Our latest quickfire roundup of comic-related news items spotted this week…
Superman Sold: The BBC reports that for months, a seven foot Superman has been standing in the window of a Curiosity Classics in Great Harwood, Lancashire, drawing comic and movie fans to stop and admire the promotional figure. Bought as “a bit of a laugh” the figure, which was originally used to promote the 2013 film Man of Steel, has now been sold to a local collector. But what will replace this popular draw? Co-owner Paul Youds is seeking suggestions.
Make Mine Manga! a free exhibition for anyone curious about manga as well as the avid fan has just begun a new run at Macclesfield Library ahead of Macc-Pow! this weekend. Drawn from material from the Kyoto Manga Museum, it was originally devised by Paul Gravett for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival (LICAF), comic publisher and author of Manga: 60 Years Of Japanese Comics.
Manga have become a pop-culture phenomenon in the UK and more and more people are reading them. Six of the top ten bestselling graphic novelists in Britain are Japanese manga authors. In the exhibition, explore how these comics evolved first in Japan and how their brilliant creators continue to expand the medium. And discover today’s generation of award-winning British talents making manga their own way into a truly global language.
Black Mirror San Junipero: Exclusive Stonewall Edition: To celebrate ten years of San Junipero, Twisted Comics have partnered with Stonewall, the UK’s leading LGBTQ+ rights charity.
Based on the Black Mirror story San Junipero by Charlie Brooker, Twisted Comics previously published a graphic novel based on the story that follows Yorkie, a shy newcomer, and Kelly, a carefree partygoer, who fall in love in a nostalgic seaside town that turns out to be not exactly a normal town…
Now, in partnership with Stonewall, they are releasing a special edition of the San Junipero comics, with a portion of proceeds going to support Stonewall’s work championing equality, inclusive education, and workplace inclusion.
This special edition also features a foreword Lisa Power and Simon Blake, Co-founder of Stonewall and Chief Executive of Stonewall.
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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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