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People are wondering why we are moving to substack for your comic news (and ours!) and using this website and social media less. We have been experimenting with different options for a while. We have 6000 subscribers (and growing) on Substack and on average we get 2.5k views for each post (which are up for…
Please fill out the ComicScene Reader Survey and help us determine what future content you would like to see - it only takes a couple of minutes of your time. Thanks. https://comicscene.substack.com/survey/42940 Remember we will be coming off regular posts to this website and social media and directing all our content to your email box…
Here is the cover by Stref and Fin Cramb for the new 164 page ComicScene Yearbook 2026. Join the pre launch page for the Kickstarter here The Kickstarter adds rewards and add ons including ComicScene merchandise, ComicScene books and digital options. The magazine is especially designed to read anywhere in the world on phone, iPad…
When we launched ComicScene Magazine it was fun. We wanted to promote comics, creators, events, movies, shops, auctions, exhibitions and encourage creativity in writing, art and literacy in both children and adults. We wanted to share how great comics were. Each issue cost about £5000 to produce. The magazine washed it’s face but long term…
https://videopress.com/v/bPUUK5qP?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true I’ve been a big fan of the book Peter Pan for most of my life and delighted to be publishing a beautiful book based on JM Barrie’s original work. Here’s a sneak video preview! Pre order Peter Pan and order the ComicScene Yearbook 2026 which features the Secrets of Peter Pan and Peter Pan…
The latest ComicScene Bulletin is out here This is the newsletter that goes direct to your email with even more comic news than the ComicScene website. It has over 6000 subscribers. You can subscribe for FREE or take out a paid subscription for only £30 a year. For £30 you get all this (below) plus…
What did Spider-Man do?! Peter Parker is on the outs with the FF, the Avengers and even Aunt May! No one wants to see him – except for Doctor Octopus, who has something truly terrible planned for when he gets his tentacles on Spidey. All that, and what does Tombstone have planned? It’s a bold,…
Inkblot Comic Festival returns to Manchester on the 18th of October. They have artists, Comics, Manga, Collectables - and for the the first time ever the launch of the Inkblot publishing label and a full force live artist battle! Tickets are on sale now as well as VIP tickets with early access and some goodies!…
Pat Mills has decided that, rather than go for a Kickstarter, they would get Book One of Reaper out in time for Christmas.There's so much love for Reaper, but it was not getting the followers on Kickstarter that they needed. But they appreciate everyone who has followed the pre-launch. They are now publishing the book…
We are jumping with excitement as we are finally allowed to put this out! So excited to announce that Stref Stephen White has a 12 page Judge Dredd story appearing in the bumper Christmas edition of 2000AD...and he can promise you a Dredd and a Mega-City One like you've never seen before! The strip is…
SHIFT Volume Three Issue One - in newsagents October 2nd! FOUR NEW STORIES starting this issue - Terminal Man by Oliver Frey and Kelvin Gosnell - representing and CONCLUDING the classic story from Crash and Zzap!64 Magazines! Hypersonic - incredible action from Dan Abnett, Steve White and Gary Erskine, remastered from new scans Alsatian Cages…
Dave Cook has shared the cover of the next Killtopia story arc by Clark Bint, featuring the character Bloody Mary, cop for hire in Neo Tokyo. ‘Phantoms’ comes to Kickstarter in October. It’s one of twenty comics that are currently on Kickstarter, will launch soon or have been on Kickstarter over the last few months…
ComicScene is back in print! Pre Order the new ComicScene Yearbook 2026 on the Shift Store for the ‘early bird’ price of £10 before end of September. The 164 page book will feature articles, comic strips, a 2000AD ‘fanzine’, the winners of the ComicScene Awards and be with you by Christmas. Follow the link for…
Subscribe to our ComicScene newsletter for £30 a year and get all this;✔️The 100 page ComicScene Yearbook 2026 in print, featuring the winners of the ComicScene Awards✔️64 page ComicScene AD 2000AD Zine in print✔️ComicScene or I ❤️ Comics T Shirt✔️Tara Togs The Silence of Unicorns graphic novel (or mystery comic)✔️3000+ pages of ComicScene publications in…
King Cobra is coming back! Hibernia are delighted to announce that we have a new licence in place with DC Thomson to reprint King Cobra's earliest adventures from Hotspur comic! 1976 was a great year for superheroes in British comics, with Marvel UK launching Captain Britain, IPC had The Leopard from Lime Street in Buster,…
On 25th August voting was announced for the ComicScene Awards 2026. Vote here. Voting continues until 30th September and winners will be announced in the ComicScene Yearbook 2026. These Awards are nominated by you. You have the final vote. Good luck to all the nominees.
