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• Salisbury Council Backs Pratchett Statue Plan

  By John Freeman on February 9, 2016

  

  A campaign for a statue of Discworld creator the late Sir Terry Pratchett to be erected in Salisbury, close to where he lived, got a significant boost this week when councillors unanimously approved the idea. As we reported earlier, an online… Read More ›

• Acclaimed Web Comic BREAKS Celebrates Second Anniversary, but still battles for readers

  By John Freeman on February 9, 2016

  

  Comic creators Malin Ryden and Emma Vieceli should be celebrating this week, after their much-praised web comic, BREAKS, reached its milestone second anniversary – but despite all their hard work promoting the comic, we’re sorry to report they’re still battling… Read More ›

• Garage art and fashion magazine goes Marvel with supermodels as superheroes covers

  By John Freeman on February 9, 2016

  

  Garage – a biannual print publication that brings to life the most original and ambitious collaborative projects across contemporary art and fashion – has teamed with Marvel to create five special edition covers for its tenth issue, celebrating the brand’s powerful… Read More ›

• Planet 55’s new animated series “Prisoner Zero” gets debut at Gallifrey One

  By John Freeman on February 9, 2016

  

  The big Gallifrey One Doctor Who convention takes place in Los Angeles this weekend, and there are several comics guest on the line-up as well as stars such as Fifth Doctor Peter Davison, War Doctor Sir John Hurt, Sixth Doctor Colin Baker… Read More ›

• In Review: The Trouble with Women by Jacky Fleming

  By John Freeman on February 9, 2016

  

  By Jacky Fleming Publisher: Square Peg Out: 18th February 2016 Format: Hardback, 128 Pages ISBN: 978-1910931097 The Book:  CAN WOMEN BE GENIUSES? OR ARE THEIR ARMS TOO SHORT? WHY DID WE ONLY LEARN ABOUT THREE WOMEN AT SCHOOL? WHAT WERE ALL… Read More ›

• Framed! Britain’s Observer newspaper meets the creators shaking up modern comics

  By John Freeman on February 8, 2016

  

  No longer the preserve of the hardcore geek, comics are moving away from superheroes and into a new golden age of creativity and diversity. Andrew Harrsion at The Observer talked to the indie writers and artists inking the changes this weekend, including… Read More ›

• ICv2: Comic Sales Slip in January

  By John Freeman on February 8, 2016

  

  The ICV2 web site reports that comics and graphic novel sales were down 5.1 per cent versus the year ago period in January, with graphic novels trailing at a 7.77 per cent decline and comics down 3.86 per cent, according… Read More ›

• Awesome Comics Podcast Episode 32: Knowledge is Power – A Small Press Comic Book Q&A

  By John Freeman on February 8, 2016

  

  It’s an epic Awesome Comics Podcast show this week after Vince Hunt, Dan Butcher and Tony Esmond asked for listener questions – and boy, did they get some great ones! (Be warned that there is some swearing and some risque… Read More ›

• Top CBS comedy “2 Broke Girls” Meets Aces Weekly’s “Return of the Human”!

  By John Freeman on February 8, 2016

  

  Hit US tv show 2 Broke Girls brings the Aces Weekly-published ground-breaking SF strip Return of the Human by J.C. Vaughn and Mark Wheatley to a potential audience of millions on Wednesday 10th February. Set in Brooklyn, New York, 2 Broke Girls follows the… Read More ›

• SEQUENTIAL Offers free iPad Guide to Comics Creatrix: 100 Women Making Comics Exhibiton

  By John Freeman on February 8, 2016

  

  SEQUENTIAL, the iPad app for digital graphic novels, has partnered with London’ House of Illustration to provide a free digital guide for their new exhibition Comix Creatrix: 100 Women Making Comics, as well as digital graphic novels displayed within the… Read More ›

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