A COMICA FESTIVAL TIE-IN! Spiders crawling over cute baby cheeks, half naked charming geishas eating blood dripping organs, beautiful flowing hair infested with black mice, drizzling with green ejaculate. Welcome…
Comica Festival is back! As bold exclamations go those four words are, in a sense, a little misleading because the truth of the matter is that Comica never really goes…
This past weekend saw a whole host of events at the British Library as the hugely popular Comics Unmasked exhibition reached its final days. On Friday night Panel Borders’ Alex…
For fans of classic British comic weeklies the big news from yesterday’s day of Comica Festival Conversations at the British Library came from the ‘Draw Misty for Me’ panel. The event,…
It seems almost redundant to say it given what a declaration of the glaringly obvious it is but for London-based comics aficionados it’s been an amazing few months of Comica…
One of the great joys of London’s Comica Festival is the opportunity it affords for discovering international creators and work that would possibly otherwise pass us by. At the opening night…
Comica Festival, that essential strand of autumn comics-related talks, exhibitions and events in London, begins today with the opening of the Reframe: Perspectives on Europe through Comics from Algeria, Turkey…
Doctor Who’s 50th anniversary is celebrated in Sophie’s World at Orbital, London’s Cartoon Museum invites us to the Age of Glamour and the autumn Comica Comiket date is announced. Details…
Rutu Modan in Comica Conversation with Hannah Berry! Rutu Modan will be speaking with Hannah Berry at Foyles Bookshop, Charing Cross Road, London on August 21st, 6.30-8pm, tickets £6 –…
There’s never been a better time to renounce the bile-flinging antics of the super-hero-obsessed message board culture, and get out there and experience the true face of the British comics…
A quick reminder that this Saturday 20th April sees the return of the Comica Festival Comiket – the essential twice-yearly marketplace showcasing self-published comics, the small press and Indiecentric British…
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