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• New Crikey! on sale This Week

  By John Freeman on October 27, 2009 • ( 5 )

  (with thanks to Lew Stringer): The twelfth issue of British Comics magazine Crikey! should go on sale this Friday, 29th October. The issue includes interviews with 2000AD co-creator Pat Mills, Albion writers Leah Moore and John Reppion and veteran comic… Read More ›

• 30 Years of Viz Exhibition

  By John Freeman on October 27, 2009

  In November 1979, DHSS clerk Chris Donald, his 15-year old brother Simon and old school friend Jim Brownlow put together a 12-page comic fanzine in a bedroom of the Donald family home in Jesmond, Newcastle. The initial 150 copies of… Read More ›

• Ready (For Sarah Jane And The Doctor)? Always!

  By John Freeman on October 26, 2009

  The BBC has just five new episodes featuring David Tennant as the Doctor still to broadcast before he hands over to Matt Smith. The two part Doctor Who regeneration story is odds on to get some of the highest viewing… Read More ›

• In Review: The Misadventures of Jane

  By John Freeman on October 24, 2009

  

  The Book: Charts some of the cartoon (mis)adventures of Britain’s first and best-loved World War 2 pin-up – the scintillating, blue eyed, blonde-haired, clothes-phobic cartoon legend that is Lady Jane Gay. This collection features two full strips (no pun intended)… Read More ›

• Solipsistic Pop Launch Date Set

  By John Freeman on October 23, 2009

  Solipsistic Pop – a new, bi-annual anthology featuring the best alternative comic artists based in the UK – will be launching book one at London’s ICA on 8th November. “The book has been created with the intention of providing a… Read More ›

• In Review: The Best Of Battle

  By John Freeman on October 23, 2009 • ( 2 )

  It feels like it has been a long time coming but Titan’s Best of Battle has finally hit the stores and surprisingly, for a “Best Of” book, the wait has been worth it. Battle Picture Weekly was IPC’s answer to… Read More ›

• Comic Conference Announced at Manchester University

  By John Freeman on October 23, 2009

  Manchester Metropolitan University will host an academic conference on comics next April, with deadline for papers in January – and report that a new academic journal about comics will be published next year. Grandly titled The Graphic Novel and Comic… Read More ›

• Don’t Forsake The Prisoner

  By John Freeman on October 21, 2009

  Fans of The Prisoner reading this blog might want to check out the various web sites of US band Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling, which has a new music project in the works inspired by the show aptly… Read More ›

• In Review: The Chimpanzee Complex – Paradox

  By John Freeman on October 18, 2009 • ( 1 )

  The latest science fiction offering in Cinebook’s increasing number of translated bandes dessinee albums from France is The Chimpanzee Complex. Unlike Aldebaran or Orbital this is a story that takes place in the near future of 2035 and begins on… Read More ›

• Emma Vieceli’s Dragon Heir: Reborn

  By John Freeman on October 18, 2009

  British artist, writer and general ambassador for all things Manga, Emma Vieceli, has added a webcomic to her website. Dragon Heir was the first comic series that she worked on providing the story and art with Andrew Ruddick providing the… Read More ›

• FAB Gerry Anderson Comics

  By John Freeman on October 17, 2009

  The latest issue of FAB published by Fanderson, the Gerry Anderson Appreciation Society, is now out. FAB is a 64 page A5 full colour fanzine published quarterly and available exclusively to Fanderson members. Issue 64 includes the third part of… Read More ›

• Matters of Convention: UK Web ‘n’ Mini Comix Thing

  By John Freeman on October 16, 2009

  Continuing our series of interviews with British comic convention organisers, for this seventh instalment Matthew Badham talks to comic creator Patrick Findlay of the UK Web ‘n’ Mini Comix Thing, which is being held annually in London. These convention features… Read More ›

• Ricardo Garijo: The Commando List

  By John Freeman on October 15, 2009

  

  A checklist of the Commando comics drawn by Ricard Garijo, first compiled by Vic Whittle in 2009

• In Memoriam: Ricardo Garijo, Commando Artist

  By John Freeman on October 14, 2009

  

  We’re sorry to report the passing of Argentinian comic artist Ricard Garijo, aged just 55

• Accent UK Releases "Fastest Man" One Shot

  By John Freeman on October 14, 2009

  A quick round up of news from top British indie Accent UK, whose latest Western anthology has now shipped and is in comic stores across the globe (Diamond Previews Order reference JUN090671 for those of you wanting to order from… Read More ›

• Tube Surfing: Anderson events, Dan Dare Toys and a Cartoon Classroom update

  By Jeremy Briggs on October 14, 2009

  • Gerry Anderson official fan club Fanderson have announced they will be staging their first major convention for four years next year. TV21: Adventure in the 21st Century will be based at the Ramada Bristol City – the same venue… Read More ›

• Exeter Comics Expo Announced

  By John Freeman on October 13, 2009

  Ever a glutton for punishment, Mike Allwood, considered the driving force behind the Bristol Comics Expo team, has announced he’s also working on a one-day Comics Expo in Exeter, Devon, for early 2010, with artists Mike Ploog, David Lloyd and… Read More ›

• Comics Revue Goes Bi-Monthly

  By John Freeman on October 13, 2009

  Fans of US newspaper comic strips such as Flash Gordon and Al Williamson’s Secret Agent Corrigan will already know about Comics Revue, but you may not know Manuscript Press has just re-launched the long-running magazine as a bi-monthly, with double… Read More ›

• Leopard of Lime Street Fun…

  By John Freeman on October 12, 2009

    A few years ago, UK indie publisher Starscape, run by Chris Smillie, licensed some of Buster‘s Leopard of Lime Street strips from Egmont. “I made an ad for Starscape by using some images, making an animated comic,” says Chris,… Read More ›

• NASA’s Hitch Hiker Fans ‘Tweet’ Their Praise

  By John Freeman on October 10, 2009

  Penguin Books and NASA have very different ideas about celebrating the 30th anniversary of Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. NASA did it by having their LCROSS (Lunar Crater Observation and Sensing Satellite) vehicle tweeting lines from Hitchhiker’s, just before it… Read More ›

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