Smallzone Events is ramping up publicity for Comics Uncovered 2018, which returns to Birmingham in July. Have you ever wanted to be a professional comics creator? Or are you a professional looking to take your career to the next level?… Read More ›
Creating Comics
WebFind: SenshiStock, free drawing references by artists, for artists
SenshiStock – a Creative Commons pose reference resource for artists – is a deviantART account full of non nude pictures of people. Published as a drawing and art creation resource, this is a great free resource for creating comics. The… Read More ›
Lakes Festival Podcast “How to Make a Comic” Special released, with Pete Taylor
There’s a very different episode of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival out now. Rather than interviewing a comic creator, the team pick comic artist Pete Taylor‘s brains about how to create a comic. Starting from the beginning with thinking… Read More ›
Creating Comics (and some dogged determination): Jasper Bark reveals the secrets of making “Parassassin”, his latest graphic novel
One of the most intriguing graphic novels I’ve read in the past few months is Parassassin by Jasper Bark with art by Alfa Robbi, first published in the brilliant digital anthology Aces Weekly but available now as a full-blown graphic… Read More ›
S.M.A.S.H. a comic, graphic, and novel talkfest in London announced
The London Graphic Novel Network have just announced S.M.A.S.H. a comic, graphic, and novel talkfest, taking place on 20th January 2018 at the Artizan Street Library & Community Centre. Getting philosophical about the art of comics the event, which has a… Read More ›
Alan Moore’s early work as a cartoonist comes under the spotlight in new academic work
Alan Moore‘s early work as a cartoonist comes under the spotlight in the recently-released academic text, Alan Moore, Out from the Underground – Cartooning, Performance, and Dissent, by Dr Maggie Gray. Published by Palgrave Macmillan, the book explores Alan Moore’s… Read More ›
EXCLUSIVE: Gilbert Shelton reveals some Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers secrets, new collection extracts!
Following up on news of a signing by Gilbert Shelton at London’s Gosh Comics to mark the launch of the new collection Fifty Freakin’ Years of the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers from Knockabout Comics, we’ve got an exclusive extract of a… Read More ›
Nottingham Does Comics back with Jade Sarson, Sally Jane Thompson and more next month
Nottingham Does Comics returns to Nottingham Writers’ Studio on Tuesday 14th November at 7.30pm with an event featuring Jade Sarson, Sally Jane Thompson and Myriad Editions publisher Corrine Pearlman, All of this introduced by the wonderful Josh Franks, on-line editor of INK Magazine…. Read More ›
Creating Comics: Cam Smith’s Comic Book Inking Masterclass returns!
Ace inker and comics artist Cam Smith is doing another inking workshop at London’s Orbital Comics in London on Friday 17th November 2017. If you’re interested then book now because places are limited! “I can’t wait!” Cam tells us. “The… Read More ›
Creating Comics: A Turn of the Millennium Interview with Alan Moore, Part One
First published on the Engine Comics web site way back in 2002, this wide-ranging interview with Alan Moore specifically about writing comics with Daniel Whiston is a fascinating read, and we’re delighted to have permission to re-publish it here on… Read More ›