The International Alternative Press Fair has announced several exhibitions relating to its two-day event in London at the end of May (Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th). Creators interested in being part of the actual Fair at the Conway Hall, Holborn,… Read More ›
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The Tartan Bucket Prize Competition
The Dundee Comics Day has been running since 2007 and in 2008 became part of the Dundee Literary Festival at Dundee University. The fifth comics day is due to be held in October and the University has announced that this… Read More ›
Phoenix: a new British comic rises from the ashes of The DFC
A new British comic is in the offing, edited by former The DFC editor Ben Sharpe. Contrary to earlier reports on Lew Stringer’s blog, bleedingcool.com and elsewhere, Ben says The Phoenix is not a revival of The DFC, although its… Read More ›
STRIP Magazine editor at Lancaster comics event on 19th March
Lancaster’s Storey Creative Industries Centre will host a comic and science fiction fair on Saturday 19th March. A must for all collectors of Doctor Who, Marvel and DC Comics, film posters, trading cards and toys, along with an appearance by… Read More ›
Sneek peek of 2000AD Lawgiver prop at National Space Centre’s BritSciFi event
TV legend Gerry Anderson is to join the crew of Leicester’s National Space Centre on 19th – 20th March for a celebration of British science fiction that also includes an appearance by Blake’s 7‘s Gareth Thomas and a sneek peek… Read More ›
David Pugh’s Slaine, Dan Dare art (and more) on sale for charity
Check out some fantastic original comic art by David Pugh
Convict Commandos debuts
Four new Commando issues are on sale now in newsagents, continuing our 50th year countdown from 12 to one of re-issues of the original dozen Commandos. This month sees Number 10 “Hun Bait”, written by Dan Dare writer David Motton… Read More ›
Roll Up for Roll Out with Furman, Senior and more this Sunday
Transformers comic writer and ace scripter in his own right Simon Furman, artists Geoff Senior, Andrew Wildman, John Higgins and Martin Griffiths be in Fordingbridge, Hampshire on Sunday (6th March), for All the Cool Stuff’s combined Transformers/Action Force mini-con(vention), Roll… Read More ›
In Review: Fallen Heroes #1
Writer: Bary NugentWriter/Adaptor: Martin ConaghanArtist: Steve PenfoldPublisher: Beyond the BunkerWeb Link: www.fallenheroescomic.com and www.oxicomics.com/comics/fallenheroesAlso available on iTunes The Comic: A stalker of demons and legends, a pair of master criminals, a teenager on the brink of madness and a man… Read More ›
The Image on the Sleeve May Not Necessarily Correspond with the Film
It isn’t often that we go eastern here on downthetubes and when we do it is normally manga or anime, so this is a little different. Maiti Jakku was a 13 episode live action TV series broadcast in Japan in… Read More ›
Dan Dare of Eagle Force? A British comics mystery…
(Updated 28/2/11 PM) Dan Dare and Eagle fans were spoilt for choice last December and January when, in addition to the latest Dan Dare reprint book, Trip to Trouble, released by Titan Books, two other books on the creation… Read More ›
View from the Trenches: the Cardiff Comic Expo
Time Bomb Comics publisher Steve Tanner kindly sent us a report on the Cardiff International Comic Expo, which included the launch of titles such as Stuart Tipples 10thology project and Barry Nugent’s Fallen Heroes… Fallen Heroes – one of several… Read More ›
Flesh returns to 2000AD in March
After more than 30 years, one of very first strips to appear in 2000AD is to return in blood-splattering, eon-spanning dinosaur-hunting glory. Dino-terror classic Flesh is to return to the weekly comic with Prog 1724, out on 9th March.Written by… Read More ›
GoCompare homages Dan Dare
The creators of those annoying Opera Singer insurance adverts for GoCompare.com have redeemed themselves, in part, with this clearly Dan Dare inspired plug for their services – complete with comic-style speech balloons, weird aliens and Space Fleet uniforms. ‘Gio Compario’… Read More ›
Commando Webbing: Ian Kennedy, Ken Barr and More Reprint Books
It has been a while since we did a Commando Webbing and there is rather a lot to get through… Two weeks ago DC Thomson’s Dundee Courier ran an interview with Commando cover artist Ian Kennedy on his long career… Read More ›
Motton’s Memories: An Interview with one of Dan Dare’s early writers
Thanks to a chance discovery on the Internet, downthetubes is pleased to be able to present a rare interview with comics writer David Motton, whose career spanned three decades of British comics publishing, but is probably best known for his… Read More ›
Print Media to publish Dave Morris and Leo Hartas Mirabilis project
Print Media Productions has announced it will be publishing hardcover editions of Mirabilis: Year of Wonders — a huge graphic novel project by Dave Morris and Leo Hartas, also available on iPad and soon to debut on digital platforms Graphic.ly… Read More ›
Tube Surfing: British Artists – Interviews and Unpublished Art
There has been a small flurry of British artists getting interviewed recently. Alex Ronald, who has worked as an artdroid for 2000AD in the past and is now getting a lot of attention for the Vampire Vixens Of The Wehrmacht… Read More ›
2000AD Mongrol Figure on sale next week
(Updated 24/2/11): The first of a series of seven A.B.C Warriors action figures, Mongrol, goes on sale next Monday and should be available from your local classy toy retailer. Produced by 3A Toys, Mongrol is just one figure in a… Read More ›
MCM Expo Reveals X-Men First Class Panel
X-Men: First Class writers Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz are to appear on a panel at the next MCM Expo London Comic Con at ExCel London on 27-29 May, show organisers have announced. A prequel to the popular superhero franchise… Read More ›