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• Did MAD Magazine’s cover boy Alfred E. Neuman hail from… Iowa?

  By John Freeman on January 29, 2016

  

  Alfred E. Neuman is the fictitious mascot and cover boy of the American humour magazine MAD, a face that had drifted through US pictography for decades before being claimed by the title’s editor Harvey Kurtzman, and later named by the… Read More ›

• Win the Fourth Doctor’s iconic scarf in the latest Doctor Who Comic

  By John Freeman on January 29, 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  The time-travelling thrills continue in on the streets of London in the latest issue of Doctor Who Comic (Issue 2.5), on sale in all good newsagents across the UK. In this month’s bumper issue from Titan Comics, reprinting some of… Read More ›

• Dinosaur Action set to celebrate 100th issue with Top Dino Facts, Dino Blaster and More

  By John Freeman on January 28, 2016

  

  British publisher Signature Publishing’s Dinosaur Action magazine celebrates its milestone 100th issue next month. Launched in 2007 as Dino-Mite, the title became Dinosaur Action in 2013. It was Signature Publishing’s first children’s magazine and has since gone on to sell over 1.2… Read More ›

• Monster Mayhem Galore in “The Night of the Fire-Beast’ from Insane Comics

  By John Freeman on January 28, 2016

  

  Recently launched by US publisher Insane Comics is Night of the Fire-Beast, a meta fictional comic book based upon a lost 1958 B-movie, conceived and drawn by Chris Martinez, written by Jonathan Clode (co-editor of the terrific, Eisner Award-nominated World War One anthology… Read More ›

• Comix Creatrix: 100 Women Making Comics – Win a pair of tickets to the exhibition at the House of Illustration

  By John Freeman on January 28, 2016

  

  As we previously reported, Comix Creatrix: Women Making Comics is the UK’s largest ever survey of the work of pioneering female artists working in the comics medium – and web site Ents24 is running a competition  to win tickets. Comix… Read More ›

• Flood Damage Prompts Online Art Auction by Lakes International Comic Art Festival

  By John Freeman on January 28, 2016

  

  The Lakes International Comic Art Festival is to auction some fantastic pieces of original comic art in an effort to raise funds after the loss of thousands of pounds worth of giclees, prints, tables, books and other equipment in the devastating floods that hit… Read More ›

• Cam Kennedy Commando comic Classic Resurfaces!

  By John Freeman on January 28, 2016 • ( 2 )

  

  Four classic Commandos get the re-issue treatment this week from DC Thomson, including one story drawn by Cam Kennedy, gift-wrapped in a cover from (no relation) Ian Kennedy. These four issues are on sale in all good newsagents and available via… Read More ›

• Dave Gibbons set to WOW in Liverpool in May

  By John Freeman on January 27, 2016

  

  Comics Laureate and Honorary Doctor of Comics from Dundee University Dave Gibbons is to be a guest at Liverpool’s WoWFest 2016 in May, talking about his career to date, his inspirations, and how to practically develop creative ideas and bring them… Read More ›

• California College of the Arts offers free online Comic Creator course

  By John Freeman on January 27, 2016

  

  The California College of the Arts will launched a free online course next month offering the opportunity for anyone, anywhere to learn how to make their own comics from one of very few schools in the United States to offer… Read More ›

• Preview – Einstein: An Illustrated Biography

  By Antony Esmond on January 27, 2016

  

  Written by Corrine Maier Illustrated by Anne Simon Published by NoBrow Press in March 2016 Hardback with 72 pages in full colour – £13.99 Format 225 x 300mm. ‘Welcome to another dimension… where time and space are intricately woven… ‘… Read More ›

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