Not having been a Deca Thargo since 1997, it is rare that a 2000AD cover grabs me by the Id and will not let go until my ego and super-ego have reviewed that piece. Many will think that the… Read More ›
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2000AD Expands New Publishing Program With “Scarlet Traces” Deal
In a move indicating further expansion beyond its own well-established and much-loved titles, 2000AD has announced it has acquired the rights to Scarlet Traces by Ian Edginton and Matt “D’Israeli” Brooker. 2000AD has secured the global rights for the series,… Read More ›
Lakes Festival Focus 2015: An Interview with Beano artist Zoom Rockman
Last year, in partnership with the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, downthetubes brought you a number of interviews with creators attending the event – and we’re delighted to be able to run a series in the run up to their… Read More ›
Peter Brookes Exhibition opens at Chris Beetles Gallery
An exhibition of over 150 cartons by The Times’ political cartoonist Peter Brookes has just opened today at London’s Chris Beetles Gallery. All of the satirical works are up for sale. Peter Brookes was born in Liverpool in 1943, the son of an RAF officer…. Read More ›
Something For The Weekend: British Comic Shop Releases (16th September 2015)
Here’s this week’s list of comics on sale now in comic shops across the UK. As usual, our list highlights the work of British creators and publishers. The top spot goes this week to Jem & The Holograms #7 from IDW… Read More ›
New Charlotte Corday serial begins today by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page
Over on the official Charlotte Corday web site, author and comic strip writer Stephen Walsh and Commando and Dan Dare artist Keith Page have just kicked off another fiction strand – a serialised text story, “Warp Wizard” revealing the early… Read More ›
The Awesome Comics Podcast – Episode 11 – Sarah Millman
The boys from the Awesome Comics Podcast are back with their sweary antics and this week have downthetubes favourite and ball of creative energy Sarah Millman. Vince Hunt, Dan ‘The Guns’ Butcher and Tony Esmond chat to Sarah about her… Read More ›
Black Knight’s return stirs Hulk Weekly memories
I’ll readily confess to woeful ignorance of modern Marvel continuity, but I was delighted to hear the news that the Black Knight is to get his own book – launching in November. I couldn’t help but hope, however, that writer… Read More ›
London’s GOSH To Host “Wild’s End” Launch Party
Gosh, the fab comic shop based in London’s Berwick Street, will be hosting a Launch Party for Wild’s End Volume 1 with creators Dan Abnett and I.N.J Culbard, on Friday 2nd October. Published by Boom! Studios, Wild’s End offers a great new takes on classic science-fiction, and the creative… Read More ›
Lew Stringer’s Brickman is Back!
Lew Stringer‘s seriously-stupid superhero Brickman is back after an equally stupidly-long absence from comics – and his creator has finally realised a long-held ambition to bring the character’s many fans a new comic packed with his wacky adventures. Brickman Returns!,… Read More ›
Abstract comic art re-interprets the work of 2000AD writer John Smith
‘After Smith’ is a new exhibition work opening in Germany today that re-interprets 10 pages of comics originally written by John Smith, and drawn by eight different artists as abstract works, as part of the ongoing ‘Intercorstal’ project created by Gareth A… Read More ›
Something For The Weekend: British Comic Shop Releases (9th September 2015)
Here’s this week’s list of comics on sale now in comic shops across the UK. As usual, our list highlights the work of British creators and publishers. What’s not to like about Judge Dredd storming out of the latest cover… Read More ›
Sneak Preview: Dead Vengeance #1 by Bill Morrison and Keith Champagne
Bill Morrison, Disney artist and cofounder of Bongo Comics with Matt Groening, and a headline guest at this year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival in October, has teamed with Dark Horse Comics and artist Keith Champagne for his first creator-owned… Read More ›
Hurricane Aces and terror on the streets of Georgian Manchester in Commando
Here’s the intel on the latest issues of DC Thomson’s war comic Commando (Issues 4843-4846) on sale today, 10th September 2015, in all good newsagents and for various mobile devices. Commando 4843 – Peterloo! Story: Ferg Handley Art: Carlos Pino… Read More ›
We Do Love to be Beside the Seaside: First Blackpool Comic Con on Saturday
A quick reminder that Blackpool Comic Con takes place this Saturday 12th September 2015, at the northern seaside town’s world famous Winter Gardens. The event is heavy on media guests, including Doctor Who‘s Jenna Coleman (who was born in Blackpool), Game of Thrones‘… Read More ›
2000AD to publish Goldtiger, marking tentative step into comics publishing beyond own titles
It’s the secret history of the greatest comic of the 1960s that you’ve never heard of… and you’ll end up wondering if it’s a true story or gloriously put together hoax. But it’s also a Kickstarter success story, a time-capsule of… Read More ›
Want to be in the comics industry? Lifting the Lid on Comics Uncovered 2015
Birmingham had barely caught its breath from all the excitement of the International Comic Expo (read our review here) the day before when more comic enthusiasts and professionals descended on The Studio venue for Comics Uncovered 2015. Jon Laight reports… The sister event… Read More ›
Joe Sugg’s “Username: Evie”, drawn by Amrit Birdi, out this week
Regular readers will recall our report earlier this year that Hodder & Stoughton had acquired the rights to a graphic novel from Joe Sugg, best known for his channel ‘ThatcherJoe‘ on YouTube. Well, Username: Evie – featuring art by the hugely-talented Amrit Birdi, coloured by… Read More ›
Cool as ICE! A Review of the International Comic Expo, Birmingham, 2015
England’s second city was the location for the latest and possibly the coolest comic convention on the circuit and Jon Laight was there for downthetubes… The International Comic Expo is held in the centre of Birmingham and organised by Shane Chebsey,… Read More ›
Carlos Ezquerra delivers “Johnny Red” variant cover for new Titan Comics title by Garth Ennis
The new Johnny Red title from Titan Comics written by Garth Ennis – launching in November – looks like it will be terrific, simply based on what artist Keith Burns has already done in comics. That include ERKS for Volume 11… Read More ›