A special “Archive Interview” with Look-In comic and “Garth” Martin Asbury
Angus Allan
Happy Anniversary to The Beatles “Love Me Do” – check out some art by Jamie Lee
Celebrating a pop classic, over 60 years old today
Pre-orders open for Anderson Entertainment’s “Space: 1999 Comic Anthology”
A collection of “Space 1999” strips from legendary British weekly comic Look-In is on its way
Comic Creator Spotlight: 2000AD, The Beatles and Look-In artist Arthur Ranson
A profile of 2000AD and Look-In artist Arthur Ranson, co-creator of “The Beatles Story”
Nothing is forgotten: pre-orders open for Robin of Sherwood, The Complete Look-In Comics
Coming soon, the complete comic strip adventures of Richard Carpenter’s Robin of Sherwood from Look-In…
Doctor Who writer Ed Hime part of ITV’s “Sapphire and Steel” reboot
Research for the downthetubes review of Doctor Who – It Takes You Away has revealed award-winning writer Ed Hime is part of the team working on the reboot of ITV’s fantasy drama Sapphire and Steel.
Rebellion to publish Look-In’s “The Beatles Story” by Angus Allan and Arthur Ranson
Rebellion Publishing, owners of 2000AD, are to publish a print edition of The Beatles Story, written by Angus Allan and Arthur Ranson, which charts the rise of the Fab Four from their early days through to the band’s break-up. First… Read More ›
In Review: Star Trek: The Classic UK Comics Volume One
by Harry Lindfield, Jim Baikie, Mike Noble, et al Edited & Designed by Dean Mullaney. Introduction by Rich Handley Publisher: IDW (Library of American Comics imprint) 8.5″ x 11 hardcover-with-dustjacket, 244 pages Out: 28th April 2016 The Book: In 1969,… Read More ›
Fifth Beatle Graphic Novel Optioned for TV
Sonar Entertainment has optioned the rights to Vivek J. Tiwary novel The Fifth Beatle: The Story of Brian Epstein, to develop as a multi-part event series with Tiwary serving as executive producer. News site Deadline (among others) reports Sonar Entertainment has optioned the rights to the best-selling… Read More ›
Sapphire & Steel Art Competition!
With the news that Luther creator and Doctor Who script writer Neil Cross is, hopefully, to re-make Sapphire & Steel, the spooky ITV-commissioned 1970s show starring Joanna Lumley and David McCallum as mysterious times agents, we think it’s time for one of… Read More ›
Angus Allan and Arthur Ranson’s “The Beatles Story” re-published in Germany
Heres’ a quick follow up on our report at the weekend that Great Britain is the guest country at this year’s Munich Comic Festival, the second largest comic event of its kind in Germany, running 4th – 7th June 2015. We… Read More ›
Mauri Kunnas “Beatles with an ‘A'” from Knockabout is a cartoon delight
Knockabout Comics recently released Beatles With An ‘A’ by Mauri Kunnas, which is a wonderful re-telling the first beats of the Beatles’ career as only this legendary Finnish rock cartoonist could tell them. The book is filled with hilarious… Read More ›
Tube Surfing: Sequential Birthday Competition, Doctor Who and Lenny the Lettuce!
A quick round up of short news items we think you’ll be interested in. Don’t forget I also plug a lot of British comic happenings as they come in on Twitter as well as here… • In case you’ve been… Read More ›
ROK releases first Beatles audio comic in new eight-issue series
ROK Mobile Comics has released the first issue of its new audio comic The Beatles Story for iPad, iPhone and other mobile devices. The eight-issue digital series collects, for the first time in its entirety, the classic and highly-acclaimed Beatles… Read More ›