Category: Comic News
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54 UK Comic Creators Combine Powers to Help the Homeless
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in Comic NewsWith friends and family around us falling victim to unemployment and poverty, the funny books are becoming an increasingly guilty pleasure for the conscientious comic geek. Those who like the idea of their disposable income going into something other than Mickey Mouse’s pockets may be interested in Nelson, a charity graphic novel that sees the…
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‘Isness’ Preview Is here
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in Comic NewsLast year I posted a piece about The Isness, Stavit Allweis’s ambitious post-apocalyptic comic project which trades pencils and inks for actors and lavish costume/set design. If the term “fotonovela” has you thinking of teen magazines, 70s football albums and tabloid cartoon strips, think again; Stavit looks to bring an attention to detail to the…
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Manga Series Chloe to Usher in MCM Expo London
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in Comic Newswww.mcmbuzz.com is now hosting Chloe, a weekly-updated manga strip from artist Christopher Chong, a former student at the Anime Animation college in Nihon Kogakuin, Japan. The series, which will lead up to the MCM Expo London Comic Con on 27-29 May, follows “a young girl called Chloe and her mission to educate her friend in…
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Marvel’s Villains Wreak Vengeance
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in Comic NewsFear Itself #1 hit the shelves just last week, but the folks at Marvel are already are teasing us with their next big event, Vengeance, which, as Tom Brennan told IGN, will offer “an exploration of villainy in the Marvel Universe through the eyes of the next generation.” Not the sequel to Acts of Vengeance…
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2011 Eagle Awards Voting Opens
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in Comic NewsDue to my ongoing technical problems this is going up a little late, but nevertheless: the voting selection for the 2011 Eagle Awards is now up. It’s a vast and varied list, too, comprising 29 categories. Voting will close at midnight BST on Monday 11 April, and the winners will be announced at the MCM…
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Exclusive Genki Gear T-Shirts for London MCM Expo
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in Comic NewsThose quirky garment designers at Genki Gear have unveiled several official T-shirts that will be exclusively available at this May’s MCM Expo London Comic Con, allowing geeks everywhere to connect with like-minded dreamers when May 2011 is but a distant memory. Sob…
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Will Eisner Receives Google Doodle
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in Comic NewsMarch 6th marked the late Will Eisner’s birthday, and yesterday US Googlers were welcomed by a rather splendid “doodle” – the logo above Google’s search bar that changes to mark events and anniversaries. The logo even linked to further information on the seminal comic creator when clicked. Eisner died in 2005, but his legacy continues…
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Arthur Flowers Performs ‘I See the Promised Land’
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in Comic NewsA clip from Arthur Flowers’ recent US tour, as he reads from I See the Promised Land, his graphic novel on the life of Martin Luther King, and explains how the project came about: