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• 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 ›

• Naming Monsters, new graphic novel by Hannah Eaton, now on sale

  By John Freeman on 17 June 2013

  

  Hannah Eaton's graphic novel Naming Monsters, published by Myriad Editions, has just gone on sale Described by Myriad as an adult Where the Wild Things Are, Naming Monsters is a warm, funny, intriguing and sexually explicit take on what happens… Read More ›

• Avengers artist Adi Granov joins Film and Comic Con line up

  By John Freeman on 17 June 2013

  

  Event organisers Showmasters have announced that Avengers artis Adi Granov will be joining the roster of top talent already lined up for the Comics Zone at the year’s London Film and Comic Con in July. The appearance of the artist,… Read More ›

• In Review: Darwin’s Diaries – Dual Nature

  By Jeremy Briggs on 16 June 2013

  

  Writer Sylvain Runberg, who also writes the future worlds of Orbital, returns with Dual Nature, the third of the nineteen century set Darwin’s Diaries with art from Eduardo Ocana and which continues the ongoing story of scientist Charles Darwin’s investigation… Read More ›

• Typex talks Rembrandt

  By John Freeman on 15 June 2013

  

  Dutch writer and artist Typex is giving a talk about his biographical graphic novel of the great master, Rembrandt (recently  published by independent UK publisher SelfMadeHero) at Waterstones Covent Garden on Thursday 20th June. The novel, which depicts the artist’s… Read More ›

• Kick-Ass creator Mark Millar awarded MBE for services to literature

  By John Freeman on 15 June 2013

  

  Comic writer and film producer Mark Millar has been awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List. He’s one of five people awarded for services to literature and drama in the list and says he is starting to feel… Read More ›

• In Review: Drowntown Book One

  By John Freeman on 15 June 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  by Robbie Morrison and Jim Murray Publisher: Jonathan Cape Out: 20th June 2013 The Book: An epic adventure set in a flooded futuristic London that hurls down-at-heel minder Leo Noiret head first into a web of intrigue, murder, revenge and… Read More ›

• Signature Publishing brings pirate fun to pre-schoolers

  By John Freeman on 14 June 2013

  

  Following on from the huge success of It’s… and Girls Love, Signature Publishing (publishers of titles such as Dinomite! and My Little Pony) has just launched Let’s Learn – a  new magazine that takes its winning formula into the pre-school sector…. Read More ›

• Time Out celebrates 75 years of The Beano

  By John Freeman on 14 June 2013

  

  This week’s edition of theLondon listings magazine Time Out features an exclusive The Beano pull-out, sponsored by MasterCard. The pullout celebrates 75 years of The Beano and ties in with the Southbank Centre Festival of Neighbourhood, which is sponsored by MasterCard,… Read More ›

• Eaglemoss releases Marvel Fact Files Wolverine Special

  By John Freeman on 14 June 2013

  

  A Marvel Fact Files Wolverine Special, a new oneshot from Eaglemoss Publications, goes on sale 20th June 2013 in newsagents, priced £12.99. Since making a brief appearance in The Incredible Hulk comic in 1974, Wolverine has become a favourite character… Read More ›

• Feast your eyes on Tripwire 21

  By John Freeman on 13 June 2013

  

  Orders for a very special 21st anniversary issue of British independent media magazine TRIPWIRE are now being solicited through Diamond – and the title will be available to order in bookshops at the end of this month. The special edition,… Read More ›

• Free Comics Family Zone at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival launched

  By John Freeman on 13 June 2013

  

  Free events and activity for all the family (even if they’re not all in to comics) will take place in the Comics Family Zone at The Westmorland Shopping Centre and Kendal Library during the Lakes International Comic Art Festival in… Read More ›

• Chris Weston covers 2000AD

  By John Freeman on 13 June 2013

  

  Here’s  Chris Weston‘s cover for 2000AD Prog 1837, available in UK stores on 19th June 2013 and next month in the US. The digital version will also be available next week worldwide via the 2000AD Apple Newsstand app. The issue… Read More ›

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