Dean Simons
He/Him. Freelance comics journalist & researcher. Interests: global comics histories and cultures (on the other place as dean.simons…) Follow ≠ endorsement
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3 days ago |
comicsbeat.com | Dean Simons
SelfMadeHero launched the English-language edition of Reinhard Kleist’s Low: David Bowie’s Berlin Years in style at London’s Century Club on Friday, May 30, 2025, courtesy of Comica and VIP Brands. The Celebrating David Bowie event featured a conversation between Comica founder Paul Gravett and Kleist about the making of the book, followed by a Bowie tribute performance and live drawing.
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1 week ago |
comicsbeat.com | Dean Simons
In 2002, Hip Flask #1 introduced us to the world of the Elephantmen. Genetically engineered, indoctrinated human-animal hybrids built for war and “rehabilitated” to exist in a world that hates and fears them. Written and created by Richard Starkings (with initial assistance from Joe Casey) and gloriously rendered by José Ladrönn, Hip Flask was planned as a five-issue series, but the release timetable stretched a tad. Hip Flask #2 came out in 2003….#3 in 2005….#4 in 2012….and then nothing.
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2 weeks ago |
comicsbeat.com | Dean Simons
At long last, Ian Edginton and INJ Culbard‘s clockwork punk fantasy series Brass Sun will return to the pages of 2000 AD for its sixth series in September 2025. The critically acclaimed series had been absent since 2018. Entitled Pavane, the new Brass Sun arc returns to the story of Wren and her mission to restore life to the dying Brass Sun at the heart of the clockwork Orrery of worlds.
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2 weeks ago |
comicsbeat.com | Dean Simons
With 2000 AD Prog 2432, a new prequel series of Scarlet Traces has begun. Empire of Blood turns our attention back to the time between the conclusion of H.G. Wells famous 1898 novel The War of the Worlds and the first series of its fictional comic continuation, featuring a British Empire turbocharged by Martian technology.
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3 weeks ago |
publishersweekly.com | Dean Simons
The Once and Future Riot, out in October from Metropolitan Books, could be Joe Sacco’s last longform work of graphic journalism. Speaking with the Comics Journal last week, the author of Palestine (Fantagraphics), Paying the Land (Metropolitan), Footnotes in Gaza (Metropolitan), and War on Gaza (Fantagraphics) cited burnout while expressing a desire to explore other forms of cartooning.
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There have been a fair few patches rolled out since then. But @AmazonKindle remains broken/unusable on iPad Mini (2024). Weeks ago customer support told me they are working on a fix and they would update me. No update. I wonder how many former @Comixology customers affected.
Looks like @AmazonKindle is buggered again when reading comics on iOS. Hefty page/app freezes and crashes. Even on a fairly recent device. Several years in and still a mess. If only I could download my purchased comics and read them on a third party reader. I miss @Comixology
Looks like @AmazonKindle is buggered again when reading comics on iOS. Hefty page/app freezes and crashes. Even on a fairly recent device. Several years in and still a mess. If only I could download my purchased comics and read them on a third party reader. I miss @Comixology
RT @2000AD: Forty-eight years ago today, The Mighty Tharg blessed humanity with the gift of Thrill-power as 2000 AD Prog 1 landed on newsag…