Girls in Print: Female Figures in British Comics is a new exhibition at the University of Dundee, running until October 2017. The way that female characters have been portrayed in comics has changed considerably over the years. In Britain, comics… Read More ›
Day: July 27, 2017
New comic art exhibition in Newcastle is an absolute delight for British comics fans
Regular downthetubes readers will recall our previous coverage of Comics: Explore and Create Comic Art at Seven Stories, the new exhibition at Seven Stories, The National Centre for Children’s Books in Newcastle – but now it’s opened, we can reveal… Read More ›
Second Striker collection a sell-out success, last few copies just offered
If you’re a fan of the newspaper strip Striker, still running in The Sun (and online, for now, at Planet Striker on YouTube), then you probably know creator Pete Nash is publishing limited edition collections of the strip. If you… Read More ›