LATEST ARTICLES VIECC Vienna Comic Con 2017 – Chris Giarrusso AnnouncedMay 8, 2017ConventionsChris Giarrusso was just announced for this year’s November for VIECC Vienna Comic Con in Wien, Austria, 18-19 November 2017. He is the Harvey award-nominated artist and writer best known for creating, writing, and drawing G-Man, a series of books loved by all ages. Check out his awesome original work with G-Man, his Mini Marvels Complete Collection... Read more...Glasgow Comic Con 2017 – Guest AnnouncementsMay 8, 2017ConventionsGlasgow Comic Con 2017 is quickly shaping up to be a prestigious one-day event on 1st of July with announced guests including 2000AD veteran writer and editor Pat Mills, best-selling writer-artist duo Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie, amazing artists like Marguerite Sauvage of DC Bombshells-fame, Elsa Charretier and his writer for IDW’s The Infinite Loop Pierrick... Read more...In Frank Quitely’s Studio – Round 2April 11, 2017InterviewsI enter a studio three completely different artists share. The space to me looks tiny but we fit, there’s even a full bicycle in there somehow. There are paintings everywhere and we spot a drawing table and loads of FedEx boxes. I am in Scotland, in Frank Quitely’s studio which he shares with two more artists, Daria... Read more...Frank Quitely interview in his studio after Rutherglen Comic Con, ScotlandFebruary 28, 2017InterviewsWe have been teasing this for a long time but the wait is finally over. Ladies and gentlemen, here’s out interview with Scottish artist Frank Quitely, who is one of the most famous comic artists of the world today. In the interview he talks about his childhood, his first published strips in the Scottish anthology Electric Soup and... Read more...VIECC Vienna Comic Con 2016 – Review with PhotosFebruary 17, 2017ConventionsOriginal article appeared on Comic Conventions UK. Last year‘s VIECC Vienna Comic Con did a terrific debut with lining up comic superstars like Jae Lee, Giuseppe Camuncoli and Mahmud Asrar and proved that it can easily keep up with the strong competition of comic conventions around Europe. Being new in a business is never easy... Read more...Achdé video interview about Lucky Luke at VIECC Vienna Comic Con 2016December 16, 2016InterviewsOriginal article appeared on Comic Conventions UK. Our next video interview is with current Lucky Luke artist Achdé which took place at VIECC Vienna Comic Con, Austria. Enjoy! Interviewer: Milán Kovács Camera: Martin Lehmann... Read more...Adam Hughes video interview at VIECC Vienna Comic Con 2016December 15, 2016InterviewsOriginal article appeared on Comic Conventions UK. Finally here’s our video interview with Adam Hughes at VIECC Vienna Comic Con, Austria. Enjoy! Interviewer: Milán Kovács Camera: Martin Lehmann... Read more...Tomi Varga interview about Ghastly Tales written by Marguerite BennettSeptember 6, 2016InterviewsOriginal article appeared on Comic Conventions UK. Marguerite Bennett, writer of DC Comics’ Bombshells sails to creator-owned lands with Ghastly Tales with art by Kevin Eastman’s color artist Tomi Varga. The comic itself consists of three twisted tales and it will be available in digital and print format too on September 7. We asked Tomi a... Read more...Dan Mora interview about his Eisner Award win and Klaus written by Grant MorrisonAugust 11, 2016InterviewsOriginal article appeared on Comic Conventions UK. After our interview 8 months ago a lot has happened to artist Dan Mora. We at Comic Conventions thought it would be interesting to return to him with another round of questions. Dan got his first Eisner Award a few weeks ago and his Grant Morrison-penned comic series Klaus also... Read more...Jan Duursema interview about Hexer Dusk written by John Ostrander Kickstarter campaignJune 4, 2016Interviews / KickstartersOriginal article appeared on Comic Conventions UK. We did a short Q&A with Jan Duursema, artist of the famed Star Wars Legacy series (with writer John Ostrander) about their creator-owned Kickstarter-funded soon-to-be-graphic novel Hexer Dusk which still has more than a week to go with plenty of stretch goals. Comic Conventions (Milán Kovács): What can you... Read more...Zsombor Huszka & Ryan Colucci interview about their Orient City Kickstarter campaignMay 28, 2016Interviews / KickstartersOriginal article appeared