The first collection of Dynamite Entertainment‘s James Bond stories is out in June, collecting Vargr, a story written by Warren Ellis (Transmetropolitan, The Authority) and drawn by Jason Masters (Batman Incorporated, Guardians of the Galaxy). In Varger, after a mission… Read More ›
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Star Wars Dominates Diamond’s Top 500 Best-Selling Comics of 2015
Diamond Comic Distributors have announced the Top 500 Best-Selling Comics of 2015 sold through comic shops, including those in the UK, a year that saw Star Wars return to Marvel Comics in a big way in 2015 as Jason Aaron and… Read More ›
Something For the New Year: New Comics On Sale This Week – Dan Dare and Dreaming Eagles!
As 2015 draws to a close, top writer Garth Ennis seems to have taken over the US comic release list this week, but of all the titles on sale, I think Dreaming Eagles #1 from much-talked-about publisher Aftershock Comics is well… Read More ›
Something For The Weekend… Doctor Who? James Bond? Johnny Red? Comics On Sale 4th November 2015 leave you spoilt for choice!
Well, aren’t we spoilt for choice this week when it comes to titles from British creators with new work this week? Will you be a Doctor Who, James Bond or Johnny Red advocate – or hedge your bets and buy… Read More ›
Comic Heroes returns to the News Stand
Some 18 months after Comic Heroes magazine was cancelled, the title has take an leaf from The X-Men and risen like a Phoenix from the ashes. Brought to you again by Future Publishing, the 148-page quarterly Comic Heroes is back with… Read More ›
Remember, Remember: Warren Ellis’ “James Bond” debuts 4th November
The first issue of the Warren Ellis-scribed James Bond debuts on 4th November 2015 in comic shops across the world, published by Dynamite Entertainment – just ten days after SPECTRE launches in cinemas in the US and UK. Featuring art by… Read More ›
Warren Ellis: “Read Comics. All comics. And then cut them open…”
Comic creator Warren Ellis – author of Trees, Injection, Ministry of Space and whose fanzines I bought back in the 1980s when we met at the Westminster Comic Mart days, publishes an entertaining weekly newsletter, Orbital Operations (subscribe here), covering all… Read More ›
Boom! announces Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? collection
There seems to be a welcome SF-inspired vibe to some of the announcements coming out of this year’s San Diego Comic Con. Hot on the heels of Humanoids announcement of its partnership with author Robert Silverberg to publish comic adaptations… Read More ›
Coming Soon: Warren Ellis and Tula Lotay’s “Heartless” – and “James Bond 007”
Announced at this year’s Image Comics Expo was Heartless, a new limited series by Warren Ellis and Tula Lotay, one of several new projects the wiriter has in the works including James Bond 007 for Dynamite and the leaked but still… Read More ›
First Age Comics Top Ten Titles This Week (w/e 15th May 2015)
Diamond has its top selling US comic lists, and so do the big London comic shops and many others. So here at downthetubes, we thought it high time we had our own Top Ten Comics chart documenting top sellers in… Read More ›