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Glasgow
Artist Table Applications Open for “Sequential Scotland”
Comic artists, zinesters, experimental book makers, small and micro presses needed!
Riverside Transport Museum Glasgow “Sci Fi Galactic Adventures” exhibition opens this weekend
The Force is strong – in Glasgow!
Latest Commando and British Comic Swap Meet proves a palpable hit
Fans and comics professionals gathered in Glasgow for a fun British comics-focused Swapmeet last weekend
Back Issue Bonanza returns to Glasgow for a Halloween Spooktacular
Back for some comic thrills (but no spills, please)
Next Commando and British Comics Swap Meet announced
Just announced, coming to Glasgow in April 2023, the next Commando and British Comics Swap Meet
Determined comics collector uncovers a Scottish comics rarity – the original “Commando Comics”, published in the 1940s
Collector Dave Dustin has discovered an apparently previously unknown superhero title published by Glasgow-based Cartoon Art Productions in the 1940s
Story in a Story – Captain Britain art by Alan Davis offered on eBay
Art from a 1986 Captain Britain story by Alan Davis features a cameo by one of Scotland’s leading comic retailers of the day…
Commando Comics Sixth Swap-Meet – first 2020 date announced
The date of the sixth Commando and British Comics Swap-Meet has just been announced for March 2020
Glasgow’s Ghost Comics Festival returns in October
Were you at Glasgow’s Ghost Comics Festival last year – the festival for alternative comics? Do you wish it would happen again? Well, there’s no need to reminisce anymore, because Ghost is back, taking place on Saturday 26th October 2019. Ghost… Read More ›
Superheroes take over Glasgow today in bid to boost comics readership by publisher Trongate
Superheroes both on the page and in the flesh will be out in force today at the Cineworld Cinema in Glasgow’s Silverburn Shopping Centre. Local comic book publishers Trongate Publishing will be there with cosplayers to celebrate the release… Read More ›
Comics @ Aye Write!: Glasgow’s Book Festival 2018
The Glasgow book festival Aye Write! has announced its line-up for 2018 and as usual it includes a selection of comics events. These all take place in either the Mitchell Library or the CCA in central Glasgow over the weekend of… Read More ›
Darryl Cunningham to talk “Graphic Science” at this year’s Glasgow’s Aye Write!
Glasgow’s Aye Write! Book Festival has announced their March 2018 line-up. Their planned events include an appearance by graphic journalist Darryl Cunningham talking about Graphic Science, a cracking collection of stories about some often overlooked scientists last year. Darryl Cunningham’s… Read More ›
Comics @ Aye Write! Glasgow’s Book Festival 2017
The Glasgow Book Festival Aye Write! returns to the city from 9th to 19th March 2017 of this year with a multitude of bookish talks, discussions and workshops over three locations, the Mitchell Library, Aye Write’s spiritual home, as well as the… Read More ›
Frank Quitely: The Art of Comics exhibition heads to Glasgow
Heading to the Kelvingrove Museum, Glasgow in April is Frank Quitely: The Art of Comics, running 1st April to 1st October 2017. The exhibition at Kelvingrove will be the largest collection of his work every displayed, offering the opportunity to… Read More ›
In Review: The Gorbals Vampire (a new play from Glasgow’s Citizens Theatre)
Written by Johnny McKnight Performed by Citizens Theatre First Performed 28th – 29th October 2016 Promotional art by Frank Quitely The Play: A new play by Johnny McKnight, performed by amateur actors and inspired by real-life events which took place… Read More ›
Andy Fanton pens “A Tale of Two Scottish Cities” for Jurys hotel chain
Jurys had a hotel in Edinburgh and one in Glasgow… but now they have two in each city and to celebrate the recent launch of their new accommodation, they created this comic strip all about both great cities… it’s Shakespeare with a Scotch Twist!… Read More ›
Comics @ Aye Write! Glasgow’s Book Festival 2016
This year’s Glasgow Book Festival, Aye Write, will be taking place in the City’s Mitchell Library from 10 to 20 March. Claiming to be the third largest literary festival in the UK, presumably after the Edinburgh International Book Festival and… Read More ›
Vital Publishing’s “School Of The Damned” Collected – With Plenty of Trimmings
Vital Publishing launch their first trade paperback, Force Majeure, this week on Sunday 25th October 2015 – and it’s a perfect book for those that like their comics to go bump in the night. This is the collected issues of School Of… Read More ›
Comics UnConference 2015: A Report by Applied Comics Etc founder Lydia Wysocki
Comics creator Lydia Wysocki recently blogged about the Comics Unconference in Glasgow on 28th February 2015, what reads like a fascinating day devoted to Comic Studies, including developements in digital comics, and has kindly permitted us to repost her report here. It… Read More ›