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 ›
Anthologies
STRIP Magazine publisher announces March relaunch date
STRIP Magazine is heading for the UK news stand at last – with a launch date of 28th March 2013. While the move to get the magazine into WH Smiths and other stores has been delayed several times, Bosnian-based comics… Read More ›
Thought Bubble convention to publish charity anthology
(Spotted on Broken Frontier): This year sees the Leeds Thought Bubble Festival (14th-20th November) celebrate its 5th birthday, and to mark this momentous occasion they’ll be publishing the first ever Thought Bubble Comic Anthology. On sale in October, the comic… Read More ›
Laydeez Do Comics: Ellen Lindner Talk
Whores of Mensa 5 – On Sale Now! from Ellen Lindner on Vimeo. (with thanks to Peter Lally at Alternative Press): Comics’ artist Ellen Lindner will be discussing the process of putting together the just released issue of comics’ anthology… Read More ›
Phoenix to rise from Insomnia’s ashes
Comics collective The Sleepless Phoenix is now taking pre-orders for its 192-page black-and-white anthology on creative seed site Kickstarter.com. The planned collection – born from the demise of British publisher Insomnia Publications – will feature the work of more than… Read More ›
In Review: New British Comics #2
They’ve been jolly polite over at New British Comics: editor Karol Wisniewski sent me a copy of #2 eons ago (long before Wasted #3, below!) and again, it’s slipped through the cracks. Which it really shouldn’t have, because NBC#2 is… Read More ›
New British Comics #2 On Its Way
The second issue of indie anthology title New British Comics, featuring this spiffing cover by Nelson Evergreen, should be published in October. Contributors for the 84-page anthology, which will be published by Karol Wisniewski in both English and Polish, include… Read More ›
New British Comics Gets UK Distribution
UK Indie distributor Smallzone is now selling the first issue of New British Comics, an 80-page comics anthology featuring, 13 stories and 17 artists including Dave Thomson, Malcy Duff, Paul O’Connell and Rob Miller. Reviewed by us here last month,… Read More ›
In Review: New British Comics
Last month we gave a quick plug for the first issue of New British Comics, an 80-page comics anthology featuring, 13 stories and 17 artists including Dave Thomson, Malcy Duff, Paul O’Connell and Rob Miller. The book has been self-published… Read More ›
"New British Comics" Anthology Published
The first issue of New British Comics, an 80-page comics anthology featuring, 13 stories and 17 artists including Dave Thomson, Malcy Duff, Paul O’Connell and Rob Miller has just been published. The book has been self-published in Poland in two… Read More ›
Paper X Needs You
Illustrator Sandy Christie is putting together another Paper X collection, following up on the success of the first which was sold at the first Glasgow International Artists Book Fair. Paper X is a new zine experiment where anyone can submit…. Read More ›
Alternative Press Anthology 2009: More Details Emerge
Jimi Gherkin, one of the organisers of the recent Alternative Press Fair in London, has revealed more for the plans for an Alternative Press Anthology, to be released later this year. “The Alternative Press Fair was great,” he reports. “We’ve… Read More ›
Tube Surfing: 3 July 2008
Steve Holland of Bear Alley reviews Paul Gravett’s Mammoth Book of Best Crime Comics here. He dubs it a ‘must-have collection.’ Over at the Forbidden Planet Blog, Alex Fitch gives us the lowdown on many of the neat podcasts coming… Read More ›
Digital Comics APA
The Temple APA is currently looking for contributors to its first Digital Comics Anthology, deadline 1st May 2008. For those who’ve never heard of the Temple (formerly titled ‘Temple of Heroes’), it’s the UK’s longest running comics anthology, whose membership… Read More ›
Here come the Robots…
British independent publisher Accent Press are about to launch Robots, another beast of a book in the tradition of their previous anthology, Zombies, released last year. At 204 pages it features many new, emerging and established talents including Paul Harrison… Read More ›