So. Today is my first day as a freelance comic keeping operative once more, with ROK Comics behind me and several projects in the works. I’m excited but nervous. It’s been a fraught few weeks in the run up to… Read More ›
Creating Comics
Articles on creating comics, how tos, reference information and more
Creating Comics: A New Alert Service for UK Comic Show Tables Availability
Comic creator Luke Surl – creator of the web comic lukesurl.com, which has been running since 2008 – has set up a mailing list, ComicShowTables, that will email you every time a con in the UK opens for booking! He’s asked… Read More ›
Comic Creator Spotlight: The Art of Jeff Bevan
Colin Noble guides fans through the DC Thomson work of Jeff Bevan – and we share some of his fine art, too
Creating Comics: Dos and Don’ts Advice for Creators Printing Their Comics for the First Time
We’re delighted to repost this nifty advice about getting your comics printed, posted recently by the folk at ComicPrintingUK. This isn’t a sponsored post – I simply came across the feature, which covers both printing tips and offers other useful… Read More ›
Awesome Comics Podcast Episode 34: Nich Angell and 7String/Big Punch Studios
Nich Angell, creator of the action music odyssey 7String and one of the mighty Big Punch Studios joins Vince Hunt, Dan Butcher and Tony Esmond to talk about his epic comic series and what lead to the creation of the… Read More ›
Artist Spotlight: ILN Cutaway Artist G H Davis
One of the most challenging subjects for any artist must be the cutaway. Combining artistry with technical accuracy is a challenge that few take up and yet, when they do, the results can be remarkable. There are two main types of… Read More ›
A Cautionary Tale: Artists Warned Not to Sell Unlicensed Prints
Thor: New Beginnings artist Manuel A. Carmona is on a bit of a mission, after noting the growing trend of artists selling unlicensed prints at conventions of properties they down’t own. He’s written a blog post on the subject, pointing… Read More ›
In Review: The Salon of Rejects
Six short stories from Mhairi Braden, Myfanwy Tristram, Ross Mackintosh, Sarah Ushurhe, Michael Lomon and Tom Plant Out: Now The Book: Edited and published by Tom Plant, the idea behind The Salon of Rejects is to collect and celebrate some of the… Read More ›
Eagle Daze: The Life and Times of Leonard James Matthews – Part Seven
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 utilised the ideas… Read More ›
Joe Kelly Announced as first US guest for Lakes International Comic Art Festival 2016
Just as Marvel’s latest blockbuster superhero movie Deadpool hits UK cinemas, the Lakes International Comic Art Festival has announce its first major US guest for the 2016 is Joe Kelly, who will be making an exclusive UK appearance at the Festival weekend… Read More ›
Awesome Comics Podcast Episode 32: Knowledge is Power – A Small Press Comic Book Q&A
It’s an epic Awesome Comics Podcast show this week after Vince Hunt, Dan Butcher and Tony Esmond asked for listener questions – and boy, did they get some great ones! (Be warned that there is some swearing and some risque… Read More ›
SEQUENTIAL Offers free iPad Guide to Comics Creatrix: 100 Women Making Comics Exhibiton
SEQUENTIAL, the iPad app for digital graphic novels, has partnered with London’ House of Illustration to provide a free digital guide for their new exhibition Comix Creatrix: 100 Women Making Comics, as well as digital graphic novels displayed within the… Read More ›
Eagle Daze: The Life and Times of Leonard James Matthews – Part Six
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 utilised the ideas… Read More ›
Awesome Comics Podcast Episode 31: John Cullen
Daily strip genius behind NHOJ, John Cullen, joins Vince Hunt, Dan Butcher and Tony Esmond on the latest Awesome Comics Podcast to talk about the exhilarating and terrifying adventure of creating daily comics, his plans for future collections and his now infamous… Read More ›
California College of the Arts offers free online Comic Creator course
The California College of the Arts will launched a free online course next month offering the opportunity for anyone, anywhere to learn how to make their own comics from one of very few schools in the United States to offer… Read More ›
Former Tharg Steve MacManus Set To Spill the Beans on 2000AD’s Early Days
2000AD has announced it is to publish the memories of arguably its most definitive editor – Steve MacManus – in September 2016. In 1973, 20-year-old Steve MacManus joined Fleetway Publications in London as a sub-editor on one of the UK’s… Read More ›
SF Author Tony Cooper launches “Powerless” comic Kickstarter based on his superhero novel series
Science fiction author Tony Cooper has launched a very modest Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign to raise just £600 to publish a comic book based on his literary creations. Powerless: Some Kind of Hero is a 24 page, full-colour comic featuring characters… Read More ›
Sneak Peek: Midnight Tea by Jenika Ioffreda
One upcoming new independent comic that caught my eye on social media recently is a new project from Jenika Ioffreda, one of the creators I met for the first time at Malta Comic Con last year. Jenika’s new project, Midnight Tea,… Read More ›
Danger Mouse comic one step closer to release?
The long-awaited Danger Mouse comic – based on the smash hit new series – could be one step nearer to publication, after publisher DC Thomson advertised for staff for the title. DC Thomson was announced as a major licensing partner last June,… Read More ›
Awesome Comics Podcast Episode 30: Dave White of Avery Hill Publishing
Avery Hill Publishing are a small press publisher on the rise and Dave White, one of the brains behind it joins Vince Hunt, Tony Esmond and Dan Butcher to talk about how they came to be, how Factory Records influenced them,… Read More ›