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Jon Laight, the writer behind the epic super powered revenge tale Brethren Born joins the Awesome Comics Podcast gang officially for the first time as a guest! He talks about his influences, how the brilliant idea came to be and his process… Read More ›
Over the last few years, British indie publisher Big Punch Studios have shown that they are turning into one of the most interesting and original small press outfits on the scene. They’re a breeding ground for originality both in content and… Read More ›
On a day that marks the sixty-six years since Eagle first appeared on the nation’s bookstalls, we’re delighted to present this article by David Slinn on the enormous impact the boys’ paper made on its debut in April 1950. Not… Read More ›
Comics from Dundee have always been home to a menace or two, but the latest comic creation to emanate from the city is menacing on a completely different level. The second issue of Terrier Studios’ Tales of Mystery and Imagination… Read More ›
The arrival of the first volume of Star Trek: The Classic UK Comics from US publisher IDW this morning (courtesy of editor Rich Handley, out 28th April), comprising the first 18 bizarre stories published in Joe 90: Top Secret and TV21… Read More ›
Last week, the Lakes International Comic Art Festival announced the terrific news that top British cartoonists Steve McGarry and his son, Luke, would be at their October weekend-long event, taking in part in a host of fun events for children… Read More ›
This week web comic creator Sian Jefferson joins Dan Butcher, Tony Esmond and Vince Hunt on the Awesome Comics Podcast, to talk about the fabulous The Book of Fey, her influences, the task of writing fantasy comics and her own journey into making… Read More ›
This week on a great show all about creating comics the Awesome Comics Podcast gang are joined by the talented Kris Carter, a comics creator it’s been a huge privilege to have worked with myself in the past. Kris is the… Read More ›
Leonard Matthews, General Managing Editor of Fleetway and the Eagle Group of Comics, was a Creative Visionary… but that, Roger Perry argues in his extensive biography of the man which continues here on downthetubes, is only due to him having… Read More ›
With lots of comic news, movies and general debate happening recently this week Vince Hunt, Dan Butcher and Tony Esmond decided to take time to answer some listener questions and spend some quality time together alone on the Awesome Comics… Read More ›
This year’s Weaver Words literature festival in Frodsham, Cheshire will include cartoon workshops for both adults and teenagers, and children, too, run by Lake District-based comic creator and illustrator Colin Shelbourn. Sharpen your wit as well as your pencils for… Read More ›
In an effort to find new and aspiring comic book talent, US publisher DC Entertainment has launched Talent Development Workshops for both writers and artists, led by bestselling and acclaimed comic talent including Jim Lee, Geoff Johns, Scott Snyder, Klaus Janson… Read More ›
Leonard Matthews, General Managing Editor of Fleetway and the Eagle Group of Comics, was a Creative Visionary… but that, Roger Perry argues in his extensive biography of the man which continues here on downthetubes, is only due to him having… Read More ›
Darn it! I’m late giving this week’s Awesome Comics Podcast a plug. This week, it’s the turn of super busy, super talented Swedish comic book artist and designer Jennie Gyllblad to take centre stage as guest – the mind behind… Read More ›
The Nib – a US comics web project edited by Matt Bors offering a mix of political cartoons, comics journalism, humour and non-fiction – is returning. It’s a project that already gained a huge 70,000 plus following utilising the Medium platform, a community… Read More ›
Arvon are running a five-day residential Graphic Novel course with Leah Moore (Sherlock Holmes), Kate Charlesworth (Sally Heathcote: Suffragettes) and Isabel Greenberg this June at The Hurst in Shropshire. All three creators are experienced graphic novelists who have a mass knowledge to share with aspiring Graphic Novel… Read More ›
Article first published 15th March 2016 By Laurence Grove, University of Glasgow Here’s a good pub quiz question: what was the world’s first comic? If you’ve no idea, don’t feel too foolish. It wasn’t even recognised by experts until a… Read More ›
This week the Awesome Comics Podcast gang are joined by the creator of Bertie Bear, and super nice guy, Andy W.Clift to talk about his comics, his influences, his work as a flatter for Marvel and so much more! Not only… Read More ›
The team behind the brilliant Dirty Rotten Comics anthology, which we’ve raved about several times here on downthetubes, have clearly gone completely mad with power and launched their own publishing house – Throwaway Press. The brand new publishing house is headed up… Read More ›
Interest is growing rapidly in Small Press Day in the UK on 9th July 2016 – the brainchild of a group of comic creators including David Ziggy Greene, the team at Alternative Press and the smashing Andy Oliver over at… Read More ›