Danny Graydon

A couple of days ago, I got an e-mail from Pat Mills, letting me know that British comics artist John Hicklenton – one of the brighter lights of the vast 2000AD creative roster – had sadly died. Given that Hicklenton was suffering from MS, his passing was not unexpected, but it was utterly tragic nonetheless, […]

When I was a small boy in the late 1970’s and my abiding love of Superman was also in its infancy, I had this Superman t-shirt which I absolutely adored. It showed a Curt Swan-rendered image of Superman soaring above the skyscrapers of Metropolis at night. Behind him, a spotlight cast a wide beam in […]

I’m hellaciously busy at the moment: UniComics is now but four weeks away – ulp! – and we are now working furiously to promote the venture and, by extension, sell every damned ticket we can. It’s going well, though, and word about us is spreading steadily. Thankfully, the UK Comics scene is jam-packed with fine folk […]

Further to my post below introducing “UniComics”, I’ve uploaded a PDF of the festival brochure, so you can get full details of the events we’re presenting, where they’re happening and, vitally, how to get tickets…! UniComics 2010 Programme PDF If anyone has any specific queries about any event happening at UniComics, then please do get […]

It gives me enormous pleasure to formally announce The Special Project that’s dominated the last 9 months: My first Comics festival! Fab, eh…? Last year, when I first got involved with University of Hertfordshire (via the Film Education Consortium that’s based there, run by Horror film fanatic Darren Elliot-Smith), it quickly cropped up in the initial […]

If you’ll permit me a personal indulgence, I wanted to take a moment here to write some words about one of my family’s dogs, a beautiful King Charles Spaniel named Poppy, who sadly died last week at the grand old age of 15. Dogs have been a major part of the Graydon family over the […]

Last week, an interesting freelance gig took an unexpected turn. I had been asked by Hertfordshire Library Service to help out at their Staff Training Day, specifically to host a live interview Comics writer Mike Carey (the man behind the vivid Sandman spin-off Lucifer and the excellent new Vertigo series, The Unwritten) for 30 minutes, […]