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• Comics @ Edinburgh International Book Festival 2011

  By Jeremy Briggs on 3 July 2011

  The Edinburgh International Book Festival is not just the largest literary festival in the UK but, it claims, in the world and it returns to the Scottish capital’s Charlotte Square Gardens from 13 to 29 August. Last year, under its… Read More ›

• “Lou Scannon” debuts with werewolf opener

  By John Freeman on 1 July 2011

  

    Doctor Who and Transformers colourist Kris Carter is a man juggling many projects and one of them is an independently-produced sci-fi comedy comic, Lou Scannon, written and drawn by him and his friend Dan Harris. The first issue, ‘The… Read More ›

• Sculpture and Comic Art feature for Comics Forum

  By John Freeman on 30 June 2011

  The second edition of Sculpture and Comic Art by Kirstie Gregory is now available on the Comics Forum blog. Entitled ‘Chris Ware: Cabinets, Cardboard and Joseph Cornell’, the piece will be of interest to anyone who’s thinking about submitting a… Read More ›

• Panel Borders: Doctoring Comics

  By John Freeman on 30 June 2011

  Concluding radio show Panel Borders month of shows looking at medical comics, they have a talk by Dr. Ian Williams recorded at Laydeez do Comics last month about his work in sequential art including curating Graphic Medicine and creating comic… Read More ›

• McCrea, Ellerby among comic creator guest at first Manchester MCM Expo

  By John Freeman on 30 June 2011 • ( 1 )

  The MCM Expo team have just released the first details of comics artists and writers who will be attending the inaugural MCM Expo Manchester Comic Con, held at Manchester Central on Saturday 30th July. MCM Expo’s Comic Village tour features… Read More ›

• Commando: Music From The Home Front

  By John Freeman on 30 June 2011

  In this 50 anniversary year of the Eagle award winning Commando, there are a number of tie-ins scheduled to be published in addition to the standard 104 issues of the comic. As well as the latest of the big reprint… Read More ›

• Oxfam Edinburgh Comic Event 2011

  By Jeremy Briggs on 29 June 2011 • ( 1 )

  The Oxfam Edinburgh Comic Event returns to the MacDonald Road Library on Edinburgh’s Leith Walk on Saturday 23 July 2011. As in its two previous years this will be a discussion based event with signings by the guests plus a… Read More ›

• Comedian Jimmy Carr writes debut comic strip in CLiNT

  By John Freeman on 29 June 2011 • ( 3 )

  ‘Beat My Score’ by Jimmy Carr, art by Ryusuke Hamamoto Jimmy Carr, famed stand-up comedian and co-host of Channel 4’s 10 O’Clock Live, has written an exclusive comic strip story in the latest issue of Titan Magazines’ CLiNT. Stepping out… Read More ›

• Cartoonists naturally good at social web practice?

  By John Freeman on 29 June 2011 • ( 1 )

  (Above: A panel from Darryl Cunningham’s Evolution strip. Click to enlarge.) There’s an interesting post over at Pete Ashton’s Ash-10 blog about cartoonists and social web practice. ‘I often pick up on cartoonists as examples of good social web practice,’… Read More ›

• Air Pirate Press launches ‘The Art of Brett Ewins’

  By John Freeman on 27 June 2011

  Recently released by Air Pirate Press is The Art of Brett Ewins, a new book shedding light on the life and times of on of Britain’s best-known comic artists. In a frank and revealing 11,000 word interview, the 80-page book,… Read More ›

• 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 ›

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