Tag: UK comics

Queer cartoonist David Shenton’s autobiographical graphic novel Forty Lies has been longlisted for the 2024 Polari Book Prize for LGBTQIA+ literature in the UK. The book, published by Knockabout, is a compilation of around forty personal stories and recollections from the 70-year-old author’s life

The newest volume in Alice Oseman’s powerhouse LGBTQIA+ graphic novel series 'Heartstopper' broke a British record in its first week of sale - becoming the UK’s fastest selling graphic novel ever

Scottish publisher BHP Comics has announced it will be shutting down, citing the ongoing impact of the Covid pandemic and Brexit as drivers behind the decision

British artists Brian Bolland and Dave Gibbons took to the stage of London's Century Club to talk about their lives in comics and their new autobiographies in front of a sell-out audience.

One for the vintage history and romance buffs! Eisner-nominated artist and comics historian David Roach will explore a forgotten era of British romance comics through this curated collection dropping January 2023

Judge Dredd gets his own day, aptly called THE DAY OF DREDD. Read on for the details behind event, punk!

Every once in awhile, I come across a comic like Zoe Taylor's Joyride. An experiment so different and unique that you can't help but appreciate the medium of comics even more once you're done. Joyride brought me joy,...

Late last year 2000AD acquired the Fleetway and IPC Youth archives from Egmont UK - comics little known worldwide but beloved to generation of English children. Now they're putting it back into print with a new...

Brett Ewins an influential artist for many features in 2000 AD artist has passed away. He was known for his collaborations with Peter Milligan, Brendan McCarthy and Steve Dillon, including work on Future Shocks ABC Warriors, Bad Company, Judge Anderson and Rogue Trooper. He co-created the important alternative comics anthology Deadline, home of Tank Girl, with Dillon, and drew Johnny Nemo for the title. In later days he was beset by mental troubles, and had serious run ins with the police, after being diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. 2000 Ad confirmed his death on their FB page.

The Suitcase by Dan Berry Blank Slate Books It begins with an ordinary, yet unfortunate, circumstance. After agreeing to feed her neighbour's cat and dog while they're on a weekend break, Helen, on a visit to...

Nobrow 8: Hysteria Nobrow Press Editors: Sam Arthur, Alex Spiro Hysteria def: 'unmanageable emotional excess'  'emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral functions'   Here we go then: the lovely smelling eighth volume of Nobrow's titular anthology,...

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! Front and centre stands...