Link: http://www.spexpo.co.uk/

This year's Bristol International Comic and Small Press Expo 21-23 May will be the best so far. A bold statement, I know, but I can back it up. Nevermind the legendary Chris Claremont, Pat Mills, Ramon Bachs, Robin Furth, Paul Cornell, Charlie Adlard, John McCrea, Andy Diggles or Sean Phillips. Don't get too excited by the Eagle Awards 2010, the DC Universe panel, live music from Music Power Cosmic, The Losers panel or Claremont and Davis together again. The only place you need to be is at the Mercure Hotel Saturday 22nd May at 12.00pm for the Signs and Portents panel with Chris Lynch writer of the Markosia hit book; The Dark and hosted by none other than myself and fellow Sidekickcast host Dan Marshall. That's right, we're stepping out from behind the curtain to make a rare appearance in the real world, don't miss out.

Read more »

Link: http://www.thedarkcomicbook.com/

Fairplay I have to give it to Chris Lynch and the guys at Markosia, they're really pushing 'The Dark', a review of which you can hear on this weeks episode of Sidekickcast, it's good to see a UK comic publisher making the most of a new product launch. Good Luck guys it's a great book that if you out there want you could get for free just by following these simple instructions:

From Jan 19th to midnight on January 31st, AAM/Markosia are running a free prize draw to win a copy of 'The Dark' signed by writer Chris Lynch and artist Rick Lundeen.

To enter, all you have to do is tweet our URL http://www.thedarkcomicbook.com from your Twitter account.

Can we make The Dark a trending topic on Twitter? Only time will tell, but everyone who tweets will be entered into the prize draw for a chance to win a signed copy of The Dark. So, don't delay!

Read more »

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoBRC99qn3k

Chris Lynch shameless promotion whore monkey sent me this kick ass trailer for the first issue of his upcoming Markosia book The Dark, check it and jump onboard for what is sure to be a smash hit on itunes later on this month.

Link: http://www.thedarkcomicbook.com

CLICK IMAGE TO EMBIGGEN

The Dark is coming. At least that's what Chris Lynch told us on the Sidekickcast some months ago but slap my thigh and call me Sally if he wasn't telling the truth, I know this because he was kind enough to send me a complete preview of the first issue. The rest of you bums can pick it up August of this year as a digital comic book, via iTunes, with three more issues in the pipeline. A graphic novel is planned for later in the year but if you can't wait for either of those there's a 9 page preview available at http://www.thedarkcomicbook.com.

By this point I'm sure you're all aware of what the Dark is but if not here's a quick rundown from the Markosia Press Release:

The Dark is the story of Daniel Abbot, a brilliant young scientist on the fringes of the establishment and the creator of Memetech - a technology that encodes information and memories into a liquid form, allowing anyone to “drink” the information. Terrified that his invention will be used for military purposes he decides to destroy his research, but not before he takes one last trip ... with
disastrous results.

Read more »