Thanks to those fine folk at Titan Books, we have TWO copies of their new British comic collection, Garth Ennis Presents Battle Classics, to give away! All you need to do is answer the question below and tell us in… Read More ›
downthetubes Comics News
Dark Souls II tie-in comic by Rob Williams, Andi Ewington and Simon Coleby launches
Namco Bandai has just launched a free digital comic – Dark Souls II: Into the Light – created by three leading British comic creators to promote the upcoming release of it Dark Souls II game. The new comic, set in… Read More ›
New Temple APA showcase for aspiring comic creators released
The Temple APA Issue Fifteen is now available to download as a totally free PDF file, containing contributions from the likes of Dave Hailwood, Simon Mackie, Tony Suleri, Malcolm Kirk, (who also provides the cover), and newcomer to the project, Ben… Read More ›
Commando blasts into 2014, featuring first ever free gifts for title
DC Thomson has just published the first issues of their fortnightly Commando war comic for 2014 – the first ever to feature free gifts in its long history. “For the first time in its very long history, Commando will giving… Read More ›
Latest Infinity magazine spotlights Kendal Comic Art Festival, Greenberg and Moore
Infinity #5, the free digital magazine of graphic novels and sequential art published by Panel Nine, is out now. This issue contains features on Alan Moore, reviews of Isabel Greenberg’s Encyclopedia of Early Earth, Paul Gravett’s Comics Art, Gareth Brookes’… Read More ›
downthetubes in 2013: Crunching Numbers
Happy New Year to you all and the very best to creators popping by, as they start work on their many new projects for 2014. We’re already hearing about some great new titles and strips destined for publication by British… Read More ›
Doctor Who Adventures offers chance to win a full-size Dalek
Doctor Who Adventures magazine, the biggest-selling UK pre-teen title for young boys and girls who love Doctor Who, is running a competition for readers to win their very own life-size Dalek worth over £3,000, to keep in their home or… Read More ›
Don’t miss the Comicraft New Year’s Day Font Sale!
Comicraft fonts are created by Comic Book Letterers for Comic Book Lettering. Every New Year, the US company created by British lettering supremo and Elephantmen creator Richard Starkings give their faithful customers – and even casual browsers who stumbled into… Read More ›
Veteran ilustrator, TV21 artist Jon Davis awarded MBE
We’re delighted to report that science fiction illustrator Jon Davis – best known to British comics fans for his work on TV Century 21, Lady Penelope and Countdown comics in the 1960s and 70s – has been awarded an MBE… Read More ›
Bristol Comic Expo back in May at new venue
With Bristol’s Temple Meads Station undergoing a massive £100m re-development over the next four years as the hub of the governments new high speed electric rail link, the 2014 Bristol Comic Expo (BCExpo) has had to seek a new home, since the… Read More ›
aniManga goes Pop – in Plymouth
The South West will kick start the 2014 convention season with a special one day celebration of anime, manga and pop culture in February. The Comic Expo team has just announced it is teaming up with Kawaii store Keep it… Read More ›
In Memoriam: José Ortiz Moya
We’re sorry to report the passing of veteran Spanish artist José Ortiz Moya (best known in the UK as José Ortiz), whose work British comic fans will recall from comics such as Scream, the 1980s Eagle and 2000AD. Reporting his… Read More ›
Accent UK’s “Thaddeus Mist” gains wider distribution
(With thanks to Owen Michael Johnson): Who On Earth Was Thaddeus Mist?, a terrific anthology book published by AccentUK to much praise last year, is now available on Amazon. At the funeral of her mysterious and eccentric husband, widow Zelda… Read More ›
Jamie Hewlett backs Greenpeace Arctic campaign’s Christmas eCard promotion
It may be Christmas, but Santa’s worried about his home. With oil companies like Shell and Gazprom moving in to drill in the Arctic Ocean, his home at the North Pole is rapidly disappearing from under his feet. Soon, it… Read More ›
HeroicArt.com to remove comic art from sale after creator complaints
British-based company HeroicArt has removed a number of artworks for sale from its web site, after comic creators complaints that the work offered was based on their own. The company told downthtubes.net that two items – a “Hulk versus Thing”… Read More ›
Saltire, Scotland’s superhero – competition to win first book launched
Diamondsteel Comics have launched a Facebook-based competition to promote their Scottish superhero, Saltire. To be in with a chance of winning one of ten free copies of their new Saltire Invasion graphic novel, just go to this facebook link and… Read More ›
Kick-Ass 2 scene brought to life at London’s Rockwell House
Last weekend, fans of the Kick-Ass franchise celebrated the release of Kick-Ass 2 on Blu-ray and DVD at the Kick-Ass Comic Canv-Ass, re-creating writer and executive producer Mark Millar’s favourite scene from the superhero blockbuster. Comic book buffs and aspiring artists… Read More ›
Call for Papers: Word and Image Crossovers
The Department of English at the Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland, has just issues s Call for Papers for its Fifth English Literary Meeting. Word and Image Crossovers, an international and interdisciplinary conference, will take place 29th – 30th… Read More ›
Christmas Cheer from Eagle Times (Volume 26 Number Four)
There’s a glorious Christmas-themed cover from artist Peter Jackson on the cover of the latest Eagle Times (Volume 26, Number Four), available now from the Eagle Society. Winter 2013 Contents An appreciation of the work of artist Peter Jackson, whose… Read More ›
Marvel’s Revolutionary War – details of final limited series titles released
Marvel Comics has released covers for the last three titles in its Revolutionary War limited series, which re-introduces the Marvel UK characters first created back in the 1990s to the wider Marvel universe. Revolutionary War is set at an… Read More ›