James Bacon reflects on an amazing comic-filled weekend in Bedford with Alan Davis, Liam Sharp and more
Fables
Bill Willingham takes “Fables” into the Public Domain
Veteran comic creator Bill Willingham has initiated a major protest against DC Comics
Tube Surfing: Digital comics funding, real robots, 2000AD Regened, and an upcoming “Fables” Box Set
A quick fire round up of web craziness, great comics and books out now, and more…
Call For Papers: All about Cinderella – retellings in the cultural imagination
Three-hundred and nineteen years since the publication of Charles Perrault’s famous Histories du Temps Passé, the myth of Cinderella remains integral to many current facets of our cultures. Inspired by the University of Bedfordshire’s collection of scripts, books, theatrical memorabilia,… Read More ›
Worlds Collide at London’s Orbital Comics tonight!
To celebrate the end of Fables with issue #150 (or Volume 22, depending on how you collect it), London’s Orbital Comics welcomes back artist Mark Buckingham tonight (Saturday 1st August) for what is sure to be a very special night… Read More ›
Orbital Comics Marks “Fables” end with Mark Buckingham Guided Tour
As we near the end of Mark Buckingham‘s epic run on DC Comics’s Vertigo Fables with Issue 150, London’s Orbital Comics is presenting a retrospective of the artist’s work, featuring a variety of different pieces from throughout the years. The exhibition opens… Read More ›
British Comic Shop Releases (13th May 2015) – Chrononauts, Star Slammers and Devlin Waugh!
Here’s our guide to new comics and graphic on sale in British comic shops today (13th May 2015), complementing our monthly list of new British graphic novels and comic collections (May 2015 list here). There are some great comics… Read More ›
British Comic Shop Releases (18th February 2015) – Survival Geeks and Multiversity Mastermen!
Here’s this week’s list of comics – both US and UK releases – on sale in specialist UK comic shops tomorrow, Wednesday 18th February 2015. We’ve picked out the titles published by British publishers in bold below, or titles with… Read More ›
British Comic Shop Releases (17th December 2014) – Prog 2015, Titan’s new Madefire titles – and Neil Gaiman, too
Here’s this week’s list of comics – both US and UK releases – on sale in specialist UK comic shops tomorrow, Wednesday 17th December 2014, courtesy of First Age Comics, Lancaster. We’ve picked out the titles published by British publishers in… Read More ›
Call for Papers: Contemporary Uses of Fairy Tales
Melissa Leons – hunting fairies incontemporary culture Doctor Melissa Lenos, an Assistant Professor of English at Donnelly College in Kansas City, Kansas, is inviting submissions for an edited collection of essays on contemporary uses of fairy tales in popular culture…. Read More ›