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• NEW
INTERVIEW: DC Thomson Editor and Writer Bill McLoughlin
First Published 27 June 2008:
Jeremy Briggs talks to DC Thomson writer and editor, Bill McLoughlin, whose
career has covered text based story papers, as well as the comic strip humour,
adventure and digest titles and who, at a time when more old DCT material
is available in book form than for many years, now works for their Syndication
Department. Read the Interview...
• British
comics and TV news on the downthetubes blog
27/6/08: The downthetubes blog is updated almost daily with new British
comics news items. Latest items include info on a Ten Doctors comic strip,
Jeremy Briggs report on the Dundee
Literary Festival, news on the new Eleventh
Hour antholog and new books
from British publisher Blank Slate and much more... Jump
to the blog
• Creating
WebComics: A Brief Guide
19/6/08: A new addition to our Writing Ciomics guide - a brief overview
on creating web comics with promotional tips and links to some great
books and web sites on the subject
• Tribute:
Fred Baker
16/6/08: Writer and former Tiger and New
Eagle editor Barrie Tomlinson pays tribute to Fred Baker, one of British
comics unsung heroes, who died earlier this month
• Event
Report: No Barcodes 2008
13/6/08: David Baillie reports on the recent indie event held in Camden Market,
London
• Comics
and SF Events
12/6/08: New dates added.
• British
Comics On Sale Now
30/5/08: Listing of current UK comic titles, or titles that include comic
strip. Information and updates from publishers welcome. Read
More...
• British
Graphic Novels On Sale Now
A two-page guide to upcoming British comics collections and other comic-related
titles from UK publishers.
LATEST
FEATURES
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• Creator
Interview: Quite Frankly, Frank Quitely
First published 14 May 2008
When top
Scottish comics creator made an appearance at Scotland's National Library in
April 2008, Brian D Morgan was on hand to report what he had to say about his
approach to drawing comics for downtheubes...
• Remembering
Heroes
7/5/08: There was a time not that long ago when British boy's comics celebrated
the heroism of British and Commonwealth servicemen. As London celebrates
the current British forces with the City
Salute, Jeremy Briggs takes a look back at how British comics once celebrated
them...
Read
the feature
• British
Comics on Film
9/3/08: American superheroes such as Hulk, Spider-Man,
Batman and others may well grab the headlines today, but British heroes
have proven no slouches when it comes to grabbing the celluloid. Jeremy
Briggs (with help from Steve Holland, Graeme Neil Reid, Richard Sheaf
and Lew Stringer and some additional research by John Freeman) delivers
a hopefully useful list...
LATEST
INTERVIEWS
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• Interview:
Commando Editor Calum Laird
8/4/08: First published in 1961 Commando is
Britain's last war comic. As the title approaches issue 4100 in 2008,
Jeremy Briggs talked to new editor Calum Laird, who joined DC Thomson
in 1979, on the recent changes he has made and the growth in Commando related
tie-ins...Read
the Interview
• Calling
All Warlord Agents!
2 April 2008: Jeremy Briggs talks to Bill Graham,
editor of past DC Thomson titles such as Starblazer (profiled
here) and Spike (read
the companion feature) and many more, on his long and varied
career with D C Thomson and his current involvement with their comic
strips for Wendy.
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