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My Comics Projects
Comic Artists Open Call: Samples Requested for new British imprint
Please Note: This Open Call is now CLOSED – thank you to everyone who sent samples – look out for news on project in mid 2021 COMIC ARTISTS WANTED FOR NEW IMPRINT – OPEN CALL This is an open call… Read More ›
Shockwave Riders launches from Dan Dare artist Keith Page
Earth is under attack! But from who?
New Charlotte Corday strips by Keith Page published
New digital comics from Keith Page, available to read for free
Presenting… The Really Heavy Greatcoat’s “New National Anthem”
Just when you thought you’d never see the Really Heavy Greatcoat again…
Past Comic Pitches: Reviving “The Daleks” from TV Century 21
From my script archives – an outline for a continuation of the strip known today as “The Dalek Chronicles”
Doctor Who – Terror from the Deep, the newspaper strip that might have been
A Doctor Who newspaper strip project that, sadly, got exterminated…
Crowdfunding Spotlight: The Dan Dare Audio Adventures
B7 Media has just launched a crowdfunder for a new season of Dan Dare Audio Adventures, completing a trilogy to story arcs that reinvented the classic Eagle comic character for the 21st Century and coinciding with the space hero’s 70th anniversary this year.
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 ›
Missing in Action: Heroquest at Marvel UK, and the RPG magazine that never happened
Looking back at Marvel UK’s one-off foray into the world of role-playing magazines
Cooking Up a Storm – Comics-Inspired Recipes and Books
Comics that may make you hungry..l
Untold Tales: Lancaster’s Musicians’ Co-Op the inspiration for a comic adventure
Following up on the good news – locally, at least – that Lancaster City Council has pledged to work with the city’s Musicians’ Co-op to help secure their long-term future, revoking its eviction notice from a building much-loved organisation had occupied… Read More ›
Creating Jack Campbell’s Lost Fleet – Corsair comic: some unseen designs and behind the scenes reveals
Go behind the scenes on Titan’s Lost Fleet comic
Pedantic Stan, The Comic Fan, returns in new collection from Lew Stringer, in time for London Film and Comic Con
Back in the days of the British comics fandom of the 1980s, when our community was very different and far less diverse than it thankfully is today, Lew Stringer and I created Pedantic Stan, The Comics Fan – and Lew… Read More ›
HISTORY’s San Diego Comic-Con 2018 Panels and Fan Events, includes free Vikings comic by Andi Ewington, Indro
The TV drama Vikings will be back at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con with a cast panel, new Season 5B trailer, and an exclusive comic book, Vikings: Causor, written by Andi Ewington (Red Dog, Freeway Fighter) with art by Daniel… Read More ›
Who Remembers Marvel UK’s Shadow Riders? An unpublished story revealed
Back in the early 1990s, just before Marvel UK went a bit crazy with multiple US titles with the word “Death” in them, artist and writer Brian Williamson and I co-created Shadow Riders, who eventually were drawn by Ross Dearsley… Read More ›
Marvel UK Comics That Never Were: Rourke versus Wolverine, versus… Monark Starstalker?
Here’s an item from my archives that should interest some Marvel UK fans – Liam Sharp’s fax of our creator-owned heroine, Rourke, created for STRIP, alongside Marvel US heroes Monark Starstalker and Wolverine. I’ve written about this a little before,… Read More ›
downthetubes partners with British Library for “Digital Conversation” event in April
I’m delighted to announce that I’ll be chairing an event at the British Library in April, the first event downthetubes has ever been a partner in organising. Titled “Venturing off the page: exploring multimedia, animation and new narrative forms” guest… Read More ›
Titan Comics follows up Thirteenth Doctor team news with Seventh Doctor Doctor Who mini series announcement
Hot on the heels of revealing the Thirteenth Doctor’s first adventures will be created by an all-female creative team, Titan Comics have announced a Seventh Doctor mini series written by former TV series script editor Andrew Cartmel and Ben Aaronovitch,… Read More ›
Death Duty: Renegade from 100% Biodegradable collection – On Sale Now!
The complete Death Duty: Renegade, an all-action SF adventure comic by John Freeman, Dave Hailwood, Brett Burbridge and Ken Reynolds is available now from DriveThru Comics, in print or digital download. Edited by Dave Hailwood, the Death Duty: Renegade collection… Read More ›