There’s a new football strip in the works for 2022, co-created by a key player in the Roy of the Rovers success story
Month: December 2021
Happy New Year! Our Top 20 Most Read Posts in 2021
A quick look back at downthetubes most popular news and features in 2021
“Rejected” comics anthology project returns with “Future Shock” focused edition
Relocated. Reset! The “Rejected” comics project from Baden James Mellonie is being relaunched in 2022
Original “Axa” strip art on offer from artist Romero himself in latest Catawiki International Comic Art Auction
Some original “Axa” art by Enrique Badia Romero might well be up your street
Rachael Smith’s “Wired up Wrong” gets re-release from Icon Books
If you missed the first edition, you have no excuse now!
Action Force revived in new not for profit fan comic project
Action Force is heading back to comics next year and an advance order offer has just launched
Happy Holidays! Here’s Forbidden Planet TV’s Special Christmas Day Edition – with Dave Gibbons!
We all know about the Royal message from the Queen on Christmas Day, but Forbidden Planet TV is bringing you comics royalty today – artist and writer Dave Gibbons, talking about his childhood memories of the Yuletide season! In this… Read More ›
All the best of the season from downthetubes
Christmas silliness! Happy holidays, all – stay safe!
In Review: UFO Comic Anthology Volume One
Initial and unashamedly enthusiastic comments about the new Gerry Anderson comic strip collection, available now
In Review: Spider-Man: No Way Home
Tim Robins spins us a review of the latest blockbusting, box office storming Spider-Man movie
Evangeline Lilly, Dave Gibbons and more join forces for “A Christmas Carol” charity podcast
Comic book creators, actors and presenters combine forces in a good cause!
Panini Comics UK cancels X-Men and Marvel Essentials titles
Two superhero titles take a fall on the UK newsstand
The Boom and Bust of 1950s British Science Fiction explored in new videocasts
More 1950s British Science Fiction book publishing explored with aplomb by author and publisher Philip Harbottle
Liam Sharp teases StarHenge project, coming next year via Image Comics
A fantastic-looking new comic project is coming your way next June
Ramsey’s Raiders return in pre-Christmas Commando comic release!
Christmas crackers! Ramsey’s Raiders and more head to the newsstand this Thursday
American comics publisher Dark Horse bought by Swedish gaming company Embracer as part of billion kronor expansion
Dark Horse Comics is just one company in a major expansion move by a European gaming company worth millions of pounds
Paul Birkbeck art for Jackanory and Zig Zag re-offered today by auction house Ewbank’s
If you missed out on the first opportunity to own some vintage art by legendary TV illustrator Paul Birkbeck, you have another chance
Rare Doctor Who “Underwater Menace” print by Alister Pearson being auctioned for charity
The Doctor Who Appreciation Society is auctioning a new print by acclaimed artist Alister Pearson
Crowdfunding Spotlight: Man In A Suitcase: The Haunting Graphic Novel by Brian Gorman
Work is proceeding apace on a new graphic novel based on the cult 1960s adventure series
New Star Trek “Nerd Search” book out now
Think you know your Star Trek? think again…