Author Archives

• The Adventures of Tintin: ‘The Shooting Star” Decoded

  By downthetubes Guests on 4 October 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  Damien Dessane explores more Tintin secrets…

• Don’t Miss “Support Animals” by Chris Webster

  By downthetubes Guests on 29 September 2026 • ( 0 )

  

  British indie comics talent Chris Webster is publishing an extraordinary new graphic novel through Instagram. Mal Earl reports…

• Tintin and the Treasure of the Gospels

  By downthetubes Guests on 24 September 2026 • ( 1 )

  

  Damien Dessane dives deep into Hergé’s Tintin adventures

• “Holocaust in Comic Books” at EuroCon 2026 in Berlin 

  By downthetubes Guests on 20 August 2026

  

  Dirk van den Boom reports on a special presentation at Eurocon 2026 in Berlin

• A Snapshot of TV History: The Art of Peter Firmin

  By downthetubes Guests on 10 August 2026

  

  Tom Hill reports a recent auction of little-seen comic art by a television legend

• Loving the Alien

  By downthetubes Guests on 5 August 2026 • ( 1 )

  

  Hibernia Comics designer Richard Pearce reveals some Doomlord secrets…

• Creating Comics in Palestine: Jim Medway’s Qusasat Comics Camp Story

  By downthetubes Guests on 28 July 2026

  

  Comic creator Jim Medway headed to the Middle East, as part of a Lakes International Comic Arts Foundation initiative supported by the British Council

• Looking Back at Enniskillen Comic Fest 2026

  By downthetubes Guests on 3 July 2026

  

  Andy Boal offers his “highly biased” review

• Are Italy’s legendary comic anthologies, Skorpio and Lanciostory dead?

  By downthetubes Guests on 6 June 2026 • ( 1 )

  

  Two much-loved Italian comic anthologies are in limbo, victim to declining sales

• Comics that Defined the Decades

  By downthetubes Guests on 19 May 2026 • ( 5 )

  

  Eight American comics Byron Johnson of Comics Heaven argues define the decades in which they were published

• Get your Big Noses here! Hunt Emerson on his new book’s crazy tales of creating comics strips

  By downthetubes Guests on 16 May 2026

  

  Rory Milne talks to Hunt Emerson about 50-Odd Years Of Big Noses

• Dan Dare is blasting off again: why, as a scientist, I’m excited for the comics’ return

  By downthetubes Guests on 24 April 2026 • ( 1 )

  

  The science of Dan Dare celebrated

• Target: 2026

  By downthetubes Guests on 10 April 2026

  

  Latest Doctor Who Target Books in the limelight

• In Review: Métal Hurlant – Embarquement immediat (“Ready for Boarding”)

  By downthetubes Guests on 2 April 2026

  

  French comic magazine Métal Hurlant is 50 years old and the Cartoon Art Museum in Brussels is celebrating

• In Review: Guido Crepax – “We loved you so much, Valentina” at the Galerie Martel, Brussels

  By downthetubes Guests on 1 April 2026

  

  If in Brussels, this is an exhibition you must not miss!

• In Review: Brickman #2 by Lew Stringer

  By downthetubes Guests on 11 March 2026 • ( 1 )

  

  It’s Smack-You-in-the-Face FANTASTIC, enthuses Philip Boyce

• Retro Review: Skrull Kill Krew Omnibus

  By downthetubes Guests on 4 March 2026

  

  Lucy Braithwaite – or is it? – catches up on plenty of Skrullduggery!

• Retro Review: Marvel Platinum Deluxe Edition – The Definitive Thor

  By downthetubes Guests on 2 February 2026

  

  Enthralled by Norse Gods once again!

• Who Remembers Gold Tokens Super Mag Comics?

  By downthetubes Guests on 16 January 2026

  

  Norman Boyd looks back at an overlooked comics promotion of the 1960s…

• Retro Review: Darkhold

  By downthetubes Guests on 28 December 2025

  

  Lucy Braithwaite revisits the Darkhold – no, not the real one!