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Comics @ Glasgow Film Festival
Last year the Glasgow Film Festival at the Glasgow Film Theatre brought writer Mark Millar on board to curate a comics creators and movies strand which included amongst others a talk by artist/writer Dave Gibbons and screenings of Luc Besson’s… Read More ›
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Blasé Books releases Pictorial Guide to British 1950s Sci-Fi and Horror Comic Books
(via Lew Stringer): Redditch-based Blasé Books have just released The Pictorial Guide to British 1950s Sci-Fi & Horror Comic Books. Designed by comics creator Mike Higgs, the 288-page full colour softback by comic historian Mike Morley (one of the contributors… Read More ›
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Is It Just Media launches free Robob title for schools
Surrey based independent publisher, Is It Just Media?, have announced the arrival of The Adventures of ROBOB, a new interactive magazine and trading card game aimed at primary school children which includes an element of contributed comic strip. The magazine… Read More ›
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British Comedy Conference seeks papers on comedy and comics
The organisers of the Sixth International Comedy Conference, which will take place later at the University of Salford have issued a Call for Papers. The theme for this year’s two-day conference is ‘Drawing The Line’ and the academic event aims… Read More ›
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Comica Conversation: Craig Thompson and Marcel Theroux
Graphic novelist Craig Thompson.Image via Paul Gravett The first Comica Conversation of the year takes place in London next week: a chance to meet and chat with Craig Thompson, hailed for his graphic novels Blankets and Habibi, and novelist and… Read More ›
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Tim Perkins takes you to Worlds End
Before you read this story, let me first declare an interest: I have known the publisher and comic creator of this stunning new book,Tim Perkins, for many years, since my time at Marvel UK. I know how he and his… Read More ›
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Johnny Red: Red Devil Rising!
Continuing the adventures of Britain’s best-loved aerial combat pilot, Johnny Redburn, Titan Books releases Johnny Red – Red Devil Rising at the end of the month in the UK (27th January). This is the second hardback volume reprinting the classic… Read More ›
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Director’s Commentary: Creating “Dotter of her Father’s Eyes” by Mary Talbot
This article was first published on 13th January 2012 on the Forbidden Planet International Blog by Joe Gordon and is re-published here with the permission of Mary Talbot I’m always fascinated to learn more about how works of art come… Read More ›
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Cardiff Comic Expo line-up revealed
Ticket sales for this year’s Cardiff Comic Expo next month (25th-26th February) are booming – and are expected to increase further with publication of the event’s schedule, outlined in full below. In addition to the event itself, show producer Mike… Read More ›
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Celtic Conventions: Hi-Ex and 2D Return In 2012
We missed out on mentioning Hi-Ex 2012 in our run-up to Christmas so let’s set the record straight now. The fourth Hi-Ex will be taking place on Saturday 31 March and Sunday 1 April on the banks of the river… Read More ›
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Totally Merlin confuses some fans – and us!
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Breaking into Comics – some quick tips
The first unassuming cover by Matt Binghamfor the comics zine that helped meget into comics publishing. Subscribersincluded Alan Moore.Download a cbr of the issue Regular readers will be aware, we hope, that our main downthetubes site features some guides to… Read More ›
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Ronald Searle’s art collected – in Germany
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In Review: The Phoenix Issue 1
It feels like a long time since the last issue of The DFC appeared – although The DFC Library books have been reminding us what that title was like and, with the Etherington Brother’s Baggage, what it might have continued… Read More ›
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Post Office celebrates British Comics
Britain’s Post Office is celebrating what it’s defined as “75 Years of British Comics” with a special issue of stamps featuring the covers of various much-loved comics, including 2000AD and The Beano. Set to be released on 20th March 2012,… Read More ›
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Happy New Commandos!
Here are the details of the first batch of Commandos for 2012. Invasion Watch, one of the new stories this tim around, is the first part of a three-instalment story featuring the men of Britain’s Home Guard, many of whom… Read More ›
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In Review: Yakari and the Coyote
Yakari is probably the most junior of Cinebook’s various series and features the adventures of a Red Indian boy who is able to talk to and understand animals in the time before the white men appeared on the plains. The… Read More ›
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Eagle Awards nominations open
The nomination round for the Eagle Awards 2012 is now open. Introducec in 1976, the Eagles are the comics industry’s longest established awards. Acknowledged as the pre-eminent international prizes, they have been featured on the covers of leading US and… Read More ›
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Re-staging Halo Jones: the inside story
When the Forbidden Planet International blog heard that there was going to be a new stage version of Halo Jones produced at the Lass O’Gowrie pub in Manchester (a spot already well known to local science fiction and comics… Read More ›
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Chris Foss Comic Strip?
(with thanks to Bill Storie): Everyone knows veteran artist Chris Foss as the man who draws amazing spaceships – and whose art has inspired many an illustrator down the years. But did you also know one of his first commissions… Read More ›
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New Doctor Who 1:6 Scale Collector Figures from Master Replicas
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In Memoriam: Drew Struzan, film poster artist exemplar
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Jackie – The Best of the 70s out now
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