Pat Mills and Kevin O’Neill will be signing copies of Marshal Law: The Deluxe Edition at London’s Gosh! Comics in London on Saturday 20th April, 2-4pm. This whopping 480-page collection been a long time coming. Since it began in 1987… Read More ›
Month: March 2013
downthetubes Forum Maintenance Next Week
We need to perform some simple but necessary maintenance on the downthetubes British Ciomics forum, which is powered by Ning, on Thursday 28th March 2013 between around 0500-0800 GMT. During this time, all Ning Networks will be offline and will… Read More ›
Modesty Blaise Comic Challenge drawing to a close, deadline extended
Today is intended to be the last day for our Modesty Blaise Comic Challenge – but we’ve decided to extend it until Monday 25th March, 12 noon GMT, just in case there any more entries artists had almost completed between… Read More ›
World War One Layman’s Guide and App released
Is it possible that a 20-year-old, internationally successful Greek footballer doesn’t know what a Nazi salute looks like? Is it time to ‘just move on’ and teach young people about more recent historical events such as the advent of… Read More ›
Prisoners of Time: An Interview with artist Mike Collins
British comic creators are heavily involved in US publisher IDW’s Doctor Who at 50 celebrations for their ‘Prisoners of Time’ maxi series, which launched in January with a First Doctor story drawn by Simon Fraser and continued with a Second… Read More ›
BCExpo eXclusive charity prints by Ian Gibson
The Bristol Comic Expo – back on 11-12th May 2013 at Brunels Old Station, Bristol – is publishing a series of “Expo eXclusive” charity prints and the latest is by the long running comic festival’s special guest Ian Gibson, who… Read More ›
Showmasters plan ‘Independents Day’ events to promote British indie press
Showmasters, who run the London Comic Marts at the Royal National Hotel, have announced a number of ‘Independents Day’ events through 2013. The aim is that there will provide a platform for the independent press and celebrate their work. The… Read More ›
Book Palace release "Illustrated British Classics"
Book Palace Books have just published Illustrated British Classics featuring some simply stunning-looking strips collecting three stories – King Solomon’s Mines, Allan Quatermain and Montezuma’s Daughter, each written by H Rider Haggard, the father of the lost-world genre. The three… Read More ›
War Drama ‘The Trench’ Digs Deep
As the centenary of World War One looms, the true story of a miner trapped in a tunnel during the conflict is being be told at theatres across the UK. The Trench is an award-winning play which achieved a… Read More ›
Lou Scannon becomes a Fad Deity!
The latest issue of Eagle Award nominated sci-fi/comedy comic Lou Scannon is now available. ‘Fad Deity’, by Jim Bampfield, Dan Harris and Kris Carter, shows the adventures of a lone office lackey, who (due to bizarre circumstances) comes to worship… Read More ›
XIII x 18 = A Full Set
With our review of The Last Round, downthetubes has now reviewed all 18 of the XIII books published by Cinebook over the last two and a half years – from the beginning of the saga of the amnesiac agent in… Read More ›
Zarjaz Postcards released
Judge Dredd by Alex Ronald New from FutureQuake Press and only available in a limited quantity are the first set of high quality art cards from ZARJAZ, the 2000AD-inspired comic created by fans of the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic. Featuring Judge… Read More ›
Call for Papers: Contemporary Uses of Fairy Tales
Melissa Leons – hunting fairies incontemporary culture Doctor Melissa Lenos, an Assistant Professor of English at Donnelly College in Kansas City, Kansas, is inviting submissions for an edited collection of essays on contemporary uses of fairy tales in popular culture…. Read More ›
In Review: Hit-Girl
By Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.Publisher: Titan BooksOut: NowWarning: Contains swearing and extreme violence. Not for younger readers The Book: Hit-Girl spins off into her own blood-soaked saga in this prelude to the Kick-Ass 2 film. Mindy McCready tries… Read More ›
Dave Gibbons ‘Whaat’ art challenges Lichtenstein’s dubious ‘legacy’
Watchmen artist and co-creator Dave Gibbons was interviewed on a recent BBC TV documentary about the Pop Art painting ‘WHAAM!’ by Roy Lichtenstein, which is currently on show in a major retrospective at Tate Modern, London. Gibbons was probably the… Read More ›
2013 British Comic Awards Committee confirmed
Plans for the second annual British Comic Awards are well underway — so here’s a reminder that you can nominate titles for consideration by the BCA Committee via the Awards Nomination Form or on the BCA home page. The… Read More ›
In Review: Dead Space – Liberation
By Ian Edginton and Christopher ShyPublisher: Titan BooksOut: NowWarning: Contains violence and swearing – not for younger readers The Book: Following the events of the video game Dead Space 2, we follow Earthgov Sergeant John Carver whose wife and son… Read More ›
London’s Comiket is back – bigger and bolder than ever!
London’s Comiket is back on 20th April 2013 – and the Comica Festival-organised event has a new and much bigger venue. This year, they’ve teamed up with Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design to stage the biggest and… Read More ›
In Review: XIII – The Last Round
It has been a long haul, 18 books over almost two and a half years, but Cinebook have stuck with Jean Van Hamme and William Vance’s amnesiac tattooed agent XIII and that has lead us all to the final book… Read More ›
Comic Classics in the Spotlight – 2000AD
By Matthew Charlton (re-published with permission from thefictionstroker.wordpress.com) 2000AD is one of the UK’s leading weekly comics. It has been publishing for 36 years now. The anthology approach and cast of colourful characters have been crucial to its longevity. Snarky… Read More ›