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• Origins of 2000AD’s Dan Dare Revealed in new Thrillcast with Pat Mills and Dave Gibbons

  By John Freeman on October 28, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  To celebrate the imminent release of Dan Dare: The 2000 AD Years Volume One, Michael Molcher talks to Pat Mills and Dave Gibbons about 2000AD‘s reboot of the British character, which began in the first Prog in 1977 in a new Thrillcast from… Read More ›

• Fright Night on Radio 4 with Nigel Kneale’s “Stone Tape” and more

  By John Freeman on October 28, 2015

  

     This Saturday (31st October 2015), BBC Radio 4 is broadcasting new radio adaptations of Nigel Kneale’s The Stone Tape and Koji Suzuki’s  Ring as part of its Hallowe’en inspired “Fright Night“. Directed by top British filmmakers of his generation… Read More ›

• Awesome Comic Podcast Episode 17 Hallowe’en Special: Redshift Press

  By John Freeman on October 26, 2015

  

  Vince Hunt, Dan Butcher and Tony Esmond are joined by the guys from Redshift Press this week for their latest and hugely-popular small press podcast. Chris Sides and Chris Travell are marking out a big old creepy cave in the… Read More ›

• Martin Eden’s acclaimed “O Men” Return!

  By John Freeman on October 26, 2015

  

  After a six-year hiatus, O Men creator Martin Eden is bringing the series back to finally complete the story. The O Men – an epic superhero soap opera – began in 1997 and was one of the most prominent UK… Read More ›

• Online Classic UK Comic Zines Archive Repository Launched

  By John Freeman on October 26, 2015

  

  After months of hard work scanning and contacting their original creators for permission to publish them online, David Hathaway-Price has launched his much-anticpated archive of British comics zines – a fascinating online repository of classic print fan magazines devoted to comics, spanning… Read More ›

• In Photos: Nottingham Comic Con 2015

  By Antony Esmond on October 26, 2015

  

  OK, ladies and gentlemen the time has come. Start your engines. And you! Yes, you, Chris Sides from Redshift Press! You will never silence me! Now fully part of the UK Comic Convention scene, Nottingham Comic Con is in its third… Read More ›

• Haggarty and Brockbank’s “Mezolith” to get US publication, new adventure in works

  By John Freeman on October 26, 2015

  

  Mezolith, the much-praised, award-winning graphic adventure created by performance storyteller Ben Haggarty and storyboard artist Adam Brockbank, first published in The DFC comic, is to get a US publication through Boom! Studios imprint Archaia – and Ben tells us this new edition… Read More ›

• Carlisle’s EdenCon Returns in April

  By John Freeman on October 26, 2015

  

  Carlisle’s EdenCon returns for its second year on 23rd April 2016, raising money for cash4kids. Guests have yet to be announced (last year they included myself, Gary Erskine, Mal Earl and a very rare convention appearance by Steve and Annie Parkhouse) and  but… Read More ›

• Creators @ Lakes International Comic Art Festival 2015

  By Jeremy Briggs on October 25, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  The remarkably warm and dry weekend of 16-18 October 2015 saw the third Lakes International Comic Art Festival take place in the Lake District town of Kendal. LICAF, or more simply Lakes, has grown in stature and visitor numbers over the… Read More ›

• First Impressions: A Beginner’s Guide to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival

  By John Freeman on October 25, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  As a newbie to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival (LICAF) Norman Boyd wondered how he was supposed to tackle a big event like this. Some of you will think “what’s he on about?” but experience tells me Norman’s not the… Read More ›

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