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Welcome to MCC’s End Of The World…

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, ...

5 h ago

Reminder – Frank Boyle exhibition

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...

6 h ago

Hockney exhibition in comics form

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...

6 h ago

Durham Red is back in town

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...

6 h ago

Best Of Enemies

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 ...

1 day ago

New Yorker goes Science Fiction

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...

1 day ago

Manga Jiman 2012

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...

1 day ago

New York Drawings

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...

1 day ago

An Animated Utopia: a centenary celebration of John Halas at the Barbican

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 ...

1 day ago

Video Nasties revisited….

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...

2 days ago

From our continental correspondent – Guy Delisle for Eurostar

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...

2 days ago

Brockley Comix

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...

2 days ago

Fear no Art talks to Chris Ware

Fear No Art host Elysabeth Alfano talks to the great Chris Ware in his home library:

2 days ago

Art For Art’s Sake

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...

3 days ago

More Mercury….

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...

3 days ago

Corporate Skull issue 5…

Just a reminder, Jamie Smart’s Corporate Skull returns for issue 5, and more of the same brilliance:

3 days ago

Upcoming: Glasgow Comic-Con 30th June / 1st July

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, ...

3 days ago

2012 2000AD Pledge – Prog 1784

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...

3 days ago

Eagle Awards 2012 – the end of an era….

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 ...

4 days ago

The Strong Female Characters are back!

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 –...

4 days ago

Morrison Draws …

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...

4 days ago

The 80s…. more bang for your buck in those days…

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...

4 days ago

Shia Labeouf makes mini comics?

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 ...

4 days ago

Rian Hughes… Threadless think he could do better

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...

4 days ago

Next up in convention season: London MCM Expo

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...

4 days ago

Ken Harrison speaks to Alec Worley

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...

5 days ago

Eat Me!

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...

5 days ago

Don Depresso meets the Happiness Fairy

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 ...

5 days ago

MKomix

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 ...

5 days ago

Totoro meets penguin: Ghibli films as old Penguin paperbacks

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...

5 days ago

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