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I have just put up on eBay the Limited edition Judge Anderson ReAction figure the one with long hair with a cheap starting price of just £10
It is  unopened & still in the original packaging

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/113702922113

John Mcrea has retweeted about some one trying to sale fake Steve Dillon sketches on EBay
It looks like he has copied other peoples sketches made copies and trying to pass them off as originals
https://twitter.com/mccreaman/status/1097840514169217025

Hannah Berry is to take over from Charlie Adlard as he new comics laureate in 2019

she is the award-winning creator of graphic novels Adamtine and Livestock.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-45840811

the people behind Birmingham's ICE con have started a "Go fund me " page to help raise £5,000 to fund & run the event in 2019
all the details are at
https://www.gofundme.com/help-ice-keep-going-another-year

Pat Mills has announced on his Millsverse site that Defoe should be returning in spring next year drawn by Scottish artist and actor Stewart Moore.

It's based on real-life plans by British scientists to send an expedition to the Moon in the 17th century!   Colin McNeill told Pat about Britain's first space exploration program by Bishop Wilkins, Cromwell's brother-in-law on which the story is based.

https://www.millsverse.com/returnofthezombies/

Frazer Irving has an art exhibition running at the moment being held at the Chelsea Library, King's road SW35EZ

Free art exhibition to showcase the launch of Frazer Irving's first collaboration with Unbound Publishing in the form of Playful Inversions, an illustrated compendium of creative collaboration!
Exhibition runs from Monday 3rd September to Monday 17th September.
Private View on Wednesday 17th September from 5:30pm.
Support the book here: https://tinyurl.com/y77qmfgm
https://www.facebook.com/events/262714777903594/

There's a new RPG being released/funded via Kickstarter The Judge Dredd & The Worlds of 2000 AD being launched on Tuesday September 25th.
they don't have much detail on their website at the moment but I'm sure there will be more info soon.
https://www.worldsof2000adrpg.com

BBC Radio 4 Extra are currently running the audio drama version of Dan Dare from B7 Media on Sundays at 6.30pm & 00.30am.

so far they have done 2 episodes for the story "Voyage to Venus" which are available on the BBC radio iPlayer & the next episode is part 1 of "The Red Moon Mystery"

shock horror MCM have finally found out what the word comic means,  Frank Miller and Brian Azzarello have been announced as to be attending this years October MCM London

Pat Mills has just announced that he is giving away part 1 of his new book "Kiss My Axe! Sláine The Warped Warrior: The Secret History", all you need to do to receive this is to have purchased a copy of "Goodnight, John Boy" or you will get this when you buy a copy.

Here's part of the email he sent out via his Millsverse website

Greetings from the Red Branch!

I've just finished Part One of Kiss My Axe! Sláine The Warped Warrior: The Secret History, and I'm giving it away for free to everyone who buys (or has already bought) a copy of Goodnight, John-boy.

You guys get a heads up before everyone else – by virtue of being on my mailing list!

All you have to do is send me your proof of purchase: a copy of the receipt – or if you don't have it any more, a pic of you with the paperback or ebook is fine.

And I'll send you a download link. Simple as that.

By the way, I absolutely love Alex Ronald's Kiss My Axe cover, I think it's even better than his Be Pure! Be Vigilant! Behave! Quite strange to have my own eyes staring out at me ...

Below is a bit more info about what you can find in Part One: Sláine The Wanderer, but first just let me say that the complete book is quite a way off: I'm backed up with projects and unlikely to get started on Parts Two, Three & Four until much later in the year. So it'll probably be early 2019 before Kiss My Axe - the complete works, is published.

on 5th & 6th May there will be a small comic con in Colchester the guests include:
COLIN BAKER Doctor Who HATTIE HAYRIDGE Red Dwarf ROSS MULLEN Game of Thrones/Doctor Who
JAMES MacKENZIE Raven PAUL WARREN Star Wars/Captain America TERRY MOLLOY Doctor Who
SIMON FISHER-BECKER Harry Potter/Doctor Who IAN McNEICE Doctor Who/Dune/Doc Martin
SALLY MORTEMORE Harry Potter/Game of Thrones

https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=colchester%20comic%20con

the problem for me is that it falls on Comic Book Day & there will be most likely a 2000AD signing in London

 Down the Tube has an article saying that Pat Mills is to write an exclusive regular monthly column for the new magazine Comic Scene UK. His 'Last Word' column is expected to be as colourful, controversial and outspoken as his appearances in the recent 2000AD documentary FutureShock and his book Be Pure| Be Vigilant! Behave! – 2000AD and Judge Dredd: The Secret History.


