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• London Super Comic Convention: Pros and Cons

  By John Freeman on 27 February 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 27 February 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 26 February 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 26 February 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 26 February 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 26 February 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 25 February 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 25 February 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 24 February 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 24 February 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 24 February 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 24 February 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 24 February 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 24 February 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 23 February 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 23 February 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 23 February 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 ›

• Leah Moore and John Reppion go Scouting!

  By John Freeman on 23 February 2012

  Writing couple Leah Moore and John Reppion are to make their debut for the publishers of legendary British comic 2000AD. Leah’s father, the writer Alan Moore, first got his break in the pages of 2000AD in 1980 and went on… Read More ›

• David Lloyd’s ‘Kickback’ set for digital release

  By John Freeman on 23 February 2012

  Digital publisher Panel Nine will be releasing its second deluxe graphic novel in March for the iPad: Kickback by V for Vendetta co-creator David Lloyd. First published in 2005 in French by Carabas and in English in 2006 by Dark… Read More ›

• Alski’s baby celebrates 35 years of 2000AD

  By John Freeman on 23 February 2012

    Journalist, musician and 2000AD forum member Alski – who has created many a 2000AD inspired song or video in the past – wrote this song to celebrate the 35th anniversary of 2000AD this week, “the best anthology comic in… Read More ›

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