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• British Comic Stamps: The Beano

  By John Freeman on March 20, 2012

  

  Here’s the second of our ten posts to mark the release of the Royal Mail’s Comic Collection, celebrating 75 years of British comics. The Royal Mail have kindly sent us large versions of each stamp, so we thought we’d show… Read More ›

• British Comics Stamps Launch this week

  By John Freeman on March 20, 2012

  

  Stand by for First Class fun and frolics as Britain’s Royal Mail pays homage to the great British comic on ten new stamps launched this week. As we previously reported, The Comics Collection, commemorating Britain’s rich comic book heritage, features… Read More ›

• US publisher IDW announces Judge Dredd title

  By John Freeman on March 20, 2012

  US publishers IDW have announced they’re to publish a Judge Dredd ongoing series, which will launch this autumn. No creators have yet been announced but the title will feature original stories alongside classic reprints from 2000AD – a combination that’s… Read More ›

• Thrill Electric now on iTunes

  By John Freeman on March 20, 2012

  At long last the wait is over. The Thrill Electric is now free to read on iPad and iPhone via iTunes. This free ten-part (150 page) enhanced comic is set in Victorian Manchester and demonstrates the extraordinary parallels between the… Read More ›

• Vanguard 2 anthology now online for free

  By John Freeman on March 19, 2012

  The second issue of the UK indie anthology comic Vanguard is on sale now, continuing the stories that began in issue 1. As before, art duties on the International Woman of Mystery tale “Atomic Call” are by David Blankley, while… Read More ›

• Charting the Marvelman saga

  By John Freeman on March 19, 2012

  Comics expert Pádraig Ó Méalóid has posted story about the complicated story of Neil Gaiman and Todd McFarlane’s ongoing disputes, presented as a timeline, which you can see here. “On the 27th January, Neil Gaiman and Todd McFarlane finally settled… Read More ›

• Marvelman Challenge!

  By John Freeman on March 18, 2012

  As it’s recently been noted on several blogs and forums that the Dez Skinn-created Warrior was first published 30 years ago (including Lew Stringer’s terrific blog, see: http://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/30-year-flashback-warrior-no1.html), I thought I’d throw down a challenge to readers and members of… Read More ›

• Flesh chomps back into 2000AD

  By John Freeman on March 16, 2012

  Time-travelling cowboys and murderous lizards are rampaging back into the pages of 2000AD, as Flesh returns again. One of the all-time classic strips from early 2000AD, Flesh made a thrilling, blood-splattering return to the weekly British anthology title last year… Read More ›

• Go Undercover, Low Life!

  By John Freeman on March 16, 2012

  From the world of Judge Dredd, comes Mega-City Undercover 02 – four tales about the idiosyncratic members of Justice Department undercover unit, known as the ‘Wally Squad’. But they patrol no ordinary patch – this is the Low Life, the… Read More ›

• Middle England unites to save The Hobbit

  By John Freeman on March 15, 2012 • ( 1 )

  Neil Gaiman, Stephen Fry and Sir Ian McKellen are just some top creative names backing a campaign to stop a small English pub from having to change its name at the instruction of American corporate lawyers. The Hobbit in Southampton,… Read More ›

• Save The Hobbit!

  By John Freeman on March 15, 2012

  

      Neil Gaiman, Stephen Fry and Sir Ian McKellen are just some top creative names backing a campaign to stop a small English pub from having to change its name at the instruction of American corporate lawyers. The Hobbit… Read More ›

• Heroes aplenty in new Commandos

  By John Freeman on March 14, 2012

  Here’s details on the latest Commandos, on sale now in all good UK newsagents… Commando No 4479: Every Man A Hero! Story: Mac MacDonald Art: Keith Page Cover: Keith Page Zander Zarris was half-British and half-Greek. As he’d never known his… Read More ›

• Mixing with Freaks – Darren Craske illustrates new short story collection

  By John Freeman on March 13, 2012

  Harper Collins is to release Freaks next month under it Friday Project imprint – a unique collection of short stories dedicatd to dedicated “To all who, if only for a moment, felt that they didn’t belong”, featuring comic book style… Read More ›

• In Memoriam: Jean Giraud

  By John Freeman on March 12, 2012

  

  The world has lost a Grand Master of the Ninth Art

• Leeds Alternative Comics Fair back in April

  By John Freeman on March 12, 2012

  The Leeds Alternative Comics Fair is back once more on Saturday 28th April, and the fourth fair is once again going to be held at A Nation of Shopkeepers, which has proved itself an ideal venue with its great atmosphere,… Read More ›

• The Really Heavy Greatcoat: Death Comes in Threes

  By John Freeman on March 11, 2012

  

  With the greatest of respect to all creators, of so many hues and four dimensions, everywhere… • More Really Heavy Greatcoats on the original downthetubes web site

• In Review: Superior

  By John Freeman on March 11, 2012

  By Mark Millar and Leinil Francis YuPublisher: Titan BooksOut: NowISBN: 9780857685940 The Book: Simon Pooni had it all going for him – plenty of friends at school, good looks, and his coach called him one of the most talented basketball… Read More ›

• Could Panini UK publish Metal Hurlant?

  By John Freeman on March 10, 2012

  When Panini UK lost the rights to originate Marvel Comics stories, many British comic creators and fans mourned the passing of an era, stretching back to the 1960s when British companies put their own spin on some major comic legends… Read More ›

• Glasgow Comic Mart today

  By John Freeman on March 10, 2012

  (with thanks to Gordon Robertson) A quick plug for today’s Comic Mart at the Britannia Panopticon Music Hall, in Glasgow today.   The world’s oldest surviving music hall, the Panopticon was founded in 1857 on the Trongate and quickly became… Read More ›

• Hammer brings ‘Screamboard’ to iPhones

  By John Freeman on March 9, 2012

  Legendary British film brand Hammer has today launched the ‘ScreamBoard’ in the UK – a free app for the iPhone which enables horror fans to mix their own selections of classic Hammer film sound clips. The app will appeal to… Read More ›

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