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Author: Richard Bruton

Comics 

The Comicon Advent Calendar: Day 10 – ‘Mutts’ For Christmas

Welcome back to The Comicon Advent Calendar, 25 days of comic goodness all the way through Advent. Today, it’s Patrick

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December 10, 2022December 9, 2022 Richard Bruton 2116 Views Advent, Christmas, Comicon Advent Calendar 2022, comics, Mutts, Patrick McDonnell, The Comicon Advent Calendar 2022
Comics 

The Comicon Advent Calendar 2022: Day 9 – The Silent Night Of The Batman

More Comicon Advent treats now, a Christmas comic every day of Advent leading up to Christmas Day… today it’s ‘The

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December 9, 2022December 8, 2022 Richard Bruton 1632 Views Advent, Batman, Christmas, Comicon Advent Calendar 2022, Gary Friedrich, Neal Adams, The Comicon Advent Calendar 2022
Comics 

The Next ‘2000 AD Apex Edition’: The Brilliance Of Kevin O’Neill

Last month we lost Kevin O’Neill, one of the great talents in comics. Which makes the announcement today that he

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December 8, 2022December 8, 2022 Richard Bruton 1649 Views 2000 AD, Apex Edition, comics, Kevin O'Neill
Comics 

The Comicon Advent Calendar 2022: Day 8 – ‘Another Bloody Christmas’ By Dave Gibbons

Day 8 of The Comicon Advent Calendar and hopefully you’re beginning to feel a lot like Christmas… today it’s a

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December 8, 2022December 8, 2022 Richard Bruton 1222 Views Advent, Advent Calendar, Dave Gibbons, John Constantine, The Comicon Advent Calendar 2022
Comics 

The Comicon Advent Calendar 2022: Day 7 – The First Doctor Meets Santa Claus…

Another day in December, another wonderful Comicon Advent Calendar entry to enjoy. Today, we have something classic, a Doctor Who

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December 7, 2022December 5, 2022 Richard Bruton 1196 Views Advent, Bill Mevin, Comicon Advent Calendar, Comicon Advent Calendar 2022, comics
Comics 

Saving The Planet With Violence Previewing The Arcane Eco-Terrorism Of ‘Finn: Origins’

2000 AD‘s pagan warlock eco-terrorist strip finally gets collected – join Finn for the battle against the secret alien leaders

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December 7, 2022December 6, 2022 Richard Bruton 1687 Views 2000 AD, Annie Parkhouse, comics, Crisis, Finn, Jim Elston, Kevin Wicks, Liam Sharp, Pat Mills, Steve Potter, Tony Skinner
Comics 

The Weekly 2000 AD Prog #2311: Get Ready To Rumble!

It’s 45 years old and it just gets better & better – 2000 AD is the UK’s greatest sci-fi weekly

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December 6, 2022December 6, 2022 Richard Bruton 1544 Views 2000 AD, Annie Parkhouse, Cavan Scott, Guy Adams, Jim Campbell, Jimmy Broxton, John Tomlinson, Ken Niemand, Lee Milmore, Luke Horsman, Simon Bowland, Steven Austin, The Weekly 2000 AD
Comics 

The Comicon Advent Calendar 2022: Day 6 – Hellboy’s Winter Special

Welcome to another day of our Comicon Advent Calendar, a daily countdown to Christmas for you to enjoy – 25

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December 6, 2022December 5, 2022 Richard Bruton 1860 Views Dave Stewart, Mark Laszlo, Mike Mignola, The Miser's Gift
Comics Crowdfunding 

Kickstarting Comics: ‘!GAG!’ By Eddie Campbell, Glenn Dakin And Phil Elliott

Three greats of Brit comics bring back one of their earliest works as Eddie Campbell, Glenn Dakin, and Phil Elliott

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December 5, 2022December 5, 2022 Richard Bruton 1416 Views !GAG!, British Comics, comics, crowdfunding, Eddie Campbell, Glenn Dakin, Kickstarter, Phil Elliott
Comics 

The Comicon Advent Calendar 2022: Day 5 – Kate Beaton’s Headed Home For Xmas…

Welcome once more to The Comicon Advent Calendar for 2022, a day-by-day celebration of Christmas comics, today focusing on the

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December 5, 2022December 4, 2022 Richard Bruton 958 Views Advent Calendar, Comicon Advent Calendar 2022, comics, Kate Beaton
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The Comicon Advent Calendar 2022: Day 4 – ‘Sandman Mystery Theatre’

