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Saturday, March 21, 2015

The Guardian plugs Aces Weekly

Top digital comic Aces Weekly has received a nice plug in today's issue of The Guardian in their Guide arts section. Their comic feature Strip Advisor is otherwise about American comics so it's good to see UK anthology title Aces Weekly promoted. The feature is also online and you can read it here:

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/mar/21/strip-advisor-comics-review

Any promo for Aces Weekly helps, as it's sometimes forgotten when people talk about modern professional British comics. Each 7 issue volume of the comic is only £6.99 and volume 15 is about to start. You can read more about it at the official website where you can buy and read the issues:

http://www.acesweekly.co.uk/

Don't forget that there's an all-new Combat Colin three pager in Aces Weekly Vol.1 No.1 and Vol.8 No.7, and I'll soon be working on another one for a future issue!

Saturday, April 26, 2014

New comic pages in today's Guardian

Today's edition of The Guardian highlights something special within its Guardian Weekend magazine. There are six all-new exclusive comic stories featuring some of the top names in the comics industry teamed with literary authors. There are 26 pages of comic strip in total, plus additional features on some of the creators.

The strips are:
Masks by Gillian Flynn and Dave Gibbons
Having Renewed my Fire by Dave Eggers (who also drew the cover)
Thursdays, Six to Eight p.m. by Audrey Niffenegger and Eddie Campbell
Art and Anarchy by Michel Faber and Roger Langridge
Freefall by Margaret Atwood and Christian Ward
Do You Hear What I Hear? by A.M.Homes, adapted by Frazer Irving

If you're hoping to see strips in the style of traditional children's comics you won't find them here as these are stories of a more intellectual style. Not that it should put anyone off if course, as these are fine examples of the rich diversity of mature comics.

It's a shame The Guardian chose 'Cartoon Special' as a header on their front page. Why is Britain so embarrassed by the word 'comics'? Yes, the public does sometimes call comics 'cartoons', but why feed that misnomer? Anyway, that's just a minor niggle. The important thing is this is an interesting collection of new UK comic material, so buy a copy today.
The Guardian is £2.50 for the Saturday edition.

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