A number of women comic creators have set up a European arm of the Women in Comics project, with a public page on Facebook and a private group for further discussion of the industry. Set up by comics journalist Laura… Read More ›
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Get set for Dredd – the movie
Here’s the a new promotional poster for the new Judge Dredd movie starring Karl Urban, due in UK cinemas on Friday 17th September. The future. America is an irradiated wasteland. On its East Coast, running from Boston to Washington DC… Read More ›
Comix Reader event to open International Alternative Press Festival
This Friday (3rd August) sees the launch of The Comix Reader Issue #4 at Gosh! London. The free event, which starts at 7.00pm, includes an exhibition of original artwork from the issue and you can chat with some of the… Read More ›
Timelord Talbot!
When artist Bryan Talbot, creator of The Adventures of Luther Arkwright and Grandville was recently honoured Northumbria University with an Honorary Degree, friend and fellow creator Al Davison couldn’t resist a bit of fun at the expense of a new… Read More ›
In Review: XIII – The Trial
Who is XIII? For the last two years of these reviews I have listed the current pseudonyms that XIII the man was using over the course of the many books in this series – a list that has grown rather… Read More ›
In Review: The Scorpion – In The Name Of The Father
Mourning the passing of 2000AD’s Nikolai Dante? Then it is time to start reading The Scorpion books written by Stephen Desberg, illustrated by Enrico Marini and published in English for the first time by Cinebook. With the conclusion to the… Read More ›
In Review: Papyrus – The Anger Of The Great Sphinx
Papyrus, written and illustrated by Lucien de Gieter, is a young Egyptian fisherman who, having been given a magical sword by the crocodile goddess Sobek, must protect the Pharaoh’s young daughter Theti-Cheri from danger. In The Anger of The Great… Read More ›
In Review: Antares – Episode 2
Brazilian artist and writer Leo (Luiz Eduardo de Oliveira) continues his Worlds of Aldebaran saga with Antares Episode 2, the second part of the third series of his incredibly alien tales of 22nd century interplanetary settlers and the beasts and… Read More ›
Cinebook Titles On DVD
It has been a while since we reviewed any Cinebook titles here on downthetubes so this week we will be putting that right with a selection of reviews of various Cinebook releases from the last few months. Before that, and… Read More ›
Megacon Comes To Carlisle In August
With just less than one month to go, the Carlisle Megacon comics, manga/anime and gaming event has finalised its guests, small press and dealers line-up. Organised by the Carlisle branch of Waterstones, this is an expansion of the shop based… Read More ›
Deadly Commandos hit the newsagents
Here’s the latest information on DC Thomson’s Commando title, with these four Commando stories now on sale in good newsagents and via iTunes for iPad and iPhone… Commando 4515 – The Deadly GamesStory: Alan Hebden Art: Keith Page Cover: Keith… Read More ›
Dead Universe’s Late Launch today
Today sees the official launch of Dead Universe Comics in Aylesbury. Regular readers may recall we mentioned the opening of the shop last year. You may have already seen Aylesbury Dead, Little Terrors and Apes ‘n’ Capes, plus the Japan… Read More ›
Elephantmen versus Strontium Dog story in the works
Elephantmen creator Richard Starkings and artist Boo Cook will be signing at Travelling Man in Leeds this Saturday with advance copies of the fifth Elephantmen hardcover, Devilish Functions. The collection includes ‘Man and Elephantman’ (including the sold out one shot… Read More ›
Eagle Day announced for September
(via the Eagle Times): The Eagle Society is to hold an Eagle Day in August to celebrate the classic British comic. Eagle Days were the idea of the late Bob Rothwell, offering fellow ‘Eaglers’ and collectors, to chat, swap, buy… Read More ›
2000AD, IDW team on Ewing, McCarthy’s ‘Zaucer of Zilk’
Continuing their new partnership with legendary English publishers 2000AD, IDW Publishing is proud to announce a collection of Al Ewing and Brendan McCarthy’s The Zaucer of Zilk. The mind blowing story centres on a despondent, alienated young man who finds… Read More ›
IDW confirm creative talent on new Judge Dredd US title
After announcing their partnership with the 2000AD at WonderCon 2012 earlier this year, US publisher IDW Publishing and Rebellion have announced Edgar-nominated and Anthony Award-winning Duane Swierczynski and Nelson Daniél, as the creative team for their brand-new Judge Dredd US… Read More ›
Gerry Anderson Walks For Alzheimer’s Research
On 28 June 2012 television and film producer, writer and director Gerry Anderson went public with his diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease to promote the launch of the Alzheimer’s Society charity sponsored Memory Walks. He will always be associated with the… Read More ›
MKomix Fair: comic creators in abundance!
A quick reminder that the MKomix Comic Fair organised by comic creator Paul Rainey takes place this Thursday (19th July) in the Milton Keynes Art Gallery. Full details of the event, which reads like a Who’s Who of some top… Read More ›
Spaceship Away 27 on sale now
Issue 27 of the Eagle-inspired comic magazine Spaceship Away is available now, this time with a background theme drawing on the Dan Dare story The Red Moon, featuring a number of paintings relating to that story from both Don Harley… Read More ›
Photos from the Opening of the Aberdeen Commando Exhibition
It’s not often a comics event is opened with a bagpiper, even in Scotland, so driving into the car park of the Gordon Highlanders Museum in Aberdeen on a slightly overcast summer’s morning to the skirl of the pipes set… Read More ›