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• Panel Borders: On Air, at ComICA…

  By John Freeman on 4 November 2010

  Wonder Woman drawn by Nicola Scott Starting a month of radio shows looking at unique renderings of superheroes, Panel Border latest episode – Panel Borders: Team Batman, Robin and Catman – is about depictions of masculinity in superhero comics via… Read More ›

• Movie Mania this weekend at the National Space Centre

  By John Freeman on 4 November 2010

  Back in 2006 over 3,000 people invaded Britain’s National Space Centre in just one day to meet their favorite movie characters. It’s a day that still holds the record for the most people through the doors at Leicester’s number one… Read More ›

• CLiNT #3 features more Kick Ass, Tarantino

  By John Freeman on 4 November 2010

  Issue #3 of CLiNT is on sale now in stores in the UK and Ireland. Strips this issue are the latest episode of Kick Ass 2  by Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.; Turf, chapter 3 by Jonathan Ross and… Read More ›

• In Review: Solipsistic Pop Issue 3

  By John Freeman on 3 November 2010

  Published By: Solipsistic Pop BooksEdited and Designed by Tom HumberstonePrice: £12 UKWeb: http://solipsisticpop.com The Book: Book three of Solipsistic Pop contains 80 pages of comic art created to be accessible to readers of all ages. 30 exclusive stories from 26… Read More ›

• Sci-Fi Art Now Creator Interview: Paul Drummond

  By John Freeman on 3 November 2010

  

  Paul Drummond is a designer and commercial illustrator based in Lancashire. He started out as a lecturer, worked in print, moved into web development, then finally got round to painting pictures. SciFi Art Now: What tools do you mainly use… Read More ›

• New Dandy and Beano out today

  By John Freeman on 3 November 2010

  

  The Dandy’s new look has had a mixed response

• Last Call for Pickled Award entries

  By John Freeman on 3 November 2010

  There’s just six days to go before The Pickled Award deadline (Monday 8th November). Art illustration agency Pickled Ink launched the new award  back in September in a bid to find an artist to draw a new graphic novel by… Read More ›

• TOXIC goes alien mad

  By John Freeman on 3 November 2010

  Egmont’s TOXIC Magazine has gone totally alien crazy for its latest issue, leading with coverage of hit Cartoon Network show Ben 10: Ultimate Alien, alongside its usual mix of puzzles, prizes and comics. The title hasn’t dropped its free gifts,… Read More ›

• Modern Toss creators meet fans and sign copies of their new book at Fopp in Covent Garden

  By John Freeman on 2 November 2010

  Fans of the cult cartoon booklets and TV show, Modern Toss will get the chance to meet the creators in person when they visit the Fopp store on Earlham Street in London’s Covent Garden on Wednesday 3rd November 2010 to… Read More ›

• The Webcomic List Awards 2010 Nominations Start November 8th

  By John Freeman on 1 November 2010

  Launched last year to replace the now defunct Web Cartoonists’ Choice Awards, the Webcomic List Awards exist to recognise the best that online comics have to offer and nominations are open to everyone involved in the creation, promotion or distribution… Read More ›

• UK Artist Matt JOnes launches toy range

  By John Freeman on 1 November 2010

  Tea making, toy producing, resin casting, sketch book doodling artist Matt JOnes (AKA Lunartik – he likes to be called Matt JOnes with a large JO) has been designing Vinyl Toys for about seven years,  making custom pieces for all… Read More ›

• In Review: Mo-Bot High

  By Jeremy Briggs on 1 November 2010

  

  Collected from the pages of the weekly DFC comic, Mo-Bot High is Neill Cameron’s take on secondary school girls, their mobile phones and giant battle robots, all collected together into one multi-coloured hardback by the DFC Library. Asha has moved… Read More ›

• In Review: Lucky Luke – The Judge

  By Jeremy Briggs on 31 October 2010

  Cinebook continue their English language translations of the Lucky Luke books with their 24th book The Judge based on the real life Judge Roy Bean who lived in Texas during the late 1800s. While the character is probably best known… Read More ›

• Titan Star Wars Galaxy Comic in Review

  By John Freeman on 30 October 2010

  Amidst all the excitement surrounding the re-launch of The Dandy, another new comic has slipped almost unnoticed onto the shelves of British newsagents. Star Wars Galaxy is a new 4-weekly title from Titan, published in the same format as their… Read More ›

• Eagle Awards 2010: The Winners

  By John Freeman on 30 October 2010

  The winners of the Eagle Awards have been announced at a gala presentation held at London ’s ExCeL on Friday, October 29 2010. Superhero titles again dominated most of the favourite titles and 2000AD topping the boll for favourite British… Read More ›

• Wasted #6 heading for stores… mind your heads!

  By John Freeman on 29 October 2010

  The latest issue of adult comic Wasted (#6) has gone to press, with a cover by Cam Kennedy featuring Jon Haward and Alan Grant‘s Buddha.(Jon by the way, was recently interviewed here on the title’s blog). The new issue features,… Read More ›

• Catching up with Gibson Quarter

  By John Freeman on 29 October 2010

  Gibson Quarter is best known for his illustration work on War on Drugs strips with writer Alan Grant, for the adult comics magazine Wasted which will soon see a sixth issue on sale. He’s also drawn stories for numerous other… Read More ›

• Sci-Fi Art Now Creator Interview: Gibson Quarter

  By John Freeman on 29 October 2010 • ( 1 )

  

  Gibson Quarter is best known for his illustration work on War on Drugs strips with writer Alan Grant, in the adult comics magazine Wasted. He’s also drawn stories for numerous other European magazines and comics including Northern Lightz, FutureQuake, Something… Read More ›

• Sci-Fi Art Now Creator Interview: Armand Cabrera

  By John Freeman on 28 October 2010

  

  Marooned by Armand Cabrera, featured in Sci-Fi Art Now. To view a walk through of how this art was created go to: http://www.myebook.com Armand Cabrera has been a professional artist now for 30 years. He did some book covers in… Read More ›

• The new Dandy: Who Did What, then?

  By John Freeman on 28 October 2010 • ( 1 )

  Following up on yesterday’s post about the new Dandy, editor Craig Graham has kindly taken time out of his busy schedule to give fans a run down of the creative team behind the brilliant revamp revealed in Issue 3508, which… Read More ›

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