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• Bayford Lodge, once home to Frank Hampson, up for sale

  By John Freeman on 22 August 2013

  

  Noted as a property of “special interest”, Bayford Lodge, once the home and studio of Frank Hampson, the co-creator of Eagle comic’s Dan Dare and Ladybird Books artist, is up for sale once again – for just under £1.5 million…. Read More ›

• Edinburgh’s Stripped Weekend Arrives

  By Jeremy Briggs on 22 August 2013

  

  This weekend the Edinburgh International Book Festival will be moving into full Stripped mode as the main weekend of their comics and graphic novels programme takes place. The impressive selection of talks range from children’s comics to adult graphic novels,… Read More ›

• Strontium Dog art, Beano Number One in latest Compal auction

  By John Freeman on 21 August 2013

  

  The September 2013 auction at Compalcomics has just opened, offering almost 300 lots of both British and US comics, including Carlos Ezquerra Strontium Dog from his very first appearance in Starlord Issue 1 and a 1930s TV Boardman comic faturing… Read More ›

• As CLiNT breathes its last, what’s the future for British comics?

  By John Freeman on 21 August 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  This month sees the demise of Mark Millar’s CLiNT, the initial announcement made via US comic site Comic Book Resources, prompting bemusement from comic news sites that more regularly cover comic titles on the British newsstand. (Even now, downthetubes has… Read More ›

• Leonardo In Edinburgh

  By Jeremy Briggs on 21 August 2013

  

  No, not the hero in a half shell, the one the turtle was named after. He may predate all forms of comics, no matter what you consider to be the first published comic, but given that the Edinburgh International Book… Read More ›

• Holy Underwear, Batman! Diesel get personal

  By John Freeman on 20 August 2013

  

  Clothing company Diesel has launched a new DC Comics Super Heroes intimate collection, under license from Warner Bros. Consumer Products. Inspired by the classic 1966 Batman television series – starring Adam West as the Caped Crusader – Warner believes that… Read More ›

• Stripped Festival offers early release of collected ‘Young Avengers’

  By John Freeman on 20 August 2013

  

  Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie’s take on Marvel’s Young Avengers has been widely credited as one of the most innovative and exciting comic series of the year. Young Avengers Volume 1 – collecting the first five issues of the comic… Read More ›

• Crucible Colour Notes: Ardahl

  By John Freeman on 20 August 2013

  

  We know we’re only a couple of episodes in, but we hope you like Ardahl. He’s a bit of a man of mystery – his origins obscure, known, perhaps, only to Truug… and perhaps even his old friend doesn’t know… Read More ›

• In Review: Grandville – Bête Noire

  By Jeremy Briggs on 20 August 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  Writer/artist Bryan Talbot’s anthropomorphic steampunk saga, inspired by the humanoid animal illustrations of French artist JJ Grandville, reaches its third book with Grandville: Bête Noire published by Jonathan Cape. Detective Inspector Archie LeBrock is called from Scotland Yard to Grandville… Read More ›

• Other Worlds: Mike Carey’s City of Silk and Steel

  By John Freeman on 19 August 2013 • ( 2 )

  

  Earlier this year, the Carey gang – Mike Carey, wife Linda and daughter Louise – saw the UK publication of City of Silk and Steel by Gollancz, a wonderful Arabian Nights-style novel I discovered quite by chance recently in Lancaster Library…. Read More ›

• London’s “GeekFest” pulls the crowds, Paul Cornell wins award for “London Falling”

  By John Freeman on 19 August 2013

  

  More than 1500 “geeks” converged this weekend for Nine Worlds Geekfest, London’s first annual celebration of geek culture, which included talks from comic creators and SF authors, discussions, workshops, comedy and music dedicated to all things geeky, with many fans… Read More ›

• Scar Comics launches Kickstarter appeal for ‘Forgotten Planet’ project

  By John Freeman on 19 August 2013

  

  In 2006, scientists announced Pluto was to be de-classified as a planet, and many felt a slight pang of disappointment as our Solar System lost its little Ice baby. But what if there was a darker reason behind this cosmic… Read More ›

• TOXIC comic sales up, but bad news for other news stand titles in latest ABCs

  By John Freeman on 19 August 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  There’s good news and bad news for British news stand publishers lurking in the latest ABC sales figures for January – June 2103 for comics and related magazines, with some titles on sale in WH Smiths and other newsagents celebrating… Read More ›

• Neil Gaiman, Chris Riddell, get set to spill the milk – tickets selling fast

  By John Freeman on 19 August 2013

  

  If you are going to be in London on Tuesday 15th October 2013, you might want to buy tickets as soon as possible (since they’re selling fast) to go and see Neil Gaiman read the whole of Fortunately, The Milk…… Read More ›

• Christian Ward’s ‘Dead Cats’ exhibition at London’s Orbital Comics

  By John Freeman on 18 August 2013

  

  (via Paul Gravett): London’s Orbital Comics Gallery near Leicester Square, London has just opened their latest exhibition of original comics art: ‘Dead Cats’ by Christian Ward. Spinning out of the much-lauded Infinite Vacation mini-series from Image comics (co-created by Christian… Read More ›

• Latest Commandos With Another Double Kennedy Issue

  By Jeremy Briggs on 18 August 2013

  

  The latest batch of Commandos are in the shops and include a reprint of Massacre At Mendhi Pass, a 1974 Cam Kennedy Story with an Ian Kennedy cover. Commando 4627 – Race Of Death Story: Alan Hebden Art: Morahin Cover:… Read More ›

• Ireland’s Cootehill International Cartoon Festival lines up UK guests

  By John Freeman on 18 August 2013

  

  Via Bloghorn: The Cootehill International Cartoon Festival takes place in County Cavan, Ireland, over the weekend of 14-15th September and will feature workshops, exhibitions and live drawing, and guests such as John Berkeley, Hunt Emerson, Tim Leatherbarrow and Graeme Keyes…. Read More ›

• Stripped Event Review: Joe Sacco – The Graphic Truth

  By Jeremy Briggs on 18 August 2013

  

  Joe Sacco, writer and illustrator, born in Malta, raised in Australia and based in America, is a comics journalist who tends to document war from the other side – not the side of the soldiers who do the fighting but… Read More ›

• Marineman creator Ian Churchill first announced guest for Malta Con 2013

  By John Freeman on 17 August 2013

  

  Wicked Comics has announced the internationally renowned British creator Ian “Marineman” Churchill as the first guest for this year’s Malta Comic Con, which will be held on Saturday 30th November and Sunday 1st December at St. James Cavalier (all floors), Valletta, Malta. The convention’s… Read More ›

• 17th Japan Media Arts Festival Issues Call for Entries

  By John Freeman on 17 August 2013

  

  The Japan Media Arts Festival  has just launched its annual call for entries to its competition that reaches out to both comic artists and animators worldwide. A comprehensive festival of Media Arts (=Media Geijutsu), the event honours outstanding works from… Read More ›

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