Over on YouTube, Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou is the man behind Strip Panel Naked, a great series of “How To” videos analysing and breaking down comics art in detail, which includes items featuring Mike Mignola and Jordie Bellaire. His latest is the… Read More ›
Marvel Comics
Jack Kirby Thor Comic Cover Art Pops Up in British Toy Figure Auction Catalogue
Nestling in an auction from Charterhouse Auctioneers, due to take place on Friday 24th June 2016, is the cover to an early issue of Marvel’s Thor, drawn by Jack Kirby and Vince Colletta. The original artwork for the cover of The Mighty… Read More ›
Captain Britain, 40 Years On – What Next For Marvel’s Very British Superhero?
October see the 40th anniversary of the ‘birth’ of Captain Britain in Captain Britain Weekly, but what’s next for the Marvel hero? Last month, Marvel UK and Captain Britain fan Mark Roberts published a feature recounting news about a potential Captain… Read More ›
New Comics On Sale This Week (w/c 28th March): Head for Planet of the Damned!
Here’s my pick of this week’s list of British creator and British publisher-skewed new comics, including new comics on sale in UK newsagents. This feature covers all titles released from Monday 28th March onwards with most new US comics released on… Read More ›
Pittsburgh’s Toonseum Appeals for Captain America art for new exhibition
The Toonseum, Pittsburgh’s Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art, is currently in the process of putting together this summer’s exhibit, Captain America: 75 Years of the Sentinel of Liberty. ComicArtFans reports that following the success of last year’s Avengers: 50… Read More ›
Aardwolf Publishing backs fund-raising projects in aid of Deathlok creator Rich Buckler
We’re sorry to report that US comics artist Rich Buckler – perhaps best known for his work on Fantastic Four, Black Panther, Thor and as the creator of Deathlok is ill. Worse yet, because of the cost of healthcare in the US, he needs help… Read More ›
Something for the Weekend: New Snowpiercer and Stone Age Nightmares!
Here’s this week’s list of British creator and British publisher-skewed new comics, including new comics on sale in UK newsagents. Top of your list of British creator-related buys this week is surely Mezoltih, the award-winning British graphic novel that Boom! Studios… Read More ›
Colour Me Strange (Or rather, “Color” Doctor Strange)
Marvel has announced the upcoming publication of a Doctor Strange-inspired colouring book – just one of the licensed items that will launch around the the feature film starring Benedict Cumberbatch which will be released later this year. Running to 120… Read More ›
New Comics On Sale This Week in the UK – Look, Just Go And Buy Surface Tension, OK?
Yes, yes, I know there are a huge number of great comics out there, again, this week, many the work of top British comic creators (including Red Thorn, 2000AD and Judge Dredd Megazine – and what a great start to “Realm… Read More ›
Garage art and fashion magazine goes Marvel with supermodels as superheroes covers
Garage – a biannual print publication that brings to life the most original and ambitious collaborative projects across contemporary art and fashion – has teamed with Marvel to create five special edition covers for its tenth issue, celebrating the brand’s powerful… Read More ›
ICv2: Comic Sales Slip in January
The ICV2 web site reports that comics and graphic novel sales were down 5.1 per cent versus the year ago period in January, with graphic novels trailing at a 7.77 per cent decline and comics down 3.86 per cent, according… Read More ›
New Comics On Sale This Week (Wednesday 3rd February) – Bad Kids, Bunnies and Soviet Space Dogs!
2000AD have a feast of great graphic albums out this week as well as the regular Prog (1966), but a quick heads up that coming out next week in comic shops is Judge Dredd: Dead Zone by John Wagner, with… Read More ›
UK’s Spring Fair to showcase new Deadpool costumes — and a Batman ukulele!
Marvel wall lights, Deadpool costumes, a new Captain America-inspired lifestyle collection and Beano-inspired games are just some of the comic-inspired items that will be on display at the upcoming Spring Fair at the NEC Birmingham this coming weekend. Blackburn-based JWP… Read More ›
New Comics On Sale This Week (Wednesday 27th January) – Doctor Who and Mean Girls, Too!
Welcome to this week’s British creator and publisher-skewed new comics list… and it’s another week of smashing Doctor Who releases and 2000AD continuing to fire on all cylinders, with the latest “Judge Dredd” from Michael Carroll really upping the intrigue. (By… Read More ›
Comic creators Eric Shanower and Mike Carey Talk Greek at Nottingham University
We’ve just got word that comic creators Eric Shanower and Mike Carey will be contributing to Nottingham University’s conference, Sacrificing Iphigenia through the Ages, next Friday-Saturday (29th-30th January). The interdisciplinary conference is on representations of the myth of Iphigenia in… Read More ›
New Comics On Sale This Week (Wednesday 20th January) – Dredd Thrills and Marvel UK Memories!
Welcome to this week’s British creator and publisher-skewed new comics list, a week which, among other things, sees the debut of my old partner in comics crime at Marvel UK, Dave Taylor, pick up the art duties on the Image… Read More ›
Creating Comics: Drawing X-Men by David Yardin
Here’s a fun little find: a series of tutorial videos by artist David Yardin on “Creating a Comic Book Page”, detailing his work process in creating the artwork (layouts, pencils, and inks) for the “Colossus” story published in Origins of Marvel Comics: X-Men… Read More ›
Superman and Marvel artist Marco Santucci joins Birmingham’s ICE event guest list
Continuing with their overseas guest announcements for this year’s International Comic Expo in Birmingham in September, the team have just announced Italian artist Marco Santucci – perhaps best known for his work on DC Comics Superman – will be a… Read More ›
New Comics On Sale This Week (Wednesday 11th January)
This week’s 2000AD – Prog 1963 – offers a smashing start to 2016 with an intriguing opener to the new “Judge Dredd” tale, “Ghosts”, with Dredd investigating the disappearance of children supposedly selected for Judge training. Mark Sexton‘s art is great and the… Read More ›
Star Wars Dominates Diamond’s Top 500 Best-Selling Comics of 2015
Diamond Comic Distributors have announced the Top 500 Best-Selling Comics of 2015 sold through comic shops, including those in the UK, a year that saw Star Wars return to Marvel Comics in a big way in 2015 as Jason Aaron and… Read More ›