(With thanks to Paul Gravett): Great Britain is the guest country at this year’s Munich Comic Festival, the second largest comic event of its kind in Germany, alternating every other year with the Comic Salon in Erlangen, running 4th –… Read More ›
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British Comic Shop Releases (4th February 2015) – 2000AD, Crossed and Miracleman!
Here’s this week’s list of comics – both US and UK releases – on sale in specialist UK comic shops today, Wednesday 4th February 2015. We’ve picked out the titles published by British publishers in bold below, or titles with a… 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 ›
British Comic Shop Releases (9th December 2014) – 2000AD clears the decks for all-new thrills!
Here’s this week’s list of comics – both US and UK releases – on sale in specialist UK comic shops tomorrow, Wednesday 10th December 2014, courtesy of First Age Comics, Lancaster. We’ve picked out the titles published by British publishers in… Read More ›
British Comic Shop Comic Releases (12th November 2014) – Dogs Fighting and Kung-Fu Cheesecake!
Here’s a list of comics – both US and UK releases – on sale in specialist UK comic shops today, Wednesday 12th November 2014, courtesy of First Age Comics, Lancaster. We’ve picked out the titles published by British publishers in bold below, or… Read More ›
British Comic Shop Comic Releases (8th October 2014) – Doctor Who, and Wytches, too!
Here’s a list of comics – both US and UK releases – on sale in specialist UK comic shops from today, Wednesday 8th October 2014, courtesy of First Age Comics, Lancaster. We’ve picked out the titles published by British publishers in bold… Read More ›
Lakes International Comic Art Festival Tickets Go On Sale Today
The Lakes International Comic Art Festival has announced that tickets are now on sale for its massive weekend of comic events in Kendal, Cumbria in October (17th – 19th October 2014). In just its second year the Festival features an… Read More ›
Lakes Festival confirms first round of guests, including Gail Simone and Jeff Smith
Hot on the heels of announcing the final creative line-up for its 24 Hour Comics Marathon, the Lakes International Comic Art Festival has just announced a number of top comic creators who will be attending their event in Kendal in… Read More ›
Jock heads for Croatia
No, we’re not talking about the summer holidays already. Comic creator Miljenko Horvatić has just dropped me a line to remind me about the comic convention MaFest in Makarska, Croatia (www.mafest.com), whose announced line up so far includes Eric Bourgier (Live War Heroes) and Olivier Coipel (House… Read More ›
Judge Dredd: Underbelly sells out in 48 hours, reprint on the way
Just 48 hours after it went on sale, 2000AD has announced that they are to reprint their sold-out comic book Dredd: Underbelly. The official comic book sequel to the cult hit movie staring Karl Urban and Olivia Thirlby, Underbelly sold… Read More ›
22 Panels Art Show – Cornwall’s first comic book convention
Cornwall’s first comic book convention – the 22 Panels Comic Art Show – will be running from 26-27 October 2013 in the coastal town of Falmouth. Celebrating comics as art in a weekend convention hosted by the town’s independent arts… Read More ›
Dublin International Comics Expo headlines Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo
The Dublin International Comics Expo (DICE) 2013 takes place 28th-29th September and has lined up an impressive list of both US and homegrown talent. Run by the award-winning comic shop Big Bang, the two-day event in Dundrum, Dublin will offer a… Read More ›
Diggle and Jock signing ‘Snapshot’ at Forbidden Planet London
Writer Andy Diggle and artist Jock will be signing copies of the Forbidden Planet variant edition of their new comic published by Image, Snapshot, at 4.00pm on Saturday 9th February at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore. Jake Dobson is your… Read More ›
SHAKO: the only bear on the CIA death list!
Spreading terror across the Arctic – the world’s deadliest polar bear!
Megazine DREDD Special prepped for release
The eagerly awaited arrival of DREDD 3D in UK cinemas takes place on 7th September and in North America on 21st September. To mark this return to the big screen for Britain’s biggest comic book character, Judge Dredd Megazine #328… Read More ›
Panel Borders: Scott Snyder and Jock – The Black Mirror
In the first of a series of shows about comic book creators who collaborate together, Alex Fitch of radio show Panel Borders talks to writer Scott Snyder and artist Jock about their 2010 / 2011 collaboration on Detective Comics, collected… Read More ›
Panel Borders: Totnes Comics
Starting a month of shows about communities of comic book creators around England*, Alex Fitch travels to Devon to interview artists and writers who live and work in Totnes. Jock, Lee O’Connor, John Spelling and Dom Reardon talk their experiences… Read More ›
Comedian Peter Serafinowicz announces comics project with Jock
English actor, comedian, writer, composer, voice artist and occasional director Peter Serafinowicz announced his first comic book project at the Kapow! Comic Convention. Nelson (not to be confused with the recent anthology collection from Blank Slate of the same name)… Read More ›
Losers on My Radio!
Concluding their month long look at the crossover between comics and film, Resonance FM broadcasts Strip! – The Art of The Losers this evening. Alex Fitch interviews Jock, the main illustrator of The Losers by Andy Diggle, the 32 issue… Read More ›
The Losers signing in London
As the big screen release of The Losers draws ever closer, Titan Books and Forbidden Planet have announced creators Andy Diggle and Jock will be signing copies later this week at FP’s London store on Thursday 25th February. The Losers… Read More ›