Comic creator Chris Lynch (author of the acclaimed The Black Room, showing on Amazon Prime now) will be undertaking an #ironwriter challenge at Comic Con Cymru. Visitors to the Comic Con in Cardiff will be able to choose a Person,… Read More ›
Creating Comics
Articles on creating comics, how tos, reference information and more
Al Ewing talks about “Everything” (and Minecraft) for new Decompressed podcast with Kieron Gillen
After a long absence – and host and comic creator Kieron Gillen says we’re not to call it a comeback – his Decompressed podcast has an interview with 2000AD and Marvel writer Al Ewing, who talks about, well, everything, we’re told – but… Read More ›
Awesome Comics Podcast Episode 62: Writer Kevin Gunstone
The Awesome Comics Podcast Episode 62 with Kevin Gunstone, the writer behind Future Primitive and the brilliant new series from Amigo Comics, Planet of Daemons is available to listen to, for free, now. Kevin joins the team to talk about how… Read More ›
Creating Comics: Are There Better Ways to Reach Your Readers Than Through WHSmith?
I’m throwing this out there for discussion, because my article suggesting a Buster comic revival has stirred up some interesting comment yesterday. A lot of people, for example, suggested “Summer Specials” as an alternative to a new regular comic. The… Read More ›
Creating Comics Guest Post: Is the Shine Coming Off Diamond?
Comics creator and publisher Brett Uren argues for the need for alternative distribution methods for independent comics into comic shops, outside of US market leader Diamond Distributors – and how, with some caveats, Kickstarter is proving a game changer… Talk to… Read More ›
November ’16 deadline for the Creators for Creators grant offering $30K in funding
The deadline for applying for a grant to the Creators for Creators organisation is fast approaching – a project whose backers include Britain’s Charlie Adlard and Kieron Gillen aiming to offer $30,000 in support to a single cartoonist or writer/artist duo in order to… Read More ›
Don’t Miss Your Chance to Pitch at OFF LIFE!
Comics season is upon us. Every weekend for the next couple months it seems there’s a festival, exhibition, small press day or major releases to occupy your eyeballs. So, what better time time for OFF LIFE, the UK’s only street press… Read More ›
Awesome Comics Podcast Catch Up: Creating Comics with Stuart John McCune and Sara Dunkerton
Two Awesome Comic Podcasts in one post? This can only mean I’m risking presenter and fellow DTT contributor Tony Esmond coming round with his electro-bat… Here’s the skinny on tow great chats about creating comics, with S.J. McCune, creator of… Read More ›
Creating Comics: Comic Artist Amrit Birdi talks Username: Evie – And Beyond
Last year, Hodder & Stoughton acquired the rights to a graphic novel from Joe Sugg, best known for his channel ‘ThatcherJoe‘ on YouTube. The first Username: Evie tale – featuring art by the hugely-talented Amrit Birdi, coloured by Joaquin Pereyra and lettered by Mindy Lopkin – was… Read More ›
Barrie Tomlinson reveals “Real Roy of the Rovers Stuff”, his new book on Britain’s best-loved football comic hero
Out on 3rd October from Pitch Publishing is Real Roy of the Rovers Stuff!: Roy’s True Story, a new book on one of British comics greatest characters, written by comics editor and writer Barrie Tomlinson, a man instrumental in the creation… Read More ›
Pop Culture site Bigmouth reveals how Action, “Britain’s most brutal comic”, laid the real 1970s bare
Following up on our incorporation of Moose Harris’ Sevenpenny Nightmare features about 1970s comic Action into downthetubes, the pop and culture site Bigmouth has just published a great feature on the comic, placing the censored comic in context and interviewing… Read More ›
The 2000AD Thrill-Cast: Play Misty For Me…
Not only did Pat Mills create 2000AD, the acclaimed Galaxy’s Greatest Comic, but he was also responsible for Misty, the horror comic aimed at girls. Molch-R chats to Pat about the heyday of British comics, the challenges of producing a… Read More ›
Creating Comics: An Interview with Doctor Who Comic Artist Russ Leach
Russ Leach lives in England and has had a long production career spanning multiple disciplines including publishing, illustration, video game art, retail design and online software development. With the release of the latest issue of Panini Comics Doctor Who Adventures, we… Read More ›
Greg Tocchini, Esad Ribić and many 2000AD creators head for NICE 2016
We’ve had the brilliant NICE International Comic Convention (back for its fifth year on 3-4th of September at the Bedford Corn Exchange) on our downthetubes calendar for a while now, but here’s a more obvious reminder of the event, world renowned among comics… Read More ›
BBC Radio 4 Celebrates 70 years of Classics Illustrated
BBC Radio 4 has been celebrating 70 years of Classics Illustrated with a special programme about the comic, broadcast earlier today, and available now through iPlayer. Marking the 70th anniversary of the comic book Classics Illustrated, actor Bill Paterson explores… Read More ›
In Review: The Mighty One My Life Inside The Nerve Centre
The Book: Steve MacManus, the editor of 2000AD during the 1980s, lifts the lid on how the UK’s most important comic came into existence and his extraordinary role in shaping it into a industry revolutionising icon. In 1973, a twenty-year-old MacManus… Read More ›
Steve MacManus, former 2000AD “Mighty One” Talks Unsolicited Submissions
Next month sees the release of The Mighty One from Rebellion, the story of editor Steve MacManus’ time as editor of 2000AD – and we’re really looking forward to reading it here at downthetubes and delighted he’s had time to write… Read More ›
Graphic Short Story Prize 2016 Launches
Sharpen your pencils and wits and have a bash at entering this year’s 10th Anniversary Graphic Short Story Prize organised by The Observer, Jonathan Cape and Comica London and open to UK residents. Get working on your four-page comic and… Read More ›
Alliigator Descartes latest Crucible Comic 3D Model Revealed
Here’s the latest Crucible comic-inspired 3D model, based on the comic characters co-created by myself and Smuzz and designed by Smuzz, who many downthetubes readers will know as SMS, one of the artists who drew “ABC Warriors” for 2000AD. Crucible started out in… Read More ›
Crowdfunding Spotlight: Bust #3 by Dave Cook and Chris O’Toole
Creator Dave Cook dropped us a line about his latest Kickstarter appeal for Bust #3, in which a young girl holds the secret to curing a post apocalyptic world gone insane in this Mad Max-inspired comic. “Bust 3: A Sackcloth… Read More ›