Ace British comic creator Paul B Rainey has just been in touch to say that he’s finally put together a collection of his critically-acclaimed Book of Lists comic strips in trade paper back form. Suicidal birds, edible guitars, licky dogs,… Read More ›
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Starblazer from the Command Deck
DC Thomson editor Bill McLoughlin has kindly given downthetubes his account of the rise and fall of DC Thomson’s 1980s SF digest title Starblazer, which has recently spawned its own Role Playing Game (see our review). Revealing the origins of… Read More ›
Ian Rankin’s Comics Debut
International bestselling crime writer and recipient of an OBE for his services to literature, acclaimed Scottish author Ian Rankin makes his comics debut with the tense and twisting tale inspired by reality TV, Dark Entries – on sale from Titan… Read More ›
Moon Landing: T Minus 2 Days – The Spacecraft
Forty years ago today, Apollo 11 and its crew were at the half way stage in their journey from Earth orbit to lunar orbit in their Command Service Module, Columbia
Tube Surfing: Cursitor Doom, Nitro!, More Moon Stuff and Comics in Limbo…
• Bear Alley Books has just published the first inked and colour ‘rough’ for their upcoming Cursitor Doom collection. “I’ve put this together from a low-res scan e-mailed by artist John Ridgway, so this isn’t the final version,” says publisher… Read More ›
Moon Landing Comics Celebration: Andrew Cheverton
This is Andrew Cheverton’s contribution to the downthetubes “Moon Landing 40th Anniversary: A Comics Celebration”
Moon Landing: T Minus 5 Days – Predicting The Date
40 years ago today, the three astronauts making up the crew of Apollo 11 were preparing for launch…
Comics International Specials Go On Sale
Two Comics International Specials are now on sale in comic shops — but the regular magazine is still in limbo, the next announced as not due until August. The Star Trek Special celebrates the recent released JJ Abrams’ Star Trek… Read More ›
Mike Battle, Back in Action!
The latest issue of Graham Pearce’s brilliant self-published comic, Sgt Mike Battle: The Greatest American Hero! has just been released – and it’s another brilliant adventure. Anyone who can’t wait for GI Joe to hit the cinema later this year… Read More ›
In Review: The Starblazer Adventures Role-Playing Game
Rebellion-owned role-playing adventure games and card and board game publisher Cubicle 7 Entertainment recently its new Starblazer Adventures role playing game which avid RPG-er and comics expert Matthew Armitage has kindly reviewed for us… Mention DC Thomson’s Starblazer to some… Read More ›
Tube Surfing, 11 July 2009: Starblazer Sculptures, Moon Landings and an Oxfam ComicFest
• Dundee-based artist Trevor Gordon has been in touch, to let you us of a collaborative art project going ahead in Dundee at the Mills Observatory. “I am working with archival material from DC Thomsons and creating sculptural pieces influenced… Read More ›
Geek Syndicate Launches first ever 2000AD podcast
Top Brit podcast site Geek Syndicate have launched a new podcast on under our banner dedicated to all things 2000AD – possibly the first of its kind devoted solely to Rebellion’s weekly scifi comic. Everything Comes Back To 2000AD is… Read More ›
Bryan Talbot IS The Doctor
(with thanks to Pádraig Ó Méalóid): Congratulations to top comics creator Bryan Talbot, who has been awarded an honorary doctorate for his “outstanding contribution to the Arts as writer and graphic artist” by Sunderland University. The ceremony is on Friday… Read More ›
DC Thomson Bids Farewell to former Beano Editor
Comics artist Lew Stringer picks up on news that broke over at web site Comics UK that Euan Kerr, DC Thomson’s Deputy Manager of Children’s Publishing and former long-standing editor of The Beano and other titles, is to retire. Dismissing… Read More ›
In Review: Torchwood – Rift War
When Titan Magazines launched Torchwood The Official Magazine in January 2008, they chose to follow the example of Panini’s Doctor Who Magazine and include a comic strip. While the Doctor Who comic strip is an historical remnant of Doctor Who… Read More ›
Birmingham Con Helps Realize Creators Dreams
This year’s British International Comic Show in Birmingham has announced the publication of the first winner of the BICS Got Talent Writing contest. The lucky winner, John Howson, has had his Future Shock story “9 to 5” illustrated by the… Read More ›
BVC’s Shades Enters Spirit World
British Web comic publisher Broken Voice Comics has just released Chapter 12 of its flagship title, the online graphic novel Shades online, plus some of the first pages of Chapter 13 have just been launched at its website. For the… Read More ›
Pasties Are Better Than Comics
Oh all right, that’s not really true, but you’d be hard pressed to find more enthusiasm for the pastry-based food, created by the Cornish and whose reputation is frequently ruined by bakeries across the UK who simply have no idea… Read More ›
Eagle Times Volume 22 Number Two – Summer 2009
Following up on our brief mention for the latest issue of Eagle Times (Volume 22 Number Two) yesterday, here’s the full details for the issue. The cover story is a look at the nature artwork of Tom Adams, nowadays best known for… Read More ›
Tube Surfing, 30 June 2008: Baxendale, Bernice Summerfield and Graveyards!
• (via FPI): Leo Baxendale features in The Times today, recalling the early 1950s and his first approaches to DC Thomson, them taking on Little Plum, Minnie the Minx then the immortal Bash Street Kids. More details and links over… Read More ›