Category: Comic News

  • Mike Foxall Has Elvis Turning in His Grave

    Mike Foxall Has Elvis Turning in His Grave

    Australian illustrator, animator, short film maker and punk rocker Mike Foxall has released Issue 1 of The Grave Shakers, a new self-published comic series under his XRay Studios (www.xraystudios.com) label. The 4-part miniseries sees famous rock icons brought back to life by mad scientist Doctor Sponglehoff, who plans to combine his two great passions, “genetic re-animation…

  • Comics Fighting Cancer: RIP is now FREE

    Joseph Pais of Black Snake Studios has informed me that the first issue of charity series RIP is now available to download free from digital comic and eBook store www.wowio.com, with $.25 of every download going to the National foundation for Cancer Research. While you’re at it you can also download 4 other comics of…

  • Free Comic Book Day: Free Comics Every 20 Minutes at HeavyInk

    Free Comic Book Day: Free Comics Every 20 Minutes at HeavyInk

    Wahey, today is Free Comic Book Day. Or at least it is if you live in North America; though many comic stores in the UK and around the world do also participate. So take it upon yourself to journey onwards to your nearest comic book store and demand a freebee. But for those who aren’t…

  • Fool’s Gold Graphic Novel Project Is Far From Worthless

    Last February I wrote a feature/review on Fool’s Gold, a graphic novel project from the pupils of the Dearne High Specialist Humanities College in Rotherham. The book was a lot of fun, and I felt it did a great job of both introducing the comic medium into schools and getting teenagers to think beyond the…

  • Comic Book Creators Announced For London MCM Expo May 2010

    The London MCM Expo has just announced a number of comic book creators that will be attending the Comic Village region of its 29-30th May 2010 show. From the press release: Stars returning to Excel this May include Ben Templesmith, Svetlana Chmakova, Jamie McKelvie and Kieron Gillen, while we’ll also be seeing a host of…

  • Justin Green’s Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary Reissued

    Justin Green’s Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary Reissued

    McSweeney’s Press have reissued Justin Green’s 1972 comic book Binky Brown Meets the Holy Virgin Mary. Often cited as the first long autobiographical work to appear in underground comics, Binky Brown chronicles Green’s Catholic upbringing and adolescent battles with his burgeoning obsessions and neuroses. For many years the influential work has been out of print,…

  • The Sinister Truth Premiers at MoCCA Fest 2010

    The Sinister Truth Premiers at MoCCA Fest 2010

    Where: The 69th Regiment Armory @ 68 Lexington Ave b/w E25-E26 streets on Manhattan Island When: Saturday & Sunday, April 10th & 11th 2010 Time: 11:00am – 6:00pm both days Jason Ciaccia and Aaron Norhanian will debut their graphic novel The Sinister Truth: Mkultra at the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art’s MoCCA Fest 2010, on…

  • Mihailo Vukelic Gallery Show, Opera Gallery New York

    Where: Opera Gallery, New York City (www.operagallery.com) When: 15th April 2010 Time: 6pm to 8pm Mihailo Vukelic, the artist of Jimmy Palmiotti and Garth Ennis’ Image Comics series Back to Brooklyn, will be opening a gallery show of his art, a fusion of fantasy themes, comic book inspired illustrations and sculptures. Check out the video…