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• Panel Borders: Charlie Adlard and the Walking Dead

  By John Freeman on 27 January 2011

  Concluding UK comic radio show Panel Borders month of shows looking at depictions of masculinity in America comics, Alex Fitch talks to British artist Charlie Adlard about his ongoing zombie comic The Walking Dead, recently turned into a TV series… Read More ›

• In Review: It Was The War Of The Trenches by Jacques Tardi

  By John Freeman on 26 January 2011

  

  Jacques Tardi’s graphic novel of the Great War, It Was The War Of The Trenches, is one of those books that is critically lauded appearing in ‘Best Of’ lists as well as reviews of the year and with its complete… Read More ›

• Lew Stringer previews this week’s Dandy

  By John Freeman on 25 January 2011

  (Info via Blimey! It’s another Blog about Comics, re-published here with the kind permission of Lew Stringer): Here’s a sneak peek at the cover of this week’s issue of The Dandy, on sale from Wednesday 26th January. Under a new… Read More ›

• Save our Forests: Follow Rupert to Retail

  By John Freeman on 25 January 2011

  

  Nothing to do with the comic we’re working on, but here’s a smashing protest montage from Smuzz in support of England’s Save Our Forests campaign (http://saveourforests.co.uk) And now, back to that promo image for the strip…

• In Review: Crusade – Simoun Dja

  By Jeremy Briggs on 25 January 2011

  Crusade, written by Jean Dufaux and illustrated by Philippe Xavier, is a new series of Franco-Belgian bandes dessinee albums that Cinebook is translating into English for the first time. The first book, Simoun Dja, was originally published in French in… Read More ›

• In Review: XIII – All The Tears Of Hell

  By Jeremy Briggs on 24 January 2011

  Who is XIII? Presidential assassin? Special forces soldier? Psychotic killer? The questions continue in the third part of the XIII saga, All The Tears Of Hell, written by Jean Van Hamme and illustrated by William Vance. Amnesiac XIII spent the… Read More ›

• In Review: The Amulet of Samarkand

  By John Freeman on 23 January 2011

  

  A marvellous adaptation of the novel

• Comics @ Aye Write! Glasgow’s Book Festival

  By John Freeman on 23 January 2011

  Hot on the heels of the Glasgow Film Festival with its impressive comics strand comes Aye Write! Glasgow’s Book Festival with an equally impressive selection of comics names appearing over the course of the festival’s nine days. After his appearances… Read More ›

• Comics @ Glasgow Film Festival

  By John Freeman on 22 January 2011

  Comics fans in Scotland have until now been looking at a prolonged dry spell when it came to major comics events in the country in the first half of 2011 with the postponement of the Hi-Ex convention expected in March… Read More ›

• More Jack Staff issues released for iPhone

  By John Freeman on 21 January 2011

  A quick plug, courtesy of digital comics distributor Comixology, to remind folk here that Paul Grist’s wonderful Jack Staff is available on iPhone and more. Out now are Issue 9 and 10, with Issue 9 offering “Titanic team-up action as… Read More ›

• The original Death’s Head returns in Marvel Heroes

  By John Freeman on 21 January 2011

  A page from the new Death’s Headversus Hulk story by Simons Furmsnand Williams. Via Simon’s blog (with thanks to Simon Williams): One of Marvel UK’s most popular characters, Death’s Head, is set to return in an all-new story for Panini… Read More ›

• Lee Moyer delivers Lovecraft art for new author documentary

  By John Freeman on 21 January 2011

  

  Watch more free documentaries Sci-Fi Art Now contributor Lee Moyer has provided the art for a superb new documentary about the life of author HP Lovcraft, the forefather of modern horror fiction who has inspired such writers as Stephen King,… Read More ›

• Panel Borders: the deconstructed American Male

  By John Freeman on 20 January 2011

  Continuing radio show and podcast Panel Borders’ month long look at depictions of Masculinity in American Comics, Alex Fitch talks to award winning graphic novelists Chris Ware and Daniel Clowes, who both publish their work first as chapters, in periodicals… Read More ›

• Commando at 50: Second Shots

  By John Freeman on 19 January 2011 • ( 3 )

  

  Here’s the latest Commandos to hit newsagents, courtesy of DC Thomson, as the countdown to the comic digest’s 50th anniversary begins in earnest… Commando 4359: Johnny The Jinx Story: Eric Hebden Inside Art: Alonso Cover Art: Lopez Espi Originally No… Read More ›

• SFX Weekender line up includes comics guests Abnett, Mills, Talbot and Lee

  By John Freeman on 19 January 2011 • ( 1 )

  This year’s SFX Weekender, organised by SFX Magazine takes places next month at Pontins in Camber Sands, and the event promises to have plenty of things to interest comics fans as well as exclusive screenings, tons of prizes giveaways and… Read More ›

• The Queen, a super villain!

  By John Freeman on 18 January 2011

  Following up on our story about Markosia’s new Royal Wedding tie-in comic, Kate and William – A Very Public Love Story, we were reminded that the Royal family has made appearances in comics on many occasions, but perhaps only once… Read More ›

• Markosia publishes Royal Wedding tie-in comic by Johnston, Collins and Erskine

  By John Freeman on 18 January 2011 • ( 5 )

  British graphic novel publisher Markosia Enterprises is proud to present to the nation a dramatic retelling of the lives of Prince William and Kate Middleton in their new graphic novel Kate & William – A Very Public Love Story. Written… Read More ›

• Moore and Reppion announce steampunk motion comic "The Thrill Electric"

  By John Freeman on 18 January 2011

  “We are very pleased to say we are now officially allowed to talk about a very exciting new project we have coming up in 2011,” the writing team announced on their blog. “This project came about from a writing cliché,… Read More ›

• Madcap wrestling strip heads to The Dandy

  By John Freeman on 14 January 2011

  Who’d have thought Birdsong and New British Comics artist Warwick Johnson-Cadwell would get a chance to appear in The Dandy? But he is – albeit as part, we think, of the revamped comic’s experimental line up of strips that are… Read More ›

• New Year, New Fallen Heroes Teasers…

  By John Freeman on 12 January 2011

  The team at Fallen Heroes – the comics adaptation of the top-selling novel by Barry Nugent – have released a second teaser poster in advance of the project’s launch at the Cardiff Comic Expo next month. The comic is being… Read More ›

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