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• Matt Smith’s Doctor Who Covered in New Book

  By John Freeman on 19 October 2010

  Books about Doctor Who aren’t exactly rare these days and downthetubes wouldn’t even begin to try to cover all of them. But every so often, a title of particular interest emerges which is worth looking out for. Often these are… Read More ›

• Academic Comics Forum registration opens

  By John Freeman on 19 October 2010

  Registration for Comics Forum, a two-day academic event taking place as part of this year’s Thought Bubble Sequential Art Festival in Leeds, is now open. The Forum includes the Women in Comics II conference on 18th November and Theory and… Read More ›

• Century 21 Reprint Books To Continue

  By Jeremy Briggs on 18 October 2010

  

  There’s hope yet for a continuation of the Gerry Anderson “Century 21” collections

• Neil Roberts creates Sarah Jane Adventures comic for the BBC

  By John Freeman on 17 October 2010

  

  A panel from the BBC’s new online Sarah Jane Adventures comic The BBC have published a new online Sarah Jane Adventures comic, which is being drawn by Neil Roberts, one of the artists featured in SciFi Art Now. Sarah Jane… Read More ›

• Neil Roberts creates Sarah Jane Adventures comic for the BBC

  By John Freeman on 17 October 2010

  A panel from the BBC’s new online Sarah Jane Adventures comic As Jeremy Briggs notes in his report on Doctor Who Adventures, the BBC have published a new online Sarah Jane Adventures comic. Although published in a web-friendly ‘sliding frame’… Read More ›

• Doctor Who (And Sarah Jane) Adventures

  By John Freeman on 16 October 2010

  With the new series of The Sarah Jane Adventures now being broadcast on various BBC channels, junior Who comic Doctor Who Adventures has given over pages to the series and in the current issue the 12 centre pages of the… Read More ›

• The Dandy – Pulling Back From The Xtreme

  By John Freeman on 16 October 2010 • ( 1 )

  

  Take a long hard look at the cover of the current issue of Dandy Xtreme. Stripped of its free gifts (five chewy sweets and a small toy light sabre) there is nothing to suggest that it is a comic, let… Read More ›

• Argh! Tim Quinn reveals the ups and downs of life as a comic book creator

  By John Freeman on 15 October 2010 • ( 2 )

  If Beryl the Peril, Korky the Cat, Spider-Man, Desperate Dan and the Bash Street Kids are some of your favourite cartoon characters, then get along to Morecambe’s Platform venue on Friday, 29th October to meet Tim Quinn, who worked on… Read More ›

• That’s Novel new London comic exhibition

  By John Freeman on 15 October 2010

  THAT’S NOVEL: lifting comics from the page is a new exhibition at londonprintstudio which opens on 22nd October 2010, featuring the work of several artists including Charlie Adlard, Ho Che Anderson, Darryl Cunningham, the late John Hicklenton, the Metaphrog team,… Read More ›

• Sci-Fi Art Now Creator Interview: Nick Brokenshire

  By John Freeman on 15 October 2010

  

  Artist Nick Brokenshire, who has been illustrating and teaching for a few years now, has been a lifelong comics fan, consuming 2000AD, the 1980s Eagle “and anything from the US that I could get my hands on” He graduated from… Read More ›

• Sci-Fi Art Now Creator Interview: Stephen Baskerville

  By John Freeman on 14 October 2010

  

  Concept Art for the Astro Zoo game by Stephen Baskerville Stephen Baskerville is a videogame concept artist whose recent work included Doctor Who: Evacuation Earth for the Nintendo DS (as well as helping out on the Wii companion game, Doctor… Read More ›

• Sci-Fi Art Now Creator Interview: Neil Roberts

  By John Freeman on 13 October 2010

  

  Neil Roberts is a freelance artist and lecturer who’s worked in the videogame industry as a character artist for 12 years before going fully freelance in October 2008. In his time he worked on games such as Colin McRae Rally,… Read More ›

• Striker Comic Archive released Free online

  By John Freeman on 13 October 2010 • ( 2 )

  Football comic Striker is to have its entire 25-year archive made available to read free on its official website, striker3d.com. The library has been launched with the release of the first seven stories from 1985 to 1987 and new episodes… Read More ›

• Multiverse Sneek Preview Released

  By John Freeman on 13 October 2010

  After some teasing of comic fans last month, Multiverse – a new comics news magazine from by former Comics International editor Mike Conroy and team, which will be distributed to UK comic shops – has been announced. A 20-page sampler… Read More ›

• Eagle Initiative web site launches

  By John Freeman on 13 October 2010

  The Eagle Initiative has announced that its website is now open for submissions to its innovative worldwide talent search. With Stan Lee as its patron and a host of top name creators on board as judges, the Initiative – an… Read More ›

• Bryan Hitch signing Ultimate Comics Studio

  By John Freeman on 12 October 2010

  Top British comic artist Bryan Hitch will be signing his Ultimate Comic Studio at the Forbidden Planet Megastore London, on Saturday 23rd October 1 – 2.00pm. Bryan explores his inspirations, approaches and techniques through a stunning collection of his finest… Read More ›

• Sci-Fi Art Now Creator Interview: Matthew Soffe

  By John Freeman on 12 October 2010

  

  It’s always been Matthew Soffe’s dream to illustrate a strip for British weekly comic 2000AD. In the meantime, he’s trying to make my mark in as many small press titles as possible and has had work published in Dogbreath issues… Read More ›

• Author Peter F. Hamilton joins comic creators at London’s MCM Expo

  By John Freeman on 11 October 2010

  London MCM Expo organisers are delighted to announce that Peter F. Hamilton, one of the finest British sci-fi authors writing today, will be a special guest at the London’s biggest entertainment weekend held at Excel London later this month. Hamilton… Read More ›

• Comica Symposium 2010 considers New Directions in Comics Studies

  By John Freeman on 11 October 2010

  A quick reminder that Comica is to host a one-day event promoting the multi-disciplinary academic study of comics, comix, manga and bande dessinée and other forms of sequential art next month. Transitions, which will take place on Friday 5th November… Read More ›

• Sci-Fi Art Now Interview: Paul McCaffrey

  By John Freeman on 11 October 2010

  

  Paul McCaffrey graduated from Newcastle Polytechnic (as was) with a BA in graphic design. Since then, he’s mainly worked in the area of children’s educational illustration, so he’s done a lot of work you’ll never see for books you’ve never… Read More ›

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