If you’re planning a trip to the Highlands for the Hi-Ex Comic Expo next weekend, then be sure to track down the latest comics from Black Hearted Press, run by Jim Alexander, David Brayher, John Farman and Sha Nazir. Black… Read More ›
Events Comics
Andrew Wildman talks HORIZON and Transformers at Literary Festival
If you’re in the Chipping Norton area on the 21st April, then get along to the Chipping Norton Literary Festival. Andrew Wildman, co-creator of the recently-published weird western Frontier and artist on the new IDW Transformers title will be… Read More ›
Leeds Alternative Comics Fair back in April
The Leeds Alternative Comics Fair is back once more on Saturday 28th April, and the fourth fair is once again going to be held at A Nation of Shopkeepers, which has proved itself an ideal venue with its great atmosphere,… Read More ›
Glasgow Comic Mart today
(with thanks to Gordon Robertson) A quick plug for today’s Comic Mart at the Britannia Panopticon Music Hall, in Glasgow today. The world’s oldest surviving music hall, the Panopticon was founded in 1857 on the Trongate and quickly became… Read More ›
Cardiff Comic Expo moves dates for 2013
Last month, the UK hosted two Comic Conventions, one in Cardiff and the new Super Con in London…. on the same weekend. The clash clearly had an impact on numbers and the range of creators attending each, and now it… Read More ›
Lee Townsend joins Middle East Comic Con guest list
2000AD artist Lee Townsend is to be one of the first guests announced for the first Middle East Film and Comic Con (20th & 21st April 2012) at the Dubai International Marine Club. The event, first mooted last year, has… Read More ›
Call for Papers for third ‘Transitions’ comic conference in November
Transitions is a one-day symposium promoting new research and multi-disciplinary academic study of comics, comix, manga, bande dessinée and other forms of sequential art, now in its third year, with the next event taking place as part of Comica 2012… Read More ›
Comic Village Kicks Off 2012 with Double Midlands Dates
MCM Expo’s acclaimed Comic Village hits the road again this year, giving fans across the country the chance to check out the latest works by home-grown indie comics creators. The first stop of 2012 is the popular Midlands Comic Con… Read More ›
MCM and Eagle Awards Debut New Comics Talent Competition
For almost a decade the MCM London Comic Con has been a haven for comics, movies, games and anime – and now, together with the Eagle Awards and upcoming Universal Pictures blockbuster Snow White And The Huntsman, they’re looking to… Read More ›
Hewlett, Blake, Simmonds at British Library event
The Lords of Flatbush by Jamie Hewlett The British Library in London is offering comic fans the opportunity to join a remarkable panel of artists and experts including Quentin Blake, designer and comic artist Jamie Hewlett, satirical cartoonist Martin Rowson… Read More ›
Cardiff Comic Expo line-up revealed
Ticket sales for this year’s Cardiff Comic Expo next month (25th-26th February) are booming – and are expected to increase further with publication of the event’s schedule, outlined in full below. In addition to the event itself, show producer Mike… Read More ›
2000AD lined up for London Super Comic Convention
2000AD is to attend the country’s newest comic book convention, the inaugural London Super Comic Convention will take place at the Excel Centre in London on 25th-26th February 2012. Many of the guests are some of the biggest names to… Read More ›
2000AD gets set to celebrate 35th birthday
Break out the balloons, paper plates and the party poppers – it’s 2000AD’s birthday! The Galaxy’s Greatest Comic is celebrating three and a half decades of Thrill-power at the SFX Weekender event in February 2012, with its one and only… Read More ›
PJ Holden signing in Belfast this Saturday
PJ Holden – artist on Strip Magazine‘s Black Ops Extreme – will be doing a signing at Forbidden Planet International Belfast (facebook link) this coming Saturday 3rd December between 1.00 and 3.00pm. In addition to Black Ops Extreme, PJ’s credits… Read More ›
Sale, Starkings, Hughes among Thought Bubble guest signings at Travelling Man
Hulk by Tim Sale The Travelling Man comic shops and Thought Bubble festival have just announced their line up of international comic superstars signing with at the store next week, as follows: Tim Sale, Richard Starkings and Gail SimoneTravelling Man… Read More ›
London Super Comic Con ramps up impressive guest list
The London Super Comic Convention, announced for February next year (25-26th), is ramping up an impressive guest list, with the likes of US creators George Perez, Howard Chaykin, Bernie Wrightson, Mike Carey, Tony Moore, Bob Layton and more all confirmed… Read More ›
Sci-Fi and Superheroes at next month’s London Comic Con
A record number of artists and writers will be flocking to MCM Expo London Comic Con’s Comic Village next month – and the organisers have just announced that acclaimed American comic book writer Gail Simone and best-selling British science fiction… Read More ›