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News, reviews, interviews and features for print and on-line: Spaceship Away (since October 2005), Bear Alley (since February 2007), downthetubes (since June 2007), and Eagle Times (since October 2008). Plus DC Thomson's The Art Of Ian Kennedy, Titan’s Dan Dare and Johnny Red reprints, Ilex’s War Comics: A Graphic History and 500 Essential Graphic Novels, and Print Media’s The Iron Moon and Strip magazine.
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Dan Dare Wine Glass Mystery – Solved!
downthetubes readers soon pinned down the origin of these Dan Dare wine glasses!
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2000AD’s Kelvin Gosnell reveals secrets of the Airfix Modellers’ Club
Jeremy Briggs chats to an industry legend the story behind a long-running feature in British boys secrets often overlooked by comic fans
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A Subtle Commando Tribute to Colin Noble
How Commando Comics paid tribute to one of its truest fans, and our good, much-missed friend, Colin Noble…
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Save 15% on The Broons and Oor Wullie Calendars for 2022 – but you need to be quick!
Don’t miss out on a great deal on this year’s calendars featuring Scotland’s most popular comic characters
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Biggles: Adventures in Time – Film Strip Recalled
Who remembers this 1986 Custom Comic Strip?
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Creating Doctor Who with Airfix
Jeremy Briggs unearths a Dalek Airfix kit that never was…
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Crowdfunding Spotlight: “Flight Of The Eagle” from Maximized Comics
Writer and artist Colin Maxwell’s latest World War Two project revealed, aided by Ian Kennedy…
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In Review: The Regiment: The True Story of the SAS – Book 1
Cinebook’s series of factual bandes dessinees entitled Cinebook Recounts comes storming back with the true story of the British Army’s Special Air Service in The Regiment
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In Review: Return To Aldebaran – Episode 1
It is just over ten years ago that I reviewed the very first Worlds Of Aldebaran book to be published in English by Cinebook, The Catastrophe, which actually translated two of the original French books. Since then there have been… Read More ›
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In Review: MULP – Sceptre Of The Sun Issue 5
With the first issue published back in 2014, it has taken writer Matt Gibbs and artist Sara Dunkerton five years to get to the fifth and final issue of their mousey Indiana Jones tale, MULP: Sceptre of the Sun, but… Read More ›
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MULP: Sceptre of The Sun Reaches Its Conclusion
The fifth and final issue of writer Matt Gibbs and artist Sara Dunkerton’s wonderful 1930’s mousey Indiana Jones style tale, MULP: Sceptre of The Sun, will be available at Thought Bubble in Harrogate, over the weekend of 9-10 November 2019,… Read More ›
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“Raid On The Forth” From Maximized Comics
On 16 October 1939 a dozen Junker Ju88 bombers of the Luftwaffe set out from the German island of Sylt to make the first attack of the Second World War on the United Kingdom. Their target was the Royal Navy… Read More ›
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Book Launch: The Art Of Ian Kennedy
The Art Of Ian Kennedy from DC Thomson’s new Heritage Comics brand is a celebration of the 70 years of work that artist Ian Kennedy has provided for the Dundee company. The book was first put on sale to the… Read More ›
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Replacing Eagle: The Comics That Didn’t Make It – Part 4 Another Eureka
This series of articles by Jeremy Briggs covers the dummy comics that were created through the years as potential ‘modern’ versions of the original Eagle comic from the 1950s and 1960s, none of which ever made it to newsagents’ shelves…. Read More ›
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Replacing Eagle: The Comics That Didn’t Make It – Part 3 Eureka
This series of articles by Jeremy Briggs covers the dummy comics that were created through the years as potential ‘modern’ versions of the original Eagle comic from the 1950s and 1960s, none of which ever made it to newsagents’ shelves…. Read More ›