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• Eagle Awards voting opens

  By John Freeman on March 15, 2011 • ( 1 )

  Voting is now open for the Eagle Awards, the annual prize given to the best American and British comics as decided by comic readers. We’re pleased to report that as befits their British origins, the nominations include a substantial amount… Read More ›

• The Sunday Post Celebrates 75 Years Of Oor Wullie And The Broons

  By John Freeman on March 13, 2011

  On Sunday 8 March 1936 the headline on DC Thomson’s newspaper The Sunday Post was “Europe Alarmed – France’s Retort to Hitler’s Move – All Army Leave Cancelled”. Inside however there was something a little more light hearted with the… Read More ›

• Sneek Peek: New Dan Dare for Spaceship Away

  By John Freeman on March 12, 2011

  

  We’re pleased to report that the next issue of the Dan Dare-inspired comics magazine Spaceship Away is on course to go to press very soon, featuring its regular thrice-yearly mix of comic strip and features. Now edited by Des Shaw,… Read More ›

• Hurricane and Champion: the Companion Papers to Valiant

  By John Freeman on March 11, 2011

  Top British comics archivist Steve Holland has re-launched his Bear Alley Books imprint with Mean Streetmaps, a collection of essays on crime noir, and an all-new index to two classic British comics. Hurricane and Champion: The Companion Papers to Valiant… Read More ›

• Do Covers Count when it comes to Awards?

  By John Freeman on March 11, 2011 • ( 4 )

  

  The UK cover for Zoo City –strong on design, light on itsSF content? With the 2011 Arthur C Clarke Award Shortlist just announced, I thought it might be interesting to see what kind of covers the nominated books have. While… Read More ›

• Panel Borders: The Art of Karrie Fransman

  By John Freeman on March 10, 2011

  Continuing podcast Panel Borders month of shows looking at newspaper comics, Alex Fitch talks to cartoonist Karrie Fransman about her work which has been serialised in The Guardian and The Times. Karrie started her comics career making self published autobiographical… Read More ›

• Take a Butcher’s at Slaughterman’s Creed

  By John Freeman on March 9, 2011 • ( 1 )

  Markosia Enterprises have just announced their new graphic novel, Slaughterman’s Creed – a surreal London gangland thriller which combines the vicious intensity of British crime fiction with the structure and spirit of a Samurai revenge drama in a nightmarishly compelling… Read More ›

• Sci-Fi shapes modern design, inspired by TRON

  By John Freeman on March 8, 2011

  

  Image oourtesy of DuPont How cool is this as an example of Sci-Fi design shaping the world of around us? The new TRON movie is to be the inspiration for an exhibition illustrating how creativity and innovation meet design at… Read More ›

• A Very British Appointment: Pat Mills becomes an honorary professor

  By John Freeman on March 7, 2011

  

  The ‘Godfather of British Comics’ Pat Mills was presented an honorary professorship by Liverpool University this week for his contributions to popular culture and national literacy. The creator of 2000AD, Slaine, Marshal Law and hundreds of other characters will be… Read More ›

• Private Eye cartoonist Wilbur Dawbarn joins New British Comics line up

  By John Freeman on March 7, 2011

  The latest issue of New British Comics, edited by Karol Wisniewski, co-creator of the upcoming Harbor Moon graphic novel published by Arcana, will soon go on sale, featuring the work of creators such as Dan White, Paul O’Connell and Lawrence… Read More ›

• Alternative Press Fair exhbitions and events announced

  By John Freeman on March 7, 2011

  The International Alternative Press Fair has announced several exhibitions relating to its two-day event in London at the end of May (Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th). Creators interested in being part of the actual Fair at the Conway Hall, Holborn,… Read More ›

• Tube Surfing: Dan Dare, Death’s Head and World Book Night outrage

  By John Freeman on March 7, 2011

  Some quick news items… • (via the Dan Dare Yahoo Group) A bust of Dan Dare is now sitting comfortably on a beautifully made plinth in a prominent position in the library of Southport College (where his creator, Frank Hampson… Read More ›

• The Tartan Bucket Prize Competition

  By John Freeman on March 7, 2011

  The Dundee Comics Day has been running since 2007 and in 2008 became part of the Dundee Literary Festival at Dundee University. The fifth comics day is due to be held in October and the University has announced that this… Read More ›

• Phoenix: a new British comic rises from the ashes of The DFC

  By John Freeman on March 5, 2011 • ( 1 )

  A new British comic is in the offing, edited by former The DFC editor Ben Sharpe. Contrary to earlier reports on Lew Stringer’s blog, bleedingcool.com and elsewhere, Ben says The Phoenix is not a revival of The DFC, although its… Read More ›

• A Comic Convention Returns to Glasgow

  By John Freeman on March 5, 2011

  

  It has been some 15 years since Glasgow hosted a comics convention with the last of the GlasCACs, the Glasgow Comic Art Conventions. Since then, Scotland has had two Oxfam Comics Days in Edinburgh, three Hi-Exs in Inverness, four Dundee Comics Days as… Read More ›

• STRIP Magazine editor at Lancaster comics event on 19th March

  By John Freeman on March 4, 2011

  Lancaster’s Storey Creative Industries Centre will host a comic and science fiction fair on Saturday 19th March. A must for all collectors of Doctor Who, Marvel and DC Comics, film posters, trading cards and toys, along with an appearance by… Read More ›

• Sneek peek of 2000AD Lawgiver prop at National Space Centre’s BritSciFi event

  By John Freeman on March 4, 2011

  TV legend Gerry Anderson is to join the crew of Leicester’s National Space Centre on 19th – 20th March for a celebration of British science fiction that also includes an appearance by Blake’s 7‘s Gareth Thomas and a sneek peek… Read More ›

• David Pugh’s Slaine, Dan Dare art (and more) on sale for charity

  By John Freeman on March 4, 2011

  

  Check out some fantastic original comic art by David Pugh

• Convict Commandos debuts

  By John Freeman on March 4, 2011

  Four new Commando issues are on sale now in newsagents, continuing our 50th year countdown from 12 to one of re-issues of the original dozen Commandos. This month sees Number 10 “Hun Bait”, written by Dan Dare writer David Motton… Read More ›

• Roll Up for Roll Out with Furman, Senior and more this Sunday

  By John Freeman on March 4, 2011

  Transformers comic writer and ace scripter in his own right Simon Furman, artists Geoff Senior, Andrew Wildman, John Higgins and Martin Griffiths be in Fordingbridge, Hampshire on Sunday (6th March), for All the Cool Stuff’s combined Transformers/Action Force mini-con(vention), Roll… Read More ›

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