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Marvel has announced an oversized Captain Britain 50th Anniversary Special, celebrating five decades of Brian and Betsy Braddock

After the success of previous events, Phoenix Events are gearing up for this year’s Indie Lit Con at the Mercure Manchester Piccadilly Hotel in Manchester next month

John Chalmers and Sandra Marrs, also known as Metaphrog, will be launching their glorious new children's graphic novel, Wilomina: The Land of Dreams and Nightmares at Waterstones, Glasgow, on Sauchiehall Street, on Tuesday 11th August 2026

A free interactive exhibition Childhood in War, opens at IWM London soon, offering an exploration of how children have experienced conflict from 1914 to the present day, helping visitors understand war from a child’s perspective. Artefacts on display include much-loved children’s books set in wartime

The Brighton Toy & Model Museum and Anderson Entertainment are appealing to fans and collectors to help shape a major new exhibition next year, celebrating the 60th anniversary of Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons

Luke Williams checks out the first new Concrete mini-series by Paul Chadwick in twenty years…

Luke Williams checks out the latest collection of Albion, a British comics revamp curiosity, available in book shops and Local Comic Shops next week…

Stafford Books and Comics, sellers of vintage books, UK comics and more through their eBay shop, have turned up an unusual gem among a recent purchase of classic British children's annuals – an Amalgamated Press Annuals Order Form, for the publisher's planned 1941 annuals...

As the 2000AD team head off to fly Tharg’s flag at San Diego Comic Con, loyal Squaxx dek Thargo aren’t left wanting, with Prog 2492 and the annual Sci-Fi Special out this week!

Macclesfield, host to the hugely-popular annual Macc-Pow Comic Art Festival, is the location of another fun comic event next month, thanks to artist Marc Jackson

Celebrating seventy years since the broadcast of the first Hancock’s Half Hour on BBC Television, the latest edition of The Missing Page, the quarterly magazine of the Tony Hancock Appreciation Society, is available now.

Award-winning graphic novelist Edward Taylor’s latest book, an absurdist journey through the seven circles of hell, is available now

The Crystal Palace Dinosaurs in London have been saved, thanks to a partnership between Bromley Council and Crystal Palace Park Trust

The Odyssey is one of Christopher Nolan’s best movies, Tim Robins opines. The film has characters you’ll care about, creepy creature effects and, from the director who brought you Tenent and Inception, a surprisingly coherent story line…