Modesty Blaise and Axa artist Enric Badia Romero, still very much active, has announced a new book, Legends of Comic Women and Men of Paper, available to pre-order from him direct. It’s the latest in a line of self-published Books… Read More ›
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Comichaus Spotlight: An interview with Brethren Born creator Jon Laight
Here’s the first in a series of interviews with creators whose work features on the digital comics marketplace Comichaus, in association with the platform. Midlands- based Jon Laight is a comic writer whose first comic, Brethren Born, was released in… Read More ›
Scotland in the spotlight at this year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival
Kendal’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival has played host to creators of many nations – and this year, the Scots will be among the nations in the spotlight over the Festival weekend in October. The weekend-long Festival will give visitors the… Read More ›
Osprey Games Judge Dredd: The Cursed Earth card game on its way
Osprey Games graphic adventure card game, Judge Dredd: The Cursed Earth still doesn’t have a release date yet but downthetubes gathers the project is proceeding apace. Announced last year, Duncan Molloy, Games Developer at Osprey Games, has worked with Rebellion to… Read More ›
In Review: A Real Job by Alberto Madrigal
Written and drawn by Alberto Madrigal Published digitally by Europe Comics (forst published as Un lavoro vero) 129 pages – Full Colour Release Date 15/8/2018 The Story: Javi has left Spain for Berlin. He doesn’t speak German and hardly knows anyone there…. Read More ›
Prison breaks and ghostly soldiers stalk new Commando comics!
Brand new Commando (Issues 5147-5150) are on sale this Thursday in all good newsagents and digital platforms from DC Thomson. Find the mole in the French Resistance, fight alongside the ghost of your lieutenant, escape from an American POW camp,… Read More ›
Robbie Morrison talks Nikolai Dante and more for latest Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast
Robbie Morrison, co-creator of 2000AD‘s “Nikolai Dante”, is the guest of the latest Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast – available now. Robbie discusses his work at 2000AD, starting with the Judge Dredd Megazine and the creation of Nikolai Dante and… Read More ›
Book Palace announces updated, limited edition Modesty Blaise Companion
British specialist publisher Book Palace is to publish an update to its hugely-successful Modesty Blaise Companion later this year, with additional pages, as a limited edition. The first edition of their Companion published in 2005 sold out very quickly and… Read More ›
Crowdfunding Spotlight: Gateway City Volume One by Russell Mark Olson
Regular readers of downthetubes will recall we’ve previously plugged the independent comic Gateway City created by Russell Mark Olson – and now the first four issues are to be collected into a new collection, accompanied by extra pages, new art… Read More ›
Greg Goldstein, Publishing President at IDW, cautions over “soft” Direct Sales comic market
Greg Goldstein, Publishing President and COO at US comics publisher IDW (publishers of series such as Star Trek, Transformers, True Blood and many more) was interviewed by comics business site ICV2 at San Diego Comic-Con, and makes some interesting comments about… Read More ›
Don’t miss out on this limited edition Captain Scarlet Blu-Ray, which includes Ron Embleton art prints, new comic!
There’s a new Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons Limited Edition Blu-Ray out now that is definitely an item comic fans will want to track down, featuring an all-new comic based on the show – and much more. One of Gerry… Read More ›
Fantagraphics announces English language edition of Mort Cinder by Héctor Oesterheld and Alberto Breccia
There’s some great news for fans of the astonishingly brilliant South American comic artist Alberto Breccia. His stunning Mort Cinder strip, written by the equally talented author Héctor Germán Oesterheld, is to be published in English by Fantagraphics in October…. Read More ›
A Slice of British Comics History – Fantasy Advertiser #1
Artist David Hathaway-Price, who runs the terrific Classic UK Comics Zines online archive, has unearthed a rare copy of one of Britain’s first fanzines, Fantasy Advertiser #1, published by Frank Dobson in 1965. Two years before Anthony Roche published his… Read More ›
In Review – ‘Gallant and Amos’ by Rob Barnes
Created, Written and Illustrated by Rob Barnes Published by Fair Spark Books Physical Copy – £3.00 Digital Copy – £1.50 24 pages – Full Colour The Story – Gallant and Amos is a comic about two guys travelling around a medieval… Read More ›
Shadow Girl set to roam the streets of Manchester this August, a new kind of superhero…
Manchester. Saturday 4th August 2018. A regular Saturday afternoon in the City Centre. Shoppers going about their business with the usual hustle and bustle. But something is a bit different. From the corner of your eye you catch sight of… Read More ›
Out Today: 2000AD Prog 2092 – Mechastopheles on the rampage!
With a stunning cover from Clint Langley, 2000AD Prog 2092 is on sale now in all good newsgents, comic shops and bia various digital platforms. This Prog leads with Tharg’s pleasure at the Rogue Trooper film news, and sees the… Read More ›
In Preview – Gamayun Tales 2: The Water Spirit by Alexander Utkin
Gamayun Tales 2: The Water Spirit is a book that you will read, enjoy and then immediately flip back through the pages to catch up on the details of the artwork that you missed on the first pass.
Beano artist Laura Howell joins ICE 2018 line up in Birmingham this September
Long time Beano artist Laura Howell has joined the guest list for ICE Birmingham in September, joining other Beano legends at the special celebratory retrospective panel for the long-running weekly British humour comic at the expo. Laura Howell likes drawing… Read More ›
In Full: Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards Winners 2018
The winers of the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards 2018 were announced at San Diego Comic Con recently. The nominees were for works published between 1st January and 31st December 2017 and were chosen by a blue-ribbon panel of judges…. Read More ›
Beano launches new Fan Club
Beano Studios has launched a free-to-join Dennis and Gnasher Fan Club – a modern take on the fondly-remembered Dennis the Menace Fan Club. In addition to downloading a membership pack from the Beano.com web site enabling entry to a special area… Read More ›