20 Comic Things For a Thursday

1. On Down The Tubes read about Mark Hamill’s interest in the Beano here
2. Read about the £2500 Caliburn Comic Prize here – closes 31st May 2024
3. Comic Youth’s collection of Mental Health Awareness stories can be found on Broken Frontier here
4. Join the Comics Cultural Impact Collective for a round table discussion on 16th January 2024 and find out more here
5. What’s the future for comics? Rob Salkowitz shares his predictions here on ICv2
6. Popeye artist Randy Milholland releases new Steamboat Willie web comic here as the character enters the public domain.
7. Latest Heartstopper is the fastest selling UK graphic novel, like, ever. Details on Goodereader here
8. The Comics Journal contributors share their favourite titles of 2023 here
9. The results of the Beats Comic Survey are in here and here. What change do creators want to see in 2024?
10. Paul Gravett takes a look at some interesting graphic novels to try out in 2024 here
11. 2000AD remember the late John M Burns here
12. Comic Book News reviews Matt Adcocks Complete Darkness here
13. The AI debate rumbles on in latest Bleeding Cool news here
14. Here’s the Top 10 stories about comics on the Publishers Weekly wesbite this year
15. Read about the latest Commando and Rebellion releases this week on Bear Alley
16. Fancy listening to Dave Gibbons talk about his career for 1 hr and 45 mins on Comic Historians…check it out below

17. Here’s Rusty Staples most popular posts of 2023

18. Comic Creatives are closing their social media doors in February (although their discord is remaining) and Kev Sutherland is closing his online interviews Comic Cuts.

“Hi folks. A quick heads up. If you’ve not listened to Comic Cuts The Panel Show podcast yet, you’d best be quick. I’ll be stopping paying to keep it online soon and it’ll disappear. I made 18 episodes, mostly back in 2021. Two guests each bring in a comic and have to guess what they are. Then we talk comics. Guests include Brian Bolland, Dean Friedman, Iszi Lawrence, Doug Segal, Nigel Parkinson, Sonia Leong, Laura Howell, Nigel Auchterlounie, Juliet Meyers, Juliette B-urton, Bennett Arron, Susan Murray, Rachael Smith, Paul Kerensa Young, Nerine Skinner, Steve Noble, pj Holden, Emma Byrne, Adam Roche, Hannah Lime, John Chalmers & Sandra Marrs, Laura Watton-Davies, David Leach, Jessica Martin, Wil Hodgson, Peter Hogan, Bethany Black, Jaleela Galbraith, Chris Okse Oxenbury, Louise Leigh, Ashley Storrie , Gary Northfield and more. Listen while you can (most will be remaining on YouTube)”

Catch it here

19. You can still vote in the ComicScene Awards 2024 until the end of January – here’s the half time report You have nominated some of the comic sites listed here. Go check it out and vote.

20. There is 14 days to go on the ComicScene Magazine kickstarter – we still have to raise £1200 (eek!) and of course we’d love to do more than that to bring you a new strip by KekW and Charlie Gillespie. Pledge here