Doomlord is on the way!! After a few hints, Hibernia have confirmed they will be reprinting the first very Doomlord photostory from the Eagle!!! They are looking at summer 2026 for publication, it will also include a piece on the creation and impact of Doomlord and an intro by Eagle Editor David Hunt! If it's…
Commando presents… Commandos vs Zombies Volume 2! Included in this latest deadly volume is the prequel to the original trilogy, alongside two brand-new not-yet-printed spinoff comics expanding the Commando vs Zombies universe! Preorders yours from https://eu1.hubs.ly/H0mh3Xl0!
Over the next ten days we are letting you know what great comics you can get on crowdfunders in the UK and Ireland at the moment. Our first is from Time Bomb Comics which you can get here "Every time I finish an issue, I want more straight away!" - midlifegamergeek.comQuantum - the comic! You might…
Coming soon, Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies 3, on sale in comic shops and select TG Jones high street stores | Written by John Freeman, art by Neil Edwards, cover by Alex Ronald, colour by Martin Baines, lettered by Jim Campbell published by B7 Comics B7 Media | Distributed https://getmycomics.com | More info: https://pilgrim2121.com
This great looking cover is for the Blazer Annual by Steve MacManus. Brought to you from retro publishers the 77 it will be on Kickstarter soon. The 77 currently are running a Kickstarter for V the Baal Cycle Volume 1 from the pages of 77 comic. Original art is now available at stand alone prices…
ComicScene are adding a new 64 page 2000AD fanzine to their ComicScene Yearbook 2026, which is due out in November.“2000AD performs really well every year in the ComicScene Awards and with forthcoming movies like Rogue Trooper, Judge Dredd and the titles 50th Anniversary coming up we thought it is about time to have a dedicated…
This Autumn, The Cartoon Museum looks to the future – and the past – to explore comics that went beyond the final frontier and predicted what humanity would look like in years to come in our new exhibition THE FUTURE WAS THEN! Will the Daleks invade in the 2150? Did the space travel of Dan…
Just launched on Kickstarter — a horror-sci-fi comic anthology full of body horror, biotech nightmares, revenge noir and weird futures. It's the first printed comic under VHS Publications, and they’d love your support for what looks like an amazing comic! 32 pages7 eerie storiesDigital & printed rewards from £3 Please check it out, back it…
Pat Mills has shared a preview of Gary Welsh character designs for ‘Ragtime Soldier’, his successor to Charley’s War. The comic book is scheduled to be ready for November 2025. You can preorder the comic here This story first appeared on the ComicScene Bulletin on Substack here - you can subscribe for FREE and if…
With just over 24 hours to go and under £1000 to raise we suggest you please help support Steve Ingram’s fantastic comic anthology Boxes on Kickstarter. A nominee for the ComicScene Awards twice you can pick up the new issue 4 - and issues 1 to 3 if you have never read it before. More…
Our Christmas Book for 2025 is the magical 10th Anniversary ReMastered ‘Peter Pan’ by Stref, Fin Cramb and the words of JMBarrie. It is out in August and you can pre order it here.. You don’t want to miss this exceptionally beautiful book and would make a great present for family and friends too!
It’s about parenting, and babysitting, and dating and a psychotic ginger crazy girl with occasional chain saw - Raising Amy by Stref is the funniest comic book of the summer. Get £5 off at the ComicScene Store now https://theshift.store/products/raising-amy?variant=45549626622166 Get the T Shirt in store too!
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We’ve discovered 70 copies of the 2000AD AKA Tapes in our warehouse. Once they are gone they are gone. From 1982 this features the stories behind the scenes of the first 300 copies of 2000AD with uncensored interviews from Brian Bolland, Dave Gibbons, Mick McMahon, Kev O’Neill, Robin Smith and Richard Burton. The original goes…
Coming to 2000AD in October: Incredible SF action from the Eisner-nominated UK anthology! The eye-popping line-up that began in Prog 2450 continues - Judge Dredd investigates what dwells withing a mysterious mist rolling off the Black Atlantic in "And to the Sea Return" by Rob Williams & Henry Flint; the history behind Rogue Trooper is…
Massive congratulations to Eamonn Clarke and one of my favourite comic podcasts. The Mega City Book Club reaches 300 episodes and Pete Wells helps Eamonn countdown the top ten covers from the first 300 progs as voted by listeners.Thanks to everyone who helped them get this far and stay tuned for more. https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/mega-city-book-club/id1116473423?i=1000719230993 Eamonn has…