Time to take a moment to open another virtual window here in The Comicon Advent Calendar – every day brings

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December 4, 2022December 3, 2022 Richard Bruton 1369 Views Advent Calendar, Christmas, Matt Wagner, Neil Gaiman, Sandman Mystery Theatre, Steven Seagle, The Sandman, Vertigo Winter's Edge
Comics 

The Comicon Advent Calendar 2022: Day 3 – Michael Carroll’s Dreddmas Greetings…

Another day, another chance to open another virtual window on The Comicon Advent Calendar – this time taking a little

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December 3, 2022December 2, 2022 Richard Bruton 1297 Views 2000 AD, Christmas, Comicon Advent Calendar 2022, comics, Michael Carroll, The Comicon Advent Calendar
Comics 

Art For Art’s Sake # 185: The Beauty Of Sequential Art

Art For Art’s Sake – spreading the sequential love around this week…

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December 3, 2022December 1, 2022 Richard Bruton 1212 Views Art For Art's Sake, comics
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Preview: Happiness Is… Funny Things, The Comic Biography Of Charles M Schulz

Charles M ‘Sparky’ Schulz’s 100th birthday would have been on 26th November 2022 and to celebrate Top Shelf Productions has

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December 3, 2022December 3, 2022 Richard Bruton 1637 Views Charles Schulz, comics, Francesco Matteuzzi, Funny Things, Luca Debus, Top Shelf Productions
Comics 

Z2 Comics And Swedish Metal Band Amon Amarth Announce New Graphic Novel And Board Game – ‘The Great Heathen Army’

More metal comics coming from Z2 Comics, this time in collaboration with Swedish metal band Amon Amarth, with a combination

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December 3, 2022December 3, 2022 Richard Bruton 2368 Views Amon Amarth, Ario Murti, comics, Dan Watters, Z2 Comics
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The Comicon Advent Calendar 2022: Day 2 – Stephen Collins Wishes You A Merry (& Funny) Christmas…

The Comicon Advent Calendar – giving you something comic and Christmassy all through Advent. Today, the wonderfully funny Stephen Collins…

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December 2, 2022December 1, 2022 Richard Bruton 1134 Views Advent, Advent Calendar, Comicon Advent, Comicon Advent Calendar 2022, comics, Stephen Collins, The Comicon Advent Calendar
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No Honesty, No Morales, No Ethics… It’s the November Art Of Politics

Every month the political cartoonists of the world cut to the chase and skewer the powerful more effectively and viciously

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December 1, 2022December 1, 2022 Richard Bruton 1169 Views Art of Politics, comics
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The Comicon Advent Calendar 2022: Day 1 – Bone’s Christmas Delights…

We did it last year and it’s time to do it all over again – 25 Christmas comics for the

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December 1, 2022November 28, 2022 Richard Bruton 1338 Views Advent, Advent 2022, Advent Calendar, Advent Comics, Bone, Christmas, Comicon Advent Calendar, Comicon Advent Calendar 2022, Jeff Smith
Comics 

Webcomic Weekly: ‘I Hear The Blues-A-Killin’ Brings You The Frasier Meets Columbo Mashup You Never Knew You Needed

Webcomic Weekly, a regular (sometimes even weekly) look at all things comic and online. This week, the splendid mashup of

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November 30, 2022November 29, 2022 Richard Bruton 4375 Views Columbo, Frasier, I Hear The Blues-a-Killin', Joe Chouinard, Webcomic Weekly, Webcomics Weekly
Comics 

Preview: The Concluding Volume Of ‘Karl The Viking’ From The Master Don Lawrence

The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire was Don Lawrence’s painted masterpiece but Karl The Viking showed off the

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November 30, 2022November 29, 2022 Richard Bruton 1426 Views British Comics, Don Lawrence, Karl The Viking, Karl The Viking The Voyage Of The Sea Raiders, Michael Moorcock, Robert Forrest, Ruggero Giovannini, Ted Cowan, Ted Drury, Treasury of British Comics
Comics 

The Weekly 2000 AD Prog #2310: Vamping Up The Wild(e) West With Constanta

It’s 45 years old and it just gets better and better – 2000 AD is the UK’s greatest sci-fi weekly

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November 28, 2022November 26, 2022 Richard Bruton 1665 Views 2000 AD, Annie Parkhouse, Cavan Scott, Guy Adams, Ian Edginton, Jim Campbell, Jimmy Broxton, John Tomlinson, Ken Niemand, Luke Horsman, Nick Dyer, Simon Bowland, Steven Austin, The Weekly 2000 AD, Warren Pleece
Comics 

Art For Art’s Sake #182: Kevin Conroy R.I.P.

