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• Post Office celebrates British Comics

  By John Freeman on 5 January 2012

  

  Britain’s Post Office is celebrating what it’s defined as “75 Years of British Comics” with a special issue of stamps featuring the covers of various much-loved comics, including 2000AD and The Beano. Set to be released on 20th March 2012,… Read More ›

• Happy New Commandos!

  By John Freeman on 5 January 2012

  Here are the details of the first batch of Commandos for 2012. Invasion Watch, one of the new stories this tim around, is the first part of a three-instalment story featuring the men of Britain’s Home Guard, many of whom… Read More ›

• In Review: Yakari and the Coyote

  By Jeremy Briggs on 4 January 2012

  Yakari is probably the most junior of Cinebook’s various series and features the adventures of a Red Indian boy who is able to talk to and understand animals in the time before the white men appeared on the plains. The… Read More ›

• Eagle Awards nominations open

  By John Freeman on 4 January 2012

  The nomination round for the Eagle Awards 2012 is now open. Introducec in 1976, the Eagles are the comics industry’s longest established awards. Acknowledged as the pre-eminent international prizes, they have been featured on the covers of leading US and… Read More ›

• Re-staging Halo Jones: the inside story

  By John Freeman on 2 January 2012

  

    When the Forbidden Planet International blog heard that there was going to be a new stage version of Halo Jones produced at the Lass O’Gowrie pub in Manchester (a spot already well known to local science fiction and comics… Read More ›

• Chris Foss Comic Strip?

  By John Freeman on 1 January 2012

  (with thanks to Bill Storie): Everyone knows veteran artist Chris Foss as the man who draws amazing spaceships – and whose art has inspired many an illustrator down the years. But did you also know one of his first commissions… Read More ›

• The Really Heavy Greatcoat Review of the Year 2011

  By John Freeman on 31 December 2011

  

  The Really Heavy Greatcoat by myself and Lancaster-based artist Nick Miller most recently appeared in Comics International, after being published for many years in alternative Lancaster titles such as On The Beat and Off the Beat and online on virtual-lancaster.net…. Read More ›

• Devil’s Heritage joins STRIP Magazine line-up

  By John Freeman on 29 December 2011

  Here’s the cover to Issue 3 of STRIP Magazine, on sale in UK comic shops next month. The Devil’s Heritage is a new strip to the title, by Jerome Felix and Paul Gastine and the comic magazine’s first ongoing story… Read More ›

• Halo Jones stage play poster

  By John Freeman on 26 December 2011

  

  Here’s the poster for the new Ballad of Halo Jones play at the Lass O’Gowrie in Manchester which we plugged recently. The art is by Adrian Salmon, who’s been a regular contributor to Doctor Who Magazine for many years, and… Read More ›

• Merry Christmas – Don’t Eat Too Much!

  By John Freeman on 25 December 2011

  As you sit down to your Christmas dinner, or alternatively are recovering from it, we couldn’t resist showing you this illustration of a Christmas meal in Tudor times taken from The Stories Of Our Christmas Customs which was first published… Read More ›

• The Best of the Season to all our Readers!

  By John Freeman on 24 December 2011

  Unlike the talented comic artists whose work we promote here, I can’t draw for toffee, so I hope you don’t mind this adaptation of a piece of art by the great pulp magazine artist Virgil Finlay. Have a Merry Christmas… Read More ›

• Austerity Reviews of the Year

  By Jeremy Briggs on 24 December 2011

  It is that time of the year when bloggers think of their favourite books, comics and magazines of the year. However since there can be a lot of overlap in what various people consider to be worth mentioning, and you… Read More ›

• Last Commandos of 2011 go on sale

  By John Freeman on 23 December 2011

  

  The last four Commandos of the year are now on sale, and the veteran title sees off its 50th aniversary year with another batch of great stories old and new – and what a year it’s been for the title…. Read More ›

• Get The Phoenix for Christmas!

  By John Freeman on 20 December 2011

  The cover of Issue 1 of The Phoenix If you’re looking for a last minute Christmas present for the youngr comic fans in your family, The Phoenix – the new weekly comic launching in January – would be an present… Read More ›

• "first fictions" Graphic Novel competition shortist announced

  By John Freeman on 20 December 2011

  A Rat’s Tale by Adam Blackman & Dylan Shipley: one of the shortlisted entries. It’s based in modern Britan and aims to warn young people about the hazards of ‘drug use’ and ‘addiction’ Myriad Editions has announced its shortlist for… Read More ›

• Multiverse comic magazine heads for America

  By John Freeman on 19 December 2011

  It’s the magazine I, Vampire writer Joshua Hale Fialkov hails as “beautifully designed, with a modern, smart sensibility about mainstream comics that’s been missing from print comics journalism for a long time” — and Multiverse will be available in the… Read More ›

• Dan Dare art up for sale on eBay

  By John Freeman on 17 December 2011

  A page of Dan Dare artwork from the original Eagle is currently up for sale on eBay, on offer from American comics creator and editor Scott Dunbier. The art is a page from the story The Phantom Fleet, first published… Read More ›

• In Review: Cinebook Recounts The Wright Brothers

  By Jeremy Briggs on 17 December 2011

  Cinebook return to their historically factual series Cinebook Recounts with the story of the first manned flight of a powered aeroplane at Kitty Hawk in America in 1903 with The Wright Brothers, written by J P Lefevre-Garros and illustrated by… Read More ›

• Put some dinosaurs in your Christmas!

  By John Freeman on 17 December 2011

  Here’s something that might make for a great last minute stocking filler – Dinohistoria, a different, fun and entertaining, educational card game for all the family. Dinohistoria has 56 playing cards, each with an illustration licensed by the Picture Library… Read More ›

• Age of the Wolf set to return to 2000AD

  By John Freeman on 16 December 2011

  The claws are out for the return of post-apocalyptic werewolves series, Age of the Wolf, to 2000AD early next year. Lycanthrope-hunting heroine Rowan Morrigan is to return to the weekly comic in February 2012 in Age of the Wolf: She… Read More ›

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