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• Carlisle comic convention announced

  By John Freeman on June 12, 2012

  (with thanks for the heads up of Dave West at AccentUK): Carlisle comic fans have banded together and are planning Carlisle MegaCon, a comics event aimed squarely at giving North West comic fans an event that will be easy to… Read More ›

• Random Art: Max Bertolini

  By John Freeman on June 10, 2012

  

  Max Bertolini, one of the contributors to SciFi Art Now, has had a long, varied and successful career. The image I’ve featured here – ‘Megara,’ the cover for the January 2005 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction… Read More ›

• Cereal Geek 8 goes on sale

  By John Freeman on June 10, 2012

  The latest issue of Cereal Geek, devoted to animated shows of the 1980s, is now available. Priced £6 in the UK, Issue Eight continues the theme from the previous issue, showcasing the many animated movies of the eighties; both series-based… Read More ›

• Cybermen limited edition book goes on sale (break out your gold)

  By John Freeman on June 10, 2012

  Acclaimed illustrator Andrew Skilleter, perhaps best known for his Doctor Who art, is offering Cybermen fans the opportunity to buy a unique edition of the Cybermen book first published by Who Dares/Silver Fist in 1988 – a limited facsimile edition… Read More ›

• In Memoriam: Ray Bradbury

  By John Freeman on June 9, 2012

  

  The following tribute to author Ray Bradbury has been posted on raybradbury.com, but I preface it with my own short thank you to a great novelist, whose work I much enjoyed as I grew up in the 1970s, his short… Read More ›

• As any Doctor Who fan knows…

  By John Freeman on June 8, 2012

  Art by Smuzz. Our purpose is to amuse, simply to amuse… Nothing serious, nothing political….  

• STRIP Magazine price drop for digital edition

  By John Freeman on June 8, 2012

  The digital edition of STRIP Issue 5will include alternate content tothe print edition STRIP Magazine fans waiting for the arrival of the print edition of Print Media’s adventure anthology – victim to ongoing import issues – may be interested to… Read More ›

• Lancaster Game Designers win top award

  By John Freeman on June 8, 2012

  Lancaster-based game designers Peter Cakebread and Ken Walton have won the award for Best Role-Playing Game at this year’s UK Games Expo in Birmingham, for their table-top steampunk role-playing game, Abney Park’s Airship Pirates. Based on the songs of Seattle-based… Read More ›

• Panel Borders: Brighton Comix

  By John Freeman on June 8, 2012

  Continuing Panel Borders month of shows about comic book communities around the UK, Alex Fitch visits a meeting of Cartoon County in Brighton and chats to David Lloyd, Daniel Locke, Joe Decie, Steve Carroll, Nye Wright and Tim Pilcher about… Read More ›

• Dan Dare Radio Show – Missing Episode surfaces

  By John Freeman on June 7, 2012 • ( 2 )

  

  Back in 2008, I posted a news story here titled “Dan Dare’s Holy Grail“, reporting on the continued hunt for episodes of the Dan Dare radio show broadcast by Radio Luxembourg in the 1950s. Aired on Radio Luxembourg between July… Read More ›

• Alternative Press Festival plans exhibtions and other lead-in events

  By John Freeman on June 6, 2012

  Preparations are now in full swing for this year’s International Alternative Press Festival on 4th-5th August 2012 at the Conway Hall, London. The second International Alternative Press Festival will bring together UK and European small press comix, zines, book arts… Read More ›

• Soviet Spitfires and Desert Dangers in new Commandos

  By John Freeman on June 6, 2012

  Four more Commandos are now on sale, with new stories from Alan Hebden and Mac Macdonald, the latter’s ‘Soviet Spitfire’ sure to interest fans of Battle‘s classic ‘Johnny Red’ strip. Here’s the gen… Commando No 4503: Operation UltraStory: Alan Hebden… Read More ›

• David Lloyd to launch weekly creator-owned digital comic

  By John Freeman on June 6, 2012

  An all new sequential art magazine will soon be available exclusively through on-line subscription and was devised by David Lloyd, co-creator of V For Vendetta. It will be published as an 18-page weekly and form into seven issue volumes. There… Read More ›

• In Review: Disrepute by Thom Ferrier

  By John Freeman on June 6, 2012

  Out: Now The book: A collection of Thom’s medicine-inspired cartoons, most originally published online at www.disrepute.info The Review: Thom (in reality, Doctor Ian Williams), also author of Graphic Medicine and other books, editor at GraphicMedicine.org, has been sending me copies… Read More ›

• Edinburgh Napier Creative Writing course plans ‘Open Doors’ event

  By John Freeman on June 5, 2012

  The Creative Writing MA at Edinburgh Napier University has been called ‘a radical departure’ by The Times newspaper, and ‘a life changing experience’ by recent students. On Wednesday 27th June, there’s a chance to discover how the course could help… Read More ›

• Beano Artist David Sutherland Exhibition and Talk

  By Jeremy Briggs on June 4, 2012

  

  DC Thomson artist David Sutherland, who often signs his work simply as “DS”, has been drawing “The Bash Street Kids” in The Beano since 1962, a remarkable 50 years. In addition to “Bash Street”, he was also the regular artist… Read More ›

• Bryan Talbot scoops SNCF Award for Grandville Mon Amour

  By John Freeman on June 4, 2012

  

  Congratulations to Bryan Talbot this morning, for winning the prestgious Prix SNCF prize for the French edition of his ace graphic novel Grandville Mon Amour. Bryan won the Prix SNCF for best graphic novel at a ceremony at the Gare… Read More ›

• In Review: The Loxley’s and the War of 1812

  By John Freeman on June 4, 2012

  Writer: Alan GrantArtist: Claude St. AubinColorist: Lovern KindzierskiLetterer: Todd KleinEditor: Alexander FinbowPublisher: Renegade Arts EntertainmentDiamond Code: APR121209ISBN-13: 9780986820007 The Book: The story follows the Loxleys, a Canadian family living in the Niagara peninsula! as they’re torn apart by the American… Read More ›

• Jean Dujardin talks Lucky Luke

  By Jeremy Briggs on June 3, 2012

  I’ve just been catching up on news about Cinebook‘s upcoming releases, but alongside info on their new titles the bande dessines publisher has offered a quick reminder that the live action Lucky Luke film is now available on DVD. The… Read More ›

• Haynes launches Thunderbirds Manual

  By John Freeman on June 3, 2012

  On sale this week in all good bookshops is The Haynes Thunderbirds Agents’ Technical Manual featuring some terrific art by Graham Bleathman and offering unprecedented insight into the (sadly, fictional) workings of the Thunderbirds craft and associated rescue vehicles. With… Read More ›

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