An early stalwart of Marvel UK was Jerry Paris, a regular artist on books such as Action Force and others (including this cover to the Spider-Man comic, published in 1984). Many MUK fans often ask us here at downthetubes what… Read More ›
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Orcs unleashed on New Line, will no one watch the Watchmen?
Variety reports the Tolkien Trust (a British charity that manages the estate of J.R.R. Tolkien) and publisher HarperCollins brought a $150 million lawsuit against New Line Cinema on Monday, claiming the trust has not received any of its gross profit… Read More ›
Paul Cornell in the Writer’s Room
Doctor Who (and now Primeval) writer Paul Cornell – who among other things is pitching a new series to the networks accoridng to his blog – has just been interviewed for the BBC Writer’s Room site and by Forbidden Planet… Read More ›
New Squaxx on the Block
Over on Comics Village, Shane Chebsey has an interview with the new editors of 2000AD fanzine editor Zarjaz, Dave Evans and Richmond Clements of Futurequake Publishing. The pair take over after a successful run as editor from Colin J Dinnie… Read More ›
Judge Dredd: Reality Sets In
Judge Dredd writer Alan Grant says he now finds it hard to write the comic because real life has strayed too close to his science fiction dystopia. Speaking to the Sunday Herald he told the paper that while doing research… Read More ›
New Thunderbirds Novels
FTL Publications have announced that they have been licenced by Granada Ventures to produced two novels a year based on the original TV version of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s Thunderbirds. Due to the terms of the licence these books will… Read More ›
Hi-Ex 2008: Again
A few more pictures for you from last week’s Hi-Ex comics convention based mainly in the ground floor area of the old Bishop’s Palace in Inverness. Hi-Ex was organised by Vicky Stonebridge and Richmond Cements of Future Quake Press so it… Read More ›
Space News: Last Lunar Eclipse until 2010
The last Total Eclipse of the Moon before December 2010 will begin in the small hours of Thursday 21 February in the UK. The entire event will be visible from South America and most of North America (on 20 February)… Read More ›
Marvel in the UK – The Early Years
With plenty of interest in Marvel UK right now from sites such as It Came From Darkmoor, regular readers not already checking out Lew Stringer’s brilliant Blimey! blog might want to head over there now and read his three part… Read More ›
Mike Battles On!
Out now is the lastest issue of much-praised UK indie title Sgt. Mike Battle: The Greatest American Hero. #10 is the final part of the epic adventure Last Admin Hero, wrapped in a fantastic colour cover. When the terrorist group… Read More ›