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• 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 ›

• Marvel Reveals some Digital Costs

  By John Freeman on 12 November 2008

  The Paid Content website recently reported that Marvel Comics plans on investing upwards of $10 million in the digital media aspect of their company, including digital comics. Despite the initial investment’s affect on their current profit loss, Marvel forecasts a… Read More ›

• Tube Surfing: 12 Novmber 2008

  By John Freeman on 12 November 2008

  • Over on Bear Alley, Steve Holland reports that Tim Pilcher’s Erotic Comics: A Graphic History, Volume 1: From Birth to the 1970s book, published by Ilex in the UK, has been banned by Australian customs from entering the country…. Read More ›

• Erotic Comics, Round Two

  By John Freeman on 11 November 2008

  

  Picking up from where the international best-selling Erotic Comics: A Graphic History (Volume 1) left off, Ilex press have just announced Volume 2 will reveal how European, American and Asian artists have explored the possibility of the form in the… Read More ›

• In Review: Charley’s War Volume 5 – Return to the Front

  By John Freeman on 11 November 2008

  In the week of Armistice 90, the arrival of the latest collection of Pat Mills and Joe Colquhoun’s brilliant First World War series Charley’s War, first published in Battle Picture Weekly in 1981, seems more than apt. Return to the… Read More ›

• Moore’s ‘Beat Poem’ Finally Published

  By John Freeman on 11 November 2008

  US publisher Avatar Press has announced publication of Light of Thy Countenance, an adaptation of Alan Moore’s damning poem/essay on television, fully painted by Felipe Massafera, five years after the script was written. Moore wrote might best be described as… Read More ›

• Cosmos Fireworks

  By John Freeman on 11 November 2008

  The latest issue of the Jeff Hawke magazine Cosmos is now available from the Jeff Hawke Fan Club (www.jeffhawkeclub.com) Issue One of the fifth volume of the magazine edited by William Rudling features several stories, including Uncanny Deep, plus features… Read More ›

• Tube Surfing: 9 November 2008

  By John Freeman on 9 November 2008

  

  • Forbidden Planet International has posted up a new competition to win one of five copies of the new Vertigo Encyclopedia. “It’s pretty good,” feels FPI’s Joe Gordon, “obviously no in depth on each series, but it’s a good a-z… Read More ›

• Andy Capp, Jane and More Now Available Online

  By John Freeman on 9 November 2008 • ( 1 )

  Newspaper strips from a range of British daily newspaper strips are now available to view online as part of the newly launched UK Press Online web site, a vast subscription-based PDF archive. The archive features PDF versions of the Daily… Read More ›

• Dave Stevens Bio Gets Publication Date

  By John Freeman on 9 November 2008

  After the untimely death of iconic US comics artist Dave Stevens earlier this year (see news story), there was some doubt his planned collection of his work, tentatively titled Dave Stevens: A Creative Life, would see publication. There was no… Read More ›

• Daleks: Invasion Leicester 2008AD

  By John Freeman on 9 November 2008

  (Report originally filed by Jeremy Briggs): The National Space Centre in Leicester will be opening a new exhibition next Friday, 14 November 2008, running until 11 January 2009 entitled Invasion: The Fact Of Fiction, which will look at the science… Read More ›

• Foss First for Compalcomics Auction

  By John Freeman on 8 November 2008

  Rare triptych cover art by acclaimed science fiction illustrator Christopher Foss for 2000AD is just one item in the Winter 2008 auction of London-based Compalcomics that also includes Dan Dare and Desperate Dan art and a number of first issues… Read More ›

• In Review: Watching the Watchmen

  By John Freeman on 7 November 2008 • ( 1 )

  Fans of the seminal graphic novel Watchmen, written by Alan Moore and drawn by Dave Gibbons, first released in 1987, are sure to enjoy this new celebration of the series just released by Titan Books. Watching the Watchmen by Dave… Read More ›

• Catch up on the Clone Wars Comic

  By John Freeman on 7 November 2008

  With the latest issue of Titan Magazines’ Star Wars Comic firmly moving to Clone Wars mode (it’s a giant-sized issue with two cover variants available, coming with a free Star Wars sweatband), Star Wars fans might also be interested in… Read More ›

• Crikey! to Continue

  By John Freeman on 7 November 2008

  (via Forbidden Planet International): Crikey!, the comics magazine devoted to British comics of yesteryear and today, is set to continue, despite rumours to the contarary. In a posting on the Forbidden Planet International blog, editor Glenn B Fleming has announced… Read More ›

• Two Chance to Meet the author of Nemi

  By John Freeman on 7 November 2008

  Norwegian superstar comic creator Lise Myhre will be signing copies of her new book Nemi Volume 2 on Thursday 13th November in Forbidden Planet, 179 Shaftesbury Ave, 6-7.00pm and on Saturday 15th November in Borders, 120 Charing Cross Road, 1-2.00pm…. Read More ›

• Mine’s A Paul Temple!

  By John Freeman on 7 November 2008 • ( 2 )

  

  Crime novelist and detective Paul Temple made his first appearance on BBC Radio in 1938 and went on to appear in novels, film, television and a daily newspaper strip. Now, there’s even a cocktail named after him – and an… Read More ›

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