New comics publisher Borderline Press has announced a number of new books for 2014, following up on its first two titles, 556 Frames, the breakout Eastern European graphic novel by Dennis Wojda and ZOMBRE, an undead anthology, released last year. The company is… Read More ›
British Comics – Graphic Novels
Titan Comics to re-publish Glenat’s Elric series
Hot on the heels of the phenomenal runaway success of Snowpiercer, Titan Comics is continuing in its bold mission of presenting the highest quality European graphic novels to a brand-new audience, joining publishers Humanoides and Cinebook in bringing more bande… Read More ›
Panel Borders: Room for Love
Continuing a month of shows on Britain’s only regular on air comics show Panel Borders about comics and graphic novels which present ‘slices of life’ on the page, Alex Fitch talks to writer / artist Ilya about his latest graphic novel, Room… Read More ›
In Review: Line Of Fire by Stephane-Yves Barroux
As more and more Franco-Belgian bandes dessinee albums are translated into English, the various English language publishers have largely ignored the non-fiction titles. While Cinebook have translated three of the aviation themed Biggles Raconte history titles as Cinebook Presents, it… Read More ›
Nemo: The Roses of Berlin gets digital launch in advance of print edition on SEQUENTIAL
Nemo: The Roses of Berlin, the latest League of Extraordinary Gentlemen tale from Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill, has been released digitally on Panel Nine’s SEQUENTIAL app today, in advance of its print release next week (3rd March). Following the… Read More ›
Taking “Stok” of Vincent van Gogh – SelfMadeHero’s new “Art Masters” title
With London’s National Gallery now giving visitors a chance to compare two versions of Van Gogh’s iconic “Sunflowers“, there’s another unique interpretation in graphic novel form by Dutch illustrator Barbara Stok who explores the final years of the artist’s life… Read More ›
New “Hilda” tale from Luke Pearson on sale next week
Next week 3rd March) sees the release of Hilda and the Black Hound by Luke Pearson from NoBrow Press, the latest in a glorious series of wonderful comic tales for children. I first encountered the Hilda series as a judge for… Read More ›
SelfMadeHero and SEQUENTIAL release Enhanced Digital Graphic Novels
SelfMadeHero, the UK’s independent graphic novel publisher, is making three of its popular titles available to read in a specially-enhanced digital format on the SEQUENTIAL platform for iPad. The books are Kiki de Montparnasse, José-Louis Bocquet’s elegant true-life account of Man Ray’s muse; H.P. Lovecraft’s… Read More ›
Barroux’s On Les Aura! Now In English
During the summer of 2013, the Edinburgh International Book Festival ran a major comics and graphic novels strand entitled Stripped which we covered heavily here on downthetubes at the time. BookFest’s 2013 Illustrator in Residence was Stephane-Yves Barroux who took… Read More ›
Demand for ‘Snowpiercer’ graphic novel prompts immediate second printing
Originally released in January to widespread critical acclaim, Titan Comics Snowpiercer Volume 1: The Escape has gone to a second printing, just 48 hour after publication date, due to exceptionally high demand. Titan Comics says that fans eager to read… Read More ›