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Winter and Shalvey: Lewd, Rude But Very Funny
We’ve missed this title from the combined talents of award-winners Andy Winter and Declan Shalvey via Moonface Press, so we’ll make up for it now. Check out Tim Skinner, Total Scumbag, described over on the Forbidden Planet International blog as… Read More ›
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Temple’s Third Outing Online
The third Temple APA anthology, a collection of work from one of Britain’s longest-running Amateur Press Associations, is available for download (PDF format). Featuring work by Adam Grose, Dave Hailwood, Malcolm Kirk, Simon Mackie, Tony Suleri, Paul Eldridge and Jim… Read More ›
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Rich Johnston scripts Doctor Who one-shot from IDW
(with thanks to Matthew Badham): A new Doctor Who one shot from US publisher IDW, Room With A Deja View, is in the pipeline, written by British comics columnist Rich Johnston and drawn by Rex Mundi artist EricJ, with a… Read More ›
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Tube Surfing: 6 April 2009
• We’re sorry to report US comics artist Frank Springer died at his home in Damariscotta, Maine on Thursday aged 79. His credits include work for Marvel, including issues of Thundercats and Transformers – reprinted by Marvel UK – and… Read More ›
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Tube Surfing: 5 April 2009
• The Independent on Sunday carried a two-page ‘interview’ with Roy “Roy of the Rovers” Race today, a splendid piece of well-researched work about the character and his history by writer Cole Morton. The piece not only promoted the new… Read More ›
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Who Gazes Upon The Watchmen?
Now that the fuss about the movie has died down and you have treated yourself to the absolute edition of the graphic novel, to the definitive companion to the graphic novel, to the companion to the film, to the art… Read More ›
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Andrew Skilleter Narnia Artwork Exhibition
Today saw the opening of The Wonder Of Illustration art exhibition at the Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum. The exhibition features original Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland artwork by Spanish artist Angel Dominguez and original Chronicles Of Narnia artwork by Britain’s… Read More ›
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TOXIC Comics Special Out Now
TOXIC Issue 137 with the Comic Supplement featuring work from a host of great creators is on sale now in all good newsagents. So go and buy a copy and support British Comics! If sales are strong it will encourage… Read More ›
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Bristol Expo Tickets – High Demand for PreOrders
Focusing this year mostly on the Best of British Comics around, the Bristol International Comic Expo returns at the Ramada Plaza Hotel on 9th – 10th May 2009, with a special one day extra event on Saturday – the Small… Read More ›
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Furman’s New Projects
Top British comics creator Simon Furman may have been quiet of late, but this doesn’t mean he isn’t busy. In fact, when he called downthetubes last week it was clear the writer, whose credits range from Transformers to Doctor Who,… Read More ›
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"New British Comics" Anthology Published
The first issue of New British Comics, an 80-page comics anthology featuring, 13 stories and 17 artists including Dave Thomson, Malcy Duff, Paul O’Connell and Rob Miller has just been published. The book has been self-published in Poland in two… Read More ›
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Gerry Anderson at Forbidden Planet
(Date Updated): Gerry Anderson, who is 80 on 14th April, will be making a public appearance at the Forbidden Planet flagship store in Shaftesbury Avenue, London, on Saturday 18th April, from 1.00pm. He’ll be there to sign copies of Reynolds… Read More ›
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Razorjack On Sale This Week
John Higgins collection of Razorjack, which includes a new four-page strip, goes on sale in the UK in all good comic shops this Thursday (2nd April). The collection has been published by revived indie Com.x, headed up by publisher Eddie… Read More ›
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Roy of the Rovers in Newsagents again This Week
A quick reminder that this week sees the release of the first of four collections of classic British comic strip in newsagents, starting with Roy of the Rovers. As we previously reported, Egmont UK and WH Smith have teamed up… Read More ›
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Tube Surfing: Saturday 28th March 2009
• British comics creator Sean Michael Wilson, whose recent credits include writer for Classicial Comics upcoming Canterville Ghost (out in November) and Sweeney Todd (out next year) adaptations, has become, we believe, perhaps the first British creator to have a… Read More ›
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Tube Surfing: 27 March 2009
• This weekend sees the opening of the touring Doctor Who exhibtion in Glasgow’s superb Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum with costumes, props and more from the revived series going on show from this Saturday through to January 2010. Forbideen… Read More ›
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Scottish Uni Launches Comic Writing MA
Edinburgh Napier University has announced a new MA course in creative writing aimed at aspiring computer games and graphic novel writers. The one-year postgraduate course, part of a range from the University’s School of Creative Industries, has been created by… Read More ›
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