When Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill followed up their League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century trilogy with 2013’s spinoff Nemo: Heart of Ice, critics hailed it as a return to form, “a throwback to the high adventure of the initial series,”… Read More ›
2000AD are in the advance stages of putting together their Free Comic Book Day title for 2014 – a 48 page Free Comic Book Day edition with a cover by Henry Flint. The line up includes work from writers John… Read More ›
(With thanks to Owen Michael Johnson): Who On Earth Was Thaddeus Mist?, a terrific anthology book published by AccentUK to much praise last year, is now available on Amazon. At the funeral of her mysterious and eccentric husband, widow Zelda… Read More ›
The Newspaper Strip Collection of Oscar Charles Drayton – featuring the latest West story The Train Leaves at Noon, alongside other faux-1970s newspaper strip-style stories from John Maybury, Colin Stanford, Arthur Goodman, and David Goodman – is now available to buy… Read More ›
Brussels’ Gallerie Champaka is currently offering every single page of Nemo, the latest adventure of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen drawn by Kevin O’Neill for sale – and has posted an online exhibition of the work, which runs until 7th… Read More ›
Marvel Comics has released covers for the last three titles in its Revolutionary War limited series, which re-introduces the Marvel UK characters first created back in the 1990s to the wider Marvel universe. Revolutionary War is set at an… Read More ›
Actress, singer, impressionist and now, comic creator Jessica Martin (whose screen credits include the Doctor Who story The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, but is perhaps best known as an impressionist and voice artist on Spitting Image, impersonating the voice… Read More ›
Chapter 4 of DC Comics‘ digital first Vampire Diaries series goes on sale today and features “Through a Glass Darkly” by Leah Moore and John Reppion, drawn by the hugely talented George Kambadais, who has posted two unused covers for… Read More ›
A new issue of Paragon, one of Britain’s terrific independently published anthologies is out now, just in time for Christmas – 44 pages of wonderful comic strips wrapped in a Mike Mignola-inspired cover by Davey Candlish and Jim Cameron. It’s… Read More ›
(Updated, added Carles comments): Meet Warhide, the world’s first skinned communist super hero. A Russian captured by the Mujahideen in Afghanistan, skinned, then coated in a liquid carbon skin that’s as strong as diamond, he was the surreal brainchild of… Read More ›
Egmont UK will launch a monthly magazine based on Disney Infinity in February 2014 – another title tying in with a games brand which is part of the company’s strategy to get boys reading. Launched in August, Disney Infinity is… Read More ›
No, it’s not a dream! Not a hoax! Not an Imaginary story! Gary Spencer Millidge’s acclaimed comic book series Strangehaven will return in May 2014 – after an eight year hiatus. New episodes, written and drawn by Millidge will appear… Read More ›
Signature Publishing has re-branded its long-running monthly dinosaur-inspired title Dinomite with Issue 77, on sale today (29th November) Now called Dinosaur Action, the name change coincides with a Walking With Dinosaurs The 3D Movie takeover special. Readers can enjoy Patchi,… Read More ›
Mystery and adventure have been the bywords for Cinebook releases this month, with four titles on sale now, including the long-awaited conclusion to the epic tale of Long John Silver. Here’s a run down of the releases. The Scorpion Volume… Read More ›
After over 15 years beavering away in the indie comics industry, comic creator Dave Hailwood decided it was probably about time that he put out his own comic anthology. With the aid of John Kirkham, Paul Harrison-Davies, Stuart Giddings, Simon… Read More ›
Titan Comics has scored a definite hit with its Death Sentence six-issue limited series from Monty Nero and Mike Dowling – the second issue has sold out at distributor level. The new creator owned series has completely sold out at… Read More ›
Hibernia Books are back after the success of last year’s Comic Archive: One Eyed Jack and the Death of Valiant with the latest in their Comic Archive series: Beyond 2000AD. The book – available now – is packed with fascinating… Read More ›
Limited UK independent editions of Improper Books stunning wordless graphic story Butterfly Gate by Benjamin Read and Chris Wildgoose, and children-friendly, highly enjoyable Knight & Dragon by Matt Gibbs and Bevis Musson, will be available from Wednesday 20th November from… Read More ›
An Eagle and Dan Dare mystery solved
The British action adventure drama Strike Back, created by novelist and former Special Air Service soldier Chris Ryan, recently returned to Sky 1 for a fourth, penultimate series titled Shadow Warfare. As part of the promotion for the new series,… Read More ›