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• The Quest – First Colour Promotional Image

  By John Freeman on 9 February 2011

  © 2011 John Freeman and Smuzz (SMS) Time for some gratuitous self promotion for The Quest, a comics project I’m working on with ace artist Smuzz (whose credits include 2000AD and Interzone). Here’s a terrific promotional image for The Quest,… Read More ›

• The Quest – First Colour Promotional Image

  By John Freeman on 9 February 2011

  

    Smuzz has just delivered this terrific promotional image for The Quest, which will feature in STRIP Magazine later this year. There’s still a lot of work to be done – 12 pages are drawn so far, and I’m about… Read More ›

• Three Years Worth of Scottish Comics Events

  By Jeremy Briggs on 6 February 2011

  

  For many people the highlight of the comics year in Scotland over the past three years has been the Highlands International Comics Expo, Hi-Ex, organised by Richmond Clements and Vicky Stonebridge and held in Inverness in the first few months… Read More ›

• War Comics On Tour In Scotland

  By John Freeman on 5 February 2011

  On a day of protests to keep UK libraries open we are pleased to bring you a positive library story. In early December 2010 Carnoustie Library opened an exhibition of war comics that was due to run of the entire… Read More ›

• Great British Comics Reprinted – a quick round up

  By John Freeman on 5 February 2011 • ( 5 )

  Despite the recent release of Johnny Red Volume 1 by Titan Books, it seems there are plenty of British comics fans who are totally unaware that attempts are being made to republish a lot of our classic comic material. Johnny… Read More ›

• Johnny Red Flies again

  By John Freeman on 5 February 2011

  

  Titan Books has released the first volume Johnny Red featuring art by Charley’s War co-creator Joe Colquhoun. Johnny Red is just the latest British comics collection from Titan Books, whose other reprints include Charley’s War of course, James Bond, Modesty… Read More ›

• Ramsey’s Raiders in latest Commando comic

  By John Freeman on 4 February 2011

  Four new Commando comics are on sale now in all good newsagents – here’s the intel… Don’t forget, downthtubes has a special offer on Commando subscriptions – check out the ad elsewhere on this page Commando No 4363: Raiders –… Read More ›

• Panel Borders: Trina Robbins’ Underground Comix

  By John Freeman on 3 February 2011

  Starting a month of shows about female comic book creators, the Panel Borders radio show and podcast will present a talk recorded at ‘Laydeez do Comics’ in September 2010 this week. Edited and introduced by Alex Fitch, veteran ‘Underground Comix’… Read More ›

• Graphic novel celebrates the life of world’s first spaceman, Yuri Gagarin

  By John Freeman on 3 February 2011

  

  Artist Andrew King and writer Piers Bizony have launched Yuri’s Day, a new comic graphic novel dedicated to the first man in space, celebrating both his story and the origin of the Soviet space program. Now, the Moscow Times, a… Read More ›

• In Review: XIII – SPADS

  By Jeremy Briggs on 3 February 2011

  Who is XIII? Book 1 – presidential assassin? Book 2 – special forces soldier? Book 3 – psychotic murderer? In the fourth XIII book, SPADS, writer Jean Van Hamme and artist William Vance take XIII back to the Special Assault… Read More ›

• Effects director Shaun Whittacker-Cook interviewed in new Andersonic

  By John Freeman on 2 February 2011

  Issue 11 of the ace Gerry Anderson fanzine Andersonic is now available via the publication’s website and features a new interview with former Century 21 SFX director Shaun Whittacker-Cook in which he discusses his time working at Century 21 on… Read More ›

• Croatian comics portal Stripovi launches Best of 2010 vote

  By John Freeman on 2 February 2011

  The Eagle Awards aren’t the only people seeking comic fans votes this month: the fantastic-looking Croatian comics portal www.stripovi.com has just announced its annual poll for the best comics published in the past year. Unlike other comic awards, stripovi have… Read More ›

• In Review: Long John Silver – Lady Vivian Hastings

  By Jeremy Briggs on 2 February 2011

  

  Long John Silver is yet another new bandes dessinee series to be translated into English for the first time by Cinebook. Written by Xavier Dorison and illustrated by Mathieu Lauffray, it is described not as a sequel to Robert Louis… Read More ›

• Nominations Open for Eagle Awards 2011

  By John Freeman on 1 February 2011

  What was your favourite comic of 2010? Which artists and writers really grabbed your attention? Wekl, nominations open on Friday 4 February and run until 7th March for the world-famous Eagle Awards, so head on over to www.eagleawards.co.uk to make… Read More ›

• In Review: Tomorrow Revisited

  By Steve Winders on 29 January 2011 • ( 1 )

  

  Steve Winders reviews Alastair Crompton’s new book about Frank Hampson

• John Higgins World War 2 artwork in charity auction

  By John Freeman on 27 January 2011

  A painting of a famous World War 2 aircraft has been painted by top comics artist John Higgins to raise money for charity. John’s picture of a de Havilland Mosquito NF MkXIII, registration MM550, one of the RAF’s night fighters,… Read More ›

• Preview: Vampire Vixens of the Wehrmacht

  By John Freeman on 27 January 2011

  VixenVert from Nicola Blackmore on Vimeo. Here’s Wasted magazine’s advert for the incredibly impressive Vampire Vixens of the Wehrmacht which will feature in Issue 7 of the magazine. The art is by Alex Ronald and written by the mysterious “Emperor“…. Read More ›

• 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 ›

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