The second day of the New York Comic Con 2016 was pretty ruddy great. I managed to blag it early into the Dealers Hall, which seemed eerily empty compared to the crazy hours of opening yesterday. During this magical hour I… Read More ›
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2000AD’s Tom Foster among first guests announced for Malta Comic Con 2016
Following quickly on the announcement of the dates for this year’s Malta Comic Con, organisers Wicked Comics have unveiled the official poster for the event and their first guests, who include 2000AD artist Tom Foster and Southern Nightgown artist Collette… Read More ›
Cor! By Gum! It’s a Comiket loads of comic creators – in Woking… Tomorrow!
Not only is the Cor! By Gum! Zarjaz! exhibition at The Lightbox in Woking (reviewed here) going great guns, but tomorrow (Saturday 8th October) sees the venue hosting a sparkling Comica Comiket – followed, as we reported earlier in the week,… Read More ›
Our Man In New York: New York Comic Con Day Two by Tony Esmond (Day One of the Con!)
Day Two of my New York visit, Day One of New York Comic Con. And I saw the strangest things… TV properties fight for your attention in the car park, roadway and lobby even before you reach the main halls…. Read More ›
Titan Comics Announces Jack Campbell’s “Lost Fleet: Corsair”
Titan Comics has announced the upcoming release of an all-new comic series based on the New York Times best selling Lost Fleet SF novels written by best-selling author Jack Campbell, pencilled by Andre Siregar, inked by Bambang Irawan and coloured by Sebastian Cheng. I’d best… Read More ›
Sean Phillips’ Phono+Graphic Exhibition opens in Carlisle
The hugely successful Phono+Graphic exhibition curated by comics artist Sean Phillips arrives in Carlisle next week. Phono+Graphic is a collection (including some real rarities) of vinyl record sleeves designed by comic strip artists. The exhibition previewed at last year’s Lakes… Read More ›
Something For the Weekend – Killer Dinosaurs in This Week’s New Comics in the UK (w/c 3rd October 2016)
Despite all the excitement of last week’s sell-out 2000AD prog 2000, don’t be thinking the team on the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic are resting on tier laurels! Prog 2001 offers a fine mix this issue, which includes a new Judge Dredd… Read More ›
Midnight Missions and Pony Soldiers! New Commandos ride out
Here’s our regular intel on the latest issues of DC Thomson’s war comic Commando (Issues 4959 – 4962) – on sale from 6th October 2016 in all good newsagents and various digital platforms. By the way, our secret agents tell… Read More ›
CBBC orders “Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed!” from Beano Studios
Beano Studios, the business behind the relaunch of the Beano as a global entertainment network, is announcing its first TV commission, with the Dennis & Gnasher: Unleashed series (52 x 11 minute episodes) due to air on CBBC in late… Read More ›
Titan Comics Takes Manhattan!
This New York Comic-Con (6th – 9th October), Britain’s Titan Comics is bringing its largest-ever offering of thrilling debuts, NYCC variants and special appearances from a host of creators including Hard Case Crime founder Charles Ardai, novelist and Peepland writer Christa Faust, and comic writers Paul Cornell (The Third Doctor), Si Spurrier (The Eleventh… Read More ›
Crowdfunding Spotlight: Mirabilis – Year of Wonders by Dave Morris and Leo Hartas
Many downthetubes readers will recall Mirabilis: Year of Wonders – a wonderful, beautifully written and realised graphic novel project by Dave Morris and Leo Hartas, which first debuted in The DFC and which Print Media Productions planned to publish as a series graphic albums. Sadly,… Read More ›
By Gum! It’s Dan Dare (and Flamer Spry) at Woking’s Lightbox
As part of The Story of British Comics So Far exhibition at The Lightbox in Woking, Surrey, Peter Hampson, son of Dan Dare co-creator Frank Hampson, will be talking with Paul Gravett on Saturday 8th October 2016, straight after a day-long “Comiket” event produced in… Read More ›
Lakes Festival “Windows Trail” Launched, Kendal comes alive with comics-inspired shop windows
The Lakes International Comic Art Festival‘s Windows on Comic Art Trail has just launched in Kendal in the run up to the weekend-long comics event. It’s a unique art trail, displayed in business windows across the town, and provides a fabulous opportunity for… Read More ›
“Football Earth” star joins Roy Race in bid for England Manager role
Following the announcement that comic hero Roy “Roy of the Rovers” Race has put his name forward to be considered for the next England manager, today Pet Guardiola has thrown his hat into the ring. Pet is one of the… Read More ›
Awesome Comics Podcast Episode 65: Ryan K Lindsay (Deer Editor, Negative Space)
This week Ryan K Lindsay (Deer Editor, Negative Space) joins the Awesome Pod crew to talk about all things comics, from his working processes on his past books, the price of digital books, Michael Bay films and the importance of… Read More ›
2000AD 2000 Sells Out, reprint in the works!
We’re delighted to relay information from Tharg’s droids to report an unprecedented moment in 2000AD’s long and illustrious history – the landmark 2,000th issue has sold out less than 48 hours after hitting shelves across the UK and Ireland – and, for the first… Read More ›
Coming soon: Beano Christmas Special, annual available
(With thanks to Lew Stringer for the heads up): Hot on the heels of this week’s Beano revamp, look out in your local WHSmith not just for the 2017 Beano annual but this Beano Christmas Special, on sale soon. Featuring… Read More ›
Lakes Festival Creator Signings Announced
Here’s a list of special signings by comic creators at this year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival over the weekend (14th – 16th October 2016). If a creator isn’t listed here, they will only be signing for a limited time… Read More ›
Comics and Short Stories Digital Hub Tapas Launches Writer Appeal
Tapas, a publishing platform home to serialised, snackable stories for mobile audiences that includes the Tapastic comics hub which features the work of some 17,000 creators, is looking for amazing original stories. Tapas recently began to serialise the work of… Read More ›
Something For The Weekend (w/c 26th September 2016): 2000AD Prog 2000 is here! Party Alert!
It’s here! It’s fantastic! 2000AD, Europe’s longest running sci-fi action comic reaches its landmark 2,000th issue this week and some of the most prominent creators ever to grace its pages have returned for a 48-page celebration bonanza. Brian Bolland (Batman: The… Read More ›