https://downthetubes.net/?p=42936

404 Ink and BHP Comics have teamed up to bring you WE SHALL FIGHT UNTIL WE WIN, a graphic novel celebrating a century since the first wave of women gained the right to vote in the UK, and the many pioneering women who are part of the ongoing fight since 1918.
They will be taking a few women from each decade in the last 100 years and telling their stories in colourful, illustrated snapshots – some stories are well known, some less so – all worthy of note.
They want to create a reminder of how far women's rights have come over a century and, conversely, where we have left to go. We're looking back to the women who shaped our current climate or trailblazed.
From suffragettes like Emmeline Pankhurst and Sophia Duleep Singh, through the defining 'firsts' in politics like Nancy Astor, the first female member of Parliament, and Diane Abbott, the first black woman to hold a seat in the House of Commons, to many of the women campaigning and heading up politics today, this graphic novel brings together a mix of creators across the UK to illustrate the numerous stories from the last century.
Creators involved include Sabeena Akhtar, Hannah Berry, Jenny Bloomfield, Kathryn Briggs, Wei Ming Kam, Shazleen Khan, Charlot Kristensen, Denise Mina, Durre Shahwar and Grace Wilson.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1965253475/we-shall-fight-until-we-win-pioneering-political-w?ref=433460&token=088ff8b6

whilst looking on the Eaglemoss site I noticed that they have 2 new collections starting soon

]Battlestar Galactica The Official Ships Collection
"Tour the galaxy with these oversized die-cast model ships based on the popular Battlestar Galactica television series. This new series will feature models from both the classic and the 2004 series. Each of the ships will be between 20 & 28 cm long with a stand that makes it ideal for display. A must-have for any fan of the sci-fi series!"
Each ship is £44.99 each + magazine  & the first issue is available from 30th March
https://shop.eaglemoss.com/battlestar-galactica-ships

Star Trek Discovery Starships Collection
"COMING SOON: We're excited about the first new Star Trek television series in 15 years, so excited we have created this incredible collection of STAR TREK DISCOVERY models fully authorised by CBS Studios. The collection includes all the most significant ships from the STAR TREK new television series DISCOVERY."
Each ship & magazine are £34.99 the first issue is available to pre--order & issue 2 is available from15th March
https://shop.eaglemoss.com/star-trek-discovery-starships-collection

Unleashed Events! have announced that they will be holding a new comic-con in Ipswich on  Sunday 15th April 2018 and will be held at Ipswich Town FC, Portman Road, Ipswich, IP1 2DA

so far no details on any guests as of yet but they say they will be starting to announce guest in January

General Entry from 11am £6 (under 12s £4, under 5s free)*
http://www.unleashedtickets.co.uk/ourshop/

Forbidden planet have announced this years line up for the Xmas prog signing on Saturday 16th December from 4pm-5pm
They are  Dave Kendall, Ian Edginton, Clint Langley, Frazer Irving, Kek-W and Rufus Dayglo

https://forbiddenplanet.com/events/2017/12/16/2000ad-xmas-prog-event/

also Kek-W and Dave Kendall are holding a signing at Forbidden Planet Bristol Megastore on Saturday 9th December from 1 – 2pm.

Pat & Lisa have just announced that to help promote the release of "Goodnight, John-boy" the second book in the Serial Killer series they are selling the eBook of Read Em & Weep for only 99p on Amazon for a limited time

The classic story Psycho Killer from the pages of the 90's comics Toxic! has been collected & republished through Millsverse books

written by Pat Mills & Tony Skinner with artwork from Dave Kendall

It's a typical dark horror comedy story from Pat & Tony of that era with fantastic dark artwork from Dave Kendall. the story is only 56 pages but you are given several pages of Dave's painted horror artwork

Carlos Ezquerra posted on Facebook that he has a  judge Dredd colouring book coming out soon with 50 images from some of his commission work. this does not seem to be a official 2000ad book as it looks like it has the Millsverse logo on the cover

https://www.facebook.com/carlos.ezquerra.1?hc_ref=ARQD2BCZ8BKFM34bh4ZVpEN7QvDVKsgF5usHQ58wtl0kVTtBofOHvC5PlAV_tSssk2c

whilst at LSCC I was talking to the guys from BHP comics & they are looking into reprinting Bob the Galactic Bum written by Alan Grant and John Wagner and illustrated by Carlos Ezquerra.

To get around copyright problems they are looking at changing Lobo to a new character and it may be in black & white instead of colour as the original series was

If you think that they should reprint this they are asking people what they think of the idea so please contact them to ley them know what you think about this & if you think they should make a second series of Rok of the Reds