Coming next year is Comic Scene Yearbook 2026, currently seeking support on Kickstarter, a new collection that brings together 164 pages of content – including comic news, features, interviews, critical analysis and comic strips, and will be published under the Time Bomb Comic Scene imprint.
ComicScene has been a mainstay of the British comic industry landscape since it launched in 2018. Created by Publisher and Managing Editor Tony Foster, issues include articles on the history of comics alongside strips and insightful interviews from figures such as 2000AD creator Pat Mills and others.
Its most recent ventures include well received graphic novels such as Stref (Stephen White’s) Tara Togs. Their upcoming title, a retelling of Peter Pan, also by Stref, is due out this Christmas (also through the Time Bomb Comic Scene imprint), and is featured as the cover art of the upcoming yearbook.
The yearbook will also feature:
- The ComicScene comic industry review of the year, including the history of and winners of the 2025 ComicScene Awards
- Milestone articles celebrating 50 years of Battle, 50 Years of Action and 20 years of publisher Hibernia Comics
- Character features on Mytek the Mighty, Superman in the UK and Blake and Mortimer
- Original features by former 2000AD editor and writer Steve McManus on Blazer, and an interview Pat Mills on his World War One strip, “Ragtime Soldier”
- Also included will be the 300 episodes of Mega City Book Club, Space Station Comics, the secrets of Peter Pan, a Tara Togs preview, manga, young graphic novels, comic strips and 2000AD
This is the biggest yearbook from Comic Scene yet, and brings with it the option to access every Comic Scene title published in the past from the ComicScene Digital Collection, over 3500 pages of content.
“Comic Scene has promoted and spotlighted British comics, past and present, for the last several years, and the Yearbook is a real celebration of that,” notes Time Bomb Publisher Steve Tanner. “I’m delighted that Time Bomb can now regularly be part of those celebrations through the Comic Scene imprint!”
“We are so excited about teaming up with Time Bomb and pulling together to use our strengths,” said Tony Foster.
Time Bomb ComicScene brings together the expertise and enthusiasm of both companies, creating more great titles for fans to enjoy.
• The Kickstarter for the ComicScene Yearbook 2026 is running until the end of October 2025
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John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.
He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.
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