The latest issue of Book and Magazine Collector, number 292 dated March 2008, has two comics related articles by the writing duo of David Ashford and Norman Wright. In the latest of the Great British Comic Artists series they cover… Read More ›
Month: February 2008
Who’s in London
(with thanks to Matthew Badham): Doctor Who comes to London, and not just in a specially created event for EastEnders, either. The Doctor Who Exhibition, Earls Court, London opens to the public Easter 2008. The exhibition will be situated in… Read More ›
BBC Angouleme Comics Festival Report 2008
BBC reporter Hugh Schofield has filed a report on this year’s Angouleme Festival on the BBC web site as part of coverage by Radio 4’s From Our Own Correspondent news programme, still reeling, it would seem, from arriving in the… Read More ›
Solar Wind lives on
(with thanks to Paul Scott): The legend that was UK indie title Solar Wind (now buried in a shallow grave on the equally unmissable www.omnivistascope.com) lives on. Warlock Holmes, the photo-comic detective wizard extrordinaire featured in the award-winning title has… Read More ›
Jeff Hawke Competition Winners
The winners of our Jeff Hawke: Overlord, competition (courtesy of Titan Books) were William Birtles, Colin Campbell, Antonio Fraga, Elizabeth Smith and Steve Tanner. Congratulations to the winners and better luck next time to the losers, even those who didn’t… Read More ›
Vote for Journeyman!
(with thanks to the Save Journeyman blog): SciFi.com is conducting a poll on their SciFi Wire page asking which show you want to see returned to the air now that the WGA strike is over. Head over now and vote… Read More ›
More Carol Day Online, Appeal for Art
The Carol Day website devoted to the long-running Daily Mail newspaper strip has just been updated with some great new material, including two complete stories, including the last one completed by series creator David Wright. Also on offer is new… Read More ›
Go Weightless!
How cool is this – the chance to experience zero gravity in the only way possible without going to space. Commercial, weightless flights will be offered this weekend at Moffett Field, California, under the terms of an agreement between NASA… Read More ›
12 Hour Shift Released
Three years in the making, London-based cartoonist Sean Azzopardi’s Twelve Hour Shift is now on sale, offering an incisive take on the sharp contrast between the creative job you want and the bill-paying job you can get. Running to over… Read More ›
Kickback, the mobile version
David Lloyd has produced a special mobile comics-styled preview of his highly praised crime thriller Kickback, available to read on your mobile via wap.rokcomics.com. The trailer comprises a special four-part preview for the book, first published in France by Editions… Read More ›
Joe Abercrombie Signing, London
Lancaster-born fantasy author Joe Abercrombie will be signing his new book, Last Argument of Kings, at the Forbidden Planet Megastore, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, on Thursday 20th March 6-7pm Abercrombie is a freelance film editor, who after several knock-backs from… Read More ›
Alan Moore endorses UK small press
When Alan Moore made an incredibly rare appearance in at London’s Gosh comic store recently, he not only promoted his own new work but gave ringing endorsement to the UK small press efforts in general — and, in particular, London… Read More ›
Star Trek pushed back to 2009
Paramount has shuffled the release schedule for several films, including the new Star Trek film, which is good news and bad news for fans. Bad because the film has been delayed, which will dismay fans eagerly awaiting this Star Trek… Read More ›
Whatever happened to… Jerry Paris?
An early stalwart of Marvel UK was Jerry Paris, a regular artist on books such as Action Force and others (including this cover to the Spider-Man comic, published in 1984). Many MUK fans often ask us here at downthetubes what… Read More ›
Olympics Puzzle
Apparently, Steven Spielberg has decided not to participate in the Summer Olympic Games in Beijing… what event was he entering? Shark wrestling? Oh, as artistic adviser. He’s citing the lack of progress in ending the genocide in Darfur, which he… Read More ›
Orcs unleashed on New Line, will no one watch the Watchmen?
Variety reports the Tolkien Trust (a British charity that manages the estate of J.R.R. Tolkien) and publisher HarperCollins brought a $150 million lawsuit against New Line Cinema on Monday, claiming the trust has not received any of its gross profit… Read More ›
In Memoriam: Steve Gerber
downtheubes is sorry to report the death of ground-breaking American comic writer Steve Gerber, whose unique vision often confounded the mainstream publishers he worked for. The creator and co-creator of several characters including Howard the Duck and Omega the Unknown… Read More ›
Paul Cornell in the Writer’s Room
Doctor Who (and now Primeval) writer Paul Cornell – who among other things is pitching a new series to the networks accoridng to his blog – has just been interviewed for the BBC Writer’s Room site and by Forbidden Planet… Read More ›
New Squaxx on the Block
Over on Comics Village, Shane Chebsey has an interview with the new editors of 2000AD fanzine editor Zarjaz, Dave Evans and Richmond Clements of Futurequake Publishing. The pair take over after a successful run as editor from Colin J Dinnie… Read More ›
Brightonomicon at Forbidden Planet London
Robert Rankin, Jason Isaacs, David Warner and Rupert Degas are among several top creators who will be signing the audio book version of Robert’s The Brightonomicon at the Forbidden Planet Megastore, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8JR, this week, on… Read More ›