(Re-posted with the full permission of ace comic creator Sarah McIntyre): I thought I’d compile a list of some of the yummiest things out there this Christmas – stuff I’ve geeked out over this year – in case it inspires… Read More ›
Christmas
Celebrate Christmas Past with special Beano and Dandy Covers Book
Under licence from DC Thomson, auction site Phil’s Comics is offering a limited edition full colour hardback book, The Dandy and The Beano – Classic Christmas Comic Covers 1937-1969. The nook – limited to a 1000 print run – will be… Read More ›
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from downthetubes!
Have a great holiday, folks!
Yes, we know it’s still August, but…
LEGO Monster Fighters: Vampyre Castle: Top toy for Christmas 2012? — we all know that if you don’t get your Christmas orders in early, some of these “must have” toys — including the ones for the big kids who mainly… Read More ›
Merry Christmas – Don’t Eat Too Much!
As you sit down to your Christmas dinner, or alternatively are recovering from it, we couldn’t resist showing you this illustration of a Christmas meal in Tudor times taken from The Stories Of Our Christmas Customs which was first published… Read More ›
The Best of the Season to all our Readers!
Unlike the talented comic artists whose work we promote here, I can’t draw for toffee, so I hope you don’t mind this adaptation of a piece of art by the great pulp magazine artist Virgil Finlay. Have a Merry Christmas… Read More ›
Austerity Reviews of the Year
It is that time of the year when bloggers think of their favourite books, comics and magazines of the year. However since there can be a lot of overlap in what various people consider to be worth mentioning, and you… Read More ›
Crazy comic-related Christmas presents: the Spider-Man Guitar
You know Christmas is on the way when we start getting PR for perhaps the stranger kinds of comics tie-in merchandise at downthetubes. Case in point? New guitars from Nevada Music featuring favourite Marvel Super Heroes including Wolverine, X-Men, Spiderman,… Read More ›
Wishing you all the best of the season!
The cover of Rainbow, 15th December 1917. The downthetubes team would like to wish all our readers the very best of the season. If you’re travelling, take care out there and enjoy some down time with family and friends. Normal… Read More ›
Merry Christmas
Well hopefully Santa arrived at your house last night and didn’t look too much like this. New Eagle’s most popular character was of course Dan Dare but its most popular new character was Doomlord.The alien Doomlord Vek from the planet… Read More ›