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• Enniskillen ComicFest Charity Art Revealed

  By John Freeman on May 1, 2016

  

  The first ever Enniskillen ComicFest has published some of the art that will be in its charity auction next weekend, to raise money for the Horizon West Children’s Hospice over the two days of the event. Art has been donated to… Read More ›

• In Review: A City Inside by Tillie Walden

  By Antony Esmond on May 1, 2016

  

  Created by Tillie Walden Published by Avery Hill Publishing The Book: A City Inside flashes backwards and forwards through the life of a lonely child as she becomes an adult and struggles to deal with the world around her –… Read More ›

• Mœbius illustrations help celebrate work of Paulo Coelho 

  By John Freeman on May 1, 2016

  

  The work of Brazilian author Paulo Coelho was celebrated at the current Salon du Livre in Geneva, Switzerland. (Albeit very briefly, if my limited French is correct). The exhibition includes all 35 watercolour illustrations by the late, great Mœbius  for The Illustrated… Read More ›

• The Rotten State of Newsagents – Is it any Wonder Publishers Are Pushing Digital?

  By John Freeman on April 30, 2016 • ( 13 )

  

  When it comes to declining newspaper, comic and magazine sales, one major issue seems to get scant attention in any of the publishing trade journals I read – the way publishers product is treated at point of sale by newsagents…. Read More ›

• Something For The Weekend: This Week’s New Comics (w/c 25th April 2016)

  By John Freeman on April 29, 2016

  

  There’s a cracking new story, “Brink”, in this week’s 2000AD Prog 1978 from Dan Abnett and INJ Culbard, which sits very nicely in an all-round thrill-drenched issue of the weekly SF comic, with the mystery of Judge Dredd’s current fat ever… Read More ›

• Birmingham Hosts UK film premiere with an Indie Comics touch in May

  By John Freeman on April 29, 2016

  

  Is it a comic?Is it a film? Is it — yes… it’s both! Independent British comics publisher Geeky Comics are about to publish a brand new graphic novel called Rabbit. It’s a project driven by a new comedy film called In… Read More ›

• Eaglemoss Road Tests new Star Trek Graphic Novel Collection

  By John Freeman on April 29, 2016 • ( 2 )

  

  Part work publisher Eaglemoss – whose other titles include Comic Heroes, the Marvel Fact Files, the Doctor Who Collection, Game of Thrones and Star Trek: The Official Starships Collection – are currently road testing the Star Trek Graphic Novel Collection… Read More ›

•  WebFind: Comic Creators Project UK profiles “Spider” artist Reg Bunn

  By John Freeman on April 28, 2016

  

  The Heritage Lottery Fund-supported Comic Creators UK project site has just posted a smashing profile of the late Reg Bunn, a British comics artist best known for his work on The Spider for Lion. Sadly, working from his studio in… Read More ›

• In Memoriam: Illustrator and Comic Artist Shirley Bellwood

  By John Freeman on April 28, 2016 • ( 6 )

  

  The very welcome reveal of 2000AD‘s cover of their first Misty collection – featuring art from a 1980 Misty Special – came tinged with the sad news of the passing of the much-admired artist who painted it, Shirley Bellwood, who had… Read More ›

• Words From Beyond: Doctor Who Artist John Canning Part 2 – VNR Interview

  By Jeremy Briggs on April 28, 2016 • ( 7 )

  

  Born in London in 1923, John Canning went to the Hornsey College Of Art in Haringey before becoming a military pilot during WWII. After the war he did commercial and advertising work before going freelance in 1948. As a comic… Read More ›

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