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• Magic Words, a new Alan Moore biography from Aurum Press

  By John Freeman on 21 September 2013

  

  With Alan Moore soon to reach 60 (in November), there’s undoubtedly going to be a lot of interest in one of Britain’s most innovative and ground-breaking comic creators over the next few weeks, from both mainstream media and the comics… Read More ›

• Revengers tragedy ‘Venezia’ continues its crowdfunded publishing path

  By John Freeman on 21 September 2013

  

  Venezia is a comic book series created by British writer Wolf Beaumont which launched last year – and raising funds for the production of Issue 3, the latest stage in this crowdfunding-backed publishing project, launched earlier today. The series is… Read More ›

• In Review: Boys’ World: Ticket to Adventure by Steve Holland

  By Steve Winders on 21 September 2013

  

  Published by Bear Alley Books at £19.99 Paperback 208 black and white pages The Book: A detailed history of Boys’ World, a memorable high quality weekly which ran from January 1963 until October 1964, before being merged with Eagle, the… Read More ›

• Stripped Event Review: Hannah Berry and Gareth Brookes

  By Jeremy Briggs on 21 September 2013

  

  Stripped was the 2013 Edinburgh International Book Festival’s major comics strand which featured many talks and workshops with comics creators both British and from overseas. Stripped had its own blog which featured book reviews, previews of events and post event… Read More ›

• Titan grabs rights for ‘Plants vs Zombies’ title

  By John Freeman on 19 September 2013

  

  Titan Magazines has snagged the rights to Plants vs Zombies, a hugely popular mobile game, growing a list of titles that already inlcudes Adventure Time, Simpsons Comics, Totally…,  Transformers Comic and more. The new title is juist one of several… Read More ›

• Forgotten Planet Kickstarter offers creative Rewards for aspiring Comic Creators

  By John Freeman on 19 September 2013

  

  It seems that these days lots of comic creators are using crowdfunding to kickstart their projects, as larger publishers take less risks and back away from projects that are aimed at a niche market or buck the mainstream trends. Now,… Read More ›

• Sean Phillips, Charlie Adlard head to Malta Con 2013

  By John Freeman on 19 September 2013

  

  Wicked Comics have announced thatBritish creators Charlie Adlard (The Walking Dead) and Sean Phillips (Fatale) will be joining Ian Churchill (Marineman) as guests to this year’s Malta Comic Convention (30th November – 1st December) at St James Cavalier. Having worked… Read More ›

• Brett Ewins reveals novel plans for 2014

  By John Freeman on 19 September 2013

  

  Pete Milligan and Brendan McCarthy were at Gosh in London last night to launch their new Dark Horse collection, Best of Milligan and McCarthy – a deluxe collection of hard-to-find gems from the taleneted duo. Also there was  Brett Ewins… Read More ›

• Paul Cornell guest of honour at Andromeda One

  By John Freeman on 19 September 2013

  

  Andromeda One is a one-day SF, fantasy and horror convention taking place this Saturday (21st September 2013 at the Custard Factory in Birmingham With a guest list that includes Marvel comics writer and SF author Paul Cornell, SF author Jaine… Read More ›

• Come Dine with David (Leach, that is)

  By John Freeman on 19 September 2013 • ( 2 )

  

  (via Lew Stringer): Cartoonist and editor David Leach (the creator of Psycho Gran, which has recently featured in Aces Weekly) is on Channel 4 this evening (Thursday 19th September 19th at 5.00pm) as one of the cooks on Come Dine… Read More ›

• Garen Ewing illustrates ‘The Book of the Dead’

  By John Freeman on 19 September 2013

  

    (via Paul Cornell): Rainbow Orchid creator Garen Ewing has provided illustrations for an upcoming anthology, The Book of the Dead from Jurassic London, a collection of stories about Egyptian mummies, featuring stories by Paul Cornell, Gail Carriger, Adam Roberts,… Read More ›

• London Super Con 2014 announces first guests

  By John Freeman on 18 September 2013

  

  The London Super Comic Convention has just announced its first guests for its 2014 event, running the weekend of 14th- 15th March, and will be spotlighting guests as they are anoounced. US artist Arthur Adams makes his first appearance at… Read More ›

• Fantasy authors offer handy tips on writing for Shared Worlds project

  By John Freeman on 18 September 2013

  

  When it comes to writing (or indeed, any form of creativity) some days, you just need a little nudge… a simple reminder that you’re not alone on this path you’ve chosen. Maybe you simply need to know that someone else… Read More ›

• Meet Saltire, Scotland’s Newest Superhero

  By John Freeman on 18 September 2013

  

  Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design and Diamondsteel Comics have announced the launch of Scotland’s first traditional comic book superhero. The #1 issue of the brand new title, Saltire – Invasion, is set for release at the 2013… Read More ›

• Nova Awards for best SF fanzines launched

  By John Freeman on 17 September 2013

  

  The 2013 Nova Awards for excellence in SF fanzines are now open – and include a category for best fan artist. Anyone resident in the UK or Eire can vote, provided they’ve read at least six eligible titles. Many are… Read More ›

• Where in the world is Street Cat Bob?

  By John Freeman on 17 September 2013

  

  Yes, yes, we know it’s only mid-September – but you can positvely smell the dreaded festive season coming when books like Where in the World is Bob? go on sale – inspired by the best-selling and oh, all right, quite touching tale… Read More ›

• ITV Studios offers sneek peek of new Thunderbird 1

  By John Freeman on 17 September 2013 • ( 4 )

  

  MIPCOM takes place in Cannes next month – one of thw world’s largest TV rights events – and TV executives seeking broadcast content across the globe are already being wooed to take a look at the line up of new… Read More ›

• VIZ creators at Lakes Festival, new edition of ‘Profanisaurus’ on sale

  By John Freeman on 16 September 2013

  

  Members of the VIZ comic team will be at the Lakes International Comics Festival next month – and copies of the new edition of the long-running Profanisaurus, inspired by the ‘Roger Mellie’ strip. Hail Sweary: The All New Profanisaurus, a… Read More ›

• Jump on board – here’s a preview of the all-new 2000AD, with all-new stories!

  By John Freeman on 16 September 2013

  

  With its long history and so many characters to learn to love, the team at 2000AD often get asked by potential new readers and comic book stores when the best time to start reading the comic is. The answer? This… Read More ›

• Razorjack graphic novel by John Higgins hits stores tomorrow

  By John Freeman on 16 September 2013

  

  Tomorrow (17th September) sees the launch of a a brand-new edition of the graphic novel Razorjack by John Higgins in book and comic stores. Written, drawn and coloured by John, this 104 page graphic novel from Titan Comics is the… Read More ›

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