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London Book Fair 2025, returning to Olympia London from 11th – 13th March, will include The London Book Fair Comic Space, curated by VIP Brands’ Ivanka Hahnenberger, who was instrumental in establishing the Sophie Castille Awards for Comics in Translation… Read More ›
The Society of Authors has announced the launch of the John Calder Translation Prize, an annual award for translations into English of full-length ambitious, groundbreaking works of literary merit and general interest – and have told downthetubes graphic novels will… Read More ›
Jamie Smart will be the first ever Creative of the London Book Fair in 2025 – and a London Book Fair Comic Space launches too
One of Fleet Street’s finest cartooning talents has passed
James Bacon enjoyed a whistle stop tour of Thought Bubble this year
Share your favourite illustration and its creator on this special day
Back for its fourth year!
Deserved acclaim for Grandville and Luther Arkwright creator Bryan Talbot
Award-winning creator joins Festival’s advisory team
Riley’s Rebels, the feistiest new characters in the Judge Dredd Universe, are here!
Two creepy comics crave your blood… er, support!
Time to stretch those creative muscles!
A new graphic biography of the world’s richest man is not yet available in English
Check out this award-winning Norwegian creator
Don’t miss out on the second issue!
A treasure trove of illustration discoveries!
Useful advice for event organisers, all in one place!
Bargain girls comic art from the 1960s!
New daft comedy from the former Buster artist and writer
Research backs comics as a gateway to wider reading