Another week, another Art For Art’s Sake both celebrating and mourning a life. I’m sick of losing people this year,

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November 26, 2022November 26, 2022 Richard Bruton 1556 Views Art For Art's Sake, Batman the Animated SEries, comics, Kevin Conroy, RIP
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Webcomic Weekly: Dan Schkade Imagines Dr Fate As Other Kinds Of Magic Guys…

Webcomic Weekly, Comicon’s look at the world of online comics in whatever form they take. This week it’s a return

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November 23, 2022November 21, 2022 Richard Bruton 1708 Views comics, Dan Schkade, Dr Fate, Webcomic Weekly, Webcomics Weekly
Comics 

More ‘Best Of 2000 AD’ Thrill Power Coming January 2023

Want to get into 2000 AD but don’t know how? Well, the second volume of the excellent Best of 2000

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November 23, 2022November 22, 2022 Richard Bruton 1584 Views 2000 AD, Best of 2000 AD, comics
Comics Crowdfunding 

Kickstarting Comics: Neill Cameron’s ‘X365’ – Multiple Worlds/Multiple Storylines, Experimental Comics Done So Right

One of the best webcomics I saw in 2020 turns into what will be one of the best graphic novels

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November 22, 2022November 21, 2022 Richard Bruton 1802 Views crowdfunding, Kickstart This, Kickstarter, Neill Cameron, X365
Comics 

Preview: There Are Two Sides To Every Story – ‘Brink’ Book 5 Is Masterful Comics

The latest collection of Dan Abnett and INJ Culbard’s Brink comes out on Wednesday 23rd November. It is, as always,

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November 22, 2022November 21, 2022 Richard Bruton 1545 Views 2000 AD, Brink, Brink Book 5, comics, Dan Abnett, INJ Culbard
Comics 

Previewing ‘Strontium Dog The Son’: Featuring The Final Wagner And Ezquerra Johnny Alpha Story

Released in time for a late Christmas pressie, Strontium Dog: The Son is the final John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra

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November 22, 2022November 21, 2022 Richard Bruton 1406 Views Alan Grant, Carlos Ezquerra, Chris Weston, comics, John Wagner, Laurence Campbell, Matt Smith, Mike Carroll, Patrick Goddard, Rob Williams, Strontium Dog, Strontium Dog The Son
Comics Reviews 

Reviewing Will Morris’ ‘Gospel’ #1: Historical Fantasy And The Telling Of Tales

Will Morris‘ 5-issue series Gospel tells of “magic, action, adventure, devils, giants, assassins and friends that stumble, fall and rise

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November 21, 2022November 21, 2022 Richard Bruton 2426 Views comics, Gospel, Image Comics, The Silver Darlings, Will Morris
Comics 

The Weekly 2000 AD Prog #2309: Buratino, Chimpsky, Hershey All Saying Farewell

It’s 45 years old and it just gets better & better – 2000 AD is the UK’s greatest sci-fi weekly

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November 21, 2022November 21, 2022 Richard Bruton 1793 Views 2000 AD, Annie Parkhouse, Cavan Scott, chris blythe, Henry Flint, Ken Niemand, Luke Horsman, PJ Holden, Rob Williams, Simon Bowland, Simon Fraser, The Weekly 2000 AD
Comics Events 

The Observer/Faber Competition Winners And Runners-Up Announced

It’s a win for Rebecca Jones with Midnight Feast in this year’s The Observer/Faver/Comica graphic short story prize with Ed

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November 21, 2022November 21, 2022 Richard Bruton 1838 Views Comica, comics, Ed Firth, Faber, Graphic Short Story Prize, Michael Lightfoot, Observer, Rebecca Jones
Comics Film 

Watch This: 2000 AD’s Harry Absalom Gets Animated

Completely out of nowhere, this week saw UK animators Mashed and 2000 AD/Rebellion team up to bring us the first

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November 21, 2022November 21, 2022 Richard Bruton 2665 Views 2000 AD Rebellion, Absalom, animation, comics, Dom Reardon, Gordon Rennie, Mashed, Tiernen Trevallion
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