Begun in 2008 by Richmond Clements and Vicky Stonebridge, the Highlands International Comics Expo, Hi-Ex, takes place at the Eden Court Theatre and Cinema complex on the banks of the River Ness in Inverness and, after a break in 2011,… Read More ›
Events Scotland
Graphic Novel Night in Polmont
To tie-in with World Book Night, Meadowbank Library in Polmont near Falkirk will be holding a free Graphic Novel Night on Saturday 21 April 2012. Running from 1900 -2130 the event will bring together graphic novelists and artists to discuss… Read More ›
Dee-Con 2012 – Dundee’s Free Manga and Anime Convention
With most Scottish comics fans decamping this weekend for the Hi-Ex comics convention in Inverness, the next major Scottish event in the comics calendar will be the manga, anime and games convention Dee-Con at the University of Dundee Students Union… Read More ›
Review Of Scottish Comics Events In 2011
Over the last few years downthetubes contributor Jeremy Briggs has collated a Scottish Comics Events Review Of The Year. These articles originally came about after discussions at the first Hi-Ex comics convention in Inverness in 2008 showed that many people… Read More ›
Treating Comics Seriously: Six Questions For Lecturer Phillip Vaughan
Phillip Vaughan is a lecturer at the University of Dundee’s Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art And Design (DJCAD) with a background in 3D animation for the television, film and games industry. At DJCAD he teaches graphic design and has… Read More ›
Good Cop, Bad Cop checks into High-Ex
If you’re planning a trip to the Highlands for the Hi-Ex Comic Expo next weekend, then be sure to track down the latest comics from Black Hearted Press, run by Jim Alexander, David Brayher, John Farman and Sha Nazir. Black… Read More ›
Glasgow Comic Mart today
(with thanks to Gordon Robertson) A quick plug for today’s Comic Mart at the Britannia Panopticon Music Hall, in Glasgow today. The world’s oldest surviving music hall, the Panopticon was founded in 1857 on the Trongate and quickly became… Read More ›
Taisbeanadh Comaig Eadar-Naiseanta Na Gaidhealtachd 2012
Aren’t you glad that they let us call it Hi-Ex? A reminder that the Highlands International Comics Expo will be taking place at Eden Court on the banks of the River Ness in Inverness itself on Saturday 31 March and… Read More ›
Anthology One Due From Dundee’s UniVerse(ity)
Due out later this month is the first issue of a new comics series, Anthology, published under the new UniVerse imprint, which will showcase the best creative work that is emerging from the new comics courses at the University of… Read More ›
It’s Life Jimmy, But Not As We Know It
In 2008, the National Library Of Scotland in Edinburgh put on their Local Heroes exhibition which displayed some of the library’s collection of comics and graphic novels and, impressively, Cam Kennedy’s original artwork for the Waverley graphic novel Kidnapped. This… Read More ›