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Illustrator Spotlight: Señor Salme
Señor Salme is a freelance illustrator working and living in Málaga, Spain
Sneak Peek! All-new Monster Fun hits newsagents this week!
Monster Fun returns to the newsstand, with all-new stories for kids!
Stand by for Action! Gerry Anderson Day returns on 14th April
Anything can happen on Gerry Anderson Day, back this month!
Spirou celebrates 100th anniversary of publisher Editions Dupuis with bumper special issue
A new 100-page double-issue of Spirou celebrate the 100th anniversary of founding of its publisher, Editions Dupuis
Comic Art Trail featuring stunning work of Thai artists opens in Portsmouth next week
Some amazing art by a huge range of Thai artists comes to Portsmouth, ahead of the Comic Con, back in May
Ladies with Guns arrived at Europe Comics
A superb-looking western comic gets its English digital debut
Upcoming online Falklands War Conference includes panel on Argentinian and British Comics with Paul Gravett, Calum Laird
A special upcoming academic conference on the Falklands War includes a panel on related comics
Early Bird Tickets available now for October’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival
Get your Early Bird Tickets for the Lakes Festival, an event whose line up includes Alison Bechdel, Jaime Hernandez and Posy Simmonds
Creating Comics: DC Comics Paul Levitz celebrates 50 years in the comics business
Forbidden Planet TV recently posted a great interview with DC Comics writer, editor and executive Paul Levitz
Fight for liberty – get the “Dread: Dredd” tabletop role-playing game, out today
A brand new version of the award-winning TTRPG game Dread will plunge you and your friends into a thrilling race against time in Mega-City One
Two new writers make their Commando debut in latest issues, on sale this week
New blood in the Commando ranks in the latest long-running war comic! Do the new writers past muster?
New 2000AD out today, the all-new Monster Fun incoming next week!
Thrill-powered new 2000AD, all-new Monster Fun comic, classic adventure in “House of Dolmann”, are all coming your way from Rebellion!
In Memoriam: Illustrator, Designer, Publisher and Comic Creator Garry Leach
One of the early artists on 2000AD, Garry Leach will always be regarded as one of British comics most influential comic creators
Glasgow Calling: Latest Swap Meet hosts Commando guests, prompts discussion of war comics past – and future
The latest Glasgow Swap Meet proved a space for buying classic comics – and discussing the past, and future, of war comics…
Illustrated Parkinson’s Diary aid released for sufferers and carers
Lancaster-based comic creator and author Antonella Caputo has devised an illustrated Parkinson’s Diary, now available in English and German
2000AD@45: Convention Catch Up!
Missed any of the free 2000AD@45 event? Catch up here – and find out what’s to come in the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic!
Online event with Tom DeFalco, Heidi MacDonald and Elliot S. Maggin set to discuss “The Rise and Fall of Comics”
Ramon Gil and the Comics Arts Workshop are hosting a free virtual event titled “The Rise and Fall of Comics” in May
Jim Alexander and Will Pickering’s powerful SF adventure, Savant, collected at last
The powerful, thought-provoking SF story from Jim Alexander and Will Pickering is collected at last
Graphic Brighton returns in May: Michael Rosen, Hannah Berry, Woodrow Phoenix among speakers discussing comics for younger audiences
Graphic Brighton – a popular academic comics conference open to the public – returns to the British southern city in May. There’s still time for comic researchers to submit papers for possible discussion at this year’s in person event, which… Read More ›