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• Stan Lee supports UK’s ‘Eagle Initiative’ for new creators

  By John Freeman on 2 August 2010

  Stan Lee – the celebrated co-creator of such enduring Marvel characters as Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, the Hulk and the X-Men – has agreed to become patron of the Eagle Initiative. Agreeing to give his backing to the innovative worldwide… Read More ›

• Andersonic flies back into action with exclusive interview

  By John Freeman on 1 August 2010

  The latest issue of the ace Gerry Anderson fanzine, Andersonic, is now on sale. Issue 10 features a new interview with former Century 21 writer and director Leo Eaton in which he discusses his time directing the puppet series, writing… Read More ›

• Metaphrog’s Louis – Night Salad graphic novel gets YouTube trail

  By John Freeman on 1 August 2010

  A trailer for the Louis – Night Salad graphic novel, created by Scotland’s fab folks metaphrog, is now live on YouTube. “Our friend hey from Berlin has made an amazing soundtrack inspired by Bach’s beautifully emotive “Air on a G-string”… Read More ›

• Crucible: The Comic Strip

  By John Freeman on 1 August 2010

  

    Good news this week as comic artist Smuzz and I got word that our pitch for a comic strip we have been throwing around ideas for since at least 1996 has got a publisher. ‘The Quest’ (working title) will… Read More ›

• A Special Summer With The Beano

  By John Freeman on 1 August 2010

  (updated 2/8/10, with thanks to Lew Stringer) Summer and Holiday Specials of British comics were once a mainstay of the news stand year: special, (usually) higher-priced “one-offs’ of popular comics that not only gave regular readers something extra featuring their… Read More ›

• In Review: Yoko Tsuno – The Dragon Of Hong Kong

  By Jeremy Briggs on 31 July 2010 • ( 1 )

  Roger Leloup’s tales of the adventures of Yoko Tsuno, a female Japanese electronics engineer, began in Spirou magazine in 1970 and while set in the modern day they can veer between full on science-fiction and more realistic straight adventure. The… Read More ›

• Manchester Uni to put bande dessinees under microscope for 2011 event

  By John Freeman on 30 July 2010

  (updated 1 Augsut 2010): Manchester Metropolitan University will play host to an academic conference on bande dessines next year – and the call is out for papers. The International Bande Dessinee Society and the peer-reviewed Journal of Graphic Novels and… Read More ›

• Johnston to promote Dead Space at next Expo

  By John Freeman on 30 July 2010

  Promotional art for Dead Space 2. © EA Games British comics writer Antony Johnston will be on hand to help promote the new EA Games title Dead Space 2 when it’s trailed at the next London MCM Expo, which will… Read More ›

• Garry Leach Marvelman art auction begins

  By John Freeman on 29 July 2010 • ( 1 )

  British comics guru Dez Skinn is running an auction for a rare piece of Marvelman art by Garry Leach. On offer is Marvelman Episode 3, page 1 (which first appeared in Warrior Issue 3). “As an experiment, partially because of… Read More ›

• Etherington Brothers announce new project and bargain book sale

  By John Freeman on 29 July 2010

  Those wacky Etherington Brothers – whose work includes strips for Titan’s Transformers comic, The DFC and more – are offering a limited one week only 20% off deal on collections of their own creator-owned material, which are available via Print… Read More ›

• Celebrate the life of cartoonist Harvey Pekar

  By John Freeman on 27 July 2010

  Harvey Pekar, who died earlier this month. Photo: DavidKPhoto, via Wikimedia Next month will see an event celebrating the life of American cartoonist Harvey Pekar, who died earlier on 12th July. A joint Birkbeck Contemporary Fiction Seminar and International London… Read More ›

• In Review: Valerian and Laureline – The City of Shifting Waters

  By Jeremy Briggs on 27 July 2010 • ( 1 )

  

  The biggest science fiction comic strip in the French language world is not, as you might think, Barbarella but rather a series called Valerian and Laureline. Running for over 40 years it has reached a total of more than 20… Read More ›

• In Review: Classics from the Comics 172

  By John Freeman on 26 July 2010 • ( 3 )

  There’s the usual great mix of strips from a variety of DC Thomson humour comics in the latest issue of Classics from the Comics, on sale in all good newsagents now. Favourites this time around have to be a 1977… Read More ›

• Warners nabs Dan Dare, Sam Worthington to star

  By John Freeman on 26 July 2010

  

  Exciting Dan Dare film news!

• More Ways to Explode: An interview with Boo Cook

  By John Freeman on 26 July 2010

  Boo Cook has been working in comics for just about a decade, drawing strips such as A.B.C. Warriors, Judge Dredd, Asylum, Damnation Station and Judge Anderson for 2000AD. He’s also worked in US comics as one of the many artists… Read More ›

• Comica Comiket: Independent Comics Summer Fair gathers pace

  By John Freeman on 24 July 2010

  (with thanks to Paul Gravett): Independent publishers, small presses, zinesters and self-publishers are gathering under a marquee for the first ever summertime Comica Comiket Fair in Battersea Park, London as part of the Hypercomics Exhibition at the Pump House Gallery… Read More ›

• Build Your Own Miniature Hadron Collider!

  By John Freeman on 22 July 2010

  Wacky comic creator Paul O’Connell is up to more zany antics, this time offering advice on how to join in with Europe’s Mega Science revolution… Can’t wait to find out what will happen when they finally get the Large Hadron… Read More ›

• Titan Books revamps web site – interviews, background features added

  By John Freeman on 22 July 2010

  Titan Books has re-launched titanbooks.com, expanding coverage of their published and upcoming illustrated books, fiction and graphic novels. The revamped site has launched with exclusive video interviews with Kick-Ass’s Mark Millar and comics legend Joe Simon. Also added is a… Read More ›

• Tube Surfing: Chief Judges, Troll Bridge and 100 Days of Winter

  By John Freeman on 22 July 2010

  Just spotted this ace ‘brief history’ of the various chief judges of Mega-City one over at the 2000AD Covers Uncovered blog. Well worth a read. Cartoonist Sean Azzopardi sent me his 100 Days of Winter collection. It’s great and reviewer… Read More ›

• Talent aplenty in Temple APA Issue 7

  By John Freeman on 22 July 2010

  Zombies! Supervillains! Cowboys! Strange Creatures! Stick-Men! The seventh issue of the Temple APA digital comics showcase – featuring a range of British comic creators, all members of the Temple APA, a great forum for developing comics talent – is now… Read More ›

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