With the Judge Dredd Megazine hitting its 30 years on the newsagent shelves this week, it’s worth pointing out that it wasn’t the first attempt to launch a Judge Dredd-focused spin-off title from 2000AD. Back in 1984, then Tharg, Steve… Read More ›
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In Review: Doctor Who – Fury from the Deep
Creepy horror? Check. Killer seaweed? Check. Doctor Who? In spades!
The Art of Aardman – Shaun the Sheep and Friends exhibition opens in the Netherlands, ahead of new Wallace & Gromit adventure launch
A special Aardman exhibition and news of a new Wallace & Gromit adventure – some good news for many!
Cast Your Votes for the LICAF Coronacartoon Virtual Exhibition
Cheer yourself up despite the crisis and “like” a favourite Pandemic cartoon
Rare 1930s Beano promotional flyer offered in latest Phil-Comics eBay auction
A terrific Beano rarity is going under the virtual auction hammer. Not literally.
Lakes Festival Focus 2020: Digital Sculptor and Creature Designer Glen Southern
Find out more about Glen’s work and his Cheshire-based company, SouthernGFX…
Latest Commando Comics stories span the globe
More war action out this week!
Try the Cartoon Museum for free this weekend!
The Museum joins the capital-wide Open House Festival
Wentworth Wooden Puzzles launches new “Art That Slays” jigsaw range
Check out these eye-catching jigsaws with a distinctly modern flavour
Lakes Festival Focus 2020: Comics Writer Paul Cornell
Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival in October, this year running as the virtual LICAF LIVE, we bring you a series of interviews with both guests and participants in the Comics Clock Tower (This… Read More ›
In Review: The Day of the Triffids (Blu-ray)
Does the new Blu-ray of this 1980s BBC series past muster?
Create an “Animal Crossing” Comic Hero with LICAF!
Design a comics-inspired costume and win a prize!
DC Thomson and John Leng Annuals documented
Find out more about a new dedicated resource dedicated to one aspect of British comics history
“Charley’s War” Battle cover, “Halo Jones” art offered in auction
Two pieces of art from two very different classic British comics are up for sale
Latest Rok of the Reds project gets a commercial sponsor!
Continuing a British football comic tradition, Rok of the Reds gets an unusual backer!
Comic Art Festival Podcast – Bootleg Editions Available Now!
The team at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast have gone for a bit of a mix tape/ jam style over the past two episodes, the regular team stepping back as Pete Taylor and Mike Williams lead “The Bootleg… Read More ›
Like cats? Why not take part in a feline-themed Game Jam?
Game developers with a passion for cats are being invited to take part in a Game Jam this Autumn. Organised by leading feline welfare charity Cats Protection and Payload Studios via its Tentacle Zone initiative, the Game Jam takes place… Read More ›
Crowdfunding Spotlight: Sentinel #4 set to send you screaming!
A new girls horror comic from the Sentinel team? Worth a look…
LICAF LIVE – fuller free online Comic Art Festival programme revealed
More free online festival plans unveiled!
“Without Borders” Comics Contest Launched
Fumetto Comic Festival Luzern, Switzerland, has launched its annual comics competition for 2021