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Monthly Archives: January 2009

Angouleme

From Joe Gordon at Forbidden Planets International Blog: 
Hi, guys,

          I know this isn’t British comics news but thought it would still interest you - Wim who does the regular European spots for us on the blog is at Angouleme and has just emailed me over his first report, which I’ve just put onto the blog: […]

ALTERNATIVE PRESS FAIR!

It’s so close now that I can hear those poor photocopiers churning out their young!

Astounding Art

Golden, Scott,Texeira Sign at Illustration House February 5th!
Kick off for “Astounding Art” Exhibition and
Sale before the NYCC!

New York–Illustration House opens their “Astounding Art” sale with a bang by having three of the featured creators on site February 5th, courtesy of Eva Ink Artist Group and Illustration House, right before the beginning of the mammoth […]

Reviews Policy

I try to be nice but some times it’s very,very hard. CBO does not review pdf comics. There is a permanent reviews policy statement on the Home Page.
PLEASE READ IT.

IT’S THIS SUNDAY!!!!!!!

 

Browner Knowle No.3

 
24pp
A5
Black & White
£3.50
The latest offering from “The Devourer Of Biscuits” [as Mr Fantastic,Reed Richards,calls him],features a cover illo of Brown along with Darron Rolf Travers Northall in their days as Knowle West Space Patrol Cadets [I think that,perhaps,Northall didn’t quite get it].
Really top quality glossy paper and superb black and white reproduction shows Mr.Brown at […]

CRIKEY!

Now,though I saw issues 1-3 of Crikey! [not to be confused with Australia Zoo’s magazine],I lost touch after Travelling Man vanished and Forbidden Planet cocked a snoop at getting a “fanzine” in.  So,it was all a shock for me to hear that former London Editions top dog,Brian M. Clarke who had come along to publish-edit Crikey!,had […]

Classics Illustrated

The republishing of Classics Illustrated comics in the UK almost -almost- slipped past many people. Copies have been appearing but which issue and when has escaped  some of us.  And the web site hasn’t been much help to date.
My previous remarks regarding the re-colouring of The War Of The Worlds probably were not that positive.  […]

Indie Publishers Distribution

Now,we all know that there is no other  comics news site out there,right? erm,well,I got an interesting snippet passed on to me by Terry Pavlet.  The item was written by Rik Offenberger [grrr he never told me!] and is about the blatantly unfair and hostile deal [MY words] offered to Indie publishers by Diamond.
There is […]

Teenage Ninja Mutant Turtles Collection

THE “HEROES IN A HALF SHELL” RETURN IN A GRAPHIC NOVEL COLLECTING THEIR EARLIEST ARCHIE ADVENTURE!
It’s the 25th anniversary ”Shell-ebration” of the fabulous phenomenon that changed comics forever!  Almost single-handedly kicking off the independent comic book boom of the mid ’80s, the titanic Turtles went on to become pop culture megastars with a hit animated series, […]