The team behind Thought Bubble, the annual and hugely-popular comics festival held in Leeds, have lined up a terrific week of comics celebration, bringing some of the best creators in the world to the city. The programme for this year’s festival… Read More ›
Mark Buckingham
Something for the Weekend: British Comic Shop Releases (2nd September 2015)
It’s a busy weekend for comic fans across the UK, with many in Birmingham for the ace International Comic Expo, offering a whole host of comic creators to meet and greet – and until next week, it’s the only place where… Read More ›
Looking back on Marvel UK’s “Frontier” comics, on their way as a new collection in 2016
Picked up by numerous Marvel fans in mid July, Amazon has posted details of the upcoming Marvel Frontier Comics: The Complete Collection, assembling a number of strips published by Marvel UK in the 1990s as part of what was the… Read More ›
Sneak Preview: Miracleman #1 Volume 2 By Gaiman & Buckingham
Neil Gaiman and Mark Buckingham‘s take on Miracleman will finally see completion thanks to Marvel, starting next month. Their tale of Mick Anglo’s British superhero, originally known as Marvelman, began 25 years ago but was cut short, victim to company… Read More ›
Worlds Collide at London’s Orbital Comics tonight!
To celebrate the end of Fables with issue #150 (or Volume 22, depending on how you collect it), London’s Orbital Comics welcomes back artist Mark Buckingham tonight (Saturday 1st August) for what is sure to be a very special night… Read More ›
Orbital Comics Marks “Fables” end with Mark Buckingham Guided Tour
As we near the end of Mark Buckingham‘s epic run on DC Comics’s Vertigo Fables with Issue 150, London’s Orbital Comics is presenting a retrospective of the artist’s work, featuring a variety of different pieces from throughout the years. The exhibition opens… Read More ›
British Comic Shop Releases (13th May 2015) – Chrononauts, Star Slammers and Devlin Waugh!
Here’s our guide to new comics and graphic on sale in British comic shops today (13th May 2015), complementing our monthly list of new British graphic novels and comic collections (May 2015 list here). There are some great comics… Read More ›
British Comic Shop Releases (6th May 2015) – Bring Back the Secret Wars “Secret Artist”!
Here’s our guide to new comics and graphic on sale in British comic shops today (6th May 2015), complementing our monthly list of new British graphic novels and comic collections (May 2015 list here). The headline event on the… Read More ›
British Comic Shop Releases (8th April 2015) – 2000AD’s “Spring Salvo” continues, aliens in BeanoTown?
Here’s our list of both British and US comics on sale this week in comic shops today (Wednesday 8th April 2015), complementing our monthly list of British graphic novel releases (April 2015 release list here). The ’Spring Salvo’ surges… Read More ›
Great Britain guest country at this year’s Munich Comic Festival
(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 ›
British Comic Shop Releases (4th March 2015) – Vomiting Projectiles and Doctor Who!
Here’s our weekly list of both British and US comics on sale this week in comic shops (Wednesday 4th March 2015). It complements our monthly lost of new graphic novel releases which you can find here for March 2015. Titan Comics have… Read More ›
British Comic Shop Releases (18th February 2015) – Survival Geeks and Multiversity Mastermen!
Here’s this week’s list of comics – both US and UK releases – on sale in specialist UK comic shops tomorrow, Wednesday 18th February 2015. We’ve picked out the titles published by British publishers in bold below, or titles with… Read More ›
British Comic Shop Releases (21st January 2015) – New Doctor Who, Fables … and Moore!
Here’s this week’s list of comics – both US and UK releases – on sale in specialist UK comic shops tomorrow, Wednesday 21st January 2015. We’ve picked out the titles published by British publishers in bold below, or titles with… 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 (3rd December 2014) – Marshal Law, “Brass Sun” Zenith and “Soppy” love!
Here’s a list of comics – both US and UK releases – on sale in specialist UK comic shops today, Wednesday 3rd December 2014, courtesy of First Age Comics, Lancaster. We’ve picked out the titles published by British publishers in bold… Read More ›