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Something For the Weekend: US Comics (and more) on Sale 16th December 2015
I’m still playing catch up and racing to meet some pre-Christmas deadlines, so no detailed list of new comics again this week. Sorry! Luckily for you, Mark Braithwaite at Lancaster’s First Age Comics has still posted his list of new titles, so his list… Read More ›
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Eagle Daze: The Life and Times of Leonard James Matthews – Part Two
Leonard Matthews, General Managing Editor of Fleetway and the Eagle Group of Comics, was a “Creative Visionary”… but that, Roger Perry argues in his extensive biography of the man which continues here on downthetubes (Part One here), is only due to… Read More ›
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What, No New Ghostbusters Comic? (Yet, anyway…)
There’s a new Ghostbusters arriving in cinemas in July 2016 and the licensing campaign is picking up “extraordinary momentum”, according to the company handling branding deals, with no less than 23 partners on board – but, as yet, it doesn’t look like… Read More ›
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Titan Comics releases Doctor Who: Tales from the TARDIS in the UK
Clearly not content with just having its anthology Doctor Who Comic on sale in UK newsagents, Titan Comics has just released a 76-page Who special, Tales From the TARDIS, a US format title that leads with the company’s Doctor Who: The… Read More ›
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Comic Creator Spotlight: The Art of Ron Smith, Part One
As a comic fan of long standing, one of my real pleasures is identifying and applauding some of the artists that I feel never got the appreciation that they so richly deserved. But I have found that even with the… Read More ›
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Artist Ian Kennedy Talks About His Return To 2000AD
To put it quite simply, Ian Kennedy is the most experienced British comic strip artist working today. Beginning his career as a staff artist at DC Thomson in Dundee in 1949, he went self-employed in 1954 for the simple expediency… Read More ›
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Amazing Comics Podcast Episode 25: Tally Burtram and Bajo Mano
This week Vince Hunt, Dan Butcher and Tony Esmond are joined by the creator of the procedural cop drama comic Bajo Mano Tally Burtram to talk about the series and how it came to be. She also tells the ACP crew about… Read More ›
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Marc Jackson’s “Ka-Punch!” Comes to Comic Heroes
Anarchic comic creator Marc Jackson‘s new comic strip ‘KA-PUNCH!’ is to launch in the January issue of Comic Heroes magazine. The first appearance runs to two full pages and the following issues will feature single pages strips. “The story will… Read More ›
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Last Chance For Some Daemonic Comic Horror Before Christmas!
Know a British comics fan? Still looking for that elusive present to sate the needs of such a strange beast? Well, good news. There’s still time to buy the excellent collected The House of Daemon in time for Christmas, published… Read More ›
Featured Categories
2000AD ›
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Mike Carroll and John Higgins dive deep into ‘Dredd’ prequel ‘Dreadnoughts’
May 14, 2024
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Remembering Jon Haward: A Tribute by Tim Perkins
May 7, 2024
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In Memoriam: Comic Artist Jon Haward
May 3, 2024
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Rebellion Releases: Judge Dredd faces deadly battle for survival in new 2000AD
May 2, 2024
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In Pictures and In Review: “Heroes” exhibition at the Cartoon Museum
April 30, 2024
Comic Creator Interviews ›
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Quantum Leap! We go behind the scenes on Time Bomb Comics flagship anthology
April 19, 2024
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Crowdfunding Spotlight: Who Killed Nessie? A Quick Chat with Paul Cornell & Rachael Smith
April 7, 2024
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Exclusive: Creating Comics – Chris Weston talks “Time Breakers” and “Paranoid Gardens”
March 27, 2024
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In Review: Sherlock Holmes and the Empire Builders Pt 1. The Gene Genie
March 7, 2024
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Catching up with the Comics Laureate! An interview with Bobby Joseph
February 23, 2024
Creating Comics ›
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In Memoriam: Cartoonist and Wildlife Artist Phil Baber
May 16, 2024
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Raymond Briggs: new exhibition reveals bloomin’ brilliant life and work of much-loved cartoonist
May 15, 2024
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Coming Soon: The Man from Zodiac, by Glenn Dakin and Phil Elliott
May 14, 2024
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Coming Soon: GOOF! A fabulous, funny comic for kids, launching at Macc-Pow! next month
May 11, 2024
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Sector 13 Comics announces new anthology, launching at Enniskillen Comic Fest
May 7, 2024
Doctor Who ›
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“Adventures in Time and Space – 60 Years of Doctor Who Art” heads to Somerset
May 15, 2024
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Doctor Who – Terror from the Deep: Episode 78
May 11, 2024
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Doctor Who – Terror from the Deep: Episode 77
May 4, 2024
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Happy Free Comic Book Day! Don’t miss out on these Conan and Doctor Who treats!
May 4, 2024
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Tom Baker’s “Doctor Who” celebrated in brilliant new DWM Special
May 2, 2024
Events ›
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Guardian cartoonist Tom Gauld takes over the University of Strasbourg (not literally)
May 16, 2024
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In Pictures: Portsmouth Comic Con 2024
May 14, 2024
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MCM Expo London celebrates Tony Hancock 100 with special panel
May 13, 2024
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Master Replicas launches Star Trek ships promotion
May 13, 2024
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Southend Film Festival offers big screen outing of “Thunderbirds are Go”
May 12, 2024
Exhibitions ›
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New York’s Society of Illustrators readies for “The Art and Story of Edgar Rice Burroughs” exhibition
May 10, 2024
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In Pictures “Heroes” exhibition at the Cartoon Museum – Opening Night
May 1, 2024
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Lakes International Comic Art Festival announces “Manga MashUp” workshops
April 29, 2024
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Christophe Chabouté in the spotlight at Maison de BD
April 24, 2024
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In Review: “Le Monde Sans Fin” Exhibition, Edinburgh
April 23, 2024
Obituaries ›
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Remembering artist Jon Haward: a personal tribute by Paul H. Birch
May 5, 2024
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Fundraiser launched to help the family of pioneering comics historian, Robert “Bob” Beerbohm
March 30, 2024
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In Memoriam: Doctor Who Comic Writer, Editor and Musician Roger Noel Cook
March 14, 2024
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Paul Neary – Hero Unlimited
February 26, 2024
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In Memoriam: Modesty Blaise and Axa artist Enric Badia Romero
February 16, 2024
Other Worlds ›
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In Review: Rebel Moon Part 2 – The Scargiver
May 15, 2024
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New collection, “Logical Fantasy: The Many Worlds of John Wyndham”, out now
May 15, 2024
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Australia’s Perth Comic Festival bans AI-generated materials from event
May 9, 2024
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New book, “A History of Fans and Fandom”, takes a deep dive into pop culture
May 4, 2024
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Ratings success for new “Knuckles” series on Paramount+
May 3, 2024