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• How to Engage Prospective Art Directors: Bill McConkey’s Film Quiz

  By John Freeman on June 1, 2011

  

  Art © 2011 Bill McConkey. Used with his full permission Ever mindful of the need to stimulate the interest of prospective employers, SciFi Art Now contributor Bill McConkey mailed me a postcard using the nostalgic 1980s inspired image above –… Read More ›

• IDW republish Grant Morrison’s final ‘Doctor Who’ story

  By John Freeman on June 1, 2011 • ( 2 )

  IDW’s Doctor Who Classics series, now re-publishing the Seventh Doctor’s adventures from Doctor Who Magazine has a ‘first’ and ‘last’ feel to Issue 5, on sale this month in the US. The collection sees the publication of ‘Culture Shock’, Grant… Read More ›

• Temple APA Issue 9 showcases British comics talent

  By John Freeman on June 1, 2011

  The ninth issue of the Temple APA digital comics showcase is now available to download as a completely free PDF file. Featuring 48 pages of artwork and stories from a host of creators, including Tony Suleri, John Owens, Dave Hailwood,… Read More ›

• Eagle Awards 2011 Winners

  By John Freeman on May 31, 2011

  Here’s the list of Eagle Award winners, announced at the MCM London Expo over the weekend. Favourite Newcomer Writer – Paul CornellA strange choice, given that I first commissioned Paul to write a Doctor Who comic back in the early… Read More ›

• ‘Spirit of Hope’ charity comic anthology launched

  By John Freeman on May 31, 2011

  Britain’s Comic Book Alliance will publish Spirit of Hope this month – a stunning-looking anthology featuring work by almost 100 comic creators in aid of survivors of the Tsunami and earthquakes in Japan and New Zealand which happened earlier this… Read More ›

• WH Smiths release Beano Summer Special Exclusive

  By John Freeman on May 30, 2011 • ( 2 )

  Despite disappointing sales for past comics exclusives, it seems newsagents WH Smiths haven’t given up on the idea. Just released is this Beano Summer Special, produced in partnership with DC Thomson. Ignoring the misleading claim that this is the first… Read More ›

• Crucible: Beloc of Quelth – Colour Notes

  By John Freeman on May 28, 2011

  

  Here’s another of Smuzz’ Colour Guides for one of the main ‘Crucible’ characters. The amount of work he’s putting into these is, frankly, a bit gob-smacking – and his colouring notes for pages of the strip are often so thought-provoking… Read More ›

• Mirabilis: Year of Wonders advance copies go on sale

  By John Freeman on May 28, 2011

  

  Advance copies of Print Media Productions hardcover edition of Mirabilis: Year of Wonders – Winter Book 1 are now on sale exclusively from First Age Comics, Lancaster. A huge graphic novel project by Dave Morris and Leo Hartas, Mirabilis is… Read More ›

• X-Men First Class arrives in UK Cinemas

  By John Freeman on May 28, 2011 • ( 1 )

  X-Men First Class, which was mostly shot in the UK, arrives in cinemas here next week (1st June) and here’s a trailer for the film, courtesy of the distributors. Set in the 1960s and focusing on the relationship between Professor… Read More ›

• Don’t be a mug – obey the law!

  By John Freeman on May 27, 2011

  A top-quality mug lovingly wrapped in classic Judge Dredd artwork from one of the greats of 2000 AD – the latest merchandise from The House of Tharg is perfect for sitting back and sipping your synthi-caff! This limited edition Mega-City… Read More ›

• Panel Borders: Small Press Soundtracks

  By John Freeman on May 26, 2011

  Continuing radio show Panel Borders month of shows about the crossover between music and comics, Alex Fitch talks to the creators of a couple of small press publications which feature music in their stories and contain a soundtrack to listen… Read More ›

• Phoenix Comic post Submission Guidelines

  By John Freeman on May 26, 2011

  The Phoenix Comic – the new weekly comic springing from the ashes of The DFC – has just updated its website and also published its submission guidelines, which we’re running here in full. Launching in January 2012, the team say… Read More ›

• Army Museum goes Commando

  By John Freeman on May 26, 2011

  

  Scenes of action and adventure will fill the walls of the National Army Museum as ‘Draw Your Weapons: The Art of Commando Comics’, their newest exhibition, kicks off on Thursday 1st September 2011. This colourful and dynamic exhibition explores the… Read More ›

• Will you help bring back Captain Clevedon?

  By John Freeman on May 26, 2011

  Comics artist and writer Kev F Sutherland, whose credits include The Beano, Doctor Who Adventures, Match and others, is looking for an artist, or artists, to help him finish a comic that’s been lying dormant for a number of years…. Read More ›

• In Review: Betelgeuse – The Survivors, The Caves and The Other

  By Jeremy Briggs on May 26, 2011

  The Worlds of Aldebaran series, written illustrated and coloured by Leo (Luiz Eduardo de Oliveira), continues on from the original Aldebaran arc with the five album sequence of Betelgeuse published over four books by Cinebook. With the narrator character of… Read More ›

• Quitely does it – New X-Men artist latest Expo guest

  By John Freeman on May 25, 2011

  Renowned comic book artist Frank Quitely will be joining the hundreds of top comic artists and writers assembling at MCM Expo’s famous Comic Village this weekend. Best known for his collaborations with Grant Morrison on titles such as New X-Men,… Read More ›

• Commando storms Stalingrad with latest issues

  By John Freeman on May 24, 2011

  

  Here’s the latest Commando titles now on sale in all good newsagents, featuring the work of creators such as Alan Hebden, Ian Kennedy and Ferg Handley. Commando has a new Facebook page and they’re running a poll to find your… Read More ›

• 2D Preps for Take-Off

  By John Freeman on May 24, 2011

  The cream of the world’s comic talent will touch down in Derry/Londonderry next week for 2D, the Northern Ireland Comics Festival. The free event – hosted annually by the Verbal Arts Centre – runs from 2nd – 4th June and… Read More ›

• In Review: Aldebaran – The Catastrophe, The Group and The Creature

  By Jeremy Briggs on May 24, 2011

  Aldebaran: The Catastrophe published by Cinebook was one of the very first reviews that I did on downthetubes some two years ago. It published the first two French albums of the Aldebaran segment of The Worlds Of Aldebaran series in… Read More ›

• Read West, Young Man (and Woman)…

  By John Freeman on May 20, 2011

  by Matthew Badham – cross-posted here and on the Forbidden Planet blog with full permission. Read the original version here West, by Andrew Cheverton and Tim Keable, is one of my favourite indie comics. It’s the story of Jerusalem West,… Read More ›

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