SHOW REPORT: True Believers Comic Festival 2020
With no snow or rainstorms to battle this year, we headed to Cheltenham for True Believers Comic Festival 2020, one of the best days out for UK comic fans!
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Preview: True Believers Comic Festival 2020
With Christmas and New Year disappearing into the distant past, it’s time to start thinking about comic conventions again, and this means we turn our attention to the traditional season opener The True Believers Comic Festival 2020, which is held in Jury’s Inn, Cheltenham on Saturday 1st February 2020. One of our favourite events of […]
“I take ingredients from different places, combine them and see what kind of result I get” Gustaffo Vargas on his recipe for success with MANU, Trujillø and L1MA
“I take ingredients from different places, combine them and see what kind of result I get” Gustaffo Vargas on his recipe for success with MANU, Trujillø and L1MA
Small Press Spotlight: Silent Horns, Stormhaven Techs, The Bones of the Sea
Our latest round up of new titles being released at this month’s Thought Bubble Comic Festival showcases the fantastic range of title on offer as well look at a tale of teenage angst, an all ages magical adventure and an abstract thought piece.
“It’s like a cool diverse festival mixed with a weird old video rental store” Lee Christian talks new anthology Bad Vibes Monthly
Anthologies are the life blood of the small press scene, and the latest to try and inject something new in the UK comics scene’s bloodstream is Bad Vides monthyl from Theodicy Comics. We catch up with founder Lee Christian to find out what makes it unique. Tell us a bit about the world of Bad […]
Preview: Portsmouth International Comic Convention 2019
This weekend we’ll be heading to the south coast, and the Portsmouth Independent Comic Convention. Situated in the city’s historic Guildhall it claims to be the largest convention on the south coast, and will feature the usual mix of guest panels, signings, showcases, competitions, cosplay, special events and merchandise. While the show’s main focus will […]
Niki Bañados’ ‘Shivers in London’ wins Laydeez do Comics Award 2019
Part of the Laydeez Day Festival, the Laydeez Do Comics Award 2019 is given to the best graphic novel in progress by a female identifying UK-based creator.
“It’s all down to the denizens of a little corner of north London with their beehives and big quiffs!” Nick Prolix on the appeal of making cockney webcomics for Slang Pictorial and the perils of Kickstarter
We’ve been huge fans of Nick Prolix’s retro cockney webcomic The Sheep And The Wolves since it was a few pages old, but this month sees him return to Kickstarter with a new volume of Slang Pictorial. We catch up with Nick to find out why he has braved Kickstarter once again, as well as […]
Review: Space Captain #5 & #6 (Never Ever Press)
With the final two issue of Chris Baldie’s epic space adventure Space Captain, now firmly in our hands, it was a fantastic opportunity to re-read and truly appreciate this wonderful series from start to finish.
Review: Petrichor (Good Comics)
We often talk about a comic pushing boundaries, however when it comes to Petrichor, the new book from Gareth A Hopkins then there really is nothing else out there quite like this.