Preston-based comics artist Dave Windett – whose credits include work on a variety of animated characters from Fox and Warner Bros. and his illustrations for the Norwegian book series, Magic – has joined the Comic Book Mafia. Lest you think… Read More ›
British Comics
British comics-related news, interviews and features
Blast from the Past: SCAN, with added Alan Moore
A quick guide to the “legendary” British comics zine (accoriding ton its editor)
Ron Jobson In Book And Magazine Collector
The latest issue of the A5 size monthly Book and Magazine Collector is now in the shops and it has reached Issue 320. This issue has an article by Norman Wright and David Ashford on the artist Ron Jobson. While… Read More ›
Sci-Fi London Lines Up Comic Creator events
Garry Leach, Rian Hughes, Dez Skinn, Gary Erskine, Emma Vieceli and Simon Furman are just some of the comic creators who will be appearing at this year’s SCI-FI-LONDON event on Saturday 1st May. At last year’s SCI-FI-LONDON (www.sci-fi-london.com) the organisers… Read More ›
Southport College Celebrates Eagle Anniversary
Southport College is hosting to a Dan Dare exhibition celebrating 60 years of Eagle
60th Anniversary of Eagle – Part 2
The famous cover of Eagle Issue 1 is well known to comic fans everywhere, but what lay inside for the 1950s boy? As we celebrate 60 years of Eagle today, Richard Sheaf steps back to this week in 1950 to… Read More ›
CD24 Launches Alameda Web Comic
UK indie publisher CD24 has just launched Alameda, a new weekly web comic by Tony Wicks. “John Higgs is no longer a participant in the rat race,” says Tony of the story. “He’s living the life he always wanted, with… Read More ›
Cornell Takes on Action Comics
Hugo Award-nominated, top British comics creator Paul Cornell – whose credits include Captain Britain and MI13 and Doctor Who – has just been announced as the writer of DC Comics prestigious Superman title, Action Comics. Paul Cornell will join interior… Read More ›
In Review: Harker 11
The Plot: Another body has been discovered, but the killer has been careless. DCI Harker makes his move, determined to expose the murderer and take him in. But never mind all that! The Goths are three goals down and only… Read More ›
Commando Goes Fornightly
If you’re looking for the first four new Commandos released for the first half of April, you’d better be quick. The next batch will be out on 22nd April as publishers DC Thomson have had their sale dates brought forward…. Read More ›
Meet Gerry Anderson
A special signing announced
Happy Birthday, Peter O’Donnell – 90 Today
(With thanks to David Westaway): Happy Birthday today to veteran British comics creator Peter O’Donnell on attaining his 90th birthday today (11th April). Born in 1920 in Lewisham, Peter, who began writing professionally at 16, is, of course, most famous… Read More ›
Another New Comics Reid-er
Our congratulations from all here at downthetubes go out to artist Graeme Neil Reid and his wife Catriona on the arrival of their new baby girl, Lucy Anne, born on Thursday 8 April and weighing in at 8lbs 1oz. After… Read More ›
60th anniversary of Eagle – Part 1
With the 60th anniversary of Eagle fast approaching (14th April 2010) now seemed like a good time to have a look at what that iconic front page of Eagle magazine might have ended up looking like. Shown here are two… Read More ›
General Jumbo in latest Classics from the Comics
The latest issue of DC Thomson’s Classics from the Comics went on sale a few days back, but we’re still playing holiday catch up so this is the first opportunity we’ve had to give it a plug. The 68-page retro… Read More ›
Photo Review: Hi-Ex 2010
Jeremy Briggs reports from the Highlands…
John Hicklenton: A Tribute by Pat Mills
Pat Mills looks back at the career of the extraordinarily talented John Hicklenton, who sadly passed away on Friday 19th March 2010. Best known for his brutal, visceral work on flagship 2000AD characters like Judge Dredd (in particular “Heavy Metal Dredd”) and Nemesis the Warlock during… Read More ›
Ministry of Space discounted
Warren Ellis’ and Chris Weston’s wonderfully retro Ministry of Space is available for a limited time from Forbidden Planet International for £5.39 – that’s 40 percent off the usual price. This is the 2009 paperback edition – 96 glorious pages…. Read More ›
Plum action in Commando!
New issues of DC Thomson’s war comic digest Commando are now on sale now… got get ’em! Commando 4279: Too Many Heroes Previously No 2590 from 1992 Story: Ian Clark Inside Art: Salmeron Cover: Ian Kennedy With three older brothers… Read More ›
Titan Books to publish Classic Bible Stories from The Eagle
Coming in 2010: a collection of Frank Hampson’s Road of Courage from Titan Books