Annual 2026 set to materialise on 23rd November
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Doctor Who Magazine US distribution changes ahead?
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First Look: Doctor Who – The Prison Paradox #1
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Exhibitions ›
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The Future Was Then exhibition opens at London’s Cartoon Museum
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Bruce McCall: Visions of the Retrofuture opens soon in New York
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New Forest Painters exhibition includes equestrian art by 2000AD’s Alan Langford
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Obituaries ›
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In Memoriam: Drew Struzan, film poster artist exemplar
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In Memoriam: American comics writer, artist, editor, and publisher Mort Todd
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In Memoriam: Comic Artist Dave Taylor
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In Review: Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein
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Coming Soon: The Heist Of Hollow London, by Eddie Robson
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Doctor Strange by Paul Smith Artist’s Edition announced
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