Here’s this week’s list of comics on sale now in comic shops across the UK. As usual, our list highlights the work of British creators and publishers. What’s not to like about Judge Dredd storming out of the latest cover… Read More ›
SF Comics
Joe Sugg’s “Username: Evie”, drawn by Amrit Birdi, out this week
Regular readers will recall our report earlier this year that Hodder & Stoughton had acquired the rights to a graphic novel from Joe Sugg, best known for his channel ‘ThatcherJoe‘ on YouTube. Well, Username: Evie – featuring art by the hugely-talented Amrit Birdi, coloured by… Read More ›
Doctor Who Adventures gears up for show’s return, Supergirl writer James Peaty pens strip
This is the best September ever! Not only does Doctor Who return to our TV screens on the nineteenth, but on 10th September you can feast your eyes upon Doctor Who Adventures #6… which the Doctor is happy to tell… Read More ›
Sufferin’ satellites! Dan Dare to return as audio drama series
Spaceship Away! The science fiction action hero Dan Dare – Pilot of the Future, is set to return as an audio drama series. Independent production company B7 Media, in association with the Dan Dare Corporation, has announced that BAFTA nominees… Read More ›
Starlord’s “Planet of the Damned” collection on its way from 2000AD
The Bermuda Triangle-inspired science fiction comic “Planet of the Damned” that channelled elements of Mad Max straight to the pages of the short-lived 2000AD companion Starlord, is to be collected next year. Rebellion, the publishers of 2000AD are putting out… Read More ›
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 ›
Is Time Inc UK hoping to revive its British Comic Characters for new films?
Admittedly reading between the lines a little, Time Inc UK – formerly IPC, owners of many pre-1970 comic characters ranging from The Spider and the Steel Claw to Faceache – announced the formation of a dedicated advertising film division at… Read More ›
Panel Borders: On the Brink of a Brass Sun with 2000AD’s I.N.J. Culbard
Concluding a month of shows about ‘The Galaxy’s Greatest Comic’ on the smashing podcast (and radio show Panel Borders, Alex Fitch talks to artist I.N.J. Culbard about his work for 2000AD on strips such as ‘clock-punk fantasy’ serial “Brass Sun”… Read More ›
Something for the Weekend: British Comic Shop Releases (26th August 2015)
Here’s this week’s list of comics on sale now in comic shops across the UK. As usual, our list highlights the work of British creators and publishers. Comic artist and writer Mike Collins picked up on this regular feature’s tweaked… Read More ›
Crowdfunding Spotlight: Metal Made Flesh 2 – Blood & Oil
After a chance meeting at a convention in 2011, Simeon Aston and Jeremy Biggs began working together to create the illustrated cyberpunk novella Metal Made Flesh, a collection of three separate but interlinked stories set in a futuristic world created and illustrated… Read More ›
Nightmarish Dark Judges “origin story” coming to 2000AD
It started with an artist’s dream – but now, the nightmare of the Dark Judges’ early days is coming to 2000AD. Artist Dave Kendall was inspired by a haunting dream to create his own versions of John Wagner and Brian Bolland’s… Read More ›
Dan Abnett and Ian Culbard’s “Wild’s End” returns with “The Enemy Within” next month
Last Year, US publisher BOOM! Studios invited readers to the sleepy village of Lower Crowchurch at the cusp of a violent, otherworldly invasion in the critically acclaimed Wild’s End, an anthropomorphic mashup of Wind in the Willows and War of… Read More ›
Something for the Weekend: British Comic Shop Releases (20th August 2015)
Here’s this week’s list of comics on sale now in comic shops across the UK. As usual, our list highlights the work of British creators and publishers. You know, thinking about the headline I’ve given this item, wouldn’t it be… Read More ›
Comic Creator Spotlight: Big Punch Studios
Independent publishers Big Punch Studios will be featuring on a number of panels at the upcoming Melksham Comic Con soon (Saturday 30th – Sunday 31st August). Big Punch Studios are Nich Angell, Lucy Brown, Jon Lock and Alice White: four friends with… Read More ›
In Review: Doctor Who Adventures Issue 5
Published by Panini Comic strip by Jason Quinn (script), Russ Leach (art) and coloured by John Burns Test story by Jason Quinn, illustrated by Russ Leach The Issue: Summer’s here and the time is right for reading the latest issue of Doctor… Read More ›
New Doctor Who Comic On Sale Now
The latest issue of Doctor Who Comic, Titan Comics 100-page collections of their Doctor Who stories initially published in US format, is now on sale in newsagents. Featured this issue are: The Twelfth Doctor – “The Fractures, Part Two”: When the… Read More ›
Sneak Peek: 2000AD Zenith “Apex” Edition
This week (Thursday) sees the release of the Zenith: Apex Edition – a gorgeous-looking full size reproduction from 2000AD publishers Rebellion of the original artwork from Grant Morrison and Steve Yeowell’s seminal superhero story from the late 1980s – and we have a sneak peek at some pages for… Read More ›
British Comic Shop Releases (12th August 2015) – Four Doctors and War Stories
Here’s this week’s list of comics on sale now in comic shops across the UK. As usual, our list highlights the work of British creators and publishers. You may also be already thinking about Christmas (some people do, advertisers, mainly),… Read More ›
Doctor Who Panel to Panel: Talking Four Doctors with Paul Cornell and Neil Edwards
Episode 36 of Doctor Who: Panel to Panel is live and focuses on Titan Comics‘ mini-series Four Doctors, which launches this week – and Doctor Who Comics Day, a Titan Comics-sponsored event that takes place on Saturday. In this episode,… Read More ›
Exclusive: Dave Gibbons’ Dan Dare cover for new 2000AD collection
Thanks to Rebellion, publishers of 2000AD, we’re delighted to bring you this exclusive Dan Dare item! Featured here is Dave Gibbons specially commissioned and truly stunning cover for the first collection of the “Dan Dare” strips from 2000AD. This Dan Dare:… Read More ›