Thousands of comic book fans are expected to flock to Mahon Point shopping centre next week for the Cork Comic Expo.

Three Irish artists have combined to reveal the dark secret harboured by James Bond’s boss in a new comic book set in Belfast.

BEYOND the high-street newsagent shelves stocked with X-Men, Spider-Man, Batman, and 2000AD comics exists a vibrant world of independent comic creation throughout the length and breadth of the land, but very much concentrated in Dublin.

Award-winning illustrator Will Sliney is hoping to draw thousands of people to the first comic book expo of its kind in Cork.