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• Jody MacGregor’s ‘100 Comics to Read Before You Die’ reaches Top Ten

  By John Freeman on 16 February 2011 • ( 1 )

  (with thanks to Dez Skinn for the tip off): Over the last few years, there has been a plethora of rushed and badly researched books on the top graphic novels, often too tightly focused onUS product. But writer Jody MacGregor… Read More ›

• Leeds Alternative Comics Fair back in March

  By John Freeman on 15 February 2011

  The second Leeds Alternative Comics Fair takes place on the 19th March 2011, 12 noon-6pm, at A Nation of Shopkeepers bar (behind Leeds City Art Gallery). Steve Tillotson (banal pig comics) and Hugh “Shug” Raine (REET! Comics) are again to… Read More ›

• Manga @ Glasgow Film Festival

  By John Freeman on 15 February 2011

  The Glasgow Film Festival has a considerable comics strand this year due to the presence of Mark Millar as a GFF Ambassador. The details of workshops, talks and screenings were originally mentioned on downthetubes here. One of the events listed… Read More ›

• Investigating the dark comedy of comics – a call for papers

  By John Freeman on 14 February 2011

  A call has gone out for papers investigating the dark humour of comics, which will be presented at a one day event, the Bath Spa University Postgraduate Symposium in May at Corsham Court, Wiltshire, whose guests will include both academics… Read More ›

• Markosia to publish Henry Fint art book

  By John Freeman on 13 February 2011 • ( 1 )

  (via ECBT2000AD and Cy Dethan): Markosia will be publishing Broadcast, The TV Doodles of Henry Flint later this year. The book will contain about 100 pieces of all new artwork from Henry, best known for his work on 2000AD, Vertigo… Read More ›

• Comics In Northern Ireland

  By John Freeman on 12 February 2011

  With the good news of the return of 2D, Northern Ireland’s Comics Festival, for its fifth year in the Verbal Arts Centre in Londonderry at the beginning of June, perhaps it is an appropriate time to take a look at… Read More ›

• 10thology project to debut at Cardiff comic expo

  By John Freeman on 11 February 2011

  The Cardiff International Comic Expo takes place at the end of this month – and with it, the launch of 10thology, an exciting looking comics project featuring a host of top Welsh comic creators, including Mike Collins, Si Wyatt and… Read More ›

• "It’s… Jokes" is latest Signature Publishing title for kids

  By John Freeman on 11 February 2011

  Signature Publishing, whose titles include Dinosaur King and Dinomite, are to release It’s… Jokes magazine later this month. The new magazine is the fourth in their successful “It’s…” series, aimed at 5 to 10 year olds and, say the publishers,… Read More ›

• Skyjack to launch Moshi Monsters title

  By John Freeman on 11 February 2011

  Skyjack Publishing, the company behind their own title, Megaton and who have also packaged comics such as Ben 10 for Egmont, launch a new UK monthly magazine, Moshi Monsters, later this month. Based on the hugely popular online game that… Read More ›

• Classic British Comics Abroad: Dan Dare and more, in Yugoslavia

  By John Freeman on 11 February 2011

  

  A quick look at popular British comic characters abroad

• ‘Next Blog’ brings news of John Watkiss latest work

  By John Freeman on 11 February 2011

  

  This is one of those ‘lucky finds’ on the Web, courtesy of Blogger’s ‘Next Blog’ button. In the past, these often used to throw up random spam sites, but it seems Google has been cataloguing their blogs, so clicking ‘Next… Read More ›

• 2D 2011: Brush Strokes In Stroke City

  By John Freeman on 11 February 2011

  2D, held at the Verbal Arts Centre in Londonderry, is the UK’s most westerly comics convention and for the last four years it has been the largest comics event in Northern Ireland if not the whole island of Ireland. This… Read More ›

• SciFi Art Now Creator Interview: Graeme Neil Reid

  By John Freeman on 10 February 2011

  

  About two years ago, Graeme Neil Reid went full time as an illustrator after having produced work part time and in conjunction with his job in the marketing and advertising industries for over 15 years. “These days I spend every… Read More ›

• Classic British Superheroes reprinted

  By John Freeman on 10 February 2011

  Black Tower Adventure Volume 1 Following up on our recent story about classic British comics reprinted (now an expanded standalone page here) The Black Tower Gold Collection – the brainchild of Terry Hooper, who edits the ComicBitsOnline web site – … Read More ›

• Adam Eterno art on sale on eBay

  By John Freeman on 9 February 2011

  Three pages of Adam Eterno art by Solano Lopez are currently on sale on eBay. All three pieces are from the Peter Hansen IPC Archive Collection, who bought IPC’s entire archive of art some years back, and are all from… Read More ›

• The Quest – First Colour Promotional Image

  By John Freeman on 9 February 2011

  © 2011 John Freeman and Smuzz (SMS) Time for some gratuitous self promotion for The Quest, a comics project I’m working on with ace artist Smuzz (whose credits include 2000AD and Interzone). Here’s a terrific promotional image for The Quest,… Read More ›

• The Quest – First Colour Promotional Image

  By John Freeman on 9 February 2011

  

    Smuzz has just delivered this terrific promotional image for The Quest, which will feature in STRIP Magazine later this year. There’s still a lot of work to be done – 12 pages are drawn so far, and I’m about… Read More ›

• Three Years Worth of Scottish Comics Events

  By Jeremy Briggs on 6 February 2011

  

  For many people the highlight of the comics year in Scotland over the past three years has been the Highlands International Comics Expo, Hi-Ex, organised by Richmond Clements and Vicky Stonebridge and held in Inverness in the first few months… Read More ›

• War Comics On Tour In Scotland

  By John Freeman on 5 February 2011

  On a day of protests to keep UK libraries open we are pleased to bring you a positive library story. In early December 2010 Carnoustie Library opened an exhibition of war comics that was due to run of the entire… Read More ›

• Great British Comics Reprinted – a quick round up

  By John Freeman on 5 February 2011 • ( 5 )

  Despite the recent release of Johnny Red Volume 1 by Titan Books, it seems there are plenty of British comics fans who are totally unaware that attempts are being made to republish a lot of our classic comic material. Johnny… Read More ›

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