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• Beano Sales Are Up and Dandy Sales Are Steady

  By John Freeman on 17 February 2012 • ( 1 )

  The Audit Bureau Of Circulations, the industry body for media measurement, have released the July to December 2011 sales figures for UK consumer magazines which include British comics. After rather a lot of doom and gloom six months ago when… Read More ›

• Happy Birthday, 2000AD! From lettering droid Jim Campbell

  By John Freeman on 16 February 2012

  Name: Jim Campbell Blog: www.jimcampbell-lettering.co.uk Currently working on: Yikes. Lettering loads of stuff. Hook Jaw, Black Dragon and Black Ops Extreme for Strip; Hoax Hunters for Image; just finished Sweeney Todd for Classical Comics and should be starting The Importance… Read More ›

• Happy Birthday, 2000AD! From artist and fan Paul O’Connell

  By John Freeman on 16 February 2012

  Name: Paul O’Connell Blog or web site: www.soundofdrowning.com Currently working on: Artwork for Future of the Left and stories for The Sound of Drowning Issue 15. First memory of 2000AD? I read 2000AD every week from the very first issue when… Read More ›

• Happy Birthday, 2000AD! From art droid Kev F Sutherland

  By John Freeman on 16 February 2012

  Name: Kev F Sutherland Blog or web site:  comicfestival.co.uk Currently working on: Self-published comics Captain Clevedon and Hot Rod Cow, with the book of my classic Tales Of Nambygate and Phallas strips from Gas and Brain Damage comics now all… Read More ›

• Happy Birthday, 2000AD! From writer-artist and fan Paul Eldridge

  By John Freeman on 15 February 2012

  Name: Paul Eldridge Blog or web site: http://kerchow.webs.com(I don’t blog, it brings me out in a rash…) Currently working on:  Numerous personal projects in production. After completing the Rubbernorc ebook I keep thinking of printing hard copies and of course pulling… Read More ›

• Cybermen, Borg, set to battle in Doctor Who-Star Trek crossover

  By John Freeman on 15 February 2012

  Following up on our earlier report that a Doctor Who/Star Trek comic crossover was in the works, US publisher IDW have released more detals about the eight-issue mini series. In conjunction with BBC Worldwide Consumer Products and CBS Consumer Products,… Read More ›

• Happy Birthday, 2000AD! From artist and fan Martin Geraghty

  By John Freeman on 15 February 2012

  Name: Martin Geraghty  Blog or web site: Yeah, need to get onto that someday, probably… Currently working on:  Knee-deep pencilling my next strip for Doctor Who Magazine, a tight little Eleventh Doctor two-parter by Scott Gray. Other than that, Storyboarding… Read More ›

• Happy Birthday, 2000AD! From writer, editor and fan Richmond Clements

  By John Freeman on 15 February 2012

  Name: Richmond Clements Blog: http://thequaequamblog.blogspot.com  Hi-ExConvention:  www.hi-ex.co.uk Currently working on: Turning Tiger has just been released by Renegade Arts Entertainment.I’m also working on a couple of books for Markosia and one for Com.X. I have a series called Operation Inferno,… Read More ›

• Happy Birthday, 2000AD! From art droid Smuzz

  By John Freeman on 14 February 2012

  An unpublished panel from the ‘tryout’ strip Smuzz did for ABC Warriors Name: Smuzz (‘Sms’ is soooo Last Millenium) Website: www.smuzz.org.uk Currently working on: Crucible with comics Guru John Freeman and coloured by Kris Carter.  To be published in the new… Read More ›

• Happy Birthday, 2000AD! From art droid Boo Cook

  By John Freeman on 14 February 2012

  Name: Boo Cook Blog:  www.boocook.blogspot.com Tumblr: http://boocook.tumblr.com Tumblr: http://cro-magnonbulletin.tumblr.com Currently working on:  I’m currently working on a new five-part Judge Anderson, Psi strip called ‘Stone Voices’ with Alan Grant. That should be surfacing in the Judge Dredd Megazine in the… Read More ›

