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• Slaine stalks the States!

  By John Freeman on 11 May 2011

  21 years ago, Pat Mills and Simon Bisley’s Sláine: The Horned God took the Celtic barbarian – a 2000AD regular – in a stunning new direction. Now, this magical, violent classic is blazing its way to the US in a… Read More ›

• Dalek creator Terry Nation celebrated in new book

  By John Freeman on 11 May 2011

  Aurum Press release The Man Who Invented Daleks later this month (25th May), focusing on the life of script writer and author Terry Nation, and includes background on the creation of the Dalek comic strips for TV Century 21 and… Read More ›

• More comic talent joins London MCM Expo line-up

  By John Freeman on 10 May 2011

  With the cream of comic book talent gathering at its famous Comic Village, the MCM Expo London Comic Con is the only place to be on 27-29 May if you’re a fan of comics, graphic novels and manga. Over 100… Read More ›

• In Review: Iznogoud The Infamous

  By Jeremy Briggs on 10 May 2011

  The Grand Vizier of Baghdad, who’s one desire in life is “to be Caliph instead of the Caliph”, returns in Iznogoud The Infamous, his seventh book published by Cinebook. Written by Asterix’s Rene Goscinny and illustrated by Jean Tabary, this… Read More ›

• Bristol Expo Line Up continues to grow as weekend nears

  By John Freeman on 9 May 2011

  An exclusive Watchmen print by Dave Gibbons and John Higgins will be on saleat the Bristol International Comic Expo A quick reminder – as if you needed one – that the Bristol International Comic and Small Press Expo takes place… Read More ›

• David Attenborough inspires new horror web comic

  By John Freeman on 9 May 2011

  London journalist Paul Slade has just posted an unusual and exclusive  six-page comics story drawn by Hans Rickheit – inspired by a story recounted by world-renowned naturalist and broadcaster David Attenborough. Paul, whose credits include The Daily Telegraph, Mojo, Fortean… Read More ›

• Glasgow comic talent cameo in All Star Superman

  By John Freeman on 8 May 2011 • ( 3 )

  (With thanks to Adam Thewlis and the team at the Italian ‘All Star’ blog): Here’s a fun item for the weekend. There’s a long tradition of artists featuring friends in comic strips as an in joke: Bryan Talbot, for example,… Read More ›

• Cinebook Release Their Summer/Autumn 2011 Catalogue

  By John Freeman on 7 May 2011

  The Canterbury based graphic novel publisher Cinebook have just released their catalogue for the second half of 2011 and it shows their continued dedication to bringing previously untranslated Franco-Belgian bandes dessinees albums to the English speaking world with an impressive… Read More ›

• Free Comic Book Day is here!

  By John Freeman on 6 May 2011

  Saturday 7th May is Free Comic Book Day – the day many specialist comic shops across the UK join with stores across the world to promote our industry by offering a range of free comics to attract, potentially, many new… Read More ›

• Blank Slate announces ‘Nelson’ graphic novel, firms up 2011 schedule

  By John Freeman on 6 May 2011

  Nelson, a new collaborative graphic novel from Blank Slate Books will be launching this November at the Thought Bubble convention in Leeds, and features an awesome line-up of British comics talent (detailed below). So, who is Nelson? Well, Nel Baker’s… Read More ›

• Peter Davison Doctor Who Comic Art for sale: The Moderator

  By John Freeman on 6 May 2011

  I’m reluctantly selling, via eBay, an original page from Episode Three of the Peter Davison story ‘The Moderator’, published in Doctor Who Magazine Issue 87, cover dated April 1984, drawn by Steve Dillon. The story, written by Steve Parkhouse, sees… Read More ›

• In Review: Blake & Mortimer – The Sarcophagi Of The Sixth Continent Part 2

  By Jeremy Briggs on 6 May 2011

  

  Following directly on story-wise from the previous book, Cinebook have released the second part of their latest Blake and Mortimer title, The Sarcophagi Of The Sixth Continent. Created by writer Yves Sente and artist Andre Juillard and originally published in… Read More ›

• In Review: Pinocchio by Winshluss

  By John Freeman on 5 May 2011

  Pinocchio becomes a robot in this new telling of the classic story Publisher: Knockabout ComicsOut: Now The Book: Winshluss’ Pinocchio graphic novel is an adult noir movie that at times is both comedy and tragedy. The narrative begins with a… Read More ›

• Kev O’Neill 2000AD art for sale

  By John Freeman on 4 May 2011

  Some of Kevin O’Neill’s art from 2000AD and other titles is on sale from his agents, The Illustration Cupboard near Green Park, London. The agents, who also offer art from a large number of artists, have lots of prime 2000AD… Read More ›

• Meet 2000AD’s new demon hunter: Absalom

  By John Freeman on 4 May 2011

  Dying of cancer, combating demons and swigging from a bottle of laudanum – Inspector Harry Absalom ain’t exactly Inspector b***** Morse. Mixing The Sweeney with The X-Files, Absalom is the latest dark tale from Necronauts writer Gordon Rennie, brought to… Read More ›

• Out of this World: Science Fiction but not as you know it

  By John Freeman on 4 May 2011

  

  The Martians from H G Wells’s The War of the Worlds; as depicted by Alvim-Correa in the Belgian edition, La Guerre des mondes (Brussels, 1906). Out of this World: Science Fiction but not as you know it is the British… Read More ›

• Artist Neil Roberts part of Lincoln Book Festival line up

  By John Freeman on 3 May 2011

  Lincoln University is running an event titled The World of Comics later this month as part of the Lincoln Books Festival (11th – 15th May), featuring Sci-Fi Art Now contributor Neil (Sarah Jane Adventures, 2000AD) Roberts alongside Murky Depths editor… Read More ›

• Lincoln Book Festival explores the World of Comics

  By John Freeman on 3 May 2011

  

  Lincoln University is running an event titled The World of Comics later this month as part of the Lincoln Books Festival

• In Review: Blake & Mortimer – The Sarcophagi Of The Sixth Continent Part 1

  By Jeremy Briggs on 3 May 2011 • ( 1 )

  

  Edgar P Jacobs’ MI5 chief Captain Francis Blake and Professor Philip Mortimer return in the first part of a two part adventure, The Sarcophagi of the Sixth Continent. Originally published in French in 2003 as Les Sarcophages du Sixième Continent,… Read More ›

• In Review: XIII – The Jason Fly Case

  By Jeremy Briggs on 1 May 2011

  Who is XIII?Book 1 – Alan Smith?Book 2 – Captain Steve Rowland?Book 3 – Prisoner Steve Rowland?Book 4 – Corporal Ross TannerBook 5 – Jason Fly?The sixth book in the XIII series begins a new story arc within XIII’s ongoing… Read More ›

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