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• Tube Surfing: 21 November 2008

  By John Freeman on 21 November 2008

  • King Features Syndicate, the world’s premier distributor of comics (including Hagar the Horrible, Popeye and more), columns, editorial cartoons, puzzles and games to newspapers worldwide, is launching Comics Kingdom, a first-of-its-kind digital platform it says provides a revenue-driving business… Read More ›

• Hine, Braithwaite on Brave and Bold

  By John Freeman on 21 November 2008

  British creators David Hine and Dougie Braithwaite team up on DC Comics Brave and the Bold title for the next four issues, delivering a story which begins with a strange child channeling the Green Lantern oath and scrawls it on… Read More ›

• Commando Webbing

  By John Freeman on 20 November 2008

  The backroom boffins on the Commando Mag website have been adding to the site and trying a few new tactics to entice readers to enter on a regular basis. The ongoing series of Commando cover wallpapers chosen by editor Calum… Read More ›

• Name, Rank and Issue Number!

  By John Freeman on 20 November 2008

  In 1992, Scott Montgomery was at the Glasgow Comics Convention listening to writer Alan Grant as he gave advice on how to get into comics. Today, Scott is chief sub-editor on DC Thomson’s Commando comic, having previously worked on The… Read More ›

• Cartoon Art Trust Award Winners Announced

  By John Freeman on 20 November 2008

  The 14th Cartoon Art Trust Awards were presented at an entertaining fundraising dinner at The Mall Galleries in London yesterday, an event which celebrates and coincides with the opening of Giles – One of the Family exhibition at The Cartoon… Read More ›

• Oliver Frey at ComICA

  By John Freeman on 19 November 2008

  Exciting news just in: outstanding illustrator Oliver Frey, whose work includes The Trigan Empire has agreed to join the Great British Comics panel at ComICA next Sunday (23rd November), London to discuss his work, which is featured in David Roach’s… Read More ›

• DFC in Tescos Next Week!

  By John Freeman on 19 November 2008 • ( 1 )

  The DFC, the weekly British comic until now only available on subscription is to be trialled in a major British supermarket next week. The DFC is normally only available by subscription, but for one week only (26th November to 2nd… Read More ›

• Tube Surfing: 18 November 2008

  By John Freeman on 18 November 2008

  • Happy Birthday, Alan Moore. The comics legend and mage, writer of Top Ten, Lost Girls, League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Swamp Thing, Doctor Who, Maxwell the Magic Cat, Watchmen and much, much more is 55 today. • (via Kasterborous): Would… Read More ›

• Grab yourselves some The Beano and The Dandy collectables

  By John Freeman on 18 November 2008

  

  If you’re looking for something a little bit special for the British comic fan in your life this Christmas, how about one of these limited edition The Beano and The Dandy figurines from Robert Harrop Designs?

• Kev’s Comic Art MasterClass: 2009 Dates

  By John Freeman on 18 November 2008

  Beano comics artist Kev Sutherland has been in touch to say he has a fair cluster of his Comic Art Masterclasses in 2009 that will be open to the public, rather than just being in schools and colleges. Wednesday 18th… Read More ›

• Creature Comforts USA Released on DVD

  By John Freeman on 18 November 2008

  Creature Comforts USA: Complete Series 3 has just been released on DVD in the UK by 2Entertain, offering more unscripted voices of the great American public hilariously brought to life with animated animals and wildlife. Based on Aardman Animation’s original… Read More ›

• Star Trek XI Official Trailer

  By John Freeman on 18 November 2008

  … do I need to say more? Response as always is mixed so far from fans but it looks superb…

• Ken Barr Prints On Sale

  By John Freeman on 17 November 2008

  Comicsmagazines.com and comics artist Ken Barr have jointly pubished a limited edition art print, “Para Sarg” painted by Ken. The release is the first of a planned series of limited edition prints based on great British regiments and landmark battles… Read More ›

• Lloyd in London – New Exhibition Announced

  By John Freeman on 17 November 2008

  The work of Kickback and V for Vendetta artist David Lloyd will feature in an exhibition in London in December. “Kickback – An Exhibition of the Dynamic Sequential Art of David Lloyd” runs from 4th until the 23rd December at… Read More ›

• Gaiman’s "Coraline" Strangest Film Ever?:

  By John Freeman on 17 November 2008

  (with thanks to Chris Taormina): FilminFocus, an editorial site on film culture recently launched by Focus Features, has published an article on the upcoming animated adaptation of the Neil Gaiman novella Coraline, which was adapted into a graphic novel by… Read More ›

• Thought Bubble This Saturday

  By John Freeman on 14 November 2008

  The Thought Bubble One Day Comic Convention is tomorrow (Saturday 15th November) in Leeds. If you didn’t buy a ticket yet don’t worry, there will be plenty on the door. Price will be £6/£4.50 concession. Cosplayers get in free! Guest… Read More ›

• Dayglo joins Mutated Britain!

  By John Freeman on 14 November 2008

  (with thanks to Matthew Badham): Comics artist Rufus Dayglo (whose credits include 2000AD, the new Tank Girl comics from IDW) is taking part in the Mutoid Waste Exhibition in London from 21st November. “I’ve been asked by the good people… Read More ›

• Win Tickets To New Wallace And Gromit Film Preview

  By John Freeman on 13 November 2008

  Leonard Cheshire Disability and Aardman Animations are offering one lucky winner two tickets to preview the new Wallace and Gromit film, A Matter of Loaf and Death, at the Aardman studios in Bristol on 22 December. The competition is part… Read More ›

• Macbeth wins Book Award

  By John Freeman on 13 November 2008

  This week’s ceremony for the British Book Design and Production Awards 2008 was a great success for Classical Comics. Macbeth: Original Text, drawn by Jon Haward, was the winner of the Secondary Education category and was also Highly Commended (2nd… Read More ›

• In Review: The Leather Nun and Other Incredibly Strange Comics

  By John Freeman on 12 November 2008

  It’s not just leather nuns that provide the strange fare that makes up this fun title from Paul Gravett & Peter Stanbury (released as Holy Sh*t! by St. Martins Press in the US): for just under ten quid you can… Read More ›

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