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A week today, London's Cartoon Museum is hosting a very special evening focused on the release of Dr Colleen Douglas' new graphic novel Silk Cotton, with Jesus C Gan and Lorenzo Palombo which is published this week from Rosarium Publishing Dubbed "The Caribbean Supernaturals, reclaiming oral traditional folklore and lost identities," the evening will see[...]

The new edition of Things To Do In London If You Like Comics for August 2024 includes signings at Gosh Comics and Forbidden Planet, Small Press Day at Goash and the Cartoon Museum and lots and lots and lots of comic book classes for the kids during the summer holidays A special note to Colleen[...]

The new edition of Things To Do In London If You Like Comics for June 2024 is a little bit late, but includes Gosh Comics signings, Cartoon Museum events, the London Mart and the Comica Social Club attached to it, the Barnes Children's Literature Festival, and more. Thursday, 6th of June Troopers, Soho, from 7pm Those who[...]

The London Cartoon Museum has opened a new exhibition, Heroes: The British Invasion Of American Comics, running until October And looking at how British artists and writers worked in the American comic book industry, and going a lot further back than some might have thought First, how the likes of Buster Brown, Miss Fury and[...]

Expect new and old games to play, industry panels, book signings, an art show, bring & buy, cosplay events, lots of new traders and big demos, tournaments and of course the chance to make new friends and hang out with fellow gamers. OverBoard London – games, films, comics & geek culture, The Thirsty Bear, 62 Stamford[...]

The Devil's Cut: One-Shot (Tula Lotay Forbidden Planet Exclusive Signed Variant) Positive Frequency – A Day Rave At The Museum, Cartoon Museum, Wells Street, Noho, 2-7pm Come join us as the museum is taken over for a day rave Soundsystem, DJs (Mutapa: Positive Frequency, Black Moses: The House of Osiris), dancing and cheap bar[...]

And a Small Press Day uniting Gosh Comics and the Cartoon Museum. Tuesday, 1st of August Create a Comic Strip, Cartoon Museum, Wells St, Noho, 11am-12.30pm Learn how to design your own cartoon characters and then draw them in a one-page comic strip story Study best ways and bad ways to draw pictures for comics, and how to[...]

This week he launched the book at the London Cartoon Museum, with all sorts of folk in attendance, Garth Ennis, Roger Langridge, Oscar Zarate, Jason Atomic, Lucy Sullivan, Tim Pilcher, Ed Ilya, Paul Gravett, Tony Bennett, Jess Kemp, Zoom Rockman, David Hine, Rian Hughes and more, to celebrate Martl's glossy-papered achievement.  Here is his three-minute[...]

Because London's Cartoon Museum and British graphic novel publisher SelfMadeHero have launched The First Graphic Novel Award for 2023 for debut authors who have not previously been published And what's more, they will publish it. The First Graphic Novel Award asks authors to submit 15-30 pages of a graphic novel in progress, fiction or non-fiction A[...]

And in a week's time at the Cartoon Museum in Wells Street, London, just over Oxford Street from Gosh Comics, he will be launching his Salmonella Smorgasbord collection of his work across the decades.Despite working with Bryan Talbot and David Hine on big projects, published by Dark Horse and Boom Studios, being made an artist[...]

Those who know, know. May Half Term Comic Club Age 7-14, Fortismere School, Tetherdown £80 INTRODUCTION: Overview of comics and cartoon history and how they been used as tools for storytelling and communication over the years. BASIC ANATOMY: Showing how the human body works and is designed to move. CHARACTER DESIGN: How to work up designs for different types[...]

Free. February Half Term Camp Comic Club Age 7-15, Fortismere School, Creighton Avenue, Tetherdown 9-3pm Wednesday, 15th of February February Half Term Camp Comic Club Age 7-15, Fortismere School, Creighton Avenue, Tetherdown 9-3pm February Half-Term Workshop: Create a Comic Strip, The Cartoon Museum, Wells St, Fitzrovia, 11am -12.30pm £12 Learn how to design your own cartoon characters and then draw[...]

The Cartoon Museum, Wells Street, Noho, £12. Wednesday, 3rd of August Summer workshop – Beano Classics, children aged 8-14, 11am-12.30pm, The longest-running weekly comic in the world has given us loads of classic comic characters Learn how to draw some favourites and then design your own Beano front cover The Cartoon Museum, Wells Street, Noho, £12 Gerry Finley-Day[...]

Last night saw the launch of Bryan Talbot's new graphic novel, The Legend Of Luther Arkwright at London's Cartoon Museum on Wells Street, which accompanies the new exhibition of the life of Luther at the Cartoon Museum, and ahead of tomorrow's signing at Gosh Comics. Musician and record label owner, Kavus Torabi,  one of the founding[...]

