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• Charley’s War used to promote UK Tank Museum

  By John Freeman on 12 October 2012

  (via Jeremy Briggs): Britain’s Tank Museum in Bovington is using the seminal anti-war comic Charley’s War to promote activities at the centre this coming half term. The Museum has planned a week of art themed family activities for the October… Read More ›

• Off Life, free indie comic zine out now

  By John Freeman on 12 October 2012

  While I was away last week in the wilds of Scotland, OFF LIFE – the new, free indie comic magazine, available in print and online – got under way with a sparkling first issue crammed with some great comics. My… Read More ›

• MCM Expo moves into magazine publishing

  By John Freeman on 12 October 2012

  Movie, anime and games title MyM Magazine has been acquired by MCM Expo Group, organisers of the MCM London Comic Con as well as other events across the UK. MyM Magazine is currently available in WH Smith and all good… Read More ›

• Immediate Media get set to launch Horrible Histories magazine

  By John Freeman on 11 October 2012 • ( 2 )

    Immediate Media is to launch Horrible Histories magazine on 18th October 2012, a humorous and fact-filled title aimed at curious 7 to 10 year olds. With art from Martin Brown for initial issues, the new monthly magazine is based… Read More ›

• Hunt Emerson invades the iPad as Only He Can

  By John Freeman on 11 October 2012

  According to comics historian Paul Gravett’s 1001 Comics You Must Read Before You Die Hunt Emerson is “Britain’s greatest underground cartoonist”. According to the The Comics Journal his mind “works on a level untouched by most humans”. According to the… Read More ›

• Radio: Amruta Patil, Gary & Warren Pleece discuss exotic locales in their graphic novels / Michael Chabon, David Almond & Oliver Jeffers on magical realism

  By John Freeman on 5 October 2012

  Panel Borders: Home and Away Starting a month of shows about the depiction of travel in comic books and representations of far flung lands, Alex Fitch talks to creators from Brighton and Delhi about their graphic novels which mix autobiography… Read More ›

• Dave Gibbons Comics Workshop In Dundee

  By John Freeman on 3 October 2012

  The fifth annual Dundee Comics Day will be taking place at the University of Dundee on Sunday 28th October 2012 and, as previous reported, will be dedicated to talks by writer Grant Morrison and his artistic collaborators Cameron Stewart (Batman),… Read More ›

• Aces Weekly digital comic gets underway

  By John Freeman on 3 October 2012

  

  It’s here! Aces Weekly, the new digital comics anthology from David Lloyd and team

• A Crucible Vignette: The Boy Harvest by Smuzz

  By downthetubes Guests on 3 October 2012

  

  Dear Mam, Da , Gwarren, Stelp, Dennet and Little Walker (So odd to see all those names, spelled out in letters) I know it will be some time before you hear what I have written in this letter, because I… Read More ›

• 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 ›

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