The 2000AD team, comic creators and fans have welcomed the news that acclaimed filmmaker Duncan Jones is to bring Rogue Trooper to the big screen. The Galaxy’s Greatest Comic has released a free character primer and a huge number artists have… Read More ›
SF Comics
Publisher Dez Skinn releases Limited Edition “Warrior #0” for the 1980s anthology’s many fans
Author and publisher Dez Skinn has released a special limited edition print of the original dummy that helped launch his award-winning comics anthology Warrior, the original home of Alan Moore and Garry Leach’s Marvelman (now Miracleman), V for Vendetta (co-created… Read More ›
Doctor Who, Yellow Submarine and more the focus of Titan Comics San Diego Comic-Con plans
Titan Comics will be revealing several new exciting debuts, limited editions and special SDCC variants of their Doctor Who and other series at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con 2018. They’ll also be hosting several special appearances and signing opportunities with… Read More ›
Rare Frank Hampson Dan Dare painting fetches a pretty penny at auction
A Dan Dare watercolour by his creator Frank Hampson recently sold on eBay for £650, complete with a letter of provenance from the artist himself. An earlier ink sketch of Dan by Frank with a similar pose that will feature in… Read More ›
How Chris Weston created his cover for this week’s 2000AD
Artist Chris Weston created the cover for this week’s 2000AD, on sale now in all good newsagents and comic shops, and he kindly gave downthetubes permission to share his Work in Progress work that led to the final cover. Featured… Read More ›
Go Ape! 2000AD Prog 2089, out this week, Halo Jones and Bella collections follow from Rebellion
It’s a busy week for Tharg, with an all-new 2000AD packed with cracking SF action adventure and horror out today, followed by two very different comic collections – The Ballad of Halo Jones Book Two and Bella at the Bar…. Read More ›
In Review: Doctor Who – Land of the Blind
Land of the Blind is the latest collection of comic strip adventures from the pages of Doctor Who Magazine and features the first five Doctors and their companions. With a smashing cover from David Roach, the stories included are, in… Read More ›
Wildcat, one of Fleetway’s last boy’s adventure comics, to be collected
Rebellion are to publish a collection of strips from Wildcat, Fleetway’s short-lived, last real attempt at a fortnightly boy’s adventure comic, launched in 1988. There’s also a mention on Amazon for another Jinty collection, Fran from the Floods. Published by Fleetway… Read More ›
Pitch perfect! 2000AD Prog 2088, on sale now
With a stunning cover by Neil Roberts (he’s doing some great covers for Commando, too) the latest issue of 2000AD – Prog 2088 – come packed with some terrific strips. i’m really enjoying new thrill “Skip Tracer“, and theres a… Read More ›
Untold Tales of Adventures in Time and Space revealed in “The Many Lives Of Doctor Who”, out in September
Titan Comics and BBC Studios have announced Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor #0 – The Many Lives Of Doctor Who – a special primer edition, which celebrates the Doctor’s many lives, and leads directly into Titan’s brand-new Thirteenth Doctor comic… Read More ›
Sneak Peek and Review: Zarjaz 31
Featuring stunning a cover over by 2000AD artist Steven Austin, Futurequake Press releases Zarjaz Issue 31 next week – the latest issue of the not for profit anthology inspired by the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic! Torquemada – Grand Master of Termight… Read More ›
Penultimate 100% Biodegradable headlines a “Funguys” epic from Ian Edginton and Alan Burrows
The penultimate edition of the digital anthology 100% Biodegradable is out now on Comicsy and Drivethru, featuring 46 pages of sci-fi/horror for just 69p/$0.99. Editor David Hailwood will soon bow out on this great title, which has featured some terrific… Read More ›
Creating Comics: An Interview with artist and writer Olivia Hicks
The latest 2000AD Sci Fi Special was released last week and I mentioned how much I enjoyed the Terror Tale, “The Hockey Sticks of Hell”, from writer Olivia Hicks with art by Abigail Bulmer. Phillip Vaughan, Senior Lecturer at the University… Read More ›
Out This Week: the 2000AD Sci-Fi Special 2018
This Wednesday (20th June) sees the release of the latest 2000AD Sci-Fi Special, crammed with new strips featuring Judge Anderson, Judge Dredd, Rogue Trooper and more. This edition is entirely created by women – from writers to artists, colourists to… Read More ›
Aces Weekly Volume 34 launches, offering a feast of comics talent (and dragons!)
The fab digital anthology Aces Weekly Volume 34 is out now, offering a 150-page plus Summer volume of episodic comics – and it couldn’t be hotter. Just £1 per week, in any currency, gets you this volume, plus all following… Read More ›
2000AD Sci-Fi Special covers by Tula Lotay and Emily Zeinner revealed!
Rebellion have revealed Tula Lotay‘s cover to their 2000AD Sci-Fi Special, on sale from 20th June in all good newsagents and comic shops. For the first time in 2000AD’s 41-year history, an entire issue of the comic title will have… Read More ›
Dan Dare “The Venus Campaign” classic story collection revealed, and first ever collections of some stories on their way
Titan Comics will launch Dan Dare: The Venus Campaign its first “bumper” collection of classic Dan Dare stories in November, following a format similar to its James Bond compendiums, using new scans of the stories featured. Plus, there’s news of new… Read More ›
Sneak Peek: Doctor Who’s Seventh Doctor returns to comics this week!
The Seventh Doctor and Ace – played by Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred on screen in Doctor Who in the 1980s – return to comics week, with the launch of the three-part mini series, Operation Volcano. Written by series script… Read More ›
Doctor Who Panel to Panel Podcast reaches 100th episode
Episode 100 of Doctor Who: Panel to Panel, the podcast produced by Jeremy Bement about Doctor Who comics, is live, and I’m honoured to have been asked to take part in this landmark episode. Jeremy has racked up an impressive… Read More ›
Durham Red revamped in the latest 2000AD!
The mutant vampire bounty hunter Durham Red returns to the pages of 2000AD this week with a brand-new eight-part series written by Alec Worley (Judge Dredd, Star Wars, Warhammer), with art by Ben Willsher (Doctor Who, Roy of the Rovers)… Read More ›