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• In Review: Monster Fun #8

  By downthetubes Guests on June 9, 2023

  

  David X Brunt checks out the first monthly Monster Fun, on sale now in all good newsagents and comic shops

• In Review: A 14-year-old’s Take on Spider-Man – Across the Spider-Verse

  By downthetubes Guests on June 7, 2023 • ( 1 )

  

  Our youngest reviewer, Oliver J Soto, has waited a long time for this sequel!

• Once in a Blue Moon: Brian Bolland at CamCreatives

  By downthetubes Guests on April 26, 2023

  

  Eamonn Clarke reports on artist Brian Bolland’s appearance last week at CamCreatives

• In Memoriam: Stephen Bamford, Manager of Dave’s Comics, Brighton

  By downthetubes Guests on April 6, 2023

  

  Steve Lee Sharpe pays tribute to a hugely popular British comics retailer

• In Review: Supergirl – Woman of Tomorrow

  By downthetubes Guests on March 2, 2023

  

  Steven Lee Sharpe checks out an intriguing, sometimes divisive take on the “Girl of Steel”

• In Review: She-Hulk, Attorney at Law Season One

  By downthetubes Guests on December 9, 2022

  

  Steven Sharpe reflects on the show’s first season

• Crowdfunding Spotlight: Neill Cameron’s X365: A Graphic Novel

  By downthetubes Guests on November 24, 2022

  

  Neill Cameron outlines the background to his latest independent graphic novel, currently seeking your support on Kickstarter

• Full Circle: Doctor Who: In an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks returns to bookshelves

  By downthetubes Guests on November 3, 2022

  

  Russell Cook takes a look at the new illustrated edition of “Doctor Who: In an Exciting Adventure with the Daleks” in bookshops from today

• Fifty Year Flashback: The Mighty World of Marvel No.1

  By downthetubes Guests on September 30, 2022 • ( 3 )

  

  Comic creator and archivist Lew Stringer celebrates the debut of Marvel UK’s very first comic, Mighty World of Marvel, this week, back in 1972…

• Creating Comics: downthetubes publisher John Freeman talks to theAwesome Comics Podcast

  By downthetubes Guests on September 5, 2022

  

  Coming up today, a comic creator chat with the publisher of downthetubes

• Omnibus edition of Osamu Tezuka’s “Princess Knight” out next week

  By downthetubes Guests on August 29, 2022

  

  Check out this new omnibus edition of a classic manga from the legendary Osamu Tezuka

• Weird and wonderful! Hunt Emerson on his riotous new collection of superbly strange strips

  By downthetubes Guests on August 20, 2022

  

  Rory Milne talks to Hunt Emerson about his recently-released Phenomenomix collection…

• In Memoriam: Comics Writer, Alan Grant (1949 – 2022)

  By downthetubes Guests on July 21, 2022 • ( 2 )

  

  Author, publisher, lecturer and film maker John McShane pays tribute to his friend, comics writer and author Alan Grant, whose death was announced earlier today

• Revisiting the Past: A Look at the latest Doctor Who Target Books, with James Moran and Rona Munro

  By downthetubes Guests on July 19, 2022

  

  Russell Cook touches base with writers James Moran and Rona Munro about their new Doctor Who novelisations…

• In Review: Enniskillen Comic Festival returns, proving a grand day out!

  By downthetubes Guests on June 27, 2022

  

  For many, the journey to this year’s Enniskillen Comic Festival was a long one, but for Battle Action fans, it was certainly very worth it…