Comics artist and writer Steve Parkhouse and his partner, letterer Annie Parkhouse, have joined the guest list for the one day EdenCon in Carlisle on Saturday 18th April 2015. To be held on the University of Cumbria campus, EdenCon… Read More ›
downthetubes Comics News
Rebellious Knights and Brothers at War in the latest Commandos!
Here’s the lowdown on the latest issues of DC Thomson’s Commando on sale today in all good newsagents (12th February 2015) and on various digital platforms, which includes the latest in a series of linked stories penned by Ferg Handley…… Read More ›
Lakes Comics Festival “Sculptor” competition – win tickets to Scott McCloud’s London event
The Lakes International Comic Art Festival is giving away two fantastic prizes. Win a copy of previous Festival guest Scott McCloud’s brilliant new graphic novel The Sculptor, out now from SelfMade Hero – and two tickets for Scott McCloud: The Sculptor… Read More ›
It’s Even Bigger on the Inside, Doctor Who? humour strip collection, announced
It’s Even Bigger on the Inside, a collection of Doctor Who? strips and cartoons largely published in Doctor Who Magazine or other Marvel UK releases is now available to pre-order from MIWK Publishing. Due for release 3rd March 2015,… Read More ›
Leading Polish comic artist Mateusz Skutnik’s art exhibited in Birmingham
An exhibition of Polish comic art has just opened in Birmingham, presented by publishers Centrala, which runs until mid-March. The exhibition features the work of Mateusz Skutnik from his latest book, Blacky – a middle-aged guy living in a big city, growing older and… Read More ›
British Comic Shop Releases (11th February 2015) – Darth Vader, the Sculptor and the end of… Wild’s End!
Here’s this week’s list of comics – both US and UK releases – on sale in specialist UK comic shops tomorrow, Wednesday 11th February 2015. We’ve picked out the titles published by British publishers in bold below, or titles with a… Read More ›
Titan Comics teases with “Best of British” announcement
Coming this May, Titan Comics will celebrate the best of British talent and has released this intriguing teaser image ahead of full details of their campaign next week. • You can reblog the ‘Best of British’ teaser poster from… Read More ›
Preview: Aquila Issue 1
Written by Gordon Rennie Art by Leigh Gallagher Colours by Dylan Teague and Gary Caldwell Letters by Simon Bowland Price: £2.99 On Sale: 25th March 2015 Diamond Order Code for your local comic shop: JAN151569 Published by 2000AD The… Read More ›
In Memoriam: Dick Millington
We’re sorry to report the passing earlier this week of veteran cartoonist, editor and writer Dick Millington, aged 81. His credits included strips for the Daily Mail and the Daily Express but who is possibly best known to older downthetubes… Read More ›
Titan Comics new UK Doctor Who Comic out later this month
Titan Comics is to launch a new UK-based Doctor Who Comic on 26th February 2015, on sale in all good newsagents and supermarkets every four weeks. The 84-page comic joins Immediate Media’s Doctor Who Adventures, Panini’s Doctor Who Magazine (and the spin-off, The Essential… Read More ›
Garth Ennis, Bryan Hitch and John McCrea working on new DC Comics projects
Various comic sites including Comic Book Resources and IGN have published details of new series coming from DC Comics in June following the end of their “New 52” imprint – and they include projects from writer and artist Bryan Hitch and… Read More ›
Lakes Comics Festival gest cash boost from local Council
The Lakes International Comic Art Festival has just received a welcome cash boost from Kendal Town Council that will help it secure further funding for this year’s weekend-long event in October (16th-18th October 2015) and its impressive array of… Read More ›
Dark Horse Comics Partners with the SEQUENTIAL Graphic Novel App
Dark Horse Comics has announced that its graphic novels will be included in the SEQUENTIAL iPad app, with the first tranche of titles available now. The move makes SEQUENTIAL the first third-party digital comics app to distribute a full… Read More ›
“WarWorldz: Origins” Launches on Tapastic, second strip for new Shared Universe project
WarWorldz: Origins – one story for a new Shared Universe from a a number of comic creators – has just launched on the Tapastic web comic platform and we hope you’ll give it your support. The story is set in 2015 on a mysterious… Read More ›
Sneak Preview: The Indifference Engine 2 – The Suicide Show
Markosia released The Indifference Engine by Cy Dethan and Robert Carey a while ago now – a book I enjoyed as a fan of alternate timelines and other such SF themes. Now, a second collection, The Indifference Engine: The Suicide Show, this volume drawn… Read More ›
Sneak Peek: Interstellar dogfights for Doctor Who!
Next Wednesday (11th February 2015) sees the release of Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor #8, uniting the creative genius of writer Al Ewing (2000AD, Judge Dredd) and artist Warren Pleece (2000AD, Vertigo comics) and we have a sneak peek! Interstellar dogfights still… Read More ›
British Comic Shop Releases (4th February 2015) – 2000AD, Crossed and Miracleman!
Here’s this week’s list of comics – both US and UK releases – on sale in specialist UK comic shops today, Wednesday 4th February 2015. We’ve picked out the titles published by British publishers in bold below, or titles with a… Read More ›
Hodder & Stoughton to Publish Graphic Novel from YouTube Star Joe Sugg
Hodder & Stoughton has acquired the rights to a graphic novel from Joe Sugg, best known for his channel ‘ThatcherJoe‘ on YouTube, which has over three million followers. Joe started making YouTube videos in 2011 and currently has 3.5million… Read More ›
Titan launches “Shaun the Sheep” movie magazine
On sale now in all good newsagents is Titan Magazines new Shaun the Sheep – The Movie Magazine, the official companion to the cinematic release this month. The title (the latest Totally… issue) sees Shaun and the The Flock journey to… Read More ›
Grimalkin Press launches Kickstarter for Simon Moreton’s first full-length graphic novel
US publisher Grimalkin Press has launched a Kickstarter to fund Simon Moreton‘s first full length comic collection, Plans We Made – a hauntingly beautiful and poetic look at the cartography of youth. Based in Bristol, Simon is a zine maker… Read More ›