Thunderbolts and Green Arrow writer Andy Diggle will be signing comics at Lancaster’s First Age Comics in the Assembly Rooms, King Street on Free Comic Book Day (Saturday 2nd May). The signing starts at 2.00pm. Andy’s credits also include Hellblazer,… Read More ›
Month: April 2009
Strip!: Ed Pinsent and Fast Fiction
Continuing comic book publishing month on his Strip! radio show on London-based art radio station Resonance FM, Alex Fitch talks to comics creator Ed Pinsent, the second editor of the 1980s small press anthology Fast Fiction which was a ground… Read More ›
In Review: New British Comics
Last month we gave a quick plug for the first issue of New British Comics, an 80-page comics anthology featuring, 13 stories and 17 artists including Dave Thomson, Malcy Duff, Paul O’Connell and Rob Miller. The book has been self-published… Read More ›
Dave McKean Retrospective in Scotland
Dalmuir Library, Scotland is hosting a retrospective of artist Dave McKean’s work until 30th May. This free exhibition in the Library’s Backdoor Gallery, part of the Booked! Festival which inclues appearances by SF writers Ian McLeod and Iain M. Banks,… Read More ›
Smart Wins TOXIC Poll
Jamie Smart has won the TOXIC Crazy Comic Poll
Tube Surfing: 22 April 2009
It’s been a busy couple of weeks so our quick round ups of British comics news here have been a bit lacking. My apologies. • The reason things have been scant here is down to the soft launch of weirdandbeard.com,… Read More ›
Adlard, Reppion and Moore Interviewed
Along with its usual mix of great comic strips, the new issue of Judge Dredd Megazine (Issue 283) contains two articles by downthetubes contributor Matthew Badham
Absolute V for Vendetta Previewed
Top comics artist David Lloyd, creator of Kickback, has been sharing some of the newly-coloured ‘bridging pages’ for the upcoming Absolute V For Vendetta, due for release in August. “For those of you who are only familiar with V in… Read More ›
Robot Steel Alien
Robot Steel Alien Originally uploaded by JohnFreeman. This was just one of several stunning steel sculptures created by the folk at RobotSteel.com on view at The Gadget Show at the NEC Birmingham this weekend. Based in Ireland, RoboSteel designs and… Read More ›
Ackerman Auction in May
Hot on the heels of the upcoming Battlestar Galactica auction (see this news story I wrote for weirdand beard.com) comes news of another major scifi and fantasy auction event, this time from Profiles in History who will offer over 1100… Read More ›