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• Rare Leo Baxendale original “Bash Street Kids” art heads to auction this weekend

  By John Freeman on 24 May 2025

  

  Dig deep, Baxendale fans! Have you checked down the sofa?

• Artist Len Grant wheelie knows Chorlton, as new art book reveals

  By John Freeman on 24 May 2025

  

  If you live in Chorlton, or, know by its grander monkiker, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, a suburban area of Manchester, or simply love urban sketch art, then you may like to check out a new sketch book by artist Len Grant. Len has… Read More ›

• In Review: Doctor Who – The Interstellar Song Contest

  By John Freeman on 23 May 2025 • ( 1 )

  

  The most enjoyable episode in many a year? Tim Robins thinks so

• Hastings Comic Con reveals comic artists line-up

  By John Freeman on 23 May 2025

  

  Andy Fanton, Mike Collins, Colleen Douglas and more will appear at the White Rock’s first con

• Dinosaurs unleashed in the New Forest!

  By John Freeman on 23 May 2025

  

  Are you ready for “Jurassic Furzey”?

• A look inside the first issue of Magic, short-lived companion to Beano and Dandy

  By John Freeman on 23 May 2025 • ( 1 )

  

  No lottery win? Never mind, here’s a taster!

• Creator Spotlight: Artist Cody Vrosh

  By John Freeman on 23 May 2025

  

  Beautiful watercolour work in the spotlight

• Don’t Miss Out on Hibernia Comics new Comic Archive – The Editor’s Cut

  By John Freeman on 22 May 2025 • ( 1 )

  

  Crammed with previously unpublished art and other gems!

• Unexpected Connections: Bubble and Squeek and Tivvy, the TV Times mascot

  By John Freeman on 22 May 2025

  

  Do you remember The Tivvy Club? Here’s some background

• First issues, Mickey Mouse Weekly and Ron Turner art on offer in latest Compal comic auction

  By John Freeman on 21 May 2025

  

  Original art, a rare run of Mickey Mouse Weekly, and free gifts too!

• Blackpool Film Collectors’ Convention returns in November

  By John Freeman on 21 May 2025

  

  Special annual film collector’s event returns to the seaside town

• Warlord’s Sergeant Rayker rounds up the action in new Commando comics!

  By John Freeman on 21 May 2025 • ( 1 )

  

  Dealing with drunk yobs and killer Nazis? All in a day’s work for Rayker!

• In Review: Wrath of the Gods & Ghost World

  By John Freeman on 20 May 2025

  

  Including a video “Walkthrough” of this stunning collection

• Slough Museum hosts two-day “Art of Thunderbirds” event

  By John Freeman on 20 May 2025

  

  Anything can happen in the next half hour – oh, wait, wrong show!

• First Nib & Ink Fest online comic convention continues

  By John Freeman on 20 May 2025

  

  Plenty of events for comic creators still to come

• New 2000AD, Judge Dredd Megazine hit the shelves this week, Death Cap draws to a close

  By John Freeman on 20 May 2025

  

  Double the thrills from Tharg this week!

• Special Interview: Artist Rodney Matthews introduces us to the world of Yendor

  By John Freeman on 19 May 2025 • ( 1 )

  

  Artist Rodney Matthews on creating for children, and more

• Preorders open soon for Hammer Films next Limited Collector’s Edition – Quatermass 2

  By John Freeman on 19 May 2025

  

  Be ready with your pounds, shillings and pence, Hammer fans!

• Cover Reveal: “This Slavery” by The Rickard Sisters

  By John Freeman on 19 May 2025

  

  Arriving in bookshops in September

• Special Comic Studies conference set to question the future of Comics and AI

  By John Freeman on 19 May 2025

  

  An opportunity to examine the impact of a controversial technology

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