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• TMNT: Back to the Sewer on its way to the UK

  By John Freeman on 21 August 2008

  4Kids Entertainment has completed deals with several broadcasters, including CITV in the UK, for a new series based on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise, which celebrates its 25th anniversary next year. TMNT: Back to the Sewer will be launched… Read More ›

• In Memoriam: Pauline Baynes

  By John Freeman on 20 August 2008

  by John Freeman I’ve just been catching up with some recent email and read that Pauline Baynes, whose illustrations gave life to Narnia, as well as appearing in books by J.R.R. Tolkien, Mary Norton, Richard Adams and countless others, passed… Read More ›

• British Comics Sales Down Again

  By John Freeman on 20 August 2008

  • Bad news for British comics publishers. As reported over on Bear Alley by comics expert / writer Steve Holland, sales are down on almost every title (see table compiled by Steve), as much as 16 per cent in some… Read More ›

• Tube Surfing: 20 August 2008

  By John Freeman on 20 August 2008

  • Comics artist Dave McKean was one of the guests at the very damp last night and despite the weather the event was sold out and went very, very well., according to Joe Gordon at Forbidden Planet International, who has… Read More ›

• MGM Options British online comic for TV series

  By John Freeman on 20 August 2008

  Seizing an opportunity to leverage the current wave of popularity and notoriety surrounding the new digital graphic novel sensation The Many Worlds of Jonas Moore, MGM Domestic Television Distribution has acquired an option to develop the Factory Publishing property created,… Read More ›

• ITV Announces Zombie Invasion

  By John Freeman on 19 August 2008

  by John Freeman ITV has announced a new one off zombie drama, Renaissance, which will star Kelly Brook (School for Seduction, Smallville) and Alan Dale (Ugly Betty, The OC, 24). The show is integrally linked to the second season of… Read More ›

• Under the Eagle Returns

  By John Freeman on 19 August 2008

  by John Freeman Under the Eagle, a satirical play by comics writer and Torchwood script writer Andrew Cartmel, is to have another run in London. LS1 Productions will be staging the much-praised show at the White Bear on Kennington Road… Read More ›

• Garth Returns!

  By John Freeman on 17 August 2008 • ( 1 )

  

  Sneaked onto the Daily Mirror web site with very little publicity is something pretty momentous for British comics fans — the return of the adventure strip Garth! Artist Huw-J called us earlier last week to tell us of its long-awaited… Read More ›

• Tube Surfing: 17 August 2008

  By John Freeman on 17 August 2008

  • Warren Elllis notes the completion of the first book his ace online webcomic drawn by Paul Duffield, FreakAngels, which will be released as a nice cleaned-up print edition from Avatar Press in time for Christmas, in three flavours: hardback,… Read More ›

• Star Wars invades San Francisco…

  By John Freeman on 17 August 2008

  … literally, it seems. Thanks to Frank Garcia for the link (via Gizmodo, Current – the original source, I think – and presurfer among others)…. Informed by the Bush Administration that a Rebel base is located in the heart of… Read More ›

• Scalpel! Glue! Paint! Coffee?

  By John Freeman on 14 August 2008

  In the last few years the revitalised plastic kit manufacturer Airfix has been re-releasing some of their classic kits in addition to creating new ones on such modern subjects as Wallace And Gromit and new Doctor Who. After some years… Read More ›

• Festival Time In Edinburgh

  By John Freeman on 13 August 2008

  As the Edinburgh Festivals kick into full swing for August 2008, there are several UK comics related items worth mentioning. After gingerly dipping their toes into the flood of graphic novels last year, the Edinburgh International Book Festival have made… Read More ›

• ‘Watchmen’ Races Towards The Top Of The Amazon.Co.Uk Book Chart

  By John Freeman on 13 August 2008

  Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ ground-breaking Watchmen has raced towards the top of the Amazon.co.uk book chart as sales rise by over 3000% and excitement builds around 2009 film release. Its trailer is currently running before screenings of The Dark… Read More ›

• Revamp Vampirella!

  By John Freeman on 12 August 2008

  Get ready to Vamp it up as Project: Rooftop, where cartoonists and illustrators bring their costume design skills to task in tribute to the superheroes and villains they’ve grown up with, joins forces with Harris Comics for their newest drawing… Read More ›

• Rare Anderson Comics up for auction

  By John Freeman on 12 August 2008

  Copies of Lady Penelope — the comic created by the publishers of the best-selling TV Century 21 but aimed at girls — are just some of the rare items up for auction from British company Compalcomics this autumn. Bids will… Read More ›

• Tube Surfing: 12 August 2008

  By John Freeman on 12 August 2008

  • (via Forbidden Planet International): The Observer, ComICA and Jonathan Cape have teamed up again this year for a second graphic short story competition following the success of the first such endeavour last year (which was won by Cathy Brighton’s… Read More ›

• Resonance FM Stands Up for Comics

  By John Freeman on 12 August 2008

  (via Bugpowder): On Thursday 14th August at 5.00pm, Resonance FM will broadcast “Stand Up Comics: Music and Performance by Small Press Artists and Writers” as part of the weekly comics programme, ‘Strip’. Tune in for poetry, stories, music and dialogue,… Read More ›

• IndieReview Revamped

  By John Freeman on 11 August 2008

  IndieReview, the UK indie comics and manga portal has had a new revamp, focusing on sharp dynamic content with lots of great images and up to date news from the world of comics. The team behind the site have also… Read More ›

• Fungus versus Arkwright!

  By John Freeman on 8 August 2008

  Just a quick reminder that this Saturday (9th August) will see the the first ever, truly historical encounter, between Bryan Talbot and Raymond Briggs, two giants of the British graphic novel. The ComICA event starts at 2.30 at London’s ICA… Read More ›

• ROK Comics Launches New Competitions

  By John Freeman on 8 August 2008

  ROK Comics has just announced the launch of not one but two great competitions – open to everyone using the ROK Comics comics-to-mobile service, so pass it on! Both offer the chance to win a top of the range Nokia… Read More ›

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