The latest issue of the ace British digital anthology 100% Biodegradable (Issue 16) is on sale now and of course I’m delighted to report it includes a very special re-presentation of “Rourke of the Radlands – The Wand” – a tale… Read More ›
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Marvel Heroes Omega Announced for PlayStation 4 and Xbox One
Gazillion, a leading video game developer and publisher, has announced Marvel Heroes Omega, launching for the PlayStation4 computer entertainment system and Xbox One this spring. Inspired in part by popular action-RPGs, modern Marvel video games, and massively multiplayer online games, we’re… Read More ›
Last few days to back a bumper comics collection from Madius Comics, collecting “Papercuts and Inkstains” – in colour
There are just a few more days to go to back the Kickstarter appeal for Paperbacks and Inkstains – The Collected Papercuts and Inkstains from Madius Comics, a 200 page-plus book of strips we’ve enthused about here on downthetubes –… Read More ›
Titan Comics Announces their 2017 Doctor Who Comics Day, Rachael Stott on art for crossover comic
With Peter Capaldi’s Twelfth Doctor vworping back onto our screens here in the UK on Saturday 15th April (and to BBC AMERICA in the US and Space in Canada on the same day), fans get a chance to continue their… Read More ›
Thunder comic appeal from 2000AD
2000AD publisher Rebellion – which now owns a large number of comic brands and characters previously published by Fleetway – has appealed for help to find physical copies of the short-lived boys adventure comic Thunder. In online appeals, Rebellion say… Read More ›
Panel Borders: Collecting Souls and Brighton Rock
Panel Borders, the monthly show about comics and graphic novels is back this week, celebrating the output of three artists associated with the City of Brighton and Hove. Alex Fitch talks to graphic novelists Hannah Berry, Joe Decie (whose graphic novel,… Read More ›
Ghost Ships and Wartime Castaways – new Commando comics on sale on Thursday
Here’s the intel from DC Thomson on the latest issues of Commando (Issues 5007 – 5010) on sale in all good newsagents from Thursday 6th April 2017 and also available through various digital platforms. All four stories are set in… Read More ›
Papercutz Publishes Metaphrog’s The Little Mermaid
Metaphrog’s latest hardback adaptation of a Hans Christian Andersen fairytale, The Little Mermaid, is being released by American publisher Papercutz today. A follow up to 2015’s The Red Shoes And Other Tales, The Little Mermaid is written by John Chalmers… Read More ›
My So-Called Secret Identity Launch Event Announced
The launch of Volume 2 of My So-Called Secret Identity (aka MSCSI), with writer Will Brooker and artist Jennie Gyllblad, will take place in London at the end of the month. MSCSI, created by Suze Shore, Will Brooker and Sarah Zaidan, launched online… Read More ›
Commando Comic Update – sabotaged by its publisher
(Now updated with issue information): Rather belatedly, here’s the information on the issues of DC Thomson’s Commando (5003 – 5006), still on sale in all good newsagents for a few more days. DC Thomson changed the way they provide information… Read More ›
New girls magazines launched, DC Thomson’s “Sweet” includes strip by Laura Howell
DC Thomson and Panini UK have both launched new girls titles this week – Sweet and Disney’s Eleanor of Avalor, the latter based on the animated series screened on the Disney Channel. DC Thomson say their title, Sweet, which includes… Read More ›
In Review: Garbage Night by Jen Lee
Created by Jen Lee Full colour, £12.99 Published by NoBrow The Story: In a barren and ransacked backyard, a dog called Simon lives with his two best friends: a raccoon and a deer. They spend their days looting a desolate… Read More ›
Britain’s annual comics-promoting Small Press Day 2017 Announced for Saturday 8th July
Small Press Day, celebrating comics and self-publishing at shops and events across the UK and Ireland, is back. The fantastic Broken Frontier web site – ever at the forefront of promoting independently published small press comics and encouraging their creators… Read More ›
Happy 30th Birthday, Combat Colin!
Huge congratulations to longtime British comics creator Lew Stringer this morning, whose much-loved clumsy combat hero Combat Colin celebrates 30 years of publication. The first Combat Colin strip appeared in print in Marvel UK’s Action Force Issue 5, published on… Read More ›
VIZ among Big Issue editor’s favourite reads
Best-selling humour comic magazine VIZ is one of Big Issue editor Paul McNamee‘s favourite reads, he reveals in an opinion piece for InPublishing magazine. He’s also a fan of Private Eye, Q – and the Church Times advertiser section. Celebrating… Read More ›
In Review: Cosmos & Other Stories
By Rozi Hathaway Publisher: Good Comics The Book: A collection of short stories about love and longing… if you’ve ever been in a crowd, felt the ache of absence, or looked for meaning ion the constellations, then this collection will… Read More ›
2000AD Prog 2023 On Sale Today – Jump on Board for All-New Thrills, Scarlet Traces and Deadworld Return!
The latest issue of 2000AD is on sale today in all good newsagents and comic shops, featuring a cover by Cliff Robinson and is a perfect jumping on point for new readers with an all-new story line up, which includes the… Read More ›
Crowdfunding Spotlight: Jessica Martin’s Life Drawing – A Life Under Lights
Having created two comic biographical vignettes on the lives of actresses Clara Bow and Vivian Leigh, plus a full length graphic novel detailing the 1930s Hollywood life of the fictional Elsie Harris, actress, singer and comic creator Jessica Martin’s latest… Read More ›
Titan Comics Lost Fleet: Corsair #1 by Jack Campbell – covers, first pages revealed
Titan Comics have revealed more details about The Lost Fleet: Corsair Issue #1 – including all the covers and interior pages from this new military SF release, which launches in June in all good comic shops. (Bias declaration – this… Read More ›
Battle of the Somme Re-Visited in “For Valour”, a new comic by Stephen Mooney and Eoin Coveney
An exciting comics project jointly produced by Monaghan County Museum, Armagh County Museum and Craigavon Museum Services recently saw the creation of For Valour, a comic created by Stephen Mooney and featuring interior art by Eoin Coveney that focused on the story… Read More ›