All the sevens! The77 has hit issue 7. With #8 now seeking back on Kickstarter, Luke Williams checks out the latest issue
Hal Laren
SHIFT Year Book hardcover on its way, features Clint Langley cover
THE Shift Yearbook 2022 – Remixed Hardback Edition is on its way, a “Director’s Cut”of the anthology
Crowdfunding Spotlight: SHIFT Magazine Winter Special
A jam-packed SHIFT anthology Special is on offer from GetMyComics
GetMyComics teases SHIFT Winter Special, featuring strip by veteran 2000AD artist Alan Langford
A cornucopia of comic strip delights is heading our way from the rising independent British publisher
Crowdfunding Spotlight: The77 Issue 6, offering variant cover by Glenn Fabry and, oh, so much more!
There’s a great line up of strip’s coming your way in The77 Issue Six, seeking backing in Kickstarter now
Doctor Who Appreciation Society’s Celestial Toyroom reaches landmark 500th issue
Doctor Who is 56 today, and Celestial Toyroom, the magazine of the Doctor Who Appreciation Society – and longest running Doctor Who magazine – has reached 500 issues.
Malta Comic Con announced First Wave of guests for tenth anniversary celebrations in December
Wicked Comics has announced its first guests for this year’s Malta Comic Convention in December – and the First Wave includes a number of British as well as international guests, plus some great up and coming talents from the Mediterranean… Read More ›
Doctor Who: Thirteenth Doctor Art Challenge – The Winner is…
Back in July, we announced our latest Doctor Who art challenge, after confirmation that actress Jodie Whittaker is to be Doctor Who‘s Thirteenth Doctor, and many artists raced to draw her. Several artists have shared their take of Jodie online, including cover artist Hal Laren (the… Read More ›
Crowdfunding Spotlight: TorsoBear – The Final Chapter
Independent comics creator and publisher Brett Uren has just launched the Kickstarter for Torsobear: Back on the Blocks – the third and final volume of the much-praised cartoon noir comic book about toy-on-toy crime in a fantastic city of playthings, created… Read More ›
In Review: Comics Unstripped – An Exhibition of Original Comic Art
If you happen to find yourself in Kettering over the next two months, I can thoroughly recommend spending a little time to find the Alfred East Art Gallery (part of Kettering Museum), which is hosting the free Comics Unstripped exhibition until… Read More ›
The Bear Facts: An Interview with Torsobear creator Brett Uren
One of the highlights of last year’s “Best of….” list that we ran amongst creators was the first volume of Torsobear. Largely the work of a group of creators based in the south of England, it’s a great anthology with a central theme… Read More ›
In Review – Torosbear: Yarns from Toyburg
Created by Brett Uren Edited by Brett Uren and Glenn Moane Cover by Hal Laren Writers: Brett Uren, Frank Martin, Grainee McEntee, Cy Dethan, Glenn Moane, Kieran Squires, Janos Honkonen, Brocton McKinney, Jon Scrivens and Jake Young. Artists: Brett Uren,… Read More ›
Spinning strange and creepy yarns: Torsobear Kickstarter launched
Brett Uren and over twenty other comic creators, including Hal Laren, Cy Dethan and Kieran Squires have been beavering away on an intriguing-looking toy-on-toy crime anthology book the Aylesbury-based creator has conceived and is now seeking crowdfunding – Torsobear: Yarns… Read More ›
Hal Laren wins our Dan Dare “Reboot” Competition
We know we’ve been longer announcing the winner of our Dan Dare Reboot Competition. You can view them all the entries on Flickr here. There’s a piece of news on the character we have been anxious to share with you, but right… Read More ›
Dan Dare Re-Visited: creators re-imagine Britain’s favourite space hero
How would Eagle‘s Dan Dare‘s universe look if the series was re-launched today? Taking inspiration from the wonderful Project Rooftop, which often challenges artists to re-design well-known US superheroes, and the success of our “Twelfth Doctor Challenge” (unaware at the… Read More ›
Dan Dare Reboot Competition: Hal Laren
We’re starting to receive entries for our Dan Dare Reboot Competition, with this from Hal Laren – best known to comics fans for his amazing strips published under his Reaper Comics imprint. Hal is a 2D & 3D graphic designer,… Read More ›