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• Lou Scannon Issue 4 comes knocking at your door

  By John Freeman on 2 October 2012

  Lou Scannon and his ragtag band of mercenaries have responded to a distress call from a trashed government research station. Now our anti-heroes find themselves trapped on the station with the very beast that destroyed it and killed its crew!… Read More ›

• British Zombie-guests galore at F.A.C.T.S. 2012

  By John Freeman on 1 October 2012

  While the Mayan civilization has proclaimed 2012 to be the end of the world, F.A.C.T.S. – a Belgian convention  organized once a year by Con-Fuse bvba, an organisation promoting Science Fiction, Comics, Fantasy and Japanese animation – found it appropriate… Read More ›

• Eagle Times Looks Back on the Life and Work of Charles Chilton (Volume 25, Number Three)

  By John Freeman on 30 September 2012

  

  The latest issue of Eagle Times (Volume 25, Number Three) is now available. Autumn 2012 Contents ‘Charles Chilton – the Modest Showman – and Journey into Space‘. Inspired by Chilton’s recent autobiography, Charlie’s Auntie, Alan Vince looks back at his own interest… Read More ›

• Grandville ‘Bête Noire’ Trailer released

  By John Freeman on 28 September 2012

  

  Bryan Talbot has just released this sneak peek at his new Grandville book, Bête Noire (due for release 6th December in the UK from Jonathan Cape), on YouTube. The Badger is back!   At Toad Hall, lair of multibillionaire Baron… Read More ›

• Madefire extends its digital comics app to iPhone and iPad

  By John Freeman on 27 September 2012

  Digital comics publishing house Madefire – co-created by British comic creator Liam Sharp – has announced a major update to its revolutionary comics app, bringing it to iPhone and iPod touch for the first time. The Madefire app, which delivers… Read More ›

• Try animating – the Aardman way

  By John Freeman on 27 September 2012

  Ever watched Wallace and Gromit or Morph (remember him?) and wanted to try animating for yourself? Well, creating a stop motion animation has never been easier (according to Aardman) now that you can get Aardman’s Animate It! software on your… Read More ›

• Tank KIllers and Traitors lurk in latest Commando comics

  By John Freeman on 27 September 2012

  There’s a fine mix of old and new to the latest Commando releases, on sale today in all good newsagents and for iPad and other IOS devices. Commando No 4535 – The Fighting GendarmeStory: Peter Grehan Art: Olivera Cover: Janek… Read More ›

• Confess, creeps – you want to buy the new 2000AD…

  By John Freeman on 27 September 2012

  On UK newsagents shelves, online, and via iOS app –  2000AD Prog 1802 is on sale now. The steely glare of Dredd stares out from this latest Prog, which lands today, and Dolman is settling his differences with the Marines… Read More ›

• DRAFT – In Review: Cancertown: Blasphemous Tumours

  By John Freeman on 27 September 2012

  Publisher: MarkosiaWriter: Cy DethanArt: Graeme HowardOut: 1st November 2012 The Book: Vince Morley is a dangerously sick man. Within the monstrous alternate world of Cancertown, a creature of horrific violence and limitless rage has burst from the nightmare landscape. The… Read More ›

• CD Comics latest title set to scare!

  By John Freeman on 27 September 2012

  The latest CDComics release – EYAM: The Plague Village UFO Mystery – is now on sale, with a title that conjures images of Gerry Anderson’s UFO and Hammer Horror, all rolled into one. In September 1665 the village of Eyam,… Read More ›

• New ‘Graphic Justice’ resource launched in UK

  By John Freeman on 27 September 2012

  Judge Dredd by Rob Davis Anyone interested in the crossover between justice and graphic fiction might be interested in the new Graphic Justice project, instigated by Thomas Giddens at St. Mary’s University College, Twickenham. “Comics, cartoons, graphic novels, and other… Read More ›

• 10 Questions: Author Paul Scoones

  By John Freeman on 26 September 2012

  

    On sale now from publishers Telos Publishing is The Comic Strip Companion: The Unofficial and Unauthorised Guide to Doctor Who in Comics: 1964 — 1979. Written by New Zealand author Paul Scoones, the book documents the early history of… Read More ›

• Latest Beano aims to rock you!

  By John Freeman on 26 September 2012

  The latest Beano (No.3654) is on sale now, with the usual mix of strips and features and offering the chance to win an iPad. Dennis and Gnasher are trumpeting in a very different way than usual! Ed and his Numskulls… Read More ›

• Dredd Creators At Judgement Day in Dundee

  By John Freeman on 24 September 2012

  The Dundee Contemporary Arts cinema is holding a special screening of Dredd 3D on Friday 28 September 2012. The screening will be preceded by a QandA session with 2000AD writers Alan Grant and Al Ewing, and artists Colin MacNeil and Cam Kennedy…. Read More ›

• Panel Borders on Aces Weekly and 2000AD

  By John Freeman on 21 September 2012

  Panel Borders: Aces Weekly Continuing our month of shows about anthologies, Alex Fitch talks to the creator and co-editor – David Lloyd – of a new weekly digital comics anthology, Aces Weekly. Alex also talks to three of the other… Read More ›

• Meet Picture Book Creator Oliver Jeffers

  By John Freeman on 20 September 2012

  World famous picture book creator Oliver Jeffers will be travelling to the UK this Autumn to promote his beautiful new release This Moose Belongs to Me. During his brief trip he will visit London, Dublin, Bath and Oxford for events… Read More ›

• Grant Morrison Takes Over Dundee Comics Day

  By John Freeman on 20 September 2012

  The Dundee Comics Day, organised by Dr Chris Murray at Dundee University, is now in its fifth year as part of the Dundee Literary Festival – although the current DCD name only came into effect in 2010 and there was… Read More ›

• Remember, Remember the 30th September

  By John Freeman on 19 September 2012

  PROGENITOR By Phil Hester & John McCrea © 2012 John McCrea & Phil Hester David Lloyd (V for Vendetta, Kickback) empowered the world with his iconoclastic Guy Fawkes mask in V for Vendetta. Today, comic conspirator Lloyd is changing the… Read More ›

• Reppion and Moore back on Sherlock Holmes in ‘Liverpool Demon’

  By John Freeman on 19 September 2012

  Leah Moore and John Reppion return to Sherlock Holmes after their acclaimed Sherlock Holmes: The Trial of Sherlock Holmes series for US publishers Dynamite. Sherlock Holmes: The Liverpool Demon features dynamic pencils from Matt Triano and a fantastic cover by… Read More ›

• A History of Girls Comics by Susan Brewer

  By John Freeman on 18 September 2012

  

  The History of Girls’ Comics by Susan Brewer which seems to have slipped under the radar a bit. It’s an overview of girl’s comics released back in 2010, and published by Pen and Sword Books. In the boook, Susan Brewer taps into… Read More ›

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