Digbeth’s free street arts/graffiti free festival HighVisFest is back and ready to paint the town red, blue and every colour in-between on 7th September – and includes a number of comic creators as guests at a “Pop Up Comic Con”… Read More ›
Lew Stringer
In Review: Combat Colin No. 4 by Lew Stringer
The Book: Reprinting the “Combat Colin” stories from The Transformers Nos. 257 to 283, Combat Colin No.4 brings you fast-paced comedy-action that takes place beneath the sea, on Mars, in the Prehistoric past and in Colin’s home town of Wallytown!… Read More ›
London Film and Comic Con offers “Creating Comics” panels
As we previously reported, this weekend’s London Film and Comic Con has a huge roster of comic creators attending its show at Olympia this weekend – and they have a number of great comic-related talks, too, some definitely of interest… Read More ›
New Combat Colin out now!
Lew Stringer‘s Combat Colin No.4 is available to order now and will be available exclusively from him at the London Film and Comic Con this coming weekend. Reprinting the “Combat Colin” stories from The Transformers Nos. 257 to 283, Combat… Read More ›
In Review: TechnoFreak #2: “The Dame and the Damned”
Review by Ben K Sy Co-created by John Charles, Barry May and Tom Newell. Co-plotted, designed, coloured by John Charles with co-plotter and scripter Barry May; art by Tom Newell. Lettering by Nikki Foxrobot, colouring assistance by Guilherme Lindemberg Mendes… Read More ›
Swinging Sixties British superhero Johnny Future returns! Collection out next year
Never before reprinted in the UK, 2000AD and Treasury of British Comics publisher Rebellion will publish a complete collection of Johnny Future next year, a stunning superhero strip that appeared in 1960s comic Fantastic, featuring art by the late Luis Bermejo
Promoting Wham! comic in the 1960s – a rare retailer-targeted poster
Back when British comics had sales in the hundreds of thousands every week, they had a promotional budget to match, extending to retail promotions like this Wham! poster, offered to newsagents in the 1960s by its publisher, Odhams Press
ComicScene Summer Special Issue 5 out this week
Comic fans can now pre-order the new 80-page ComicScene Summer Special (Issue 5) in print or digital, on sale this Thursday, 20th June, in selected newsagents, or from GetMyComics. The magazine includes six comic strips, expanding that aspect of the… Read More ›
System1 teams up with Beano artist Lew Stringer to create a unique Cannes Lions giveaway
Effectiveness prediction agency System1 has teamed up with comics creator Lew Stringer to showcase its recent work on classic advertising characters as a unique cartoon strip. Lew, who has drawn strips for the Beano, VIZ and Marvel UK, and has… Read More ›
Harrier Comics revival abandoned?
There was a uproar from several creators when downthetubes reported Canadian-based publisher CPEG had announced reprints of some of independent British publisher Harrier Comics 1980s titles back in 2017 – and it seems the project is now in limbo.
Still on sale – the Cor!! & Buster Humour Special – review round up
The Cor! & Buster Humour Special is still on sale in WHSmith and selected newsagents for another couple of weeks, so if you’re looking for a brilliant all-ages treat for your kids, why not pop out and buy it now?… Read More ›
ComicScene 4 spotlights Simon Furman and Geoff Senior’s “To the Death”
ComicScene Issue 4 is out now in all good comic shops and available through many newsagents – and includes a free 16-page supplement featuring Simon Furman and Geoff Senior‘s new 10 part comic, To The Death. The supplement includes an… Read More ›
In Review and in Pictures: Oldham Comic Con 3
Ian Loxam of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast was at Oldham Comic Con with co-host and comics creator Nikki Bates, and reports back on a hugely successful event that was rammed to the rafters with top draw comics… Read More ›
Out Today! The all-new Cor!! and Buster Humour Special
Today’s the day! The all-new Cor!! and Buster Humour Special is on sale today in all good newsagents and British comic shops!
Digital anthology comic GOOF! to go on hiatus in June – but what a ride it’s been!
Digitally-distributed comics offer many opportunities for creators, not least of them a global audience, minimal distribution costs and the opportunity to creatively push the comic’s form in new ways impossible on paper. But with those opportunities come the problems of making your voice heard in an ocean full of competing talent, as artist Marc Jackson, publisher of the the subscription-based anthology GOOF! has discovered, and recounts here, as the project prepares to go on hiatus…
BBC Four’s “Comics Britannia” re-visited
Back in 2007, the BBC broadcast Comics Britannia, a three-part documentary series devoted to history of British comics – a welcome and major retrospective of our medium (if a tad simplistic for some commentators tastes), that prompted a lot of creators to suggest the Corporation should do more to cover it
Cor!! Comic Holiday Specials are heading back to British newsagents!
Rebellion is making holidays special again this year with a whole slate of classic comic book specials for new readers and nostalgic parents alike!
Rebellion’s Keith Richardson talks “Treasury of British Comics” plans, return of “The Vigilant”
There are exciting times ahead for fans of classic British comics as 2000AD publisher Rebellion expands its “Treasury of British Comics” line in 2019, taking full advantage of the huge range of characters and comic titles it now owns, from… Read More ›
Easter Delight! All-new Cor! & Buster Special out in April
We’ll have more on the Cor! & Buster Special out this April from Rebellion soon – there’s plenty to tell you – but for now, here’s an item drawing on the official Previews information for this brand new British humour comic. With… Read More ›
Doctor Who Adventures Special released in the UK
Celebrating the Thirteenth Doctor’s first season, Panini UK have released a new-look Doctor Who Adventures Special, on sale now in all good newsagents and supermarkets across the UK, priced £3.99, alongside the latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine. Aimed at 7-11-year-old… Read More ›