The Commando website is continuing their on-line adaptation of Commando issue 221 Wall of Death. This was first published on 26 July 1966 and was then priced at one shilling. The electronic version is free and is currently up to… Read More ›
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Edinburgh Is Reading Jekyll And Hyde
Previously mentioned here on Down The Tubes, the 2008 One Book – One Edinburgh citywide reading campaign is now in full swing. After the success of Kidnapped in 2007, this year’s book is Robert Louis Stevenson’s Strange Case Of Dr… Read More ›
TV21 Dalek Art Up For Sale
Among the many British comics-related lots on offer in the current Comic Book Auction, which ends next week, is a real gem for Doctor Who and artist Ron Turner fans alike — a page of artwork from The Daleks, which… Read More ›
Let’s Do the Timewarp…
Now it can be told… Attendees at the UK indie comic press event Caption 2007: Dreams & Nightmares were given a prophetic dream of the theme for Caption 2008. And the dream came true. Caption 2008 is Caption Timewarp. It… Read More ›
Make Mine Marvel UK!
Great news about an exciting book for a Marvel UK fans!
Here come the Robots…
British independent publisher Accent Press are about to launch Robots, another beast of a book in the tradition of their previous anthology, Zombies, released last year. At 204 pages it features many new, emerging and established talents including Paul Harrison… Read More ›
Zombies – Review by David Hailwood
With the rapidly-approaching arrival of Accent Press Robots anthology (see news story), David Hailwood kindly provides downthetubes with a review of last year’s collection, Zombies… As a good friend of mine once said ‘Zombies are in many ways like skinheads…. Read More ›
House of Usher Sale
Brilliant comics artist Shane Oakley is currently selling; three pages from The Fall of the House of Usher at £55 each, which includes p&p and a signed print. More details and imagery on his blog, where you can also find… Read More ›
DFC – Ask The Editor
I’m interviewing the editor of new, originated, British comic DFC for downthetubes.net to tie in with the launch of the title, so if you have any questions you’d like to ask, fire them my way asap. Needless to say, this… Read More ›
The Flash Gordon story retold
Comics International editor Mike Conroy is one of many contributors to a Flash Gordon documentary being screened on the the UK Sci-Fi Channel tonight (Monday 25 February) at 8.00pm. Scheduled to air ahead of the series pilot, the programme provides… Read More ›
Aye Write!
The third Aye Write! Book Festival takes place in Glasgow’s Mitchell Library from 7 to 15 March 2008. Included this year in the programme are talks by Scottish science fiction authors Iain M Banks and Ken MacLeod who will be… Read More ›
In Memoriam: Comic Artist and Colourist Steve Whitaker
British artist and colourist Steve Whitaker is, I am deeply sorry to report, no longer with us. Steve died on Thursday after becoming unwell on the way to his doctor’s. The loss has left family, friends and the comics fans… Read More ›
Spaceship Away #14 counting down
Spaceship Away, the glossy magazine that is home to new Dan Dare adventures as well as reprints of classic sci-fi strip Journey Into Space and Sydney Jordan’s new Hal Starr strip, is nearly out again. Issue 14 (cover seen left,… Read More ›
Iron Legion Reprinted Again!
The Iron Legion, perhaps the most reprinted Doctor Who strip ever, is to be collected again, this time as a collection of several strips currently being published as a monthly comic by Idea & Design Works (IDW) for the US… Read More ›
Titan scores with Roy of the Rovers
In an extensive deal for worldwide book publishing rights, Titan Books has acquired a licence to publish an exciting range of classic comic strip collections from Egmont UK, in what promises to be the beginning of a winning range of… Read More ›
Mr T in GB (Books, that is)
Preceding the worldwide launch of their Mr. T graphic novel in summer 2008, British publisher Mohawk Media has announced that they are celebrating with a special Limited Advance Edition. With a total number of only 4,000 copies, Mr. T: Limited… Read More ›
Go Monkey Nuts!
Following up on our earlier post about the new DFC comic, just to note the Etherington Brothers Monkey Nuts comic makes its debut in The Guardian this coming Saturday (23rd February). “After a long(ish) period of enforced silence we are… Read More ›
Captain Britain’s new book
(with thanks to Matthew Badham): Marvel releases the first issue of Captain Britain and MI:13, a new book starring Captain Britain in May, written by Paul Cornell and drawn by Leonard Kirk. Captain Britain and MI:13 is a new ongoing… Read More ›
Philip Pullman joins new weekly British comic, The DFC
Britain will see the launch of a brand new comic in May, which will include a weekly strip by award-winning author Philip Pullman. The DFC, the new weekly comic for boys and girls is the brainchild of David Fickling, publisher… Read More ›
Digital Artists Handbook
folly – the digital arts agency and charity based in England’s NorthWest – recently launched an important new project, the Digital Artists’ Handbook, backed by Arts Council England, which might be a useful resource for comics creators. The Handbook is… Read More ›