• Happy Birthday, 2000AD! From artist and fan Paul Rainey

  By John Freeman on 13 February 2012

  The cover of Prog 377 featuring JudgeDredd and Mean Angel by Ron Smith Name: Paul Rainey Blog or web site: www.pbrainey.com Currently working on:  Thunder Brother: Soap Division, the first two stories of which can be read for free online… Read More ›

• Kapow!@GFF 2012 Kicks Ass

  By John Freeman on 13 February 2012

  As Jeremy Briggs first reported last month, Glasgow Film Festival ambassador and local superhero Mark Millar and artist Bryan Hitch are to helping to kick ass with Kapow!@GFF – Glasgow Film Festival’s film strand next week, dedicated to graphic novels,… Read More ›

• Happy Birthday, 2000AD! From writer and fan Cy Dethan

  By John Freeman on 13 February 2012

  Name: Cy Dethan Website: www.cydethan.com Blog: www.raggedman.com Currently working on: Right now I’ve got enough projects in the works to knock a buzzard off a gut-wagon. Among those currently scheduled for 2012 are White Knuckle (Art: Valia Kapadai, Letters: Nic… Read More ›

• The Really Heavy Greatcoat returns (sort of)

  By John Freeman on 13 February 2012

    The Really Heavy Greactcoat is a long-running cartoon strip which ace artist Nick Miller and I created years ago and, just occasionally, Nick (who’s constantly busy on numerous projects) teases me with a new and topical episode. • View… Read More ›

• Happy Birthday, 2000AD! From art droid Alwyn Talbot

  By John Freeman on 13 February 2012

  Alwyn Talbot sent this brilliant Nemesis the Warlock art to mark 2000AD‘s 35th birthday. Currently working as a comic artist and illustrator, Alwyn received his apprenticeship in underground comics. His credits include DC Comics, 2000AD,  Acclaim and Rebellion. He’s exhibited… Read More ›

• Happy Birthday, 2000AD! From art droid John Higgins

  By John Freeman on 12 February 2012

  Name: John Higgins Blog or web site: www.turmoilcolour.com Currently working on: My on going project is Razorjack, created originally in 1999 and self publishing the first issue. Subsequently went with Com.x for a further two comic books culminating in the collected… Read More ›

• Happy Birthday, 2000AD! From art droid Keith Page

  By John Freeman on 12 February 2012

  Name: Keith Page Blog or web site: http://keithpageukcomicsartist.blogspot.com Currently working on: I’m currently working on Grey Dog, the first of three 48-pagers about the Irish mythological hero Cuchulain, written by Stephen Walsh, as well as my usual Commandos. First memory of… Read More ›

• Will Space: 2099 get its own comic?

  By John Freeman on 12 February 2012 • ( 1 )

  News last week that 1970s British SF series Space: 1999 is to get a reboot got a mixed reception from fans of the original series, which also had its own long-running spin-off adventures in comics and novels. ITV Studios America… Read More ›

• Happy Birthday, 2000AD! From art droid Gibson Quarter

  By John Freeman on 11 February 2012

  Name: Gibson Quarter Blog: gibsonquarter27art.blogspot.com   Twitter: @gibsonquarter DeviantArt: gibsonquarter27.deviantart.com/ Currently working on: The Organ Grinder for issue #3 of Undertow by 7th wave comics. It’s a great story set in the wild west about a cursed organ, a one… Read More ›

• Panel Borders: Exhibiting Comics

  By John Freeman on 11 February 2012

  Continuing Panel Borders month of shows about about non practitioners’ love of comics, Alex Fitch talks to Lord Baker of Dorking about his contributions as lender and patron of The Cartoon Museum to their latest exhibition ‘Her Maj: Sixty years… Read More ›

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