Over on his always brilliant Blimey! It’s Another Blog about Comics blog, focusing onBritish comics past and present, top cartoonist Lew Stringer is counting down to Christmas with a series of celebratory posts of past Christmas covers, including the first 2000AD… Read More ›
Adventure Comics
Remember Trigan Empire? Cartoon Museum Seeks Your Comments
The late 1930s… and in Florida’s swamps, a UFO crashes, the men on board all dead, but with a collection of books that, eventually translated, reveal the chronicles of the Trigan Empire. First appearing in Ranger “The Rise and Fall… Read More ›
Something For the Weekend: US Comics on Sale 2nd December 2015 – Check out Replica #1 from Aftershock Comics!
Along with a slew of Doctor Who titles and Johnny Red #2 from Titan Comics – and the stunning-looking graphic novel, Quest for the Tme Bird with art by the brilliant Regis Loisel, I suepct comic fans will be… Read More ›
New comic launches at Malta Comic Con include Dinoswords and S.T.E.AM. – Island Under Siege
Next month’s Malta Comic Con will see a number of independent comic launches, including guest Tim Perkins Retro-Collection of The Dinoswords – collecting the 12 issues previously printed in the UK, 1990’s anthology comic, Triffik, stories by Tim and James Hill… Read More ›
Something for the Weekend: US Comics On Sale from 25th November 2015 – Asterix Found in Comic Shops!
It’s a fairly quiet week for new comics with a British connection, but don’t panic, because the latest 2000AD has a creepy “Terror Tale” from David Baillie, beautifully drawn by Joshua George for you to enjoy – especially if you’re… Read More ›
IDW’s Judge Dredd Resumes Next Month with “Mega City Zero”, Dan McDaid on art
Dan McDaid takes on the art duties on IDW’s new Judge Dredd series next month, in a new ongoing series written by Ulises Fariñas and Erick Freitas. After a bit of a break from their take on Dredd, the US publisher is really pushing out… Read More ›
Something For The Weekend: US Comics On Sale from 18th November 2015 – Sound the Klaxon!
Our weekly list of British creator-skewed new comic releases kicks off with this week’s wraparound cover for 2000AD by Jake Lynch. Dredd at his finest! But the thrills don’t stop there, because we also get a new issue of Judge Dredd Megazine… Read More ›
Eagle Daze: The Life and Times of Leonard James Matthews – Part One
Leonard Matthews, General Managing Editor of Fleetway and the Eagle Group of Comics, was a “Creative Visionary”… but that, Roger Perry argues in his extensive ten part biography of the man which begins today on downthetubes, is only due to… Read More ›
Early Beanos Galore, Fireball XL5 Rarities and More Offered in Latest ComPal Auction
If you’re a fan of The Beano or The Dandy, then the latest Compalcomics – now live – is definitely up your street, with a large number of early issues on offer, along with an assortment of comics art that… Read More ›
Great British Comic Characters Reinvented: Nemesis the Warlock – and Night Raven!
Aces Weekly contributor Mal Earl simply couldn’t choose which of his favourite British comic characters he wanted to reinvent for our current competition – so we got three! Artist and writer Mal returned to producing comics three years ago, after a 15 year hiatus…. Read More ›
Matt Bucket Primes “The Weapon”, his debut graphic novel
The Weapon, a debut graphic novel from Devon-based artist and writer Matt Buckett, a 136 page graphic novel funded through Kickstarter. A fast paced action adventure dealing with imminent global catastrophe featuring fast cars, crazy technology and “the most tenacious female reporter on… Read More ›
Something For The Weekend: US Comics On Sale 11th November 2015 – Anthologies, Mysteries and Bible Superheroes!
Our list of British creator-skewed new releases just has to headline with the release of the fifth Thought Bubble Anthology with the Festival itself taking place this weekend in Leeds. All the profits from this latest collection, which features a stack of great… Read More ›
FutureQuake Press Invade Thought Bubble with all-new issues of Zarjaz, FutureQuake, Something Wicked
The hugely-talented team behind the excellent FutureQuake Press titles – including FutureQuake, Something Wicked and Zarjaz – will be at the Thought Bubble Festival convention this weekend and have some great titles on offer. First up: FutureQuake is back! The… Read More ›
Blistering Barnacles! New Tintin Exhibition opens at Somerset House
Just opened at London’s Somerset House is TINTIN: Herge’s Masterpiece, a new, free exhibition has just opened is well worth a visit that runs until January 2016. Stepping inside the wonderfully eccentric world of artist-author Hergé and Tintin, his intrepid young… Read More ›
Chasing Shadows: An Interview with Warwick Fraser-Coombe
After recently both reading and loving the series Revenger: The Shadow Constabulary from creator Warwick Fraser-Coombe (read my review here) I decided to reach out to him and ask him about this incredibly well made and interesting book. His answers… Read More ›
There’s A Killing Moon at Thought Bubble This Year, thanks to Pigdog Press!
Back in 1985, a budding illustrator called Mark (PigDog) Roche wrote and illustrated a story for a Manchester based comic called Totally Alien. That story was “Killing Moon”, about a group of assassins lead by Moses Valentine. Now, 30 years later, his younger… Read More ›
In Review – Revenger: The Shadow Constabulary
Art, Story and Lettering by Warwick Fraser-CoombeSuggested for Mature Readers The Story: The first issue in the series opens with the leather masked Revenger sitting in a room that is trashed. There is cash lying about all over the floor… Read More ›
In Review: WesterNoir Book Five
After a gap in which publisher Accent UK gave us the short story collection spin-off Tales Of WesterNoir, WesterNoir itself returns in the more than capable hands of writer Dave “Wild, Wild” West and artist Gary “Monsewer” Crutchley (as their Wanted… Read More ›
Creator Talk: Six Questions For MULP’s Matt Gibbs and Sara Dunkerton
2014 saw the release of issue one of MULP: Sceptre Of The Sun, the first of a proposed five issue series from writer Matt Gibbs and artist Sara Dunkerton. There is a long standing tradition of anthropomorphic characters in British… Read More ›
Something For The Weekend… Doctor Who? James Bond? Johnny Red? Comics On Sale 4th November 2015 leave you spoilt for choice!
Well, aren’t we spoilt for choice this week when it comes to titles from British creators with new work this week? Will you be a Doctor Who, James Bond or Johnny Red advocate – or hedge your bets and buy… Read More ›