Midlands Comics Collective – The End Of The World Is Nigh By Simon Woolford, Ellie Cummins, Tony McGee, Hunt Emerson, Kevin Lee Bennett, Jane McGuiness, Giuseppa Barresi, Mikey B, Josh Clarke, ...
A wee reminder that the lovely Scottish Storytelling Centre, just off Edinburgh’s historic Royal Mile in the same structure as John Knox House (a short walk from our Edinburgh store), still has...
I’ve seen people creating reviews in comics form for films, books and other comics but this was the first time I had seen someone using comics to review an arts exhibition: Matilda Tristram vis...
This week’s 2000 AD – Prog 1785 – sees the welcome return of a longtime fan-favourite from the atomic mutant world of Strontium Dog – the mutant bounty hunter with the vampish...
Best Of Enemies: A History of US and Middle East Relations (Part One: 1783-1953) By Jean-Pierre Filiu and David B. SelfMadeHero I wasn’t exactly looking forward to this one. It felt, purely on ...
Wim notes that the next edition of the New Yorker is something of a geek paradise – not only it a science fiction special, boasting contributions from giants like Ursula Le Guin and Margaret At...
The Embassy of Japan has announced details for their annual Manga Jiman competition. As usual it is open to UK resident creators over the age of fourteen and entries should be original work and betwe...
Now here is one book I am looking forward to – Drawn & Quarterly has New York Drawings, collecting all the covers, comics and more that the excellent Adrian Tomine has created over the last...
Rachel Hunter kindly drops us a line to let us know about an interesting event tomorrow in the Barbican, celebrating the contributions made to British animation by John Halas, of Halas and Batchelor ...
Video Nasties – The Collection By Chris Doherty Way back at the start of 2011, I reviewed Chris Doherty’s Video Nasties, or at least the first 6 issues of this 7 issue series. Yes, itR...
Guy Delisle posted a nice little story on his blog recently that originally was published in the on-train Eurostar magazine. I think many comic creators will relate. For those who are less than Frenc...
Howard Hardiman and Badger are heading back to their spiritual home of Brockley for events in early June: As part of the Brockley Max Festival (1st to 9th June) the gang behind the short animated doc...
Fear No Art host Elysabeth Alfano talks to the great Chris Ware in his home library:
Pictures? On the Internet? Who would have thought? Farel Dalrymple delivers a beautiful Delirium… and the rest of Neil Gaiman’s Endless is at the Aw Yeah post as well: Frazer Irving posts...
Colleen Coover put her post up in April, and we reposted here, along with an extra…. the Freddie Mercury moment in a Wolverine comic. Okay, not a real Wolverine comic, but it’s still a da...
Just a reminder, Jamie Smart’s Corporate Skull returns for issue 5, and more of the same brilliance:
Details at the website, guest include Dave Alexander, Jim Alexander, David Bishop (2000AD Editor), Eddie Deighton (Editor/Publisher COM.X), Karrie Fransman, Alan A. Grant, Jon Haward, Colin MacNeil, ...
In February 2012, for the 35th anniversary of 2000AD, I made a pledge: “But here’s a deal for you. If you’ll do it, so will I. 2012 will be the year I read 2000AD. 2012 will be the year YOU read 2000...
The Eagle Awards were announced last night at the MCM Expo Awards. Results are below, and congrats to everyone who won this year. You all have the chance to say you won the last Eagle Award. After a ...
Kate Beaton returns to the characters created by herself, Carly Monardo, and Meredith Gran. They’re still strong, they’re still female, they’re still characters. Comics world –...
Back in the 80s Grant MorDeep Space Transmissions; a Grant Morrison news site, has been posting a little bit of Morrison’s artwork recently – here, here, and here. From which I do quite l...
I moan occasionally about comics and the lack of value they give you these days, especially the modern decompressed style of storytelling beloved at Marvel and DC right now. Granted it can be done ra...
The world really is a strange, strange place isn’t it? Not only does Shia LaBeouf make mini comics, but they don’t look at all bad, and Sean T. Collins at The Comics Journal rather likes ...
Rian Hughes has a few T-shirts up for consideration at Threadless. You know… THAT Rian Hughes. The rather brilliant artist/designer responsible for some very gorgeous imagery over the years. Th...
Happening over the weekend, or this afternon if you were at the special Friday preview. MCM Expo is a full media show, with a lot of guests from the worlds of TV, film, and pop entertainment of all k...
Comics writer Alec Worley was recently interviewed for the Judge Dredd Megazine by Ken Harrison (Megazine #324, released earlier this week and available now). This is the original email exchange that...
Eat Me! A Food Anthology Jack Davies, Catherine Reda, Luke Bayliss & Harry Griffin-Hayes, Sammy Borras, Lily-rose Beardshaw, Sarah Fogg Inspired Comics Hmm. The urge to pepper this one with hideo...
It’s been a little while since I checked out the most recent postings on Better, Drawn, the site that showcases comics works addressing mental and physical health issues. Simon Moreton flagged ...
One of our long-time favourite Brit small press comic creators Paul Rainey drops us a line to say that the Milton Keynes Art Gallery is hosting an exhibition of Pushwagner art this summer. This will ...
Just how lovely are these illustrations? The films of the wonderful Studio Ghibli re-imagined as if they had been old school Penguin paperback editions. Smile inducing work by Jason K, who is selling...
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