New readers should have no qualms about jumping on board and buying 2000AD tomorrow as a brand-new roster of stories starts in the bumper Prog 2100. There are some great strips included, particularly the Judge Anderson tale penned by Alan… Read More ›
SF Comics
Frank Hampson Centenary Exhibition opens at The Atkinson, Southport – Launch Report
David Britton of the Eagle Society reports on new exhibition of Dan Dare creator Frank Hampson’s work at The Atkinson, Southport… A reception was held on Thursday evening 20th September at The Atkinson in Southport, to launch three new exhibitions… Read More ›
Latest Panel to Panel Podcast looks back at IDW’s Doctor Who stories
Episode 103 of the Doctor Who: Panel to Panel Podcast is live and dials back time to IDW’s time publishing stories of everyone’s favourite Time Lord. Doctor Who Magazine contributor Will Shaw joins host Jeremy Bement discuss his article about… Read More ›
In Preview: “Amnesia Agents” by Jason Cobley and James Gray
Written by Jason Cobley Art and Lettering by James Gray Black and White interiors – 52 pages – £6.99 The Story: Amnesia Agents are tasked with tracking down missing memories and forgotten people. The barrier between Earth and Echo has… Read More ›
Sneak Peek: 2000AD Prog 2097 – and some hints of new thrills in Prog 2100!
As the countdown continues toward 2000AD Prog 2100, here’s a quick look at the next issue of Britain’s only SF weekly comic, on sale on Wednesday in all good newsagents, UK comic shops and via various digital platforms. This issue… Read More ›
In Review: 2000AD Prog 2096
Featuring a striking The Order-inspired cover by Neil Roberts, the latest issue of weekly SF comic 2000AD is on sale now in all good comic shops and newsagents across the UK, and various digital platforms. Gordon Rennie and Emma Beeby clearly having… Read More ›
Doctor Who – The Thirteenth Doctor Launch Covers revealed
Heralding a new era for Titan’s Doctor Who line, Titan Comics and BBC Studios have revealed launch details for Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor #1, featuring variants from leading artists including Babs Tarr (Batgirl, Motor Crush), Sarah Graley (Rick and… Read More ›
That Day Dan Dare met wrestler “Big Daddy”: the new Eagle launch, 1982
From the launch of new Eagle in March 1982, here’s a great press photo of Dan Dare, played by artists’ agent Tony Kelleher from the Temple Art Agency, wrestler Big Daddy and the Mekon. Shirley Crabtree Jr., who died in… Read More ›
Screenwriter Richard Dinnick faces the Doctor Who Panel to Panel mind probe
Episode 102 of Doctor Who: Panel to Panel is live – and has a decidedly Thirteenth Doctor flavour. Writer Richard Dinnick joins host Jeremy Bement on the Doctor Who comics podcast to chat about the upcoming Thirteenth Doctor Volume 0… Read More ›
Crowdfunding Spotlight: TechnoFreak by Sunday Lunch Comics
TechnoFreak is a great-looking adult-leaning scifi noir project running on Kickstarter from British creators John Charles and Barry May, with art by Tom Newell lettered by Nikki Foxrobot, which has already met its target – so back it now if you… Read More ›
Sequart Releases Book on Star Wars Expanded Universe
Sequart has announced the publication of A More Civilized Age: Exploring the Star Wars Expanded Universe, edited by Rich Handley and Joseph F. Berenato. Almost as soon as there were Star Wars films, there were Star Wars novels. Alan Dean Foster got the ball rolling,… Read More ›
Big robots and super villains in this week’s 2000AD, a new Megazine – and The Vigilant, too! It’s a busy week from Rebellion
The latest issue of 2000AD is on sale now (alongside the latest Judge Dredd Megazine and The Vigliant) in all good newsagents and comics shops (and digitally), with a dramatic cover from Kei Zama coloured by Kelly Fitzpatrick, highlighting some… 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
Rare Ron Turner collected comics cache discovered, offered for sale
John Lawrence, publisher of terrific retro stripzine, Space Ace, has been in touch to say that he’s recently unearthed a small cache of the Ron Turner comics he produced in the 1980s, published by Harrier Comics. If you’re unfamiliar with… Read More ›
Piloting the Dan Dare Audio Adventures – Casting Dan, his Crew, and the Mekon, too!
Andrew Mark Sewell, Managing Director at B7 Media, reveals the background to production of the award-winning Dan Dare Audio Adventures, now airing on BBC Radio 4 Extra… “Each comic book panel was so vivid and rich in imagination, it has… Read More ›
Robbie Morrison talks Nikolai Dante and more for latest Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast
Robbie Morrison, co-creator of 2000AD‘s “Nikolai Dante”, is the guest of the latest Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast – available now. Robbie discusses his work at 2000AD, starting with the Judge Dredd Megazine and the creation of Nikolai Dante and… Read More ›
Out Today: 2000AD Prog 2092 – Mechastopheles on the rampage!
With a stunning cover from Clint Langley, 2000AD Prog 2092 is on sale now in all good newsgents, comic shops and bia various digital platforms. This Prog leads with Tharg’s pleasure at the Rogue Trooper film news, and sees the… Read More ›
The Impossible Space Helmet: Why Frank Hampson’s “Dan Dare” drives engineers crazy, but delights us still
Commando artist Keith Page follows up his profile of French artist Hugo Pratt with a look at the work of “Dan Dare” creator Frank Hampson… Anyone can see that Dan Dare’s space helmet just wouldn’t work. How could you possibly… Read More ›
In Review: 2000AD Prog 2091 (plus, a plug for the new Brink and Lawless books out now from Rebellion)
Mark Harrison might have delivered a dramatic cover and a stunning episode of “Grey Area” for this week’s 2000AD (Prog 2091), but it seems it’s Dan Abnett who’s taken over Rebellion’s output this week more than anyone else, with collections… Read More ›
Crowdfunding Spotlight: Talking Cryowulf, a gender-flipped take on Beowulf, with comic creator Sam Roads
downthetubes had a virtual chat with Cardiff-based writer, entrepreneur, musician and game designer Sam Roads about his latest comics project, the terrific-looking Cryowulf, now seeking support on Kickstarter – a gender-flipped retelling of Beowulf, set on a long-abandoned space-station. Sam trained as… Read More ›