First Graphic Novel Award Announced by Cartoon Museum and SelfMadeHero
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Royal College of Physicians to host cartoon and caricature workshops as part of “A Taste of One’s Own Medicine” exhibition
London’s Royal College of Physicians is hosting a “hybrid workshop” for adults about caricature and cartoons next month, in partnership with the Cartoon Museum
Cartoon Museum announces “Love Stories” events and exhibition
London’s Cartoon Museum – the nation’s leading museum of cartoon and comic art is inviting visitors to rediscover their collection through the lens of love and romance next month…
In Pictures: “Jeff Hawke” creator Sydney Jordan drops in on celebratory event of his strip at the Cartoon Museum
A special “Jeff Hawke”-themed event at the Cartoon Museum proved even more an occasion when the strips creator dropped by…
London’s City Lit “Creating Comics” courses start soon
If you’re interested in creating comics for a living or just for fun, then why not check out artist Steve Marchant’s upcoming adults’ classes at City Lit in the heart of London?
In Memoriam: Atheist, Anarchist and Artist Donald Rooum
A Tribute by Steve Marchant Just heard that my old friend and one-time tutor Donald Rooum passed away last Saturday. He was 91. A lifelong anarchist, Donald’s cartoons have appeared in Peace News since 1962. He produced the “Wildcat” comic… Read More ›
Good Grief! There’s a Charlie Brown exhibition at Somerset House!
Good Grief, Charlie Brown! Celebrating Snoopy and the Enduring Power of Peanuts is an ongoing exhibition at Somerset House, London, that brings together Charles M. Schulz original Peanuts cartoons with work from a wide range of acclaimed contemporary artists and designers… Read More ›
Looking Back at Thought Bubble 2018 and finding new ways to learn the comic craft
Artist and writer Gavin Pollock looks back at this year’s Thought Bubble Festival and reflects on its unique approach to promoting comics and, more widely the opportunities seeking to learn the comic craft it brings into focus… Thought Bubble day… Read More ›
Happy Birthday to the Beano at 80: Why It’s Still Much Loved
In the run up to the 80th anniversary of the Beano‘s debut in July 1938, I asked comic creators and fans of DC Thomson’s much-loved weekly humour comic (now produced by Beano Studios) who their favourite characters or strips were,… Read More ›
In Review: Future Shock! 40 Years of 2000AD – Cartoon Museum Exhibition
The 2000AD 40th Anniversary exhibition is open now at London’s Cartoon Museum – and Richard Sheaf was at the opening night… The idea to hold a 2000AD exhibition at London’s Cartoon Museum came about 12 months ago when Steve Marchant… Read More ›
This Saturday: Comics, So What? at London’s Cartoon Museum – and Beyond!
London’s Cartoon Museum “Comics, So What?” project – also being run at the University of Dundee and at Staffordshire University, as Jeremy Briggs reported last month – kicks off this Saturday (7th March 2015), celebrating comics and graphic novels. Take along your… Read More ›
Aces Weekly: Now We Are Ten
David Lloyd’s ambitious, award winning digital comics project, Aces Weekly, is now running its tenth volume – a milestone the team are extremely grateful to readers to have reached and an achievement that coincides with another important marker, the… Read More ›
Happy Birthday, Aces Weekly!
David Lloyd’s fab digital anthology Aces Weekly celebrates its first birthday this week with a knees up tonight at the Star and Garter, 62, Poland Street, Soho, London from 6.00 – 11.30pm. David Lloyd, Dave Hine, Kev Hopgood, Steve Marchant… Read More ›
Aces Weekly back with Scarpa, Baskerville, Langridge and – Psycho Granny!
Volume Six of this revolutionary digital comic Aces Weekly begins its latest seven-issue, seven-week this week, once again showcasing some of the brightest talent from across the globe in an exclusively digital weekly comic art magazine published by David Lloyd…. Read More ›
New comic to fight HIV/AIDS published
Cardiff University’s Centre for Language and Communication Research has been working with South African charity Whizzkids United to produce a comic book in which teenagers tell their own stories to support HIV/AIDS education. The charity’s main programme involves using football… Read More ›