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Image Duplicator At Orbital – The Best Comic Art Exhibition You’ll See This Year

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Rich Johnston

In a couple of weeks, Orbital Comics in London will be filling its gallery with pieces below, and more, comic book artists re-appropriating the works of Roy Lichtenstein, tracking them back to their original source material and then creating a …

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Signed Walking Dead Bookplates From Orbital Comics

Posted on November 11, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Walking Dead Vol 17, when you buy it from Orbital Comics, will come with the Charlie Adlard bookplate below, signed by Adlard. The first three hundred copies that is… The book is published on Novermber 21st. Hmm, that’s my fortieth …

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Pop Culture Hounding Marvel NOW! and Paul Gravett

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Chris Thompson writes; The Marvel Now! odyssey continues as Taylor & I set our sights on A+X #1 and Wolverine & The X-Men #19 (which was a surprise inclusion under the Marvel Now! banner this week). Then I conduct an …

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Orbital Comics Spices Up Hallowe’en

Posted on October 22, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Orboital Comics plans for Hallowe’en are, well, um… Private view/Halloween party Oct 31st 2012 7.30-9.30 at Orbital Comics. Costumes are, apparently, encouraged. Or, it seems, a lack of them. The exhibition runs from now for a month… Exhibition artists include …

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Alan Moore And Kevin O’Neill To Sign League Books Today

Posted on June 23, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Today, Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill will be signing copies of The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen – both the new Century 2009 book but also the launch of the newly UK-distributed Black Dossier, will the launch of the vinyl record …

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Orbital Comics Hires Gay Club For Astonishing X-Men #51 Party

Posted on June 10, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Orbital Comics in London is situated close to Soho, the gay mecca of London. And on Frith Street, lies CIRCA, a gay club that opened last year. To celebrate the wedding of Northstar & Kyle in Astonishing X-Men #51 Orbital …

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When Si Spurrier Joined The Legions Of The Crossed

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Rich Johnston

As well as Crossed: Badlands from Garth Ennis and Jacen Burrows, Crossed: Wish You Were Here, is a free weekly Crossed webcomic also launched, by Si Spurrier, Javier Barreno and Gary Erskine. Well, Si Spurrier popped by Orbital Comics in …

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Orbital Comics Goes Crossed For C-Day

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Today, Avatar have launched C-Day at hundreds of comic stores across Northern America and the UK. Free Crossed comics, a new Crossed series by Garth Ennis and Jacen Burrows, masks, all sorts of giveaways… and a number of stores have …

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Pusher Remake Has Score By Orbital, Full Of “Anthemic Film Noir Moments”

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

In 1997, Orbital contributed to the scores of two feature films, Event Horizon and The Saint, and the music they made was amongst the more powerful and interesting elements in either movie. This year, they’ll be back in the OST …

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New Vertigo Sci-Fi Series From Scott Snyder And Sean Murphy – And American Vampire: London

Posted on December 26, 2011 by Rich Johnston

March sees a flurry of new series from DC Vertigo… but it seems there are more to come. In an podcast interview with Orbital Comics (whose half price sale starts today), Scott Snyder revealed that he is writing a new …

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Feel The Folds… Star Wars In Cardboard Form

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Rich Johnston

We’ve seen his Doctor Who, his He Man and his DC Superheroes, now let’s take a look at Ryan Hall‘s snowy cardboard display as Snowmen Attack Star Wars in this cardboard display, currently up at  Orbital Comics in London. £25 …

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He-Man In Cardboard Form

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Rich Johnston

We’ve seen his Doctor Who and his DC Superheroes, now let’s take a look at Ryan Hall‘s He-Man cardboard display at Orbital Comics in London. They’re £25 a pop, but perfect for the He-Man or She-Ra in your life this …

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A Very Doctor Who Nativity

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Orbital Comics in London is currently showing off a display of pop culture cardboard cut-out constructs by one Ryan Hall. Including a Doctor Who Nativity scene. Each piece is available to buy for £25 in the shop. It’s well worth …

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Action Comics #1 To Go On Sale In The UK Fifteen Hours Before USA

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Rich Johnston

This week a number of DC stores had a midnight opening to sell Justice League #1 and Flashpoint #5. The UK missed out as stores only got their comics on the day of sale, because of the Bank Holiday on …

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The Day Kitty Pryde Pwned President Ahmadinejad

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Okay, so, minor spoilers for X-Men Schism #2 out today. But I thought this one was worth celebrating. As we saw in X-Men Schism #1, the world has been prompted into restoring and reviving its Sentinel programmes, giant robots dedicated …

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A Walk Around The Changing Comic Shops Of London

Posted on June 30, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Bleeding Cool recently reported that Gosh! Comics of London moving locations after twenty-five years opposite the British Museum. The move is to Berwick Street in Soho, home to London’s first comic shop, Dark They Were And Golden Eyed. So since …

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