Here’s a couple of snapshots of a typical British supermarket display of teen and young children’s magazines taken yesterday, which I occasionally post for discussion and dissection on my Facebook Comic Con page as we ponder the state of our native… Read More ›
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Thunderbirds Are Go comic cover unveiled
DC Thomson has revealed the cover of the first issue of its Thunderbirds Are Go title, which launches Wednesday 14th October in all good newsagents. Launchng just as the second set of first season episodes is due to start… Read More ›
Captain Britain guests in fan homage to Herb Trimpe
Captain Britain fans should be thrilled by this Herb Trimpe homage by comic creators Robin Barnard and Martin Hand, which features on the back page of the next issue of Robin’s latest free comic entitled Your Lord, Master and Emperor… Read More ›
21st Century Tank Girl book to launch at Lakes Festival, one month before book shop release
Writer Alan Martin and artists Warwick Johnson-Cadwell and Jonathan Edwards will be launching the 21st Century Tank Girl book at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival (16th – 18th October) in Kendal – well over a month before the collection is released in shops…. Read More ›
Awesome Comics Podcast spotlights Rob Jones and Madius Comics
The latest episode of the Awesome Comics Podcast features Rob Jones, one of the evil geniuses behind new small press publisher Madius Comics, who joins Vince Hunt, Dan Butcher and Tony Esmond to talk about their current and upcoming titles, the amazing… Read More ›
“Bomb Scares” comic anthology from Time Bomb Comics seeks backing
Time Bomb Comics publisher Steve Tanner has just launched a modest Kicstarter – just £500 – to raise funds to publish Bomb Scares, a new horror comic anthology showcasing a truly frightening array of artists and writers. Intended as an annual release… Read More ›
Titan Comics’ Doctor Who: Four Doctors features in UK “Doctor Who Comic”
Titan Comics’s Doctor Who: Four Doctors saga, recently releaed in US format as a five-issue mini series in comic shops, is being re-presented in their UK news stand Doctor Who Comic, beginning in Volume 2 #1, on sale 8th October. What… Read More ›
DC Thomson recovers Beano web domain from “internet squatter”
DC Thomson, publishers of The Beano, have taken control of the thebeano.co.uk domain name from a Norfolk businessman. The Dundee-based company, which has been publishing The Beano for decades, took action against Stephen Fisher from Ellingham, who had registered the domain name. Internet… Read More ›
Miss out on “Yellow” at Your Peril! OFF LIFE book project launches on Kickstarter
Today the tease is over and – after a year of hard work and illustration – the team behind Britain’s only free street comic, OFF LIFE, have unveiled their plans for Yellow: the collected book and launched its Kickstarter campaign. Yellow is… Read More ›
First issue of The Beano sells for £17,300 in latest Compalcomics auction
A rare copy of the first issue of The Beano, published in 1938, has sold for a whopping £17,300 in the latest Compalcomics auction – and other issues of the weekly humour comic also sold at good prices. “Bought for… Read More ›