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Doomwatch comes to Talking Pictures
on January 16, 2025 •
If you missed it because you were too young…
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Titans, assemble! But not in the manga section….
The World of Doctor Who: Panel to Panel interviews artist Martin Geraghty
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Doctor Who comics probed!
Archive Interview: Comic Artist Martin Asbury
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A special “Archive Interview” with Look-In comic and “Garth” Martin Asbury
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A free to read comic magazine
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John Patrick Green is supporting the UK Comics Laureate programme
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2000AD podcasts tripled! Cloning suspected!
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New Thrills! New 2000AD Podcast! Rok of the Reds! Can you handle it?
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2000AD ›
- 2000AD expands podcast programme, possibly clones presenters
January 15, 2025 - New 2000AD, Judge Dredd Megazine, out today, “Rok of the Reds” joins Megazine lineup
January 15, 2025 - 2000AD now available more widely in Sainsbury’s and other supermarkets
January 8, 2025 - New Year, New 2000AD – New Thrills!
January 7, 2025 - Quality Comics Dan Dare covers offered on eBay
January 1, 2025
Comic Creator Interviews ›
- The World of Doctor Who: Panel to Panel interviews artist Martin Geraghty
January 12, 2025 - Archive Interview: Comic Artist Martin Asbury
January 10, 2025 - Richard Piers Rayner revisits “The Road to Perdition” in new interview
January 9, 2025 - Archive Comic Creator Interview: TV Century 21 and Look-In artist Mike Noble
January 9, 2025 - The extraordinary, ethereal art of Remedios Varo
October 27, 2024
Creating Comics ›
- Latest free comic magazine from Lakes International Comic Art Festival, Between the Lines #4, available now
January 16, 2025 - Macmillan Children’s Books signs new deal with InvestiGators creator John Patrick Green amid sales surge – as publisher supports UK Comics Laureate Initiative
January 16, 2025 - St Helens “The Book Stop” hosts comic creator get together this Saturday
January 16, 2025 - Stref’s “Tara Togs” in the spotlight at Edinburgh’s La Belle Adventure
January 14, 2025 - Arts Council Ireland offers funding for comic projects
January 14, 2025
Doctor Who ›
- New book to document the life and work of Doctor Who and The Avengers author Malcolm Hulke
January 9, 2025 - Doctor Who: Phantoms of the Deep gets animated
January 3, 2025 - New Doctor Who Magazine explores The War Games, Joy to the World, and more
December 29, 2024 - In Review: Doctor Who – Joy to the World Christmas Special
December 29, 2024 - Talking Time Team: Doctor Who Panel to Panel probes book project
December 22, 2024
Events ›
- Showmasters cancels Spring London Film and Comic Con
January 16, 2025 - Vectis Auctions offers “Action Force” rarities from the personal collection of Palitoy Chief Designer Bob Brechin
January 15, 2025 - British Comics Now offers two new opportunities for British Creators – Apply Now
January 13, 2025 - Chris Weston Paranoid Gardens signing announced at Gosh
January 11, 2025 - Self Publishing Show Live returns to London in June
January 11, 2025
Exhibitions ›
- Riverside Transport Museum Glasgow “Sci Fi Galactic Adventures” exhibition opens this weekend
January 10, 2025 - Liam Sharp’s art wows visitors to Madeira’s Centro Cultural e de Investigação do Funchal
January 7, 2025 - Dogmatix celebrated in new exhibition in Brussels
December 26, 2024 - “Let it Snow” Cartoon Exhibition opens at the Duke of Greenwich
November 29, 2024 - Palestinian comic exhibition, Enter the Mulberry Tree and Fly Free, opens in Leeds
November 6, 2024
Obituaries ›
- In Memoriam: British Comics Fan and independent comics supporter Kenny Gibson
January 5, 2025 - Remembering Richmond Clements: A Personal Tribute by Steve Tanner
December 4, 2024 - In Memoriam: Comic Writer, Editor, and Comic Creating Catalyst Richmond Clements
December 4, 2024 - In Memoriam: Scott Donaldson, the inspiration for Bananaman
November 28, 2024 - In Memoriam: Cartoonist Peter Maddocks
November 26, 2024
Other Worlds ›
- WebFind: Stuntlady by Sandra Gimpel
January 16, 2025 - Doomwatch comes to Talking Pictures
January 16, 2025 - New Tom Gauld collection, “Physics for Cats” in the worlds from Drawn & Quarterly
January 15, 2025 - Diamond Comic Distributors Files Voluntary Petition for Relief Under Chapter 11
January 15, 2025 - British Comic Free Gifts Galore offered in latest Phil-Comics auction
January 13, 2025