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Concluding his two part interview with Bryan Lee O’Malley on today’s Panel Borders comic radio show, Alex Fitch talks to the author about his seminal six part series Scott Pilgrim and his debut graphic novel Lost at Sea. Fitch and O’Malley discuss Edgar… Read More ›
In the run up to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival (17th – 19th October), we’re aiming to run a number of interviews spotlighting at least a few of the huge number of guests and comic creators who will be at the… Read More ›
With tomorrow seeing the release of 2000AD’s special Prog 1900, two of the legendary weekly anthology’s biggest creators are joining the alien editor of 2000 AD, Tharg the Mighty, for a very special ‘Ask Me Anything’ on Reddit’s comics forum. On Wednesday… Read More ›
The Lakes International Comic Art Festival has announced that comic artist Dave Crane, working with Kendal Community Theatre, will be inviting both locals and comics fans to become part of a “living graphic novel” during its fast-approaching Festival weekend (17th – 19th October 2014)…. Read More ›
In the run up to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival (17th – 19th October), we’re aiming to run a number of interviews spotlighting at least a few of the huge number of guests and comic creators who will be at the… Read More ›
Opening a new season of radio show Panel Borders, Alex Fitch talks to Canadian cartoonist Bryan Lee O’Malley in the first of a two part interview about his work. This week Fitch and O’Malley discuss his new graphic novel… Read More ›
Legendary artist Mike Noble is 84 years old today. He’s one of the giants of British comics, the last survivor of that mighty triumvirate of artists who made Alan Fennell’s TV Century 21 weekly the newspaper of the future for… Read More ›
With just a month to go before this year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival (17th – 19th October 2014), Kendal is already abuzz about comics as local galleries and businesses host a number of free comic-related exhibitions. While art by Festival… Read More ›
In the run up to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival (17th – 19th October), we’re planning to run a number of interviews spotlighting at least a few of the huge number of guests and comic creators who will… Read More ›
Two of Scotland’s top comic creators have revived DC Thomson’s classic character “Invisible Dick” whose adventures, when a name like that was more innocent and not, perhaps, considered hilarious, appeared in a number of titles across several decades, including… Read More ›
Malta’s Wicked Comics are clearly pulling out all the stops this year for their 2014 Malta Comic Con at the end of November, with a growing line-up of internationally renowned creators now announced. Here’s a run down of the most… Read More ›
After the success of their first London TAKEOVER event, which saw some 1500 people through its doors to enjoy the delights of the alternative press, the team behind it have announced its return for 2015 – hopefully again in May…. Read More ›
A new comics project, Comic Soapbox Scotland, is showcasing politically engaged comics created in Scotland. The team behind it say the project is non-partisan and wants to hear from everyone working in the field of political comic comment. Cartoonists featured so far… Read More ›
On Saturday 6th September Moleskine (the makers of the iconic notebooks and more) are hosting “the rise of urban sketching” event in London. The brand are collaborating with some highly talented sketchers who will be showcasing their skills during live… Read More ›
‘The Self-Publishing Experience Day – From Manuscript to Market’, which will take place next month in Cornwall, will bring together the UK’s most widely-recommended self-publishing services provider, the UK’s only dedicated self-publishing magazine and one of the UK’s leading book printers… Read More ›
Taschen, the well known “art book” publisher which has a slew of fantastic high quality titles to its name, recently announced the upcoming release of the 720-page 75 Years of Marvel: From the Golden Age to the Silver Screen by Marvel writer… Read More ›
Oi! Tales of Bardic Fury is a fantasy slice-of-life comic from London-based comic creator Daniel de Sosa, set in ancient Ireland that follows Bryan the Bard, a fresh graduate from the Great Academy in Tara, as he undertakes… Read More ›
With abject apologies to my old friend, artist Liam Sharp who is integral part of the project team (it’s been a busy old month), the launch of the Madefire Motion Book Tool to create digital comics with added animation and… Read More ›
South London-based Avery Hill Publishing will be releasing A Quiet Disaster by Alex Potts later this month and we’re delighted to be able to publish this short interview with him on downthetubes. Alex Potts – Animation Showreel from Alex Potts… Read More ›
There’s good news for fans of Jamie Smart‘s web office-woe-oriented comic, Whubble, this week with news that he’s secured US company WorkCompass as a sponsor for the strip. Pity poor Pete Whubble, the reluctant hero of Jamie’s strip, which he… Read More ›