The 2015 Harvey Awards Nominees have been announced with the release of the final ballot, presented by the Executive Committees of the Harvey Awards and the Baltimore Comic-Con. The nominees include Wicked + Divine, written by Kieron Gillen, with art by Jamie… Read More ›
Written and drawn by Andy Poyiadgi 20 pages. Two colour printing. The Story: A wheelchair-bound professor and a cubist robot called Epsilon are the last two people wandering an alien planet. They discuss their friendship and how they have stayed… Read More ›
The British Comic Awards team recently opened a Call for Entries – and has announced their partnership with Page 45, the award-winning and highly regarded Nottingham comic shop. “We’re thrilled to be working with them and look forward to the opportunities ahead,” said a team spokesperson. This… Read More ›
Out now from the Cardiff-based small independent, WP Comics – publishers of titles such as Wasteland Paradise and The Night Hunters – is a fun new title mashing Ghostbusters with Hellboy, the Demonic Advisory Centre. The new title is set… Read More ›
The Book: A rollicking tale of how a ‘Jack-the-Lad’ art student in 1960s Liverpool is taught to be a teacher by the kids who confront him. Filled with a gallery of finely observed characters, the book is a hilarious roller coaster… Read More ›
Script: Ben Aaronovitch & Andrew Cartmel Art: Lee Sullivan Colour: Luis Guerroro Letters: Rona Simpson The Book: Peter Grant has come a long way since first entering the special branch of London’s Metropolitan Police. With his hard-earned powers and a flair for… Read More ›
This Wednesday (15th July) sees the release of Issue One of the eagerly-anticipated Rivers Of London: Body Work comic written by Ben Aaronovitch (creator of the eponymous fantastic crime fantasy novel series) and former Doctor Who script editor Andrew Cartmel. I… Read More ›
Titan Comics has announced it will publish a brand-new Doctor Who mini series featuring the Eighth Doctor, as played by Paul McGann. The first issue of the new series will hit comic stores on 28th October 2015 and is being written… Read More ›
The Thunderbirds 1965 Kickstarter to create new episodes of “Classic Thunderbirds” has reached its £75,000 base target in less than five days – and now the race is on to achieve a ‘stretch goal’ that will enable production of a Thunderbirds ‘prequel’…. Read More ›
Join Vince Hunt, Tony Esmond and Dan butcher and the Awesome Comics Podcast‘s first ever special guest, writer Tom Ward (co-creator of Merrick: The Sensational Elephantman), to find out more about his critically acclaimed series. The team also talk about controversial… Read More ›
Next month sees the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, one of the final, horrific closing acts of World War Two that has, of course, proven a rich vein of story inspiration for comic creators down the… Read More ›
As part of its series of announcements leading up to San Diego Comic-Con, BOOM! Studios unveiled a new image to tease a new original project coming in October from creators Mike Carey (Suicide Risk, The Unwritten) and Mike Perkins… Read More ›
Titan Comics has announced they will publish Bloodthirsty: One Nation Under Water, a visceral revenge thriller that merges the real-world hopes and horrors of a post-disaster community with an engaging thread of political corruption, class divide and blood-curdling terror… The… Read More ›
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 ›
The fifth Glasgow Comic Con took place over the weekend of 4/5 July 2015 near the centre of Scotland’s largest city. downthetubes has already covered the convention with a preview and a review of the event and here we present the… Read More ›
We recently launched a challenge to artists to draw a new Sapphire & Steel strip or send in art inspired by the show, which may be returning to our screens with Luther writer Neil Cross at the helm. Here’s our… Read More ›
Here’s a version of The Beano‘s Dennis the Menace and Gnasher you probably never expected to see – and it may leave some purists seething. But not us! Ace artist Mike Perkins – perhaps best known for his work on… Read More ›
Peter Hampson, the son of Dan Dare creator Frank Hampson, recently launched a new web site dedicated to the art and life of his late father. It’s a marvellous cornucopia of delights that’s now fully operational, offering several galleries of rarely… Read More ›
Just released by Titan Comics is another of their great humour titles, Home #1 written by Max Davison and art by Matt Hebb, based on the Dreamworks Animation‘s film of the same name – and they’ve kindly sent us some pages… Read More ›
Titan Comics has announced it has secured the license to publish Ubisoft’s Assassin’s Creed comics at San Diego Comic Con this weekend. The first five-part arc will be drawn by Marvel and Doctor Who: Four Doctors artist Neil Edwards, inked by Ivan Nunes, from… Read More ›