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• Sapphire and Steel Art For Sale

  By John Freeman on 28 October 2009

  A page of Sapphire and Steel art by Arthur Ranson from Look-In, the “Junior TV Times” of its day, is up for sale on eBay. Inspired by the mysterious ITV drama created by P.J. Hammond, Sapphire and Steel appeared in… Read More ›

• Keith Page Launches New Web Comic

  By John Freeman on 28 October 2009 • ( 2 )

  Commando artist Keith Page, who’s also working on a new steampunk comic, Iron Moon, for Spaceship Away, has just started a new web comic, Dennis the Donkey on a dedicated blog entitled “Witchcraft Street”. This is the backstory to his… Read More ›

• Arts for Hearts Auction Site

  By John Freeman on 28 October 2009

  (with thanks to Ian Stacey): A new blog has been set up to promote the upcoming week-long Arts for Hearts auction on eBay in aid of Great Ormond Street Hospital, starting on 2nd November. The blog features samples of the… Read More ›

• Bambos Goes Expo!

  By John Freeman on 28 October 2009

  Comics artist Bambos Georgiou reports on London MCM Expo 16 which ran 24th & 25th October 2009 and is fast developing the comics element of its line-up… I first realized that there were movie cons which included comics in their… Read More ›

• Mad Web Finds: Klingon TV

  By John Freeman on 27 October 2009

  Described as ” A transmission recently received from an extraterrestrial source. Prepare for battle…”, we’re with the commentators who think this may be a clever bit of promotion for the upcoming Star Trek MMO and not an early trailer for… Read More ›

• DFC Collections On Their Way

  By John Freeman on 27 October 2009 • ( 4 )

  Collections of some of the brilliant strips that featured in the subscription-only comic The DFC are in the pipeline for 2010 release. Due in April, March and May respectively are MeZolith by Adam Brockbank and Ben Haggarty, Good Dog, Bad… Read More ›

• Success for "Discovered Authors" First Graphic Novel

  By John Freeman on 27 October 2009 • ( 1 )

  Publishing company Discovered Authors’ first foray into graphic novels, Death’s Door: Ignorance Likes Company by Jag Lall, has been getting some good press worldwide and has been picked up as a teaching aid for young people. The story touches on… Read More ›

• New Crikey! on sale This Week

  By John Freeman on 27 October 2009 • ( 5 )

  (with thanks to Lew Stringer): The twelfth issue of British Comics magazine Crikey! should go on sale this Friday, 29th October. The issue includes interviews with 2000AD co-creator Pat Mills, Albion writers Leah Moore and John Reppion and veteran comic… Read More ›

• 30 Years of Viz Exhibition

  By John Freeman on 27 October 2009

  In November 1979, DHSS clerk Chris Donald, his 15-year old brother Simon and old school friend Jim Brownlow put together a 12-page comic fanzine in a bedroom of the Donald family home in Jesmond, Newcastle. The initial 150 copies of… Read More ›

• Ready (For Sarah Jane And The Doctor)? Always!

  By John Freeman on 26 October 2009

  The BBC has just five new episodes featuring David Tennant as the Doctor still to broadcast before he hands over to Matt Smith. The two part Doctor Who regeneration story is odds on to get some of the highest viewing… Read More ›

• In Review: The Misadventures of Jane

  By John Freeman on 24 October 2009

  

  The Book: Charts some of the cartoon (mis)adventures of Britain’s first and best-loved World War 2 pin-up – the scintillating, blue eyed, blonde-haired, clothes-phobic cartoon legend that is Lady Jane Gay. This collection features two full strips (no pun intended)… Read More ›

• Solipsistic Pop Launch Date Set

  By John Freeman on 23 October 2009

  Solipsistic Pop – a new, bi-annual anthology featuring the best alternative comic artists based in the UK – will be launching book one at London’s ICA on 8th November. “The book has been created with the intention of providing a… Read More ›

• In Review: The Best Of Battle

  By John Freeman on 23 October 2009 • ( 2 )

  It feels like it has been a long time coming but Titan’s Best of Battle has finally hit the stores and surprisingly, for a “Best Of” book, the wait has been worth it. Battle Picture Weekly was IPC’s answer to… Read More ›

• Comic Conference Announced at Manchester University

  By John Freeman on 23 October 2009

  Manchester Metropolitan University will host an academic conference on comics next April, with deadline for papers in January – and report that a new academic journal about comics will be published next year. Grandly titled The Graphic Novel and Comic… Read More ›

• Don’t Forsake The Prisoner

  By John Freeman on 21 October 2009

  Fans of The Prisoner reading this blog might want to check out the various web sites of US band Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling, which has a new music project in the works inspired by the show aptly… Read More ›

• In Review: The Chimpanzee Complex – Paradox

  By John Freeman on 18 October 2009 • ( 1 )

  The latest science fiction offering in Cinebook’s increasing number of translated bandes dessinee albums from France is The Chimpanzee Complex. Unlike Aldebaran or Orbital this is a story that takes place in the near future of 2035 and begins on… Read More ›

• Emma Vieceli’s Dragon Heir: Reborn

  By John Freeman on 18 October 2009

  British artist, writer and general ambassador for all things Manga, Emma Vieceli, has added a webcomic to her website. Dragon Heir was the first comic series that she worked on providing the story and art with Andrew Ruddick providing the… Read More ›

• FAB Gerry Anderson Comics

  By John Freeman on 17 October 2009

  The latest issue of FAB published by Fanderson, the Gerry Anderson Appreciation Society, is now out. FAB is a 64 page A5 full colour fanzine published quarterly and available exclusively to Fanderson members. Issue 64 includes the third part of… Read More ›

• Matters of Convention: UK Web ‘n’ Mini Comix Thing

  By John Freeman on 16 October 2009

  Continuing our series of interviews with British comic convention organisers, for this seventh instalment Matthew Badham talks to comic creator Patrick Findlay of the UK Web ‘n’ Mini Comix Thing, which is being held annually in London. These convention features… Read More ›

• Ricardo Garijo: The Commando List

  By John Freeman on 15 October 2009

  

  A checklist of the Commando comics drawn by Ricard Garijo, first compiled by Vic Whittle in 2009

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