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• Comic Con Comes to Manchester – and kids will go free

  By John Freeman on 27 June 2011

  Hold on to your seats – the MCM Expo Manchester Comic Con is ready for lift off! Next month sees the UK’s perhaps most famous comic con arrive in Manchester, bringing the best in pop culture entertainment to the city… Read More ›

• In Review: Commando 4404 – Misfit Squad

  By Jeremy Briggs on 27 June 2011

  

  Jeremy Briggs checks out a special anniversary issue of Commando

• Warrior Remembered in Manchester

  By John Freeman on 27 June 2011

  

  Legendary British comics editor Dez Skinn is back in Manchester again next weekend (he was there only a couple of weeks ago for the relaunch of Starburst). “There’s an all-day celebration of one of my old titles reaching its 30th… Read More ›

• Gene Colan Scholarship Launched

  By John Freeman on 27 June 2011

  Following earlier discussions with the late Gene Colan, writer Clifford Meth has established a Gene Colan Scholarship at the Joe Kubert School. The much respected comic artist, passed away aged 84 on 23rd June. His work at Marvel, reprinted in… Read More ›

• Comics Creators At The Glasgow Comic Con

  By John Freeman on 26 June 2011

  The inaugural Glasgow Comic Con took place on Saturday 25 June 2011 in the Mackintosh Church Arts and Heritage Centre in Maryhill, Glasgow. The downthetubes review of the event is here but with more photos available we have decided to… Read More ›

• In Review: Glasgow Comic Con 2011

  By John Freeman on 25 June 2011

  Glasgow as a city has something of a reputation – and some so-called supporters of its two football teams haven’t exactly been helping matters recently. So, based on this, what were we expecting at the inaugural Glasgow Comic Con that… Read More ›

• Scotch Corner @ Kingdom Of Adventure in July

  By John Freeman on 25 June 2011

  The daily Scottish art blog Scotch Corner made up of professional artists Thomas Crielly, Gary Erskine, Simon Fraser, Andy Hepworth, Jon Hodgson, Graeme Neil Reid and Alex Ronald, is celebrating its second birthday in style by, er, taking a break…. Read More ›

• Comic Friends Reunited date announced

  By John Freeman on 24 June 2011

  It may be months away, but the team behind Comic Friends Reunited have announced this year’s event will be Saturday 26th November 2011. Taking place at the Phoenix Pub, 14 Palace Street, Victoria, London SW1E 5JA from Noon till 11.00pm… Read More ›

• Brighton’s Kino Club premieres Jeff Lint documentary

  By John Freeman on 23 June 2011

  Brighton’s Kino Club will be screening the world premiere of Steve Aylett’s much anticipated and soon-to-be-cult film Lint The Movie this week, based on his books Lint and And Your Point Is? and featuring some well-known comic creators, including Alan… Read More ›

• Commando’s Half Century

  By John Freeman on 23 June 2011

  On 27 June 1961 DC Thomson published the first issue of Commando as a response to the combat picture libraries being published by their competitors. Today, some fifty years later, those titles like Battle Picture Library and War Picture Library… Read More ›

• The Mystery of Tharg’s 3rillers

  By John Freeman on 22 June 2011

  (Above: The cover to Prog 1740 by Liam Sharp. Click on the image to see a larger version.) Prog 1740 of 2000 AD (released in shops next Wednesday, 29 June 2011) is designed as a potential ‘jumping-on point’ for readers…. Read More ›

• Major comics conference in Manchester in July

  By John Freeman on 22 June 2011

  Manchester’s Metropolitan University will host a conference on graphic novels and comics early next month, featuring American artist Melinda Gebbie, Hunt Emerson, French artist Edmond Baudoin and Professor Pierre Fresnault-Deruelle from the Sorbonne University, Paris. A conference involving three comics… Read More ›

• War: The Human Cost anthology still on sale

  By John Freeman on 21 June 2011

  A page from “A Tale of Two Faces” by Sean Duffield & Nelson Evergreen– a current story about nuclear weapons and the double-talk of politicians I didn’t get the chance to plug War: The Human Cost, a 260-page anthology and… Read More ›

• Oz does Alien

  By John Freeman on 20 June 2011

  

  This stunning Alien painting is on sale now from Art You Grew Up With, the work of Paul Oz, who’s also known, perhaps bizarrely, for his Mr Men paintings! He’s also much in demand for his Formula 1 inspired art…. Read More ›

• Comics and more at the Lass!

  By John Freeman on 20 June 2011

  (Above: They won! A rather natty promotional image for the Lass O’Gowrie pub in Manchester.) Word from Gareth Kavanagh of the award-winning Lass O’Gowrie pub in Manchester of various comics-related events that are likely to be of interest to downthetubes… Read More ›

• Major SF signing at Forbidden Planet London

  By John Freeman on 20 June 2011

  Forbidden Planet London will host one of its trademark multi-author signings later this week, playing host to Ben Aaronovitch, James Barclay, Elspeth Cooper, Stephen Deas, Jaine Fenn, M D Lachlan, Tom Lloyd, John Meaney and Chris Wooding. The event marks… Read More ›

• Wyatt’s World

  By John Freeman on 19 June 2011

  Megazine 311 – Cover by Brendan McCarthy The latest Judge Dredd Megazine (on sale now) contains an interview Matt Badham conducted with ace comics writer Arthur Wyatt. As is often the case with these things, there were unused quotes, so… Read More ›

• XIII Questions About Cinebook’s XIII

  By Jeremy Briggs on 18 June 2011 • ( 3 )

  

  Cinebook began publishing English translations of Franco-Belgian bandes dessinee graphic novels in 2005 and, with well over 100 titles now available, have succeeded in bringing many characters familiar to European audiences to the English speaking world either for the first… Read More ›

• Grant Morrison in Glasgow in July

  By John Freeman on 18 June 2011

  Glasgow’s Forbidden Planet International has secured something of an exclusive next month, with comics writer Grant Morrison in store on Thursday 14th July signing his new book, Supergods: Our World in the Age of the Superhero. Published by Jonathan Cape,… Read More ›

• Japan Charity Craft Fair 2 July 2011

  By John Freeman on 17 June 2011

  Eiko Meredith, director of the Kotatsu Japanese Animation Festival , is organizing a Japan Charity Craft Fair on 2 July 2011 at the Visit Caerphilly information centre in aid of The Japan Earthquake Tshunami Children in Emergency Fund. There will… Read More ›

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