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• “Alex” heads online after Daily Telegraph drops strip, claiming it is not popular online

  By John Freeman on 4 May 2025 • ( 1 )

  

  Nothing to do with short sighted penny pinching, honest

• In Review: Thunderbolts*

  By Tim Robins on 4 May 2025 • ( 2 )

  

  Tim Robins didn’t expect Thunderbolts* to be so entertaining…

• Winner of Sophie Castille Awards – Italian announced at Comicon Naples

  By John Freeman on 4 May 2025 • ( 1 )

  

  Toma Gudelytė has won the 2025 Sophie Castille Awards – Italian for her translation of Mergaitė su šautuvu: istorija apie mergaitę partizanę (“Girl with a Gun: A Story About a Girl Partisan”), written by Marius Marcinkevičius with art by Lina… Read More ›

• Moles have a role in the new issue of The Jester

  By John Freeman on 3 May 2025

  

  A popular cartoon animal in the spotlight (it won’t like that!)

• Early Day Motion supporting comics industry tabled by MPs, sponsors seek support

  By John Freeman on 3 May 2025

  

  Can you persuade your MP to support this?

• Bedford Who Charity Con announces 2026 date

  By John Freeman on 3 May 2025

  

  Back next April

• RAF Manston History Museum to host two-day comic event in June

  By John Freeman on 3 May 2025

  

  Get ready for a ride out to Ramsgate

• Get Ready for “Doctor Who: Cybermen – The Ultimate Guide”

  By John Freeman on 3 May 2025

  

  Don’t delete this from your memory…

• In Memoriam: Comic Artist Jackson “Butch” Guice

  By John Freeman on 2 May 2025

  

  We’re sorry to report the death of American artist Jackson “Butch” Guice, aged 63, who has died after battling illness. Our sympathies to family and friends at this time. Much admired by fellow comic creators, Guice was a creative force… Read More ›

• Puffin Books launches Graphic Novel Competition

  By John Freeman on 2 May 2025

  

  The competition will be open to any comics creator who is 18 or over

• In Review: Doctor Who – The Well

  By Tim Robins on 2 May 2025

  

  Tim has been pondering a curate’s egg…

• Titan Comics teases “Return To Skull Island” mini-series further, with new trailer

  By John Freeman on 2 May 2025

  

  “Skull Island: The Animated Series” continues in comics

• Splank! Academic Special created for Northern Ireland’s “On the Margins” Conference

  By John Freeman on 2 May 2025

  

  An comic treat for a special academic event

• Coming Soon: “Acid Box”, a darkly comic adventure through club culture

  By John Freeman on 2 May 2025

  

  Dancefloor history meets family history via psychic reality-skipping quest

• Cartoonists furious after “Licence to Offend” cancelled for… potential offence

  By John Freeman on 1 May 2025 • ( 2 )

  

  Cartoonists mystified by exhibition ban

• Ambitious new comic publishers join mission to create the “next great British comics boom”

  By John Freeman on 1 May 2025

  

  Four more publishers join the new comic trade association

• Specialist figure retailer Master Replicas acts on tariffs, freezing US preorders

  By John Freeman on 1 May 2025

  

  More bad news for US figure collectors – for nwo

• July heats up with 2000AD Sci-Fi Special 2025 in the works

  By John Freeman on 1 May 2025

  

  A stellar lineup in store for the summer!

• Publishers’ Licensing Services, Authors’ Licensing and Collecting Society partner with Copyright Licensing Agency on generative AI licence

  By John Freeman on 1 May 2025

  

  New way forward on AI licensing for publishers and creators?

• Coming Soon, an anniversary edition of Stref’s graphic novel adaptation of “Peter Pan”

  By John Freeman on 1 May 2025

  

  Anniversary edition in the works

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