Tag: British Comics

British mutants: arguably weirder but arguably cooler.

John Seven reviews 'Fran of the Floods'

British comics fans and fans of British comics know that planetary adventurer Dan Dare is one of the most beloved UK characters of all time, sort of a Brit version of Buck Rogers/Flash Gordon....

British comics great - perhaps the GREATEST British comics great - Leo Baxendale has passed away at the age of 86. Baxendale was to Beano what Jack Davis was to Mad - the essential stylist. As creators of Minnie the Minx and the Bash Street Kids, he influenced generations of Brit kids and other cartonists with his blocky, energetic style.

Announcing themselves to the World today, a British arts collective called GHOSTS have revealed their plans to take over London this April, for a week-long underground comics exhibition. Featuring the work of seven writers...

Sally Jane Thompson is one of the more brilliant lights in the comics industry, a multi-talented creator who can turn her hand to anything: writing, pencilling, lettering, portraiture, blogging, colouring. A constant bright presence...

Tomorrow sees the 100th issue of The Phoenix, the weekly children's comic, published. This represents quite the milestone, as The Phoenix is the first independent British comic to hit 100 issues in over 40...

Well then. Yesterday - St George's Day in the UK - saw the announcement of a brand new superhero, soon to grace our digital comic shelves: Englishman. Apparently, not a spoof! Front and centre stands...

It’s a truism that comics culture and the comics industry varies radically from country to country, but MoCCA Fest’s efforts to bring in an international perspective is laudable, to get past the stereotypes of...

I first came across Kate Brown's work via the now defunct DFC  Library, for whom she produced a gorgeous comic called The Spider Moon, a fantasy adventure with distinct Studio Ghibli undertones. I still...

I've never met Hannah Berry, but the thing that has always struck me from her online presence (and a somewhat reluctant one!), is that she comes across as such a lovely person: level-headed, and...

17x23 Showcase Contributors: Isaac Lenkiewicz, Kyle Platts, Henry McCausland, Nick Sheehy, Joe Kessler Nobrow Press Following on from the success of the excellent Nobrow anthology- a bi-annual publication of two halves: one comics and one illustration, and...