Articles on creating comics, how tos, reference information and more
French global superstar François Boucq, a Grand Prix winner of the Angoulême Festival in 1998 and a recipient of numerous other international awards, turned 70 this week. Born in Lille on 28th November 1955, Boucq (rhymes with “Luke”) is best… Read More ›
A whistle stop trip, and variant cover musings!
Can you help a Spanish researcher on a quest for British SciFi comics?
Can you help From Cents to Pence! author Rob Kirby?
Prestigious French comics Festival effectively cancelled
A look back at a popular British strip of the 1960s and 70s
More phenomenal 1980s-inspired action from Dan Butcher!
A Starblazer cover artist discovered
Get it before it’s gone!
David Hailwood’s new Step By Step Drawing Book With 300 Fun Characters for Children To Create
Fantastic robot craziness!
Wer ist der größte Pedant in Deutschland?
The annual competition is back, deadline early January
Building a fantasy crime scene with glitter and ghosts!
![Amazing Spider-Man Volume 5 #29 [2019] Immortal Variant Wraparound Cover Original Art By Mark Bagley (Pencils), Andrew Hennessy (Inks)](https://downthetubes.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/img_2057-120x120.jpg)
His passion for art led to a lifelong dedication to a career in comic inking
A smattering of stuff to search for this coming weekend in Harrogate!
Check out his bonkers new card game and a comic creators survival guide!
Check out one of Titan’s Conan artists
From Prince Valiant to Camelot 3000 and much more besides, the latest issue of Arthuriana offers a diverse range of essays on Arthurian themes and characters and their portrayals in comics
And rare Reg Parlett art, too!