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Exploring Comics and More on the Web since 1998 on • Calling all kids! Dennis and his pals from Beanotown need your help this summer, at not one, but two British Historic Palaces! Comic chaos is set to crash-land at Hampton Court Palace as Historic Royal Palaces welcomes the friends from Beanotown for a ‘blam-tastic’ summer. Running from 25th July – 23rd August 2026, “Beano Havoc at Hampton Court Palace” invites visitors of all ages on a time-twisting trail through Henry VIII’s former Palace.

Exploring Comics and More on the Web since 1998 on • Celebrating the beauty, behaviour, symbolism and diversity of birds through the work of 57 British artists, The Brilliance of Birds has just opened at Rheged in Cumbria, running until Sunday 4th October 2026.

Exploring Comics and More on the Web since 1998 on • The Summer issue of Eagle Times, published by The Eagle Society, is available now for members, offering another fine mix of features, including a report on their recent annual gathering and a short tribute to “New” Eagle Group Editor Barrie Tomlinson, who passed earlier this year – but one intriguing feature stands out.

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Exploring Comics and More on the Web since 1998 on • The fourth auction offering items from the massive Peter Hansen Prestige Collection of British Comics & Artwork takes place this week (Wednesday 8th and Thursday 9th July) at Anderson & Garland.

Exploring Comics and More on the Web since 1998 on • Jeremy Briggs brings us a special look at a spin-off Eagle annual feature by artist Bruce Cornwell, as it was originally intended to appear… Original comic artwork is much sought after by ardent collectors, no doubt due to its visual nature making it eminently displayable. By contrast, handwritten or typed scripts for comic strips are inevitably much less desirable.

The rumours are true – Judge Dredd / Biker Mice From Mars arrives in stores this December, as The Lawman of The Future takes on Those Radical Rodents in a two-part comics event from Dan Watters, Ryan O’Sullivan and Jordi Tarragona… In advance of Comic-Con International 2026 in San Diego, California, the Nacelle Company, Oni Press, and Rebellion have announced a historic partnership, which officially begins today with the announcement of Judge Dredd /Biker Mice from Mars #1 – launching the...

Exploring Comics and More on the Web since 1998 on • The latest Phil-Comics auction of British comic art and comics on eBay, running until Monday 13th to Tuesday 14th July 2026, includes a copy of a sample “Issue Zero” of Terra Nova, an attempt to bring an EAGLE-style to the newsstand back in 1983.

Publisher McFarland recently published an intriguing book, The Philosophies of Stan Lee: Essays on a Comics Mastermind, that may have escaped your attention. The book, aimed at undergraduate university students in First and Second year philosophy and / or comics studies, is edited by Jeff McLaughlin, a philosophy professor at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops BC, Canada.

Are you an artist or the heir to their estate? Did You know the Artist’s Resale Right entitles creators of artistic works to a royalty payment each time their works are sold by an art market professional?