With the Royal Mail’s James Bond stamps already with us, the centenary of the birth of Bond creator Ian Fleming is continuing to be being celebrated with two separate exhibitions. For Your Eyes Only: Ian Fleming and James Bond will… Read More ›
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Comics Grow Up!
The National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh will be putting on an exhibition on the historical development of comics and graphic novels from their earliest beginnings to their modern contemporary diversity entitled Comics Grow Up! Running during April and May… Read More ›
One Book – One Edinburgh 2008
One of the most successful original graphic novels of 2007 was the Alan Grant and Cam Kennedy adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Kidnapped. This was created for the One Book One Edinburgh reading campaign in Scotland’s capital in February 2007…. Read More ›
Titan’s Dan Dare books to continue
Contrary to reports on some web sites, the upcoming Titan Dan Dare book, Reign of the Robots, is not the last Titan collection. downthetubes spoke with the head of Titan Books this morning and the company is all set to… Read More ›
New Torchwood Magazine features official comic
The first ever official Torchwood comic strip debuts in the first issue of Titan’s Torchwood magazine, on sale 24 January. Written by Transformers legend Simon Furman, and drawn by SL Gallant (Marvel Adventures), The Legacy of Torchwood One sees a… Read More ›
Read Yourself Raw Updated
The latest update of UK-based comics site Read Yourself Raw includes previews of new book, comic and manga releases for March 2008, including Kafka’s The Trial, adapted by David Zane Mairowitz & Chantal Montellier and The Complete Terry & The… Read More ›
Thunderbirds: End Of The Road
Redan’s Thunderbirds comic has been cancelled with the current issue 89 being the last. The final issue comes with a free gift of a water pistol. With no repeats of the Thunderbirds series on British terrestrial television screens for some… Read More ›
IDW Goes Junior
Perhaps taking a leaf from UK Publishers such as Titan and Panini, US comics house IDW, best known as a publisher of horror, action, and SF comic books including Star Trek and Doctor Who, is launching a kid’s division titled… Read More ›
MamTor Music
Not content with publishing some pretty cutting edge comics in the past few years, UK Publisher MamTor, run by my old mucker artist Liam McCormack Sharp (you’ll remmber him as now has its own music divsion via amazingtunes.com. “Mamtor” is… Read More ›
Get Wasted!
Comics writer Alan Grant (Batman, Judge Dredd) wants you to get Wasted! Grant is one of the big names behind Wasted, a new independent comic. It’s Earth’s new comic-book for today’s Youth gone wild!* Wasted features a cracking cover from… Read More ›
In Memoriam: Marion Van Der Voort
I’m sorry to have to pass on the sad news of the death of Marion Van Der Voort. Marion, with her husband Richard, ran the At The Sign Of The Dragon bookshop in London for many years and regularly took… Read More ›
Spectacular Spider-Man sneak peek
Here’s a nifty looking Electro versus Spider-Man page that will open a new story by Ferg Handley running in Panini UK’s Spectacular Spider-Man #166, on sale in a few months. Pencils are by John Royle, inks by Lee Townsend and… Read More ›
Peckerwood Competition
If you’re interested in winning a copy of UK publisher Ablaze Media‘s latest graphic novel, Peckerwood: 24 Minutes, the company has teamed up with the good folks over at Memorabilia, who are giving away five copies of this majestic piece… Read More ›
Primeval books from Titan
Titan Books will be making a new foray into fiction with the launch of a series of originated novels based on the hit ITV prime time TV series from Impossible Pictures, Primeval, which starts airing its second season on ITV… Read More ›
Heart of Empire Online
The whole of the first chapter of Bryan Talbot’s stunning story Heart of Empire is now online for free! Taken from the CD-ROM, the “Director’s cut” of Heart of Empire, the online promotional version includes every page in its original… Read More ›
Web Comix Thing returns in March
The UK Web & Mini Comix Thing 2008 will be happening on 22 March 2008. The show, dedicated to small and independent comics press, is already looking pretty crowded and the organisers advise that if you’re a potential exhibitor then… Read More ›
Doonesburyland
On Thursday morning this week (10th Jan) Radio 4 (11:30am-noon) will be broadcasting Doonesburyland. Joe Queenan conducts a rare interview with Gary Trudeau, creator of the Doonesbury cartoon strip and in many ways the most high profile chronicler of the… Read More ›
John Dares
The fab comics blog Bear Alley reports that veteran Brit comic artist John Ridgeway is working on a new Dan Dare story for the semi-professional magazine Spaceship Away. According to Bear Alley the strip will… …take Dan back to Terra… Read More ›
Play Misty for Me
(news via Charles Ellis): Thanks to Egmont, copyright owner of popular 1970s girls comic Misty, you now have the opportunity to vote for your favourite Misty story to be printed again in full again online on the Misty comic… Read More ›
Farewell to Flashman creator
George MacDonald Fraser, author of the hugely entertaining Flashman novels, and is credited for the screenstory and screenplay on the 1983 James Bond film Octopussy, has died aged 82. The Daily Mail, The Times and other papers report Fraser, whose… Read More ›