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Straight from yesterday's Diamond Retailer Day in London, the day before today's London Super Comic Con…  Jonathan Ross and Ian Churchill talk about their new comic book Revenge, as well as what they'll be doing next Jonathan has a number of projects to work on and Ian is doing more Marineman… Let's see them entertain the troops[...]

Matt Gagnon, editor-in-chief of Boom! ran videos of many creators and many projects, running through the gamut of imprints and differing books that the

Straight from yesterday's Diamond Retailer Day in London, the day before today's London Super Comic Con… Avatar Press' presentation to retailers, including Si Spurrier, Kieron Gillen and Max Brooks talking about Disenchantment, Crossed, Uber and Extinction Parade. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQloRzx2sJk[/youtube] Sorry for blinding Si Spurrier. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOmkr0lCK0s[/youtube] And sorry about the angle on Max… it does make him look a little Messiah[...]

Straight from yesterday's Diamond Retailer Day in London, the day before today's London Super Comic Con… Rebellion, talked through many of their 2000AD and Judge Dredd projects, including a heavily promoted jumping on point being supported by a poster campaign, a New Talent Summer Special that seems to be reviving all sorts of 2000AD favourites, new[...]

Yesterday, Diamond Comics held a Retailer Day ahead of today's London Super Comic Con Which consisted of a room full of British comic book store owners with publishers and creators talking up their wares. Titan Comics were up first, with Titan's PR guy Rick Claydon. They were there to show off Scarlett Couture by Des Taylor, planned[...]

I've just got back from the Diamond Retailer Day just before London Super Comic Con Before I left, I had a quick runaround the show floor, where people are setting up It will be the last time I'll be able to do that without the crowds I was also ably assisted by Tom Huxley. Here's how[...]

We've been talking about the upcoming Comics Unmasked exhibition at the British Library for some time. Running from 2nd May to 19th August and curated by

Mjölnir in Greenwich London is the centre of the world Ask any Londoner They'll tell you Or perhaps they won't We Londoners have learned to keep our natural pride in our city under wraps Otherwise we get told off by people from Dunwich or Old Sarum or wherever who insist that their hometown's the friendliest, or[...]

I do like Gosh Comics of London And Gosh Comics like comics Lots of them And in March they have a lot to show for it, announcing British Comics Month Let's have a look at what they, and others, have planned for the month of March… Now until March 9th – Alone Forever, An Exhibition By[...]

Last year, there were quite a few events all over the world in celebration of Will Eisner Week at the beginning of March, but that doesn't hold a candle to how many events are being planned this year to honor Eisner's legacy and educate about the comics medium. Originally organized in 2009 by The Will &[...]

Rian Hughes, Bleeding Cool's Jessica Kemp, Jessica Martin, Chrissie Nicholson-Wild of Curve Couture and more will be exhibiting together at the London Burlesque Fest forthe Big Burlesque Day Out in May 24th. Rian Hughes, best known for drawing Grant Morrison's Dare, designing the Forbidden Planet logo (and the current Valiant logo) as well as lots of[...]

It will be available through Gosh Comics of London and limited to forty copies And will not include that bar. So, you'd better hurry…   This is an A3 giclée print by Kevin O'Neill reproducing a splash page from the upcoming The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Roses Of Berlin by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill[...]

£6 from WeGotTickets. Wednesday Steven Mooney to sign Half Past Danger at Forbidden Planet with its exclusive bookplate. Stephen Mooney will be signing our EXCLUSIVE BOOKPLATED hardcover edition of HALF PAST DANGER at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore on Wednesday 5th February from 6 – 7pm! History meets Prehistory in this two-fisted race against time! Summer, 1943, and in the[...]

57 Arts, 57 Loampit Hill London SE13 7SZ. This practical and informal course is for anyone who would like to explore their own creativity and create narratives with words and pictures All backgrounds are welcome; the workshops are suitable for beginners who do not have formal art training. Four sessions will be run on consecutive weeks with[...]

