Saturday 28 May 2016 saw the Wonderlands UK Graphic Novel Expo return to the CitySpace building of the University Of Sunderland. Named for the city’s links with Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland and inaugurated last year to help celebrate the book’s… Read More ›
The ninth annual Thought Bubble Festival took place in Leeds over the week of 9-15 November 2015, however it is the huge two-day comic convention over the weekend of 14-15 November that the vast majority of punters and creators think… Read More ›
As the tables are cleared away and the volunteers, artists, writers and local traders head off for a post-convention tipple, we look back at how Glasgow Comic Con 2015 fared… Organised by Black Hearted Press and spread over three sites,… Read More ›
I have been to relatively few conventions, so I always find it incredibly interesting to watch a convention grow from an idea to a fully functioning beast ready to accept the traffic of hundreds, if not thousands of eager fans… Read More ›
Preview – Rom of the Reds Written by John Wagner and Alan Grant Art by Dan Cornwell Published by Black Hearted Press Release date: TBC It’s great news that John Wagner and Alan Grant are collaborating on a new series… Read More ›
After a long year and a half of searching for the right venue and the right dates, BHP Events – part of comics publisher BHP Comics – has finally been able to secure all the elements they want to produce their first event… Read More ›
Plagued: The Miranda Chronicles Chapter One is the beginning of a new science-fiction comic book series from Scottish creators writer Gary Chudleigh and artist Tanya Roberts. Scotland in the future is a plague-stricken wasteland where witches are real albeit not… Read More ›
With the passing of the fourth Glasgow ComicCon, it’s gratifying to see that this convention continues to build on previous year’s successes. With the release of the ComicCon from the Contemporary Centre of Arts, this year’s event spread to… Read More ›
Black Hearted Press has announced they we will be producing the Stirling Comics Festival, forming a comic book strand of the Stirling Fringe Festival (19 – 28th September 2014). BHP will produce a series of free events for the public over the… Read More ›
Responding to the boom in comic book creators from Scotland making an impact on the world stage, the Scottish Independent Comic Book Alliance, along with Black Hearted Press and The Stirling Maxwell Centre at the University of Glasgow, will host a free… Read More ›
The first Sunderland Comic Con, the North East Comic Book Festival will take place on 9th – 10th August 2014. This new event, taking place at Sunderland Software Centre, will see comic book writers, artists and creators attend from all… Read More ›
The inaugural Lakes International Comic Art Festival took place in a rather damp Kendal over the weekend of 18-20 October 2013. The festival had a great many creators selling their wares in both the main sales venue, Kendal Town Hall… Read More ›
There’s an impressive line up already announced for this year’s Glasgow Comic Con, which will take place at the CCA Glasgow. GCC is Scotland’s number one comic book festival, bringing in people from across the UK to celebrate the art… Read More ›
Some of the UK’s best emerging and established comic art talent will be showcasing their skills at the specially-dedicated Comics Clock Tower venue as part of Kendal’s The Lakes International Comic Art Festival in October, rubbing shoulders with the likes… Read More ›
Created by artist Sha Nasir, Laptop Guy is one of the comics titles published by Glasgow’s Black Hearted Press. The first issue was something of an oddity – a US-size, anthology humour comic that played with the somewhat nonsensical idea… Read More ›