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The Weekly 2000AD Preview – Prog 1967
Here we go, Prog 1967, same as last week, and you know that’s not really doing anything for me don’t you? Well, Dredd’s great, but the rest… middling to pretty yawn. This issue: More Dredd: Ghosts by...
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From our continental correspondent – Where to get your comics in Germany
This has been around for a couple of months, but you may not have caught it yet, and if you are planning a holiday or trip around Germany then you may well want to check where you can find a comics...
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Upcoming: Barbara Yelin’s beautiful-looking Irmina
Barbara Yelin‘s Irmina is coming from the good folks at SelfMadeHero this spring (due mid-April), and it looks rather lovely. Telling the tale of Irmina, a young woman from Germany living in London in...
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Reviews: the Deadpool movie
Deadpool, Directed by Tim Miller, Starring Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, T.J. Miller Marvel’s Merc with a mouth comes to the big screen, finally, with Ryan Reynolds taking the character to where it...
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Alex’s audio round-up
Time once more for Alex Fitch to update us to his latest show, which touches on the very timely issue of gender in the comics biz; as ever for more details and to browse a pile of previous programmes...
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Upcoming: all-ages fantasy fun with Knight & Dragon
I’ve really enjoyed Improper Books‘ roster of works so far – books like Briar, the gorgeous Night Post and the wonderful (and disturbing) Porcelain (the second volume of which, Bone China, is...
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Upcoming: An Olympic Dream
I’ve admired the work of Reinhard Kleist since a colleague first showed me an article on the new wave of German comic creators in a German newspaper article years back – he was still working on his...
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Brit Comics Rock 2016
December and early January are the domain of our annual Best of the Year posts (see here for the recent 2015 series), but now as we move more fully into the new year it’s time to stop looking back at...
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Reviews: when things go bump in the night – Brit-Cit Noir
Brit-Cit Noir, John Smith, Colin MacNeil, John Moore, Leah Reppion, Tom Foster, Rebellion I’ve been a Judge Dredd fan ever since he first appeared in 2000 AD way back in the late 1970s, and while I’ll...
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Stuff (& Possibly Nonsense) #48
News bits and bobs and news and links… Jamie McKelvie and Kieron Gillon interviewed at Geeks Out, a queer comics blog, on their iconic status amongst the LGBTQ community….. Here’s the opener… Ian...
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The Phoenix Weekender – Issue 214
Love that cover… bizarre creatures flying out to meet you. It’s all part of a great feature called The Cambrian Explosion by Graham Baker Smith that fills the middle pages and more of this week’s...
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Art For Art’s Sake
Comics… Art… love it… Will Simpson: John C: Moon Knight – Jeff Lemire: Dima Ivanov: Black Canary: Carl Critchlow (Via Brudes World) George Caltsoudas doing some great Batman Animated art… Micronauts...
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The Weekly 2000AD – Prog 1967
Patrick Goddard and Dylan Teague on the cover, and it’s a good one, but doesn’t really deliver a proper impression of The Order inside. I keep saying it, but there’s just not all that in the current...
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The Weekly 2000AD Preview – Prog 1968
Here we go, Prog 1968, again, all the same as last week, and that’s pretty much a big yawn right now. Oh well. Still, at least it all starts fab with the latest Dredd serial. This issue: More Dredd:...
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The Big Meg Preview – Megazine 369
Yep, .. the Megazine…. Inside, Dredd: The Gyre by Michael Carroll and Nick Percival continues, along with more DeMarco PI by Michael Carroll and Dredd: Dust by Arthur Wyatt and Ben Willsher. New this...
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From our continental correspondent – Comics to understand the times
When it comes to media consumption in the lives of today’s youngsters, comics only take a meagre portion (especially compared to when we were kids). Games, social media and online video seem to be the...
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Upcoming: Soaring Penguin brings us the brilliant Boulet!
We’ve been enjoying the wonderful work of French comicker Boulet a lot here on the blog, and I’m delighted to say that ace Brit Indy publisher Soaring Penguin Press will be publishing Notes, a...
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Stuff (& Possibly Nonsense) #49
More recent news and links rounded up and herded together for you: Simply Media are bringing out the cult BBC 1970s science fiction series Doomwatch on DVD on April 4th. Devised by Kit Pedler and Gerry...
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Upcoming: Watching
I’m not familiar with Winston Rowntree‘s work, but after a short preview exceprt John at Soaring Penguin Press was kind enough to send, I think I will be rectifying that situation. Soaring Penguin...
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Art For Art’s Sake
Time for more art…. because there’s always time for more art… Kitty Pryde by Cliff Chiang (Via Aw Yeah Comics) Wonder Woman pulp cover by Tony Fleecs. (Via Keane On Comics) Freewheelin’ Dr.Who Eleven...
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