Back in the 1960s, the success of James Bond in print and on the big screen spawned or inspired many similar heroes – and heroines – on TV and comics. One of them was the hugely-popular British series Danger Man, starring Patrick McGoohan, who would go on to star in the cult show The Prisoner. One of the show’s comic spin-offs is less well known than others…
Coming soon is Rejected, a British independent anthology with a terrific cover by Stephen Sampson, edited by Baden James Mellonie, with pre-orders being taken now
Work is proceeding apace on the Kickstarter-funded Rok the God graphic novel from John Wagner, Alan Grant and Dan Cornwell, the sequel to Rok of the Reds, out next year. One element of the campaign was a limited edition variant cover by Brian Bolland – and the artist has now revealed the final cover.
A Garth strip has surfaced on eBay that has fans of of the Daily Mirror newspaper strip in a bit of a spin – because it suggests there may be missing, unpublished sequences from some stories out there, that were… Read More ›
Aces Weekly Volume 43 is on the horizon! The next volume of the brilliant digital anthology launches on Monday 30th December 2019, delivered by a cool crew of classy talent from beyond the many shores of the seven seas, including Chris Geary, Carlos Pascoa, Ben Bernard-Smith, Jok LP, Rodolfo Santullo, Osmarco Valladão, Anthony Smith, and Tobias Taitt.
2000 AD Prog 2162 – the bumper, 100-page end-of-year issue of the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic – is on sale now in all good UK comic shops, UK newsagents and via various digital platforms, and it’s a real festive treat. Plus,… Read More ›
This photo of “S Lavner“, newsagent and tobacconist, situated at 241 Bethnal Green Road, E2, was taken in Bethnal Green by seminal British post-war artist, photographer, collagist, printmaker and teacher Nigel Henderson – and offers a fascinating snapshot of London’s… Read More ›
The multi-Eisner Award winning team of Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips are working on an intriguing-sounding original graphic novel tale, PULP, on its way to us from Image Comics next May
Recently released by Titan Comics, we’re delighted to be of part of their Blade Runner “Blog Tour”, delivering an extract to promote the graphic novel of their fantastic Blade Runner comic series Blade Runner 2019. Written by Blade Runner 2049… Read More ›
2000 AD’s all-ages special issue, 2000 AD Regened, is returning in 2020 – but this time there’s even more…
A Short Introduction: Before his unexpected passing in 2016, author Roger Perry – a longtime contributor to this site and veteran of the British comics industry – sent downthetubes a number of articles which we planned to run, working back… Read More ›
A Short Introduction: Before his unexpected passing in 2016, author Roger Perry – a longtime contributor to this site and veteran of the British comics industry – sent downthetubes a number of articles which we planned to run, working back… Read More ›
There are some terrific new releases out from Rebellion Publishing this week and in coming weeks and months, including this week’s 2000 AD, sporting a great cover by Cliff Robinson, coloured by Dylan Teague. Without further ado, let’s get down… Read More ›
Two recently-released Futurequake Press titles – Zarjaz #35 and FQP’s latest edition of their ace horror anthology, Something Wicked #2019 – are now available from the British independent comics publishers web site
Author Rob Kirby is close to completing his long awaited book on the history of Marvel UK, From Cents to Pence – but he needs some help identifying a final few strips published in some titles that were first published… Read More ›
Harrogate’s Mercer Gallery has partnered the Thought Bubble Festival to stage an exhibition of work by the creator of an award-winning comic character and Netflix series. The stories of Hilda, a young girl living in a Scandinavia populated by mythical… Read More ›
Escapologist crime-fighter, Janus Stark, is back! The Treasury of British Comics has just announced a new special perfect-bound magazine, featuring the first adventures of the rubber-boned Victorian adventurer. “Behold, Janus Stark! Master of illusion, son of the unknown! No lock… Read More ›
With the first issue published back in 2014, it has taken writer Matt Gibbs and artist Sara Dunkerton five years to get to the fifth and final issue of their mousey Indiana Jones tale, MULP: Sceptre of the Sun, but… Read More ›
Rebellion has announced a limited pre-order for the hardcover edition of the first volume of The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire. Available to pre-order exclusively through the Treasury of British Comics webshop now, until 4th December 2019, this… Read More ›
New British news stand comics / magazine on sale this week include 2000AD Prog 2155, Avengers Universe #6 Beano 4009, Commando Issues 5275 – 5278, The Phoenix 409, the latest “This Is” special from DC Thomson, This is Llama Queen – and… Read More ›