Alice Oseman describes the book as candid writing, with playful artwork, and a riotous and a fearlessly real story of figuring out that you're trans – this book will bring hope and comfort to so many. Thursday , 7th of July Troopers, Central London, inquire here. Friday, 8th of July London Film & Comic Con, Hammersmith Olympia, London, From[...]

Later this month sees the Cartoon Museum of London open a Judge Dredd exhibition, for the 45th anniversary of the character and of 2000AD, running until April 2022 Bleeding Cool is always a big fan of the London Cartoon Museum as well as Judge Dredd, with Dredd@45. #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-1[...]

A special preview event happening last night for the London Cartoon Museum's new exhibition for Black, a new graphic novel by Tobias Taitt and Anthony Smith f a new graphic memoir by Tobias Taitt and Anthony Smith The graphic novel adaptation from Soaring Penguin Press tells Tobais' story through from the care homes of 1970s Britain,[...]

A special preview event happening tomorrow night of the London Cartoon Museum's new exhibition BLACK: The Story of Tobias Taitt – a special exhibition exploring the story and world of Black – an unflinching but uplifting graphic memoir by Tobias Taitt and Anthony Smith The graphic novel adaptation from Soaring Penguin Press tells Tobais' story[...]

The Cartoon Museum, Wells Street, London, from Sunday, the 14th of October to 8th February 2022. Beano: The Art of Breaking the Rules, Somerset House, Aldwych, London Curated by artist and lifelong 'Beano' lover Andy Holden, this major new exhibition collects original comic book artwork and fascinating artefacts from the magazine's archive As well as exploring[...]

Orbital Space Comics, 8 Great Newport Street, London. The Cartoon Museum: Drawing Life until December 31st A new display showcasing the very best of the Cartoon Museum collection of cartoon art, curated by Cartoonist and Cartoon Museum Trustee Steve Bell.  The Cartoon Museum, Wells Street, London. V for Vendetta: Behind The Mask exhibition, Cartoon Museum, until October[...]

I've just been to my first comic book-related event in over a year, the Press Preview for the London Cartoon Museum's V For Vendetta exhibition Celebrating the world of David Lloyd and Alan Moore that first appeared in Warrior Magazine and would become a global symbol of protest courtesy of the movie The exhibition, naturally,[...]

Well, on the other side of Oxford Street to Gosh, on Tuesday the 18th of May, The Cartoon Museum in London's Fitzrovia re-opens with an exhibition examining the cultural impact of V for Vendetta, from comic book to movie. V for Vendetta: Behind the Mask running from the 18th of May to the 31st of October,[...]

In January, I was devastated to learn of the death of Alison Brown, curator at the London Cartoon Museum and a longstanding friend She died, cruelly young, at 39 from COVID-19 Her funeral will take place this Thursday morning at Hither Green Crematorium. A JustGiving donations page has been set up by her partner of twelve[...]

On Friday, the 12th of February, comic book artist, co-creator of Hitman, Dicks and Dead Rabbit, John McCrea, will be the guest of a London Cartoon Museum charity event, An Audience With John McCrea hosted by occasional Bleeding Cool contributor Leonard Sultana, better known as the podcaster An Englishman In San Diego. Garth Ennis & Steve[...]

Alison Brown, who was the retail and front of house manager at London's Cartoon Museum since 2006 has died, after catching the coronavirus She had been in hospital with a stomach infection last month and had been recuperating in a hospital ward Diagnosed with COVID-19 on Friday the 9th of January, on Sunday she was[...]

Rebellion, publishers of Judge Dredd Megazine and 2000AD, is helping out London's Cartoon Museum and its fundraising activities They are  creating a special T-shirt, profits from which will go towards keeping this museum going through these rough times. The new T-shirt, available exclusively from the 2000 AD and Treasury of British Comics webshops, features the cover[...]

A month ago, Bleeding Cool covered the appeal from UK/Canadian publisher Soaring Penguin Press to help fundraise for the London Cartoon Museum I really hope you jumped on board and bought a signed copy of The Bad Bad Place that week, with all proceeds going to the museum Because artist and co-author of The Bad[...]

And it's one of those that has come to mind, right now. You'll have also read about the Cartoon Museum in London a lot on Bleeding Cool too, and Mark is its artist-in-residence Closed temporarily to the public on 18th March, due to the coronavirus, this has resulted in no income from visitor admissions, the museum[...]

And they are promising a physical celebration for the award winners at the Free Word Centre and Cartoon Museum in London if/when it is possible to clink glasses and hug. The Laydeez Do Comics event happened over the weekend It was planned as a weekend away in East London, with professional advice for creators on their[...]

Exhibitions followed by events… let us know if we missed any. Exhibitions: The Cartoon Museum: Drawing Life A new display showcasing the very best of the Cartoon Museums collection of cartoon art, curated by Cartoonist and Cartoon Museum Trustee Steve Bell Cartoon Museum, Wells Street Until August 30th 2020. Dear Mr Poole exhibition displays a never-before-seen collection of[...]