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What can you share on ComicScene as part of the ComicScene Directory?
The Comic Industry Directory - Edinburgh, Publisher www.comicscene.org Online Store - includes POD hardback and deluxe hardbacks comicsceneuk@gmail.com The Comic Industry Directory was set up in 2025 for the comic community to come together and list their details on an annual basis for each other. Comic publishers looking for creators, comic shops and comic cons…
Be part of the Comic Industry Directory 2025
The Comic Industry Directory 2025 is live on kickstarter here. Be part of this exciting project, if a professional, indie creator or comic fan anywhere in UK and the world! There is space too for publishers, printers, distributors, comic shops, auctioneers, bookshops, libraries and schools with graphic novel sections, comiccons, comic exhibits, comic media, comic…
Comic Creators Unite
We have a new kickstarter beginning on Saturday 4th May - the Comic Industry Directory 2025. Join the pre launch page here See more details on our latest newsletter here As part of that you can add on the new ComicScene Special Edition which is 100 pages of all the best bits of the last two…
ComicScene Comic News
With running our recent kickstarter we missed out on quite a bit of news - so here is a catch up. How Comics Are Becoming More Accessible in Creative Review Bryan Talbot Comics Legend on the BBC Children and young people's engagement with comics in 2023 from the National Literacy Trust Heartwarming comics break down…
Can you self publish comics for fun and profit?
Many of us make comics for fun. The same is true of writing books. Academics write for prestige - they hardly get an advance and royalties are woeful. Writers of novels tend to have (more than average paid) jobs. Publishers rely on superstar names, autobiographies and when lightning strikes the odd sensation to pay for…
Less than 24 hours to go on Tara Togs
Over 400% funded and 24 hours to go. Thank you. The Tara Togs zine now has 24 pages and if we reach £10,000+ by 8pm on 18th April we will increase it to 32 pages! Please share the kickstarter for the 72 page ‘Silence of Unicorns’ to friends, family, social media. It all helps! http://kck.st/49MwIw4…
Tara Togs Preview Video – 3 days to go!
https://videopress.com/v/YLJ6chj8?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Tara Togs The Silence of Unicorns - only 3 days to go 316 backers - thank you. £7781 raised - get your copy here Scottish teen orphan Tara Togs dreams of being a photojournalist like her father. Her passion for chasing a story puts her at the heart of a dangerous adventure as she finds…
A short history of Tintin
“Herge’s Adventures of Tintin” must be one of the earliest phrases coming out of my TV set as a child. Visits to the local library were never a chore when you discovered there was Tintin and Asterix comics. But who was Herge? And who is Tintin, the character that inspired the 68 page all ages…
7 days to go on Tara Togs – 7 facts!
Tara Togs has 7 days to go - here are 7 Tara Togs facts! Pledge here 1 Writer/Artist Stref’s real name is Stephen White and his first boss was Irvine Welsh of ‘Trainspotting’ fame! 2 The first Tintin book he ever read was ‘The Secret Of The Unicorn’, which was the basis for the recent…
Stref on Mega City Podcast
Stref, of Stephen White, is on the Mega City Book Club talking about his career and the current Kickstarter Tara Togs The Silence of Unicorns. He talks working with Irvine Welsh, Oor Wullie, The Broons, Beano, Dandy, Peter Pan, love of Herge and Tintin, working with ComicScene and Tara Togs. Listen here https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/257-tara-togs/id1116473423?i=1000651646156
Great Scott! Scotland goes kickstarter crazy
Tara Togs is written/drawn by Stref by a Scot, set in Scotland with a Scottish lead character. Action, adventure and a mystery to discover it took five years to produce and the inspiration is Tintin - get it here. But Great Scott (Tara’s catchphrase) Tara's kickstarter is not the only one to be released from…
Tara Togs is our most successful kickstarter yet – with just over 2 weeks to go!
Tara Togs and the Secret of Unicorns by Stref is ComicScene's biggest kickstarter to date - with just over 2 weeks to go. We have 250 backers and you can join them here for this 72 page graphic novel, inspired by Tintin. All print backers will get an extra Tara Togs print. If you have…
Tara Togs in ‘Doctor Who comic’ style Disney+ deal
Tara Togs The Silence of Unicorns has been picked up for a major new streaming TV series by Disney+ The graphic novel, which is currently on Kickstarter here, has seen a jump in backers who are eager to get the first print of the book before Tara Togs goes global. Disnae+ have been keen to…
Tara Togs has three weeks to go on kickstarter
What is the secret of the Silence of the Unicorns? Find out in the Tara Togs kickstarter here http://kck.st/49MwIw4 Get the 72 page graphic novel in digital from £8 or in print from £10. We are just over £400 from getting this stretch goal print. Screenshot You can get original art from the short Tara…
10 Comic Things For The Weekend
1 How do traditional book publishers choose which graphic novels to acquire - check out DownTheTubes here 2 Winnie The Pooh has been reimagined - story at Broken Frontier 3 Dark Horse have announced their new Millarworld titles at ICv2 4 A tribute to John M Burns on the Thrillcast 5 Middle age graphic novels…
Be in the Comic Industry Directory 2025
“Just announced: Directory introduction by U.K. Comics Laureate Bobby Joseph.” In 2020 ComicScene launched the trial ‘Comic Industry Directory’ online and printed it in the ComicScene yearbook 2024. Whilst COVID and other events were not ideal the Directory did benefit creators who worked on paid projects. For 2025 ComicScene will launch what we hope will…
40 Years of Scream Part 2
This article on Scream appeared in the Horror issue of ComicScene. You can get all copies of ComicScene publications as an add on with the current Tara Togs kickstarter - over 4000 pages of articles! The kickstarter is here If there was a UK version of the Comics Code Authority at the time, Scream would…
