Publisher Myriad Editions has announced details of a new graphic novel competition – from the official blurb: “Myriad Editions is pleased to announce the first ever competition for a first graphic novel in progress. The entry may be by a single author or may be a collaboration between a writer and artist. The winner will [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, August 4, 2010
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Over on his blog Jon Haward is giving readers the chance to win a very collectable prize in the form of a script for Buddha signed by Brit comics god and frequent collaborator with Jon, Alan Grant, and a page of original art by Jon as well, so a pretty unique prize. Unlike a lot [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, July 21, 2010
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Tim Sullivan’s HG Lewis inspired horror flick 2001 Maniacs: Field of Screams is due out on DVD and Blu-Ray on the 26th of July, but you can win your own copy on DVD without spending a penny by entering the competition on our webstore.
Continue reading...Wednesday, June 30, 2010
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Once again those very nice people at the Japanese Embassy in London are holding the Manga Jiman competition, which is open to any UK residents over the age of fourteen, with a brilliant first prize of a trip to Japan. It seems to have become a bit of an annual fixture on the UK comics [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, May 12, 2010
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With Ridley Scott’s new Robin Hood about to open in cinemas across the UK this weekend NBC Universal have arranged for us to give away an exclusive framed movie poster, limited to only 250 worldwide. Head over to our webstore and enter your name and email address to be in with a chance of winning [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, April 14, 2010
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The CG Society and NVIDIA are running a new competition in digital arts: Accelerate. The theme this year is to design the vehicle of the future, using the great Syd ‘Bladerunner’ Meads as inspiration. The closing date for entries is June 30th and the judges this year will include Syd himself, Wired founder Kevin Kelly, [...]
Continue reading...Friday, February 5, 2010
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Graeme Neil Reid tells me he posted up no less than eighteen different ink sketches on his blog through December and January, taking in science fiction characters, comics and sci-fi movies. Now he’s offering a chance to win your choice from the sketches, simply by clicking the follow button on his blog and leaving your [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, January 20, 2010
The Ken Sprague Fund, set up in memory of the late cartoonist and campaigner for human rights and staunch supporter of socialism, has its political cartoon competition open for entries, with the 2010 competition being on the theme “Money makes the world go round: globalisation, financial meltdown, fair trade and economic justice”. The closing date [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, September 2, 2009
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Graeme Neil Reid drops me a line to say that he and his compadres on the Scottish comics artists collective Scotch Corner have a new competition up for September. Graeme, like many of us, is a huge Doctor Who fan and he decided a while back to make a Who poster styled after the classic [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, August 18, 2009
The Glasgow Science Centre folks tell us they are showing the fifteen minute 3-D trailer for James Cameron’s much-anticipated, highly secretive (let’s hope the finished work equals the hype!) return to feature films, the science fiction movie Avatar on August 23rd. They’re also offering one lucky soul a chance to win a pair of tickets [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, August 13, 2009
Siobhan drops us a line to let us know about an interesting sounding comics-making competition which is running in conjunction with the youth charity CTRL ALT SHIFT and the respected Comica festival; from the official description: “Entrants to the competition will be in with the chance to create a unique comic style story in collaboration [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, August 6, 2009
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Its Thursday and time for Alex Fitch to update us to some of the shows he’s involved with over the next week or so; as usual check the Panel Borders site for more details and links to podcasts of previous shows: Strip!: Horrible Histories, this evening at 5pm on Resonance FM, podcast after transmission on [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, August 6, 2009
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Stargate Atlantis may have reached its conclusion, but while we wait impatiently for the new Stargate Universe to grace our screens (Robert Carlyle in Stargate!!) this month we can go back and revisit some old friends as the fifth and final season box set of Stargate Atlantis is released on August 10th. This final season [...]
Continue reading...Tuesday, August 4, 2009
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Graeme Neil Reid tells me that over on the Scotch Corner blog (a Scottish comics collective consisting of Graeme, Thomas Crielly, Gary Erskine, Andy Hepworth and Jon Hodgson) they’ve decided to start a monthly competition for their readers, with the August competition offering a chance to win a gorgeous piece of fantasy artwork by Jon [...]
Continue reading...Monday, July 20, 2009
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Paul Gravett kindly drops us a line to let us know that this year’s Observer/Jonathan Cape/Comica competition for short graphical fiction was announced in Sunday’s Observer. This is rapidly becoming a major event in the UK comics calendar, offering not just a chance for comics creators to try their luck but to also perhaps catch [...]
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