on Comic Conventions UK. Only 5 days left of the Orient City: Ronin & The Princess Kickstarter and Zsombor Huszka and Ryan Colucci need your help. Here’s an interview we did with the creators. This exquisitely animated short tells the story of a fallen samurai fool who takes on the job protecting a... Read more...Orient City – A Hand Drawn Animated Film by Zsombor Huszka & Ryan ColucciMay 11, 2016KickstartersOriginal article appeared on Comic Conventions UK. Following the success of their critically acclaimed graphic novel, R.E.M., creators Ryan Colucci and Zsombor Huszka proudly announce the launch of their hand-drawn animated film, Orient City: Ronin & The Princess. The team launched its Kickstarter campaign just this week to bring the striking 2D animation to life,... Read more...VIECC Vienna Comic Con 2016 is celebrating 70 years of Lucky Luke with AchdéApril 16, 2016ConventionsOriginal article appeared on Comic Conventions UK. Legendary Comic artist Achdé will join VIECC Vienna Comic Con VIENNA (April 15, 2016). – The second edition of VIECC Vienna Comic Con (November 19-20, 2016) will celebrate this year’s 70th anniversary of Lucky Luke in style and in presence of legendary French comic book writer and artist... Read more...VIECC Vienna Comic Con 2016 announced comic artist Adam HughesApril 2, 2016ConventionsOriginal article appeared on Comic Conventions UK. Just In! Comic artist Adam Hughes will join VIECC Vienna Comic Con VIENNA (March 30, 2016). – On April 1, 2016, ticket sales start for the next edition of the popular comic and entertainment expo VIECC Vienna Comic Con (November 19-20, 2016). Organiser Reed Exhibitions, with the help... Read more...Dave Gibbons & John Higgins video interview by Billy BarnellMarch 20, 2016Indie Comics / InterviewsOriginal article appeared on Comic Conventions UK. Our friend Billy Barnell did some interviews during the Comic Creators Day 2 that took place at the Cartoon Museum on October 31st, 2015. Among the interviewed artists were Jamie Smart (Moose Kids Comics), Watchmen artists Dave Gibbons and John Higgins.... Read more...VIECC Vienna Comic Con 2015 – Photos and ReviewDecember 17, 2015ConventionsOriginal article appeared on Comic Conventions UK. VIECC Vienna Comic Con was held for the first time and they started with a bang inviting top-talents Jae Lee and Giuseppe Camuncoli as headline guests along with Mahmud Asrar, Rahsan Ekedal, Emanuela Lupacchino and the list goes on in the famous Artist’s Alley. On the popular culture front they invited great... Read more...Jae Lee & Giuseppe Camuncoli video interviews at VIECC Vienna Comic ConDecember 10, 2015Conventions / InterviewsOriginal article appeared on Comic Conventions UK. Our interview with Jae Lee, innovative comic artist and all-around cool-guy: Interview with Giuseppe Camuncoli, artist of Batman: Europa about the series and other comic-related topics: We are really sorry about the audio quality but it seemed one of the exhibitors thought it would be better if the convention... Read more...Dan Mora interview about Klaus written by Grant MorrisonNovember 30, 2015InterviewsOriginal article appeared on Comic Conventions UK. Firstly thank you very much for doing this little Q&A with me for Comic Conventions. In 2014 you started in the international comics scene with Quixote for which you have been nominated for Best Artist as Glyph Comics Awards and after that you had a 12-issue run on Hexed... Read more...VIECC Vienna Comic Con 2015 – for the first time in Wien, AustriaSeptember 15, 2015ConventionsOriginal article appeared on Comic Conventions UK. With well-known international comic guests like Jae Lee and Emanuela Lupacchino or actors from high-end TV-series like Breaking Bad and Game of Thrones the newcomer VIECC Vienna Comic Con is shaping up to be a great event. The hype itself turned out so successful all their weekend tickets sold... Read more...DOCTOR MUSCLES (a graphic novel) Kickstarter campaign – last daysMay 4, 2015KickstartersOriginal article appeared on Comic Conventions UK. DOCTOR MUSCLES is a 450 page graphic novel collecting the entire 15 issue run of the sci-fi action adventure series. If you’ve already read DOCTOR MUSCLES: Volume One and Two, this omnibus will include Volume Three: 5 brand new issues (150 pages). We’ll also be printing DOCTOR MUSCLES:... Read more...
