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• “The Invisible Artist” film released

  By John Freeman on 24 January 2012

  

  The Invisible Artist from Northern Visions NvTv on Vimeo  The comic booklet: once a mass market media form, some would argue it has all but disappeared from newsagents shelves in the last 20 years – but comic creation continues apace… Read More ›

• Boffins and Burglars infiltrate Commando!

  By John Freeman on 23 January 2012

  The latest issues of Commando are on sale now, and it’s intrguing to see how cover artist Janek Matysiak on #4464 and one of this set’s reprint issues, 4466, has changed styles with a move to digital art. Commando No… Read More ›

• New Dennis the Menace shows – and a musical – on the way

  By John Freeman on 23 January 2012

  Ahead of tomorrow’s London Toy Fair, DC Thomson has announced a renewal of its partnership with leading content producer Red Kite Animations to co-produce the new series of Dennis and Gnasher. As The Beano begins the countdown to its 75th… Read More ›

• Comics @ Glasgow Book Festival

  By John Freeman on 22 January 2012

  Aye Write!, Glasgow’s Book Festival, run by Glasgow Council’s libraries department at the Mitchell Library is much smaller than Edinburgh’s International Book Festival but normally turns up some comics talks and this year is no exception. Writing For Graphic Novels… Read More ›

• Weird Western set for release from Print Media

  By John Freeman on 21 January 2012

  On sale from Prnt Media Productons at the end of this month is the the much-praised graphic novel Frontier: Dealing with Demons, an all-ages ‘Weird Western’ by Jason Cobley and Andrew Wildman. The Wild West… and Daisy Adams is suddenly… Read More ›

• Duncan Fegredo provides cover to latest Dark Horse Presents

  By John Freeman on 21 January 2012

  The ace art of Duncan Fegredo graces the cover of the next Dark Horse Presents (#8), on sale 1st February. Fegredo’s British credits are of course extensive, including work for titles such as Crisis for Fleetway back in the 1980s,… Read More ›

• Comics @ Glasgow Film Festival

  By John Freeman on 20 January 2012

  Last year the Glasgow Film Festival at the Glasgow Film Theatre brought writer Mark Millar on board to curate a comics creators and movies strand which included amongst others a talk by artist/writer Dave Gibbons and screenings of Luc Besson’s… Read More ›

• Blasé Books releases Pictorial Guide to British 1950s Sci-Fi and Horror Comic Books

  By John Freeman on 19 January 2012

  (via Lew Stringer): Redditch-based Blasé Books have just released The Pictorial Guide to British 1950s Sci-Fi & Horror Comic Books. Designed by comics creator Mike Higgs, the 288-page full colour softback by comic historian Mike Morley (one of the contributors… Read More ›

• Is It Just Media launches free Robob title for schools

  By John Freeman on 18 January 2012

  Surrey based independent publisher, Is It Just Media?, have announced the arrival of The Adventures of ROBOB, a new interactive magazine and trading card game aimed at primary school children which includes an element of contributed comic strip. The magazine… Read More ›

• British Comedy Conference seeks papers on comedy and comics

  By John Freeman on 17 January 2012

  The organisers of the Sixth International Comedy Conference, which will take place later at the University of Salford have issued a Call for Papers. The theme for this year’s two-day conference is ‘Drawing The Line’ and the academic event aims… Read More ›

• Comica Conversation: Craig Thompson and Marcel Theroux

  By John Freeman on 17 January 2012

  Graphic novelist Craig Thompson.Image via Paul Gravett The first Comica Conversation of the year takes place in London next week: a chance to meet and chat with Craig Thompson, hailed for his graphic novels Blankets and Habibi, and novelist and… Read More ›

• Tim Perkins takes you to Worlds End

  By John Freeman on 14 January 2012

  

  Before you read this story, let me first declare an interest: I have known the publisher and comic creator of this stunning new book,Tim Perkins, for many years, since my time at Marvel UK. I know how he and his… Read More ›

• Johnny Red: Red Devil Rising!

  By John Freeman on 14 January 2012

  

  Continuing the adventures of Britain’s best-loved aerial combat pilot, Johnny Redburn, Titan Books releases Johnny Red – Red Devil Rising at the end of the month in the UK (27th January). This is the second hardback volume reprinting the classic… Read More ›

• Director’s Commentary: Creating “Dotter of her Father’s Eyes” by Mary Talbot

  By Joe Gordon on 13 January 2012

  

  This article was first published on 13th January 2012 on the Forbidden Planet International Blog by Joe Gordon and is re-published here with the permission of Mary Talbot I’m always fascinated to learn more about how works of art come… Read More ›

• Cardiff Comic Expo line-up revealed

  By John Freeman on 13 January 2012

  Ticket sales for this year’s Cardiff Comic Expo next month (25th-26th February) are booming – and are expected to increase further with publication of the event’s schedule, outlined in full below.   In addition to the event itself, show producer Mike… Read More ›

• Celtic Conventions: Hi-Ex and 2D Return In 2012

  By Jeremy Briggs on 12 January 2012 • ( 1 )

  We missed out on mentioning Hi-Ex 2012 in our run-up to Christmas so let’s set the record straight now. The fourth Hi-Ex will be taking place on Saturday 31 March and Sunday 1 April on the banks of the river… Read More ›

• Totally Merlin confuses some fans – and us!

  By John Freeman on 11 January 2012

  

  A spell of confusion about the latest Merlin magazine works a treat on readers – and us!

• Breaking into Comics – some quick tips

  By John Freeman on 10 January 2012

  The first unassuming cover by Matt Binghamfor the comics zine that helped meget into comics publishing. Subscribersincluded Alan Moore.Download a cbr of the issue Regular readers will be aware, we hope, that our main downthetubes site features some guides to… Read More ›

• Ronald Searle’s art collected – in Germany

  By John Freeman on 10 January 2012

  

  Fans of Ronald Searle, the doyen of the cartoon, who died recently, might want to check out the German Museum of Caricature and Drawing

• In Review: The Phoenix Issue 1

  By John Freeman on 9 January 2012

  It feels like a long time since the last issue of The DFC appeared – although The DFC Library books have been reminding us what that title was like and, with the Etherington Brother’s Baggage, what it might have continued… Read More ›

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