John Seven reviews ‘Fran of the Floods’
Dan Dare is back with Peter Milligan and Alberto Fouche
British comics fans and fans of British comics know that planetary adventurer Dan Dare is one of the most beloved UK characters of all time, sort of a Brit version of Buck Rogers/Flash Gordon. And Titan is bringing him back with Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future, to be written by Peter Milligan with art […]
RIP Leo Baxendale, Beano legend
British comics great – perhaps the GREATEST British comics great – Leo Baxendale has passed away at the age of 86. Baxendale was to Beano what Jack Davis was to Mad – the essential stylist. As creators of Minnie the Minx and the Bash Street Kids, he influenced generations of Brit kids and other cartonists with his blocky, energetic style.
New Comics Collective GHOSTS Announce CULT Show In London
Announcing themselves to the World today, a British arts collective called GHOSTS have revealed their plans to take over London this April, for a week-long underground comics exhibition. Featuring the work of seven writers and artists, this exhibition, called CULT, will be based on Orbital Comics and promises to fuse comics and music together for […]
Blood, Roses and Exploration with Sally Jane Thompson [Interview]
Sally Jane Thompson is one of the more brilliant lights in the comics industry, a multi-talented creator who can turn her hand to anything: writing, pencilling, lettering, portraiture, blogging, colouring. A constant bright presence at conventions around the UK, she is perhaps most well-known for her graphic novel Atomic Sheep and her portrait series Blood […]
The Phoenix Reaches 100 Issues Not Out
Tomorrow sees the 100th issue of The Phoenix, the weekly children’s comic, published. This represents quite the milestone, as The Phoenix is the first independent British comic to hit 100 issues in over 40 years. Steve MorrisTalking bunny, Little Mix enthusiast and co-publisher of The MNT, which you can find here. http://stardarkcity.wordpress.com/
Introducing… Our New Superhero, Englishman!
Well then. Yesterday – St George’s Day in the UK – saw the announcement of a brand new superhero, soon to grace our digital comic shelves: Englishman. Apparently, not a spoof! Laura Sneddonhttp://www.comicbookgrrrl.com
On the Scene: MoCCA Fest 2013, SelfMadeHero’s Englishmen in New York
It’s a truism that comics culture and the comics industry varies radically from country to country, but MoCCA Fest’s efforts to bring in an international perspective is laudable, to get past the stereotypes of difference and hear the story first-hand. Needless to say, it’s valuable to avoid a myopic perspective of the American comics industry […]
24 Hours of Women Cartoonists: Kate Brown
I first came across Kate Brown’s work via the now defunct DFC Library, for whom she produced a gorgeous comic called The Spider Moon, a fantasy adventure with distinct Studio Ghibli undertones. I still harbour the comic fan’s popular dream of seeing that story finished one day, but Brown has since moved on. In 2011, […]
24 Hours of Women Cartoonists: Hannah Berry
I’ve never met Hannah Berry, but the thing that has always struck me from her online presence (and a somewhat reluctant one!), is that she comes across as such a lovely person: level-headed, and funny and -this is important- having a life beyond comics. But that doesn’t really tell you much about her work, apart […]