Tara Togs Zine Cover Reveal
The Tara Togs kickstarter includes not just the 68 page graphic novel at the best price - but a Tara Togs zine as well! The new cover of the 16 page Tara Togs Zine, by Stref, has been revealed. This is available in the Ultimate Digital Zine Pack for £15 or from The Tara Togs…
State of the Nation for UK ComicScene
Comics Cultural Impact Collective release report on current barriers to a thriving comics culture in the UK Reflects input from comics stakeholders across all areas of the industry Tens of thousands make comics in the UK, but opportunities are lacking Small interventions could have a massive effect, say CCIC Today (20 March), CCIC, the Comics Cultural…
National Literacy Trust say 2 in 5 children read graphic novels once a month
In 2023, only 2 in 5 (43.4%) children and young people aged 8 to 18 told us that they enjoyed reading in their free time. Despite this, 2 in 5 (40.7%) told us that they read comics or graphic novels in their free time at least once a month. Comics are a diverse medium, growing…
Heroes The British Invasion of US Comics
HEROES: The British Invasion of American Comics 25 April – 20 October 2024 Comic books are American as apple pie and Uncle Sam… aren’t they? Visit The Cartoon Museum this Spring to discover how British artists and writers invaded America and made their mark on iconic superheroes and more! HEROES: The British Invasion of American Comics tells…
ComicScene to launch new Comic Industry Directory kickstarter in May
ComicScene are to launch a revised Comic Industry Directory via a 60 day campaign on kickstarter in May. The book will be released in print and online in September 2024. If successful it will be updated annually. Creators, Publishers, ComicCons, Comic Shops, Bookshops, Media Outlets, Comic Groups, Academics, Printers and anyone involved with comics who…
Je suis Stref – comic mystery solved
The 68 page graphic novel Tara Togs is written and drawn by Stref. It took five year to complete and when you support the kickstarter you support his work. But who is Stref? Find out here. Support the Tara Togs The Secret of Unicorns kickstarter here “My name is Stephen White, I'm a Scottish cartoonist,…
40 Years of Scream by Barrie Tomlinson
This is the first of a series of articles celebrating 40 years of Scream and Horror Comics in the UK. This article, by Barrie Tomlinson, first appeared in the History of Comics 1984 - you can purchase all History of Comics here . The 1984 issue includes Scream, Halo Jones, Swamp Thing, Transformers, Teenage Mutant…
V for Vendetta special
V For Vendetta gets the Journey Plant treatment with a free download of a series of articles and interviews about the comic here. Giles Richard’s speaks to Eamonn Clark on Mega City Book Club about why V For Vendetta is his favourite comic ever here. David Lloyd, the artist on V For Vendetta, has an…
3 ways to support ComicScene
It’s that time of year when we get a very large four figure bill to maintain our ComicScene website! There are three ways you can support ComicScene, the Awards and The Comic Industry Directory. Thanks for whatever support you can give. 1 - Order the new ComicScene Magazine at our online shop here. 2 -…
Order ComicScene Summer Special now – final cover
Screenshot The final cover for the 100 page ComicScene Summer Special by Charlie Gillespie - we go to print in five days time so pre order your copy to ensure you get yours here PS don't forget you can also get the Tara Togs The Silence of Unicorns graphic novel from ComicScene. Funded in six days,…
‘Developing Tara Togs Diary’ by comic creator Stref – the five year process
The Tara Togs original all ages Graphic Novel is on kickstarter now here It took five years to develop, write and draw Tara Togs The Silence of Unicorns. Below is the complete process of creating the character and the book by the creator Stref. Some of these items, sketches and pages of art will be available…
Tara Togs funded in 6 hours – get your 68 page book now
‘Tara Togs The Silence of Unicorns’ 68 page graphic novel by Stref was launched on Kickstarter yesterday and was fully funded in six hours. This makes the first graphic novel published by ComicScene our most successful Kickstarter launch ever. Inspired by Herge’s TinTin you can get pre order your copy of the frost print of…
Early reviews for Tara Togs The Silence of Unicorns
YOUR EARLY COMMENTS about the 68 page all ages Tara Togs The Silence of Unicorns graphic novel are in. Join the pre launch page here It began as a lockdown project for Stref and took three years to complete. It’s great to be able to put this book out there and it will start on…
Tara Togs Graphic Novel makes the news today
Tara Togs The Silence of Unicorns made the Edinburgh Evening News today - the front cover no less. You can join the pre launch page here FORMER OOR WULLIE ARTIST PRODUCES 68 PAGE 'TARA TOGS - THE SILENCE OF UNICORNS' GRAPHIC NOVEL A TinTin inspired all ages book set in Edinburgh, Scotland A former Oor Wullie…
The Complete ‘Developing Tara Togs’ by Stref – ComicScene
The Tara Togs original all ages Graphic Novel will be coming to Kickstarter on 29th February. Join the launch page here Below is the complete process of creating the character and the book by the creator Stref. Some of these items, sketches and pages of art will be available as part of the kickstarter. Developing name…
Tara Togs Cover Preview – ComicScene
We are starting to proof ‘Tara Togs - The Silence of Unicorns’, coming to Kickstarter soon. Here's the cover by writer/artist Stref. Stref has worked for the Beano and Dandy and has illustrated Oor Wullie and The Broons in the past. Join the pre launch page here Inspired by TinTin, Indiana Jones and Lara Croft…
ComicScene Half Term Comic Round Up – ComicScene
We have been so busy with the ComicScene Awards, the ComicScene Magazine, the Tara Togs kickstarter, free digital comics programme and about to start an update of the Comic Industry Directory so we have missed a LOT of great comic news. But fear not because here is a half term round up for all of you.…