The third Volume of Striker, the long-running football strip created by Pete Nash published by best-selling British tabloid newspaper The Sun, is now available to order. Announcing the news on Strikerworld, Pete says his team only plan to print to order,… Read More ›
downthetubes Comics News
Lakes Festival Focus 2017: An Interview with Eisner Award-winning comic artist Jason
There’s not long to go now until this year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival in October (13th – 15th). The downthetubes “Kendal Calling” interviews continue with a chat with award-winning Norwegian comic creator Jason, making his first-ever visit to the… Read More ›
Comic Laureate and Walking Dead artist Charlie Adlard to deliver free talk in Lancaster
Comic Lareate Charlie Adlard‘s illustrations for The Walking Dead are recognised and celebrated throughout the world, along with his other work, and the artist will be giving a free talk about his career at the Grand Theatre, Lancaster, next month…. Read More ›
Lakes Festival Focus 2017: An Interview with MAD magazine artist Tom Richmond
There’s not long to go now until this year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival in October (13th – 15th). The downthetubes “Kendal Calling” interviews continue with a chat with top MAD magazine cartoonist Tom Richmond… Caricaturist, cartoonist and humorous illustrator,… Read More ›
Page 45 announces Lakes International Comic Art Festival signing, exclusive book launch plans – plus, win a Moomin!
Nottingham-based comic shop Page 45 is making its annual pilgrimage northwards for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival next month – and has announced a slew of special signings at the weekend-long event. The Page 45 team, led by Festival… Read More ›
Fanzine Flashback – KA-POW, Britain’s first comics zine?
Over on the superb Classic Comics UK Zines site run by David Hathaway-Price, there’s a wonderful addition to its growing archive – the first issue of KA-POW, possibly Britain’s first comics fanzine. Published in July 1967, KA-POW #1 was edited… Read More ›
Lakes Festival Focus 2017: An Interview with comic artist and illustrator Jillian Tamaki
This year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival is back next month (13th – 15th October 2017). The downthetubes “Kendal Calling” interviews continue with a chat with multiple award-winning illustrator and comics artist Jillian Tamaki. Jillian’s illustration work is imaginative and… Read More ›
Titan Comics Robotech #1 Goes To Third Printing
Titan Comics has announced that due to incredible fan and retailer demand, the second print of Robotech #1 Cover A by Stanley ‘Artgerm’ Lau has sold out again at distributor level and is now going to an amazing third print…. Read More ›
Channel Islands-set Commando spy adventure debuts this week
Here’s the details for the latest issues of DC Thomson’s Commando (Issues 5051-5054), on sale from Thursday 7th September 2017 in all good UK newsagents, various digital platforms and on subscription. Parachute into Nazi territory with spies, pilots, gunners, and… Read More ›
Lakes International Comic Art Festival: The ComiXology Clock Tower Line-Up!
The countdown to this year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival has begun and alongside some 70 creators as guests, there’s an amazing line-up of comics artist, writers publishers and more in the Comics Clock Tower – or rather, the ComiXology Clock Tower,… Read More ›
In Preview: FLD by Bob Turner
FLD (Flood) Created by Bob Turner 24 pages – Full Colour Remove the vowels and then it becomes a spell that will pull you down and under… FLD book opens on a single drop of water splashing down and becoming… Read More ›
London’s Orbital Comics announces Pat Mills “Be Pure” talk and signing
London’s Orbital Comics will host a special signing event and free after-hours talk by 2000AD and Action creator Pat Mills next month. The event is a promotion for his new book Be Pure! Be Vigilant! Behave! (reviewed here) and will take… Read More ›
Lakes Festival Focus 2017: An Interview with comic artist Fumio Obata
The countdown has begun to this year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival in October (13th – 15th). The downthetubes “Kendal Calling” interviews continue with a chat with comics artist and “reportage” author Fumio Obata. Fumio is an author whose work… Read More ›
Green Arrow’s history charted across 75 years in new Sequart book
Sequart Organization has just released Moving Target: The History and Evolution of Green Arrow by Richard Gray, featuring numerous interviews with the creators involved in the character down the decades, including Neal Adams and Mike Grell. For 75 years, Green Arrow… Read More ›
Sid “Swab” Burgon’s “Ivor Lott and Tony Broke” art from Buster up for sale
The London-based Illustration Art Gallery, publishers of the fantastic Illustrators magazine (Issue 19 is out now) have, this month, branched out into some very reasonably priced humour comic artwork by longtime British comics artist Sid Burgon, including a complete two-page… Read More ›
Gareth Brookes talks comics – and beer! – with the Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast
The latest Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast (Episode 11) is live and features an interview with award-winning comic creator Gareth Brookes. A man of many media, Gareth, one of this year’s Festival guests, is known for his unusual approach to materials,… Read More ›
In Review: Comic Book Hero – Working with Britain’s Picture-Strip Legends
By Barrie Tomlinson Publisher: Pitch Publishing Out: Now The Book: In the 1960s, 70s and 80s, children’s comics were a massive part of a young person’s life. This book tells the story behind the production of comics such as Tiger,… Read More ›
Lakes Festival Focus 2017: An interview with comic creator and Festival patron Emma Vieceli
The countdown has begun to this year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival in October (13th – 15th). The downthetubes “Kendal Calling” interviews continue with a chat with artist and Festival patron Emma Vieceli, just as the first print collection of the… Read More ›
Doctor Who: Thirteenth Doctor Art Challenge – The Winner is…
Back in July, we announced our latest Doctor Who art challenge, after confirmation that actress Jodie Whittaker is to be Doctor Who‘s Thirteenth Doctor, and many artists raced to draw her. Several artists have shared their take of Jodie online, including cover artist Hal Laren (the… Read More ›
Metaphrog receive funding from Creative Scotland for next fairy tale graphic novel adaptation
There’s good news for award-winning Franco-Scottish graphic novelists Sandra Marrs and John Chalmers, aka Metaphrog today, after Creative Scotland announced this month’s open project fund awards. They have been awarded £32,000 towards creating their next graphic novel. Mentioned in this recent… Read More ›