The first biography of comedian Terry-Thomas – considered by some to be the inspiration for Captain Britain villain Mad Jim Jaspers and who made frequent British comics appearances – has just been released in paperback by Aurum Press, also publishers… Read More ›
Month: September 2009
Comics International Not Dead, Says Publisher
Peter Boyce, publisher of Comics International, has categorically denied the long-running magazine has been cancelled, even though a regular issue has not been published for some months. downthetubes approached Mr Boyce for comment after former editor and publisher Dez Skinn… Read More ›
Zombies invade the Wild West!
Spitfire Comics, the publishing arm of StarscapeOnline.com have a couple of new items out: a re-release of the sold out Collected Hook Jaw by Pat Mills and others, compiled from the pages of the 1970s comic, Action!; and a zombies… Read More ›
Tube Surfing: Hi-Ex!, Insomnia, Commando and Francesca Cassavetti
The Scottish comics convention, Hi-Ex!, will be returning to Inverness in the Highlands over the weekend of 27 – 28 March 2010. We echo the sentiment in their new leaflet promoting the event, a quote for the SFX Blog stating… Read More ›
Crawford Coutts On The Spot
Insomina Publications is fast becoming something of a rising star in the UK indie publishing press, with graphic novels such as Cancertown and the upcoming Burke & Hare just some of its well-received titles. As the company prepares to launch… Read More ›
In Review: Burke & Hare
Reviewed by David Hailwood The Plot: Over a 12-month period from 1827-1828 in Edinburgh, Scotland, two Irishmen by the names of William Burke and William Hare murdered 16 people and disposed of their bodies to the eminent dissectionist Dr Robert… Read More ›
Rebellion Takes on Solaris
Missed this owing to holidays, but just to note here 2000AD publishers Rebellion’s acquisition of the Solaris book publishing imprint from Games Workshop, completed earlier this month for an undisclosed sum. Solaris offers a mixture of new and traditional science… Read More ›
Ray Harryhausen at Forbidden Planet in October
Ray Harryhausen and Tony Dalton will be signing An Animated Life at the Forbidden Planet Megastore, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8JR, on Saturday 24th October between 1 – 2pm. The last great animator before the introduction of CGI, Ray’s… Read More ›
Em joins The Sun
(with thanks to David Baillie for the tip): The cartoon strip Em, the creation of Swedish cartoonist Maria Smedstad, joins The Sun on Tuesday. “Yes, it’s true,” says Marie. “Em will be packing her little messily drawn bags and move… Read More ›
Egmont Classic Comics: Misty
The latest of the quarterly title Egmont Classic Comics featuring IPC’s girls comic Misty is now available