Matt Badham chats with Barry Renshaw about the return of his fanzine on comics and comics culture
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From The Trenches: David Baillie’s “Behind The Scenes” Portsmouth Comic Con Retrospective
Comic creators, cosplayers, traders and thousands of fans attended Portsmouth Comic Con recently…
Stake Your Claim to Sector 13!
The latest issue of the 2000AD-inspired fanzine from Northern Ireland, sprawls across three jam-packed parts
Telling Your Research Story Through Comics – Special Webinar announced by University of California
Find out more about how you can use comics to make academic research more accessible…
Creating Comics: David McDonald, publisher of Hibernia
Matt Badham chats with David McDonald, publisher of Hibernia, about their publishing plans, which include a Starlord celebration next year
Creating Comics: An Interview with BEANO writer Nigel Auchterlounie
Matt Badham tracks down top BEANO writer Nigel Auchterlounie in his secret lair!
Doctor Who Monsters in the spotlight for new Never Cruel or Cowardly podcast
Last month, comics writer and author Cavan Scott described podcasts as the “… fanzines of the 21st Century”. The team behind a mainly Doctor Who-influenced podcast, Never Cruel or Cowardly, are running with that idea in style. The work of talented creators… Read More ›
Sneak Preview: Arcadia #1 by Alex Paknadel and Eric Scott Pfeifer
When 99 per cent of humankind is wiped out by a pandemic, four billion people are “saved” by being digitized at the brink of death and uploaded into Arcadia, a utopian simulation in the cloud. But when Arcadia begins… Read More ›
Art Hero: An interview with Daniel Clifford
I’ve been talking to Daniel Clifford about his work and his collaborations and fascinating sounding workshops, and I’m sharing the resulting interview here and the ace Forbidden International blog. Born in South Shields in 1986, writer and educator Daniel Clifford, who has… Read More ›
Cats as Humans: “Playing Out” by Jim Medway
Released last year, Playing Out by Jim Medway is a 48-page story about Connor, Kieran and Jamal mooching around Manchester City Centre – but these youths are cats portrayed as humans. downthetubes contributor Matt Badham has just re-plugged the title,… Read More ›