The Phoenix

Today sees the launch of issue one of The Phoenix! It's a fantastic issue with amazing comic creators such as Daniel Hartwell, Neill Cameron, Ricardo Tangle, Jamie Smart, the Etherington Brothers, Patrice Aggs, Kate Brown, Ben Haggarty, Adam Murphy, James Turner and Chris Riddell - and there will be many more to come as The Phoenix appears weekly.

It is a worthy and natural successor to the much-loved DFC, and with that I think this blog kind of comes full circle and it seems a good time to close things down here as a bright new chapter in British comics begins.

There was some consultation and most contributors seemed to agree that the Super Comics Adventure Squad has slowed down quite a bit over the past few months and that with The Phoenix now risen from the ashes of The DFC, with its own website and new direction, it would be a good time to move on to pastures new - which may mean a new website/blog for UK kids' comics ... let's see!

In the meantime - huge thanks to all you readers, and also to everyone who contributed such fantastic comics news, content, drawings and links over the life of this blog. It's been brilliant :-)

Please keep up your support of the vibrant UK comics scene and keep visiting the creators' links over there to the right, and subscribe to The Phoenix, if you haven't already - it's British comics at their very best!

The Phoenix Launches Tomorrow!

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NEW YEAR'S EVE EXCLUSIVE: Long Gone Don Character designs...

Get Ready for January 7th!

Lorenzo!

Peek at Chris Riddell's studio & sketchbooks!

Hi, this is Vern and Lettuce's Sarah McIntyre here. I just got to go to Brighton to visit Chris Riddell in his studio, and he let me post a whole bunch of amazing images from his sketchbook! Here's his pencil drawing for Sauron's Bedtime, a cartoon you might have spotted in the back of The Phoenix Issue Zero. I saw distinct proof that he has a whole load of treats lined up for you in upcoming Phoenix editions!



Click here to visit Chris's studio, over on my blog.

A FREE COMIC FOR EVERYONE!

Yes that's right! The free issues of The Phoenix issue ZERO are now available for you to get your greedy mitts on! All you have to do is visit thephoenixcomic.co.uk/waitrose enter your address details and the Waitrose Offer Code - PHOENIX1 - and a FREE copy of the comic will be posted to your home!

Here's a Sneaky-peek at Long Gone Don...

Lorenzo!

The Phoenix - you can now subscribe!

The Phoenix website has graduated from being a 'watch this space' news page to an (almost) fully functional site with news, previews, details and subscription details (and deals!).

  Go and check it out!

 Here are just a few little snippets of what you can expect to see - I think you'll agree that it looks rather fantastic (click for bigger version) ...

So behind the times...

Hey all - I know this is usually Lorenzo's job but unfortunately the poor boy has been in and out of hospital for the past three weeks. He's been through the mill and back (I won't go into any details but things were pretty dicey) and is on the brink of finally coming home so hopefully he can resume his web-based blogging responsibilities.

I am HOPELESS at keeping things updated.

That said I thought you might like to check out the video for the first of our Phoenix projects. Some of you have probably caught this by now but for anyone who hasn't, Lorenzo has been busy...

Von Doogan Trailer from thephoenixcomic on Vimeo.

All the best!
- Robin

Pirates of Pangaea - first look!

Yarrrr, comin' atcha in January 2012! Read more about it over on Neill's blog!

Pirates!

Here is a sneaky teasery trailer for a comic I'm working on for The Phoenix: The Pirates of Pangaea!

I can't even begin to tell you how much I'm enjoying working on this. I do hope it is half as enjoyable for you chaps to read as it is to draw.

More - much more - anon!

The Phoenix

There are already a few news items and rumours circulating, but for a couple of blog posts from comic creators who were actually at last night's DFC/Phoenix gathering have a little look at these pieces by David Morris and Andrew Wildman.

Another thing to add, from editor Ben Sharpe, is that The Phoenix is independent of both Random House and David Fickling Books. More to come ...