Quick news items that will send you scurrying elsewhere on the worldwide web!
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Lakes International Comic Art Festival 2026 Guest Spotlight
LICAF’s guest line-up in Kendal this October includes new and returning creators
New Rivers of London game releases from Chaosium
Rivers of London game expands, Nigel Potter providing eye catching art
Christmas is coming! BEANO Annual and more on sale next week
The first firing shot in the festive countdown is always this early
Frankie Stein Holiday Special cover art included in latest Phil-Comics auction
Smashing Robert Nixon original art returns to the market
Minnie the Minx is Doctor Who!
No, really! Well… maybe…
DC Thomson Football Picture Story Monthly collections launched
Two football classic comic collections drop into the box!
Are you ready for a Zombie Apocalypse? New 2000AD offers a Cautionary Tale!
An undead A to Z, shocks unexpectedly!
Herne Books offer new Doctor Who works exploring show’s many themes
Two new Who titles probe show’s many themes
Watch Out, Earth! Doomlord is back!
The Death Lord Returns!
Titan Publishing outlines new ambitious Edgar Rice Burroughs publishing program
Major new publishing initiative will celebrate legendary works
Mœbius in the spotlight in latest illustrators magazine
Another superb edition of the long-running art anthology
Tube Surfing: Comic Title Confusion Damaging Sales, and some Doctor Who trivia
A round up of quickfire news items, some comic related, that have caught our eye in recent days…
Store casualties mount as TG Jones closures begin across the UK
150 of 480 shops across the UK set to close
Lakes International Comic Art Festival workshop program launched
Learn or hone your comic skills at this year’s annual Festival..
Time Bomb Comics celebrates 20th anniversary with new titles
Amnesia Agents – The Collected Edition starts a year of celebration
Graphic Medicine International Collective 2026 Awards Announced
These awards champion not one or two works of graphic medicine, but many
Lost Asterix album published in English for the first time to celebrate René Goscinny’s 100th birthday
Cacofonix lands Asterix and Obelix in big trouble!
Count Binface flies to SelfMadeHero!
The Count Binface Comic Book brings the universe of “Old Binnie” to glorious life!
Coming Soon: Murder School by Paul B. Rainey
School days, slaughtered, in upcoming graphic novel