The latest issue of DC Thomson’s Classics from the Comics went on sale a few days back, but we’re still playing holiday catch up so this is the first opportunity we’ve had to give it a plug. The 68-page retro… Read More ›
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Photo Review: Hi-Ex 2010
Jeremy Briggs reports from the Highlands…
John Hicklenton: A Tribute by Pat Mills
Pat Mills looks back at the career of the extraordinarily talented John Hicklenton, who sadly passed away on Friday 19th March 2010. Best known for his brutal, visceral work on flagship 2000AD characters like Judge Dredd (in particular “Heavy Metal Dredd”) and Nemesis the Warlock during… Read More ›
Garth Ennis’ Battlefields
While we’re primarily a British comics news site our remit does often cover the work being done by British comic creators beyond our shores – and one title that recently caught our attention, very belatedly, is Garth Ennis’ Battlefields project… Read More ›
Ministry of Space discounted
Warren Ellis’ and Chris Weston’s wonderfully retro Ministry of Space is available for a limited time from Forbidden Planet International for £5.39 – that’s 40 percent off the usual price. This is the 2009 paperback edition – 96 glorious pages…. Read More ›
Plum action in Commando!
New issues of DC Thomson’s war comic digest Commando are now on sale now… got get ’em! Commando 4279: Too Many Heroes Previously No 2590 from 1992 Story: Ian Clark Inside Art: Salmeron Cover: Ian Kennedy With three older brothers… Read More ›
Titan Books to publish Classic Bible Stories from The Eagle
Coming in 2010: a collection of Frank Hampson’s Road of Courage from Titan Books
Century 21 Collection News – Volume Four on course
New thrills for Anderson fans!
In Review: Maw Broon’s Cooking With Bairns
She has been cooking for bairns since 1936 (in fact the exact same bairns since 1936) so Mrs Brown should really know a thing or two about cooking with children. With the help of Scottish cookery writer Catherine Brown, no… Read More ›
In Review: Crikey! No.14
The latest issue of British comics magazine Crikey! is out now and comes packed with a huge range of articles, including an interview with top comics creator Bryan Talbot and a timely tribute to the origins of Eagle comic, which… Read More ›
Girly Comic Website Returns
Via the Forbidden Planet blog, we’re pleased to report that the Girly Comic website is once again back in business and being updated. A hacker attack back in 2009 caused severe setbacks for the website, but now it’s back in… Read More ›
Evans Above! It’s a Zarjaz interview!
Illustrator-turned-writer Paul L Mathews has been in touch to say that his blog Paul L Mathews: Struggling On has a mini-interview with Dave Evans, the editor/publisher of 2000AD fanzines Zarjaz and Dogbreath and other titles such as FutureQuake and Something… Read More ›
The DFC LIbrary goes on air!
Between May 2008 and March 2009, children’s book publisher David Fickling launched a bold experiment in creating a new kids comic – The DFC – for the British market, which on a weekly basis featured new stories in a variety… Read More ›
Attention! New Commandos on Sale
Four new Commandos are now on sale in all good newsagents in the UK from publishers DC Thomson… Commando No 4275: The Camouflage KingsStory: Alan Hebden Inside Art: Vila Cover: Ian Kennedy During World War II, Randolf King, a civilian… Read More ›
Small Press Creators: Badham wants to hear from you!
Matthew Badham, a contributor to downthetubes, perhaps best known as a feature writer for Judge Dredd: The Megazine (and other outlets), is writing a 4000 word piece about the British indie/small press comics scene – and wants views from small… Read More ›
More Carol Day newspaper strip stories online
Fans of the classic Carol Day newspaper strip may be interested to hear that the strip’s official web site, www.carol-day. com has recently updated with new stories and art. The new stories are “Money Matters” and “Jimmy Hayes“. Carol Day ran from 1956-1967, and was… Read More ›
Dan Dare Movie in the works?
Dan Dare movie rumours…
Unmasking Corruption with Comics in Liverpool
Ctrl.Alt.Shift Unmasks Corruption comes to Liverpool this month, with an exhibition of political comic work to coincide with the release of their new comic book anthology. The free exhibition, at the Contemporary Urban Centre in Greenland Street, will take a… Read More ›
Hi-Ex Hell Trek!
How far would you go to read comics? Maybe a trip to the local shops? Well, comics fan John Burdis has gone a few steps further than that and organised a marathon bus journey from the South of England to… Read More ›
thingNY’s Call for Comic Artists
We don’t normally circulate much non-British news, but this US-based music project posted their international appeal for artists on our events page, so we thought we’d repost the information here. A New York-based xxperimental music ensemble, thingNY is looking for… Read More ›