Last year, in partnership with the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, downthetubes brought you a number of interviews with creators attending the event – and we’re delighted to be able to run a series in the run up to their… Read More ›
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New Charlotte Corday serial begins today by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page
Over on the official Charlotte Corday web site, author and comic strip writer Stephen Walsh and Commando and Dan Dare artist Keith Page have just kicked off another fiction strand – a serialised text story, “Warp Wizard” revealing the early… Read More ›
Lew Stringer’s Brickman is Back!
Lew Stringer‘s seriously-stupid superhero Brickman is back after an equally stupidly-long absence from comics – and his creator has finally realised a long-held ambition to bring the character’s many fans a new comic packed with his wacky adventures. Brickman Returns!,… Read More ›
Lakes Festival Focus 2015: An Interview with Visionary Storyteller Frank Santoro
Last year, in partnership with the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, downthetubes brought you a number of interviews with creators attending the event – and we’re delighted to be able to run a series in the run up to their… Read More ›
Madefire comics part of Apple TV revamp, gets launch slot in new App Store
International computer giant Apple – the makers of iPads, iPones and more – has just announced an App Store for its new Apple TV 4, and its launch partners not only include a lot of games, content readers and video viewers… Read More ›
2000AD to publish Goldtiger, marking tentative step into comics publishing beyond own titles
It’s the secret history of the greatest comic of the 1960s that you’ve never heard of… and you’ll end up wondering if it’s a true story or gloriously put together hoax. But it’s also a Kickstarter success story, a time-capsule of… Read More ›
Want to be in the comics industry? Lifting the Lid on Comics Uncovered 2015
Birmingham had barely caught its breath from all the excitement of the International Comic Expo (read our review here) the day before when more comic enthusiasts and professionals descended on The Studio venue for Comics Uncovered 2015. Jon Laight reports… The sister event… Read More ›
Lakes Festival Focus 2015: An Interview with Simon Grennan, writer of Dispossession
Last year, in partnership with the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, downthetubes brought you a number of interviews with creators attending the event – and we’re delighted to be able to run a series in the run up to their… Read More ›
Eagle Daze Part Four: Pop Stars, Knickers and a Dodgy Cup of Coffee
We are pleased to publish Part Four of the memories of Roger Perry – memories of now more than half-a-century ago – of his days at Fleetway Publications working on Girl, Eagle, WHAM! and other titles… Of Braces and Bin Fires… Read More ›
It’s Electrifyin’! Awesome Comics Podcast features Leah Moore
Episode 10 of the Awesome Comics Podcast is slipping and sliding into your pyjamas today. Hosted by Vince Hunt, Dan Butcher and Tony Esmond, this episode has as its guest, writer and digital comics pioneer Leah Moore. The guys talk… Read More ›