As reported here last month, Issue 8 is a milestone edition for British comics fan magazine Crikey! with this 52-page issue published in full colour throughout. “So far, the response has been tremendous and the issue has only been on… Read More ›
downthetubes Comics News
Tube Surfing: 15 December 2008
• Warren Ellis has announced he will be writing a column for Conde Nast’s upcoming Wired UK magazine, edited by David Rowan, which launches next spring. “This attempt involves the services of Ben Hammersley, whose CV is twice as long… Read More ›
In Review: Dick Turpin And The Restless Dead
The legendary highwayman rides again – from Time Bomb Comics
Tube Surfing: Gerry Anderson News
British publisher Reynolds and Hearn are to release two books reprinting strips from TV Century 21 comic and other titles first published by City Editions in the 1960s such as Joe 90: Top Secret. Scheduled for release early next year and titled Century 21 – Classic Comic… Read More ›
Win Some Dave Taylor Art
(Via 2000AD artist Dave Taylor’s blog): If you visit the wonderful site run by artist Andrew Glazebrook (bsmbow.blogspot.com) you can win a black and white version of this sketch by Dave Taylor, simply by entering his caption competition and being… Read More ›
In Review: Derek the Sheep
We mentioned Gary Northfield‘s popular Beano (and first creator owned) strip Derek the Sheep earlier today with good reason. The first collection of the strip, published back in September by Bloomsbury but which just arrived here at downthetubes (thanks, Gary!),… Read More ›
On My Radio…
Alex Fitch has just sent us details for the shows he produces that are being broadcast / podcast over the next seven days… On air: Strip: The work of Art Spiegelman Guest presenter Grant Rogers talks to Pulitzer Prize winning… Read More ›
Doomlord’s Credit Crunch Deal
All evil must go!
New Football Comic Launches
Rammie, the first issue of an all-new football humour comic for children will go on sale in UK newsagents tomorrow (26th November) featuring work by Duncan Scott, Nick Brennan, Nick Miller, Lee Healey, and Lew Stringer. With a cover price… Read More ›
Jim Krueger scripts Stand In for Ardden
A new project from best-selling writer Jim Krueger
Win Tickets To New Wallace And Gromit Film Preview
Leonard Cheshire Disability and Aardman Animations are offering one lucky winner two tickets to preview the new Wallace and Gromit film, A Matter of Loaf and Death, at the Aardman studios in Bristol on 22 December. The competition is part… Read More ›
Erotic Comics, Round Two
Picking up from where the international best-selling Erotic Comics: A Graphic History (Volume 1) left off, Ilex press have just announced Volume 2 will reveal how European, American and Asian artists have explored the possibility of the form in the… Read More ›
Tube Surfing: 9 November 2008
• Forbidden Planet International has posted up a new competition to win one of five copies of the new Vertigo Encyclopedia. “It’s pretty good,” feels FPI’s Joe Gordon, “obviously no in depth on each series, but it’s a good a-z… Read More ›
Mine’s A Paul Temple!
Crime novelist and detective Paul Temple made his first appearance on BBC Radio in 1938 and went on to appear in novels, film, television and a daily newspaper strip. Now, there’s even a cocktail named after him – and an… Read More ›
Panel Borders Podcasts this week….
Here some details on the current and upcoming schedule for the comics podcast “Reality Check”
Creating Tammy: A True Story
Announcing a fantastic look at the creation of one of Britain’s best-known girls comics of yesteryear
Stan Lee Signed Comic Must be Won!
Marking the impending release of Iron Man on Region 2 DVD, downthetubes and SF web site scifipulse have teamed up with Paramount Home Entertainment UK to offer readers the chance to win a Marvel Legends comic signed by Stan “The… Read More ›
New Eagle Times Available Now (Volume 21 Number Three)
The latest issue of Eagle Times, (Volume 21 Number Three), the quarterly journal dedicated to Britain’s national picture strip weekly Eagle, features 50+ A4 pages (of which 20 are in full colour) of all sorts of things to do with… Read More ›
Win Copies of Gothic
Creators Leah Moore and John Reppion have dropped us a line to say that one of the highlights of the Birmingham International Comics Show this past weekend (see their report) was getting their hands on copies of David Hitchcock‘s new… Read More ›
‘Comic Timing’ Exhibition Continues
Harrods “Comic Timing” Exhibition is continuing until 31st October 2008