With the passing of the fourth Glasgow ComicCon, it’s gratifying to see that this convention continues to build on previous year’s successes. With the release of the ComicCon from the Contemporary Centre of Arts, this year’s event spread to… Read More ›
MCM Comic Con is back in Manchester …and this time it’s for the whole weekend. Following last year’s record attendance, MCM Manchester Comic Con returns to Manchester Central bigger and better than ever. Running over a full weekend for the… Read More ›
This weekend sees the first ever HamCon – the Halifax Anime and Manga Convention (Saturday 5th July and Sun 6th July 2014), organised by young adults but not exclusively for young adults… but the Tour de France, which starts in… Read More ›
The academic web site bring together information on British comic studies, Comics Forum, has just launched its new monthly column on Manga Studies over at http://comicsforum.org. The first instalment is an introduction by Jaqueline Berndt that provides a fascinating overview of manga studies… Read More ›
The entry period for the worldwide Eighth International Manga Award organised by Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has begun. The winner will earn a trip to Japan to meet Japanese Manga creators if they win. The International Manga Award was… Read More ›
(Via Paul Gravett): From its founding in Tokyo in 1964 to its temporary demise in 1998, the monthly Garo was a beacon for experimentalism in Japanese comics. Next Wednesday (26th February 26th) US comics expert Ryan Holmberg is giving a free illustrated… Read More ›
The South West will kick start the 2014 convention season with a special one day celebration of anime, manga and pop culture in February. The Comic Expo team has just announced it is teaming up with Kawaii store Keep it… Read More ›
The Japan Media Arts Festival has just launched its annual call for entries to its competition that reaches out to both comic artists and animators worldwide. A comprehensive festival of Media Arts (=Media Geijutsu), the event honours outstanding works from… Read More ›
As we previously reported, the search for the best manga talent in the UK is on as London’s Embassy of Japan is now accepting entries for its manga writing competition, Manga Jiman. The Embassy recently caught up with Sara Ferreira… Read More ›
First prize winners, Sara Ferreira and Gisela Martins. Photo: Embassy of Japan The results of the Manga Jiman 2012 Competition were announced at a reception held at London’s Embassy of Japan on 8th February. The major manga-writing competition, now in… Read More ›
The judging panel for this year’s Manga Jiman competition has selected the manga below as the winning entries for this year – and manga fans have a chance to be at the invitation-only awards ceremony at the Embassy of Japan… Read More ›
The British Embassy of Japan is once again launching the major manga-writing competition, MANGA JIMAN 2012, with fantastic prizes and open to anyone fourteen (14)* years of age or over. The manga should in some way make reference to ‘GANBARE!’,… Read More ›
With most Scottish comics fans decamping this weekend for the Hi-Ex comics convention in Inverness, the next major Scottish event in the comics calendar will be the manga, anime and games convention Dee-Con at the University of Dundee Students Union… Read More ›
Continuing Panel Borders month of shows about about non practitioners’ love of comics, Alex Fitch talks to Lord Baker of Dorking about his contributions as lender and patron of The Cartoon Museum to their latest exhibition ‘Her Maj: Sixty years… Read More ›
By Hoshino YukinobuPublishing: October 2011 Publisher: British Museum Press 264 pages, line drawings throughout ISBN 978 0 7141 2465 0, PB £14.99 The Book: An exclusive series of manga episodes inspired by the iconic objects of the British Museum, soon to… Read More ›