SEQUENTIAL, the digital graphic novel app for iPad, is celebrating the 75th birthday of Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers creator Gilbert Shelton with a free digital guide. For those of you unaware (a doubtful idea!) The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers is a series… Read More ›
Review by Dave King Script and Art by David LeachScript Editing by Scott GrayLettering by Peri GodboldPublished by Ian Hine and Dead Universe PublishingOut: Now One of the pleasures of having been a comic book creator, heavily involved in… Read More ›
Fed up with the lack of new British humour comics being published by the major publishers, Rochdale-based comics creator Joe Matthews decided to publish his own. As we previously reported, Issue Three of his wonderful Funny Monsters Comic is… Read More ›
Fed up with the lack of new British humour comics being published by the major publishers, Joe Matthews decided to publish his own. Issue Three of Funny Monsters Comic is on sale now, featuring the “Zackster – Kid Zombie” (this… Read More ›
From the pages of The Final BLACKOUT, Manchester-based PM Buchan‘s upcoming satirical horror-comedy anthology with co-creators Jack Fallows (Axolotl) and Phillip Marsden (Kerrang!), comes BKIP, illustrated by Phillip, the story about Teddy Bear’s struggle to survive in a world where migrant humans are undercutting good, honest, local… Read More ›
Created by Alan Henderson “Dedicated to all the old toys we’ve loved, lost or forgotten.” The Story: This comic is a series of short stories about the toys of our childhoods. We see long forgotten and once loved bears, dolls… Read More ›
It is difficult for those of us living in the 21st century to realise the impact of cartoon art 70 years ago. To a news-hungry public, anxious about world affairs facing possible invasion, the radio was a lifeline, but… Read More ›
Written, Drawn and Designed by Ed Traquino aka Feliq A friend of mine once described sitting in Ed Traquino’s company like sitting in a hilarious wind tunnel. Hair continuously blown back in relentless laughing. He’s non-stop creatively and personally…. Read More ›
The team behind Dirty Rotten Comics are having a launch event for Dirty Rotten Comics Issue 4 on Friday 17th April at the Horse and Stables pub opposite Lambeth North tube station. This bumper Spring 2015 anthology clocks in at just under a staggering hundred pages and features… Read More ›
The latest issue of Comix Reader (Issue 6) is on sale now in comic shops and other outlets, featuring a cover by Richard Cowdry and strips by a huge assortment of artists and writers, including Lord Hurk, Ralph Kidson, Paul O’Connell, Bernadette Bentley… Read More ›
Written and drawn by Sam Bosma Published by NoBrow Press Oversized hardback. 56 pages. Full colour Price: £12.95 “A fast-paced sports adventure graphic novel in the vein of 1960s manga, Mike Mignola and Raiders of the Los Ark.” The Story: Sam… Read More ›
10th June 2015 sees the glorious return of co-creator Jamie Hewlett (Gorillaz) to the character that made his name! Brace yourself for the debut issue 21st Century Tank Girl #1 by Alan Martin, Jamie Hewlett, Warwick Johnson-Cadwell, Philip Bond,… Read More ›
Titan Comics have announced they’ll be publishing an all-new Minions comic this summer, starring the usually servile but often rebellious characters that sprang to fame after their debut in Despicable Me. The new comic (and digests) will launch in June, shortly… Read More ›
Written, Drawn and Lettered by Vince Hunt Colours by Shaun Dobie Published by Raw Edge Comics Full Colour – 28 pages “Good vs Evil. Mystery. Loss. Sacrifice. Punches. Fluffy bunnies. The Red Mask From Mars issue 2 has it all!… Read More ›
I recently stumbled across Professor Elemental Comics (no, I don’t know how I missed it, either) – a glorious comics anthology series filled with short, whimsical tales of adventure, centring around a mad Victorian scientist/explorer/inventor/drinker of tea named Professor Elemental and… Read More ›
Titan Comics are to serialise the Kickstarter-funded Smash Hit 21st Century Tank Girl, starting in June 2015. After a break of more than 20 years, artist extraordinaire Jamie Hewlett has returned to the iconic character which made his name, which… Read More ›
Everyone knows Gilbert and Sullivan were peerless as composers of light opera. But fewer people are aware of their dual identities as super-powered, dapper defenders of the realm! How else could they have come up with the inspiration for The… Read More ›
Sarah Millman is a regular on the Convention circuit in the UK and has been very busy over the last few years creating her fun webcomic series, The Heart of Time. It’s been printed in a single issue format… Read More ›
Here’s our (slightly belated) weekly list of both British and US comics on sale this week in comic shops (Wednesday 11th March 2015). It complements our monthly lost of new graphic novel releases which you can find here for March 2015. There’s some great… Read More ›
Lancaster-based Team Sputnik’s brand new comic strip Skid Avenue is now free to read online, telling the story of John and Jo, a pair of ordinary folk who suddenly find themselves becoming part of the ‘squeezed middle’. Taking a wry and… Read More ›