Birmingham Comics Festival

14/09/2026

BCF PRESENTS IT'S COMIC TIME!

Plenty of British comics lots, including 2000AD, feature in next week’s auction

14/09/2026

BCF PRESENTS IT'S COMIC TIME!

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The early 1980s was a wild time to be a comic book reader, in that the establishment of the Direct Sales marketplace as a viable alternative to mainstream Newsstand distribution for comic books ope…

14/09/2026

BCF PRESENTS IT'S COMIC TIME!

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Plastic Man was not a character that worked particularly well under the assembly-line process of modern comic books. Plastic Man was a character best approached by a single creator, and by a cartoonist instead of a comic book artist. Jack Cole was a cartoonist, a versatile illustrator who could make...

13/09/2026

BCF PRESENTS IT'S COMIC TIME!

Back in 1976 was much talk about a proposed newspaper strip entitled “Dan Dare and Son”, to be drawn by John M. Burns which “rapidly disappeared without trace”.

13/09/2026

BCF PRESENTS IT'S COMIC TIME!

13/09/2026

BCF PRESENTS IT'S COMIC TIME!

Nearly 400 original comic and comic related artworks go under the hammer next week

13/09/2026

BCF PRESENTS IT'S COMIC TIME!

Remembering Jon Davis MBE: renowned illustrator, comic artist, and, it turns out, filmmaker

13/09/2026

BCF PRESENTS IT'S COMIC TIME!

Explore the dark world of 'Grinding Against The Marrow', a gripping tale by Snake and Mauro De Falco, perfect for Halloween reading for mature readers

12/09/2026

BCF PRESENTS IT'S COMIC TIME!

Teaser pages from the upcoming celebration drop

12/09/2026

BCF PRESENTS IT'S COMIC TIME!

Starlord archive, new work from Gill Hatcher, and Black Mirror, too