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• Charting the Oink-verse!

  By John Freeman on 26 June 2013

  

  (With thanks to George Shiers over on Wacky Comics): A  comic blog dedicated to the classic British humour comic Oink! was launched earlier in the year, covering each individual issue of the title to the day that it went on… Read More ›

• BeanoMAX bows out as 75th anniversary nears, new title on way

  By John Freeman on 26 June 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  It’s all change over at The Beano, as the title’s monthly companion, BeanoMAX, bows out on Issue 79, on sale now in all good newsagents. The magazine will be replaced by a 32-page comic, the 100% Official Dennis the Menace… Read More ›

• Nick Spencer, Chris Ward at GOSH

  By John Freeman on 26 June 2013

  

  What are you doing on Saturday? In London? How about getting along to Gosh Comics and getting a book signed by the people who made it weeks before it’s actually released? Nick Spencer (Morning Glories, Bedlam) and Christian Ward (Olympus)… Read More ›

• You’re All Just Jealous Of My Jetpack!

  By John Freeman on 25 June 2013

  

  Cartoonist Tom Gauld has followed up his widely praised graphic novel Goliath with a collection of cartoons made for The Guardian newspaper. Over the past eight years, Gauld has produced his weekly You’re All Just Jealous of My Jetpack cartoon… Read More ›

• Neil Gaiman documentary in the works from Sequart

  By John Freeman on 24 June 2013

  

  The Sequart Research & Literacy Organization, in conjunction with Respect! Films, has announced that author Neil Gaiman will be the next subject in its expanding line of comics-centric documentaries. In the tradition of Sequart’s Grant Morrison: Talking with Gods and… Read More ›

• McDaid, McCarthy and Maybury on Dark Horse ‘Catalyst Comics’

  By John Freeman on 23 June 2013

  

  On sale 3rd July in comic shops from US publisher Dark Horse is Catalyst Comix #1, featuring the work of three British creators including the brilliant Doctor Who comic strip author and artist Dan McDaid.

• Egmont’s TOXIC Magazine launches new apps

  By John Freeman on 22 June 2013

  

  Following up on the launch of a revamped website and its first interactive issue earlier this year, Egmont UK is extending the TOXIC Magazine brand into entertainment apps, aimed, I assume, and helping promote the title. (They're certainly good fun!)… Read More ›

• Eco Comics brings Green Knight back to comics

  By John Freeman on 21 June 2013

  

  Digital publisher Eco Comics has announced that it is bringing the legendary Green Knight to its range of comic books and graphic novels. The Green Knight first appeared in the famous 14th-century medieval Arthurian tale, Sir Gawain and the Green… Read More ›

• Pop Art exhibition planned for London’s Barbican

  By John Freeman on 21 June 2013

  Brash, colourful and playful, Pop Art was a movement that signaled a radical change of direction in the postwar period. From the late 1950s to the early 1970s Pop was characterised by an intense dialogue between the fields of design… Read More ›

• Classic Slaine stories released

  By John Freeman on 21 June 2013

  

  Two of the most famous volumes of 2000AD’s Neolithic barbarian, Sláine, created by Pat Mills, are now available again in brand new editions for the UK.

• Latest Batch of Commandos Take On The Cold War

  By Jeremy Briggs on 20 June 2013

  

  The last batch of four Commandos introduced the new gatefold back covers with their unobstructed cover artwork and the current batch of four now on sale continues the changes with the new stories now given a fresh typeface and the… Read More ›

• ArtYouGrewUpWith exhibition success

  By John Freeman on 20 June 2013

  

  ArtYouGrewUpWith.com’s Superhero show launched on Saturday at their Radlett gallery and the venue was packed out with fans and collectors coming from all over the country

• Stripped Comics Events @ Edinburgh International Book Festival

  By Jeremy Briggs on 20 June 2013

  

  My favourite place to be on an August day is in the Scottish capital’s Charlotte Square Gardens with the Edinburgh International Book Festival, the world’s largest literary festival, in full swing around me. Obviously it is best when the sun… Read More ›

• Morris Heggie to celebrate The Beano at Lakes Festival

  By John Freeman on 20 June 2013

  

  The Lakes International Comic Art Festival has just announced that former Beano editor Morris Heggie will be one of their special guests in October, as part of a free event.

• Off Life Issue Five hits the streets

  By John Freeman on 20 June 2013

  

  Issue Five of the UK's only street press comic, OFF LIFE, is out in print and online today. A free street press magazine, distributed in bars, galleries and universities across Bristol and London, it has gained it some 20,000 readers,… Read More ›

• Pop Art exhibition planned for London’s Barbican

  By John Freeman on 20 June 2013

  

  Brash, colourful and playful, Pop Art was a movement that signaled a radical change of direction in the postwar period. From the late 1950s to the early 1970s Pop was characterised by an intense dialogue between the fields of design… Read More ›

• Win a copy of Drowntown by Robbie Morrison and Jim Murray

  By John Freeman on 19 June 2013

  

  The Lakes International Comic Art Festival is offering fans of Robbie Morrison and Jim Murray the chance to win a copy of Drowntown by Robbie Morrison and Jim Murray (published Thursday 20 June 2013) – but hurry, you have to… Read More ›

• Rob Davis talks Quixote for ‘Spanish Day’

  By John Freeman on 18 June 2013

  

  Publisher SelfMadeHero is taking part in this year’s El Dia E. (Spanish Day) celebrations at Instituto Cervantes in London on Saturday 22nd June. Writer and illustrator Rob Davis will be talking with broadcaster and journalist Alex Fitch about his much… Read More ›

• Bryan Talbot scoops another comics award

  By John Freeman on 18 June 2013

  

  Congratulations to Bryan Talbot, who won the Francisco Solano Lopez Award for Best Writer / Artist at the Etna Comics Festival last weekend in Italy. Named after the late Argentinian comics creator who drew a number of British comics during… Read More ›

• In Review: Lucky Luke – Phil Wire

  By Jeremy Briggs on 18 June 2013

  

  Cinebook have hit the big 4-0 as far as Lucky Luke is concerned with Phil Wire. This particular book dates back to 1956 when it was published in French as the eighth Lucky Luke title, Lucky Luke Contre Phil Defer,… Read More ›

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