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• Thunderbirds Aren’t Go: Sylvia Anderson cancels nationwide tour

  By John Freeman on January 26, 2010

  Fans of Gerry Anderson’s 1960s cult puppet show Thunderbirds are downhearted that Lady Penelope, aka Sylvia Anderson, has pulled out of a nationwide tour – citing lack of interest. Sylvia, now in her 80s, was to have been in conversation… Read More ›

• Comics @ Glasgow Film Festival

  By John Freeman on January 26, 2010

  It is a sign of the times in Mark Millar’s career that he has moved from talking to a professional librarian audience in 2008 to the Edinburgh International Book Festival audience in 2009 while in 2010 he will be talking… Read More ›

• ICA threatened with closure?

  By John Freeman on January 25, 2010

  London’s Institute of Contemporary Arts, recently the hub for many brilliant and much-praised ComICA events, could close later this year due to funding cuts. The Guardian reports the ICA, founded in 1947, could fall victim to recession with costs needing… Read More ›

• Doctor Who-inspired Star Tigers returns as animated fan project

  By John Freeman on January 25, 2010

  Altered Vistas, an amateur production company dedicated to creating Doctor Who-related features from the “fringes” of the franchise, has just released its twenty-first animated CGI release – the first chapter of an all-new Star Tigers adventure, plucked from the pages… Read More ›

• Commando celebrates Ian Kennedy anniversary

  By John Freeman on January 22, 2010

  The latest batch of issues of DC Thomson’s long-runing war picture library title Commando includes the first two of four re-issues of classic Ian Kennedy illustrations for the comic. Number 4261 was the first cover he executed and 4262 was… Read More ›

• Bart Simpson tops UK readers poll

  By John Freeman on January 21, 2010

  In a recent poll to mark the twentieth anniversary of The Simpsons, Bart Simpson has been named the nation’s favourite Simpsons character by the official Simpsons Comics, published in the UK by Titan Magazines and the company’s top-selling title. Simpson’s… Read More ›

• TV21 Turns 45…

  By John Freeman on January 20, 2010

  

  — or at least it would have done, had it had the longevity of The Beano! We have Lew Stringer to thank for pointing out that 45 years ago, City Magazines launched the first issue of TV Century 21 –… Read More ›

• Foundry supports Haiti relief effort, comic creators wanted

  By John Freeman on January 19, 2010

  London’s The Foundry is running an evening to raise money for earthquake victims in Haiti on 27th January – and comic creators are invited to get involved. The event is just part of a joint fund raising campaign by the… Read More ›

• Tube Surfing: Alternative Press, Bryan Talbot, Comic Sales Figure and more Mackie!

  By John Freeman on January 19, 2010

  • The Alternative Press Fair is back! Taking place in London on 13th February, this is a free event celebrating all things self-published and DIY: Comics and Zines, Radical Literature, Poetry, Printmaking, Book Arts and even a bit of DIY… Read More ›

• Striker bounces back again – into Nuts

  By John Freeman on January 18, 2010

  

  Football comic Striker has kicked off its 25th anniversary year by signing exclusively to Nuts, Britain’s biggest-selling weekly mens lifestyle magazine published by IPC. (We’re betting the team mascot might just be a bit racier than its past cheerleader, pictured… Read More ›

• The Dark, Freeman titles from Markosia

  By John Freeman on January 18, 2010 • ( 1 )

  (Before any hardcore fans of this blog get hugely excited, we should point out that Freeman is the name of one of the books due soon from Markosia, not the name of one of its creators…) March will see the… Read More ›

• Beezer Blog Launched

  By John Freeman on January 18, 2010

  Comic creator and Beezer fan Simon Mackie has launched a new blog that aims to chart the history of DC Thomson’s best-known large format humour comic. The Beezer was a large format (tabloid newspaper/A3 sized) weekly published by DC Thomson… Read More ›

• New Biography of Showbiz Legend Lew Grade

  By John Freeman on January 18, 2010

  A new biography of British media entrepeneur Lew Grade – without whom shows such as Thunderbirds, UFO and The Muppets might never have been made – is to be published by Aurum Press next month. All My Shows are Great… Read More ›

• How to create comics the Steve Whitaker way

  By John Freeman on January 14, 2010 • ( 2 )

  The late, great Steve Whitaker drew this guide to creating comics back in the 1990s and it’s available online via Flickr if people want to use it for teaching purposes, published under a Creative Commons license. Printed in the Society… Read More ›

• Arthur Ranson exhibition opens at Orbital

  By John Freeman on January 14, 2010

  Tonight (Thursday 14th January) sees the opening of an exhibition of art by 2000AD contributor Arthur Ranson at London’s Orbital Comics. The exhibition spans his 30-year comic career: Arthur’s credits are numerous, including, of course, “Button Man”, “Judge Anderson” and… Read More ›

• British Comic Creators support fundraising for Haiti Earthquake victims

  By John Freeman on January 14, 2010

  Comic creators across the globe are already coming up with ideas to help raise money for the Haiti Earthquake disaster – if you’re a British creator or retailer who’s doing something, let us know and we’ll try and plug it… Read More ›

• Tube Surfing: Ro-Jaws, Rebellion, Crikey!, Rankin, Road and Comic Fairs!

  By John Freeman on January 13, 2010

  Ro-Jaws returns to 2000AD this week, making a comeback in the A.B.C. Warriors strip by Pat Mills and Clint Langley, who also provides the cover for Prog 1667, right.Originally designed by Kevin O’Neill for the Ro-Busters strip in Starlord weekly… Read More ›

• Vworp! Vworp! It’s a New Doctor Who comics fanzine!

  By John Freeman on January 13, 2010

  A new Doctor Who fanzine, Vworp Vworp! goes on sale later this month. It takes a loving, affectionate look at Marvel/Panini’s Doctor Who comic strips and the magazine that spawned them – Doctor Who Magazine and is o-edited by Gareth… Read More ›

• In Review: Glister and the Faerie Host

  By John Freeman on January 13, 2010

  Glister and the Faerie Hostby Andi WatsonPublished by Walker BooksOut: Now The Book: It’s coming up to Halloween and already Glister’s father is bustling around getting ready for Christmas! The Butterworths are putting up decorations for the tree and making… Read More ›

• Comic Creators Ally against Human Trafficking

  By John Freeman on January 12, 2010

  “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”– Margaret Mead Monday, 11th January is National Human Trafficking Awareness Day in the US. To participate, a… Read More ›

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