INTERVIEW: Allison Baker on Year One of Monkeybrain Comics
2012 was the year we saw Marvel relaunch, DC reboot, Image rise, and Valiant return. And yet perhaps one of the biggest success stories...
INTERVIEW: Barry Nugent, live at Thought Bubble!
After his first novel was published in 1999, when Barry Nugent went on to self-publish his second novel Unseen Shadows: Fallen Heroes five years later,...
To Do Today: Canny Comic Con and Leeds Alternative Comics Fair
Christmas is being held on December 25th this year, so you've only got a few weeks left to find something decent to give your...
Monsters, Zines, and MonsterZines with Stephen Bissette
Weird tales and comics naturally go together. From the days of pulp stories with enthralling illustrations, through EC’s Wertham-harried evocation of the fantastic and...
INTERVIEW: Woodrow Phoenix, live from Thought Bubble!
Woodrow Phoenix is one of the two editors who compiled Nelson, a 250-page anthology featuring work from over 50 different writers and artists. The...
INTERVIEW: Adam Cadwell, live from Thought Bubble!
Adam Cadwell is a writer and artist whose works include The Everyday, an autobiographical webcomic which ran for three years between 2007 and 2010....
On the Scene: Thought Bubble!
The wonderful thing about Thought Bubble, an annual festival in Leeds that encompasses the academic Comics Forum and a two day comics convention covering all sequential art from Bunny to Batman, is that two people can attend the event and come away with a completely different experience. So while Steve Morris brilliantly scratched the surface, the following is the tale of my adventures as I visited one of the UK's most popular conventions for the very first time.
Scratching the Surface of Thought Bubble 2012
This weekend saw Thought Bubble 2012's convention, and.... phew, it was busy. I did my best to talk to everybody, but don't think I...
The British Comic Awards 2012: The Results
The inaugural British Comic Awards ceremony was held tonight, with founder Adam Cadwell presiding. More details to come tomorrow, but here's a list of the winners. Congratulations...
INTERVIEW: The 2012 Thought Bubble Anthology is Here!
Lisa Wood is the founder of Leeds' Thought Bubble Festival, which is now only ten days away (AIIEEEE indeed, readers), but last year also...
On the Scene: Small Press Expo 2012 Day Two
By Hannah Means-Shannon
The revelries following the Ignatz Awards continued long into the night and crowded the lower levels of the conference center took over...
J. Torres finds some True Patriots for Canada
By Steve Morris
Wolverine, Alpha Flight, Jack Bauer, Captain Kirk: many of the most famous heroes in modern history have been Canadian. But despite that,...






















