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• Commando re-branded into "Collections" – but new stories continue

  By John Freeman on February 28, 2012

  The latest batch of Commando releases sees some changes to the title’s format with it now coming four distinct guises – reflected on the covers – and a change to the focus of the stories inside. The digest comic stories… Read More ›

• In Review: Darwin’s Diaries – Death of A Beast

  By Jeremy Briggs on February 28, 2012

  Writer Sylvain Runberg returns from the future worlds of Orbital with Death Of A Beast, the second of the nineteen century set Darwin’s Diaries with art from Eduardo Ocana and colours by Tariq Bellaoui and which follows directly on from… Read More ›

• Happy Birthday, 2000AD! From Scripting and Art Droid David Baillie

  By John Freeman on February 27, 2012

  

  Name: David Baillie Currently working on: I’ve actually just this second finished a new script for 2000AD, which was as much fun as it always is. (I still occasionally pinch myself to check that the last few years haven’t just… Read More ›

• London Super Comic Convention: Pros and Cons

  By John Freeman on February 27, 2012

  Alan Woollcombe reports on the first London Super Comic Convention, held at the Excel Centre this weekend, which had a guest line-up that included Stan Lee (seen above, meeting and greeting, video from BleedingCool), George Perez and other comic creators… Read More ›

• Blackfriars set to chill

  By John Freeman on February 27, 2012

  The year is 793 AD. Savage, heathen armies from the north invade Northumberland, for today is the day of the viking, but the night… The night belongs to something else. Now available as a free PDF download, Blackfriars is a… Read More ›

• Happy Birthday, 2000AD! From comic creator and fan Malcolm Kirk

  By John Freeman on February 26, 2012

  Name: Malcolm Kirk Blog or web site: http://malcolmkirk.blogspot.com Currently working on: I’ve just finished putting together issue ten of the Temple APA pdf, a free downloadable showcase of the work of amateur and professional creators who are active in the… Read More ›

• Happy Birthday, 2000AD!

  By John Freeman on February 26, 2012

  Last month, I mailed out to pretty much every British comic creator in my address book, asking them for their 2000AD memories, for a series of ‘mini interviews’ for the downthetubes blog to mark the weekly comic’s 35th birthday this… Read More ›

• Panel Borders: Buying and celebrating comics

  By John Freeman on February 26, 2012

  Concluding Panel Borders month of radio shows looking at non practitioners’ love of comics, Alex Fitch talks to auctioneer Lon Allen of Heritage Comics and Collectables in Texas, the company that last week began the auction of two thirds of… Read More ›

• Spaceship Away Themed Issues For 2012

  By John Freeman on February 26, 2012

  Des Shaw, editor of the impressive Dan Dare A4 magazine Spaceship Away has been in touch to show us dummies of the covers of the three issues that are due in 2012. Dare fans looking at them will see that… Read More ›

• Warren Ellis re-opens ‘Three Panels Open’ Challenge

  By John Freeman on February 25, 2012

  (with thanks to Matt Badham): Last year, top comic writer Warren Ellis did a thing for people who make comics called Three Panels Open. Literally, a three-panel comic. The only rules were that it had to be legible at a… Read More ›

• It’s Life Jimmy, But Not As We Know It

  By John Freeman on February 25, 2012

  In 2008, the National Library Of Scotland in Edinburgh put on their Local Heroes exhibition which displayed some of the library’s collection of comics and graphic novels and, impressively, Cam Kennedy’s original artwork for the Waverley graphic novel Kidnapped. This… Read More ›

• Egmont’s new ‘Bin Weevils’ gets massive promotion

  By John Freeman on February 24, 2012 • ( 1 )

  Egmont recently launched BinWeevils magazine, described by the publisher as the ultimate extension to the already successful online entertainment platform – and the second most visited website in the UK for children aged 7-13 and boasts a 91 per cent… Read More ›

• GOSH Comics host Tom Gauld ‘Goliath’ book launch

  By John Freeman on February 24, 2012

  Tom Gauld is a firm favourite at GOSH Comics in London, so they’re properly chuffed to be hosting the launch of his new graphic novel Goliath, a stripped-down, reworking of the David and Goliath myth, published by Drawn & Quarterly…. Read More ›

• Renegade set to release ‘Tales of the Buddha’ collection

  By John Freeman on February 24, 2012

  Renegade Arts Entertainment have announced that they will be publishing the first ever complete collection of Alan Grant, Jon Haward and Jamie Grant’s long-running humour strip Tales of The Buddha Before He Became Enlightened. Collecting the entire 66-page saga to… Read More ›

• Sneek Peek: Crucible Page 1, Part 4 – Work in Progress

  By John Freeman on February 24, 2012

  

  So here’s another Work in Progress tease – Page 1 of CRUCIBLE Part 4. Just to show you how much thought Smuzz puts into his work, here are his Work in Progress notes… “Apologies for not making the MineMouth any… Read More ›

• Happy Birthday, 2000AD! From artist and fan Simon Wyatt

  By John Freeman on February 24, 2012

  Name: Simon Wyatt Blog or web site: Strangely Drawn: http://simonwyatt.blogspot.com Currently working on: Alpha Gods with Ian Sharman for Orang Utan Comics, Phantom Lung & The Garden of Dead Liars with Cy Dethan and Volume 2 of my graphic novel… Read More ›

• Happy Birthday, 2000AD! From art droid Mike Perkins

  By John Freeman on February 24, 2012

  Name: Mike Perkins Blog or web site: www.mikeperkinsart.com and http://perkyposts.blogspot.com/ Currently working on: I’ve recently finished up illustrating Marvel’s 31-issue adaptation of Stephen King’s The Stand and am now wonderfully embroiled in an open-ended run on Astonishing X-Men, collaborating with… Read More ›

• Happy Birthday, 2000AD! from artist and fan Neill Cameron

  By John Freeman on February 23, 2012

  Name: Neill Cameron Web site: www.neillcameron.com Blog: neillcameron.blogspot.com Currently working on: Currently drawing The Pirates of Pangaea and writing and drawing How To Make (Awesome) Comics for fantastic new weekly kids’ comic The Phoenix! (www.thephoenixcomic.co.uk) First memory of 2000AD? My… Read More ›

• In Review: Dotter of Her Father’s Eyes

  By John Freeman on February 23, 2012

  

  Dotter of Her Father’s Eyes  by Mary and Bryan Talbot Publisher: Jonathan Cape Out: Now The Book: Part personal history, part biography, Dotter of Her Father’s Eyes contrasts two coming-of-age narratives: that of Lucia, the daughter of James Joyce, and… Read More ›

• Limited edition British Comics First Day cover announced

  By John Freeman on February 23, 2012

  Following up on our previous report about the Post Office release of stamps featuring British comics such as The Beano, the Comic Book Alliance has announced it is working with  Sheridan Covers, releasing an extremely limited edition First Day Cover… Read More ›

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