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• 2000AD gets set to celebrate 35th birthday

  By John Freeman on 8 December 2011

   Break out the balloons, paper plates and the party poppers – it’s 2000AD’s birthday! The Galaxy’s Greatest Comic is celebrating three and a half decades of Thrill-power at the SFX Weekender event in February 2012, with its one and only… Read More ›

• Spaceship Away goes Christmas Crazy!

  By John Freeman on 7 December 2011

  Spaceship Away 25 cover byDon Harley The latest issue of the Dan Dare-inspired comic magazine Spaceship Away is on sale now from the title’s official web site and selected comic shops and its content harks back to the days when… Read More ›

• ‘League of Extraordinary Gentlemen’ exhibition invades Europe

  By John Freeman on 6 December 2011

  An exclusive “selling exhibition” of art from Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill’s League of Extraordinary Gentlemen saga opens later this month in various continental locations. In close collaboration with Alan Moore, acclaimed writer of Watchmen, From Hell and V for… Read More ›

• Steampunk Magazine Collected

  By John Freeman on 6 December 2011

  

  Fans of SciFi Art Now, which includes a chapter of steampunk art, might be interested in this colected edition of SteamPunk Magazine, comprising Issues #1-7. Bound in this 432-page, lovingly designed anthology released by the collectively-run publisher Combustion Books, the… Read More ›

• Doctor Who costunes, rare Dalek art for sale at Bonhams

  By John Freeman on 6 December 2011

  Up for auction at Bonhams: The evening suitworn by Matt Smith in The Big Bang A collection of 37 costumes from recent episodes of Doctor Who are being offered by Angels The Costumiers in the Entertainment Memorabilia auction on Thursday… Read More ›

• STRIP Magazine #2 digital edition now on sale

  By John Freeman on 6 December 2011

  The iPad-only digital edition of STRIP Magazine #2 is now on sale from iTunes – again in advance of the print edition. Due to a small but unexpected delivery delay from Bosnia, the print edition will not be on sale… Read More ›

• Judge Dredd takes on Zombies in new App Game

  By John Freeman on 5 December 2011

  Fuse Powered Inc. and Rebellion, the owners of 2000AD, have just released Judge Dredd vs. Zombies for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. In Judge Dredd vs. Zombies, players are the Law, taking on the role of one of the world’s… Read More ›

• Paragon Issue 9 now on sale

  By John Freeman on 5 December 2011

  The enthusiastic creative team producing the indie title Paragon have a new issue on sale,  available from lulu.com for only 99p. Paper copies are also available from there for those outside the UK, and for those within these shores, click… Read More ›

• Canny Comic Con comes to Newcastle

  By John Freeman on 5 December 2011

  (with thanks to Bryan Talbot): Next Saturday, 10th December, Newcastle hosts its first comic convention for 16 years. The Canny Comic Con is an all day event at Newcastle City Library and entry is free. Comics, comic strips, comic books,… Read More ›

• Keith Page reveals sequel to "London Calling"

  By John Freeman on 2 December 2011

  Ace artist Keith Page continues to tease his loyal fans with more of his work over on his blog, this time revealing a part scan of the cover for Squadron of the Screaming Damned, the sequel to one of his… Read More ›

• Hammer Films launches ‘Print on Demand’ site

  By John Freeman on 2 December 2011

  Hammer Films has launched an official print-on-demand online store today, featuring iconic UK quad artwork from legendary horror titles including The Mummy, One Million Years B.C. and The Devil Rides Out. The store features high-quality reproductions of UK quads from… Read More ›

• Merlin magazine will return – but no date set

  By John Freeman on 2 December 2011 • ( 4 )

  

  Who will take on the Merlin tie-in magazine?

• PJ Holden signing in Belfast this Saturday

  By John Freeman on 28 November 2011

  PJ Holden – artist on Strip Magazine‘s Black Ops Extreme – will be doing a signing at Forbidden Planet International Belfast (facebook link) this coming Saturday 3rd December between 1.00 and 3.00pm. In addition to Black Ops Extreme, PJ’s credits… Read More ›

• Mohawk Media announces Dick Turpin project

  By John Freeman on 26 November 2011

  Publisher Mohawk Media has announced the release of a preview issue of its upcoming project, starring history’s most notorious masked highwayman, Dick Turpin. Not to be confused with Time Bomb Comics similar-sounding title (see news story), the issue is available… Read More ›

• Commando haunts the newsagents once more…

  By John Freeman on 25 November 2011

  Here’s details of the latest issues of DC Thomson’s war comic, Commando, on sale in all good newsagents now. It’s another cracking relase of both old and new tales – some featuring men haunted by ghosts, some soldiers haunted by… Read More ›

• Panel Borders: The Danger of Romance

  By John Freeman on 24 November 2011

  Concluding a months of shows about genre in comics, Panel Borders Alex Fitch talks to writer and manga translator Sean Michael Wilson and lecturer and author Ian Rakoff about romance comics this Sunday. Sean is the editor of AX Volume… Read More ›

• In Review: Thought Bubble 2011

  By John Freeman on 24 November 2011

  

  Comics writer Cy Dethan was one of many creators at this year’s Thought Bubble event in Leeds earlier this month and has kindly agreed to let us post his thoughts on the vent on downthetubes, first published on his own… Read More ›

• Beano, Dandy go digital via Apple’s ‘Newsstand’

  By John Freeman on 24 November 2011

  DC Thomson have announced The Dandy and The Beano have just gone digital through Apple’s recently-launched Newsstand service, with The Beano currently in the Top Ten in the service’s charts First published in 1937 and 1938 respectively, the two national… Read More ›

• Raising Amy Signing Event In Edinburgh

  By John Freeman on 24 November 2011

  “She’s armed, she’s dangerous, and she’s a proper Scottish ginger nutcase! Just be thankful she’s not yours!” is how Markosia describe Stref’s child character Amy who is about to appear in her first book Raising Amy: Born To Be Wild!… Read More ›

• Comic Creators And Cake In Edinburgh

  By John Freeman on 23 November 2011 • ( 1 )

  Graphic Scotland is launching the first of a series of events in Edinburgh to bring together comics writers and artists. Comic Creators And Cake will take place in the Pulp Fiction bookshop on the evening of Wednesday 30 November 2011,… Read More ›

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