This is Orbital Comics, in London, official suppliers of weekly comic books to Bleeding Cool, and now transformed into an art studio, with artists, paper, pens, beer, a life model and props. This week, Jason Atomic hosted a life-drawing class featuring Manko, in a catsuit and posing with raygun-style weaponry. It was booked up well in advance, the[...]

Thanks to Lucy Keeler...

The London Film And Comic Con, though longer running, has played second fiddle to the MCM London Expo It's more of a meet-and-greet-someone-off-the-telly-or-a-film-you-liked-as-a-kid kind of show, but Mike Conroy has, of late, upped the caliber of the comic book guests Hell, even Bleeding Cool has been invited to set up stall, this coming July, a[...]

People ask what I do when I'm not writing Bleeding Cool. Which kinda takes up around 18 hours a day. Well, on Sundays, I take a little time off, to draw a

While the American comics social scene seems to be taking a breather for Thanksgiving, London has nothing to be thankful for So, instead, we get the following to be very thankful for instead. TONIGHT: Alan Moore in conversation with Lance Parkin, at the Prince Charles Cinema, with a showing of Act Of Faith and Jimmy's End and[...]

He's survived for months on London's streets, by his wits…and his looks Under extraordinary circumstances Pamela invites him into her comfortable suburban home There, in spite of their obvious differences, they soon come to form an unlikely partnership, once separate lives revived in stark new directions… An intense hothouse drama, fierce, true to life, ROOM FOR[...]

Come and enjoy and be inspired! [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/73293975[/vimeo] And then also at Foyles from 6.30pm, Gareth Brookes, Daniel Merlin Goodbrey, Katie Green, John Miers & Woodrow Phoenix talk with Paul Gravett to launch Gravett's new book with Tate Publishing, Comics Art and discuss the emergence and future of comics as 'The 21st Century Medium'. SUNDAY: Signing at Forbidden Planet for[...]

I've never been so happy to be a lifetime member of the Prince Charles Cinema. It means I have my ticket reserved for this, on Tuesday 26th November...

With a 41 Mp camera. Well, I was going to have to take it to Comiket, the Comics small press fair in London, wasn't I? Video above, photos below, but for my swag shot I had a good day spending money Picking up the new issue of comics I loved, and discovering new – and old[...]

well I have a market stall in a really cool little craft market in Brick Lane – East London – where I already sell my regular art work I've already started making promoting the comic at comic cons which lets me meet other people making comics which is lots of fun. Making web comic is of[...]

Here's a little look at some of the Comics Village running at MCM London Comic Con this year, As ex-organiser Emma Vieceli said, less Comics Village, more Comicopolis… k Bigger, More tables Bigger tables More artists and publishers Here's a little look at some of the Comics Village running at MCM London Comic Con this year,[...]

Today, from 2pm till 7pm, is the first day of the MCM London Comic Con out at the ExCel Cetre I'm taking my girls and one of the eldest's friends to the show – and we'll probably be going by cable car! This evening, Orbital Comics is putting on the film Better Things about the life[...]

The Poetry School in London is running a day long Poetry & Comics course with tutor Chrissy Williams, starting on the 2nd November from 10.30am – 4.30pm. Spend the day approaching the page in a new way, framed by the visual language of comics We'll think about the ways others have used visual sequence in their[...]

Illustrator and photographer Steve Cook reports, with camera on hand, for Bleeding Cool from the London Film And Comic Con, taking place this weekend. Anderson: Psi Division! Running for two days is the London Film and Comic Con and I went along yesterday to take a few shots at the request of Mike Conroy and his daughter,[...]

And tonight, if you're in London, he'd like you to meet them all, for an evening of drink and digital. Subscribers get an automatic invite to the party Just saying… Friends, You are cordially invited to Aces Weekly's first birthday party! If by some strange twist of fate you've missed hearing about us in the hustle and bustle[...]

You could buy a used copy of Skin by Milligan and McCarthy on Amazon for over £27. Or on Wednesday at 7.30pm, you could go to Gosh Comics in London to hear Peter Milligan and Brendan McCarthy doing a talk and Q&A about their new book from Dark Horse that collects the very best of their hard-to-find[...]