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• Kevin O’Neill Confirms Bristol Expo Appearance

  By John Freeman on 22 January 2009

  Legendary British artist Kevin O’Neill (whose work includes Nemesis the Warlock for 2000AD and Marshal Law) has confirmed that he will come to Bristol to sign the first volume of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century, written by Alan Moore…. Read More ›

• Stacking the odds for Indie Magazines Success

  By John Freeman on 21 January 2009

  Here’s an idea which some enterprising comics publisher, or comics distributor, might consider as a way to drum up interest in their full range of titles. The financial crisis will make 2009 a year of high innovation for independent magazines,… Read More ›

• Elephantmen Back on Track

  By John Freeman on 21 January 2009

  Image Comics reports that, after a number of hiccups in the scheduling of Active Images Elephantmen in 2008, the creation of former Marvel UK staffer and all round good egg Richard Starkings, the book is back on track for 2009…. Read More ›

• Alternative Press Fair Shapes Up Nicely

  By John Freeman on 21 January 2009

  With just two weeks to go, Jimi Gherkin, Comic creator and organiser of the The Alternative Press Fair 2009 in London on 1st February is shaping up nicely with a terrifi line up of creators scheduled to be part of… Read More ›

• Tube Surfing: 21 January 2009

  By John Freeman on 21 January 2009

  • Comics Bulletin have run the first review of Thunderbolts #128, writen by Andy Diggle and drawn by Roberto de la Torre, on sale today in the US, which sees Black Widow and Ant-Man engaged in covert ops aboard Air… Read More ›

• Bostin Heroes seek an Artist

  By John Freeman on 21 January 2009

  A British webcomic team is urgently seeking a new artist as it looks to begin its second story. “I’ve recently been writing a webcomic set in the West Midlands called Bostin Heroes,” Shropshire-based writer and small-press creator Matthew Craig tells… Read More ›

• Brit indie announces Thief-Taker General

  By John Freeman on 21 January 2009

  British independent comics line Storm Comics (www.stormcomics.com), the brainchild of writer and artist Michael Crouch, was launched last May with a one-off sci-fi comic, Afterlife. Although interest has been good, judging by feedback from readers, sales have been slow. Not… Read More ›

• Bloomsbury publishes Twilight Zone in the UK

  By John Freeman on 20 January 2009

  Due for release from Bloomsbury next month are the first four graphic novels in a series adapting episodes of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. The work of artists from the Savannah College of… Read More ›

• ZineFest Focuses on Comics

  By John Freeman on 20 January 2009 • ( 2 )

  Zine Fest, which takes place this Saturday in London, will include a new exhibition of women zinester’s comics, curated by Melanie Maddison, editor of the Leeds-based ‘zine Colouring Outside the Lines, which features interviews with contemporary female artists and illuminates… Read More ›

• Tube Surfing: 20 January 2009

  By John Freeman on 20 January 2009

  • On the eve of Barack Obama’s inauguration as 44th president of the United States, surely only a warped mind like The Guardian‘s Steve Bell could come up with a cartoon like this, published in yesterday’s paper. Well, it made… Read More ›

• Sleeze Brothers Owes Much to Archie Goodwin

  By John Freeman on 20 January 2009

  

  Over on his Elephantmen blog, Active Images’ Richard Starkings has posted a fascinating insight into the history of Marvel UK’s early attempts to publish US-style comics, which led to publication of titles such as Dragon’s Claws and the about-to-be-remastered The… Read More ›

• Marvel UK Book Author seekes final imagery

  By John Freeman on 19 January 2009

  Author Rob Kirby, who has been working on a history of Marvel UK since, well, the company folded back in the 1990s if not earlier (all right, I’m probably exaggerating but that’s how it feels!), is on the hunt for… Read More ›

• Bristol Comics Expo News

  By John Freeman on 19 January 2009

  Michael Allwood, organiser of the Bristol Comics Expo, has been in touch to update downthetubes on this year’s event, which takes place at the Ramada Plaza Hotel on Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th May 2009. The event, which features the… Read More ›

• The Sleeze Brothers Return!

  By John Freeman on 18 January 2009 • ( 1 )

  

  The Sleeze Brothers are back! Those anarchic, lunatic and downright shady PIs, the creation of John Carnell and Andy Lanning back in the 1980s, are being given a brush up (and probably, a good spanking) just in time for their… Read More ›

• Grant Talks Church of Hell

  By John Freeman on 16 January 2009

  It seems to have been a day for demons and devilry, because just as we plug Cy Dethan’s Falk project (see news story), Alan Grant pops up, talking about his new comic Church of Hell, which is on sale this… Read More ›

• Good News on Comic Sales?

  By John Freeman on 16 January 2009

  While this report primarily concerns US comics, news that the US comic book industry, boosted by the success of films such as The Dark Knight has helped maintain growth for graphic novel sales is welcome with 2009 looking otherwise gloomy…. Read More ›

• Tube Surfing: 16 January 2009

  By John Freeman on 16 January 2009

  • The Cybermen have taken over and ‘upgraded’ Doctor Who Adventures. Issue 98, out now in newsagents, features an extra-tall cover, a free set of Cyberman figures and the second part of a double-sided poster. There’s plenty more Cyber-stuff inside,… Read More ›

• Watching the Watchmensch

  By John Freeman on 16 January 2009

  Lying in the Gutters’ Rich Johnston’s parody of — well, you can guess from the cover — is to be be published by Brain Scan Studios, an alternative media company based out of Boston in the US that publishes a… Read More ›

• Fox, Warner Cut Watchmen Deal

  By John Freeman on 16 January 2009

  Warner Bros. and Fox have settled their very public battle over upcoming movie adaptation of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ Watchmen, which means its planned 6 March release will now proceed. Variety reports a deal following a legal dispute over… Read More ›

• Dealing with the Devil

  By John Freeman on 16 January 2009

  Comic book writer Cy Dethan reports that work is well underway on his latest project, The Case Files of Harlan Falk, the story of a man who, literally, makes deals with devils. Whether you’re involved in a territorial dispute with… Read More ›

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