Dundee is fast becoming a go-to location in Scotland for comic-related events. We have Dee-Con in April and the Comics Day in October as part of the Dundee Literary Festival. This year, we also had a Will Eisner event in March…. Read More ›
Events
Worlds Collide at London’s Orbital Comics tonight!
To celebrate the end of Fables with issue #150 (or Volume 22, depending on how you collect it), London’s Orbital Comics welcomes back artist Mark Buckingham tonight (Saturday 1st August) for what is sure to be a very special night… Read More ›
The Beano Takes Over Britain (well, British INTU shopping centres, anyway…)
Watch out for appearances by Beano artists and Stephen Butler, the author of the Diary of Dennis the Menace, at your local INTU shopping centre if you have one nearby. A Dennis the Menace summer promotion has just kicked off… Read More ›
Free “Spineless” Comic released with 20,000 copy print run
I recently received a copy of Spineless comic from Lydia Wysocki at Applied Comics – a free comic put out under the Newcastle Science Comic banner about invertebrates published in partnership with the Spineless exhibition at Great North Museum: Hancock in Newcastle this summer. The exhibition and comic… Read More ›
Jim Alexander, Will Pickering signing at Forbidden Planet Glasgow
Comics writer and publisher Jim Alexander and artist Will Pickering are signing at Forbidden Planet Glasgow this Thursday. Jim is a stalwart of DC, Marvel, 2000AD and many more and of course runs the Planet Jimbot independent comics publishing house. Two of his strips, “King’s… Read More ›
“Wish You Were Here” – comic artists re-imagine the Lake District – ahead of Comic Art Festival
The Lake District National Park is England’s largest covering 229,200 hectares of land with 16 large lakes and more than 200 fells. Beatrix Potter, Alfred Heaton Cooper, Arthur Ransome, JMW Turner, and William Wordsworth were just a few of the famous names inspired… Read More ›
Rachael Smith’s “The Rabbit” graphic novel launches in September
Comic creator Rachael Smith and the Avery Hill Publishing crew will be launching The Rabbit, Rachel’s second graphic novel, at Manchester’s Travelling Man comic shop on Friday 28th August and London’s Orbital Comics on Friday 11th September 2015. Following her debut, critically acclaimed graphic… Read More ›
Judgement Comes to Cardiff! (Judge Dredd judgement, that is)
Judgement in Cardiff, a unique exhibition of Judge Dredd art comes to Cardiff next month – the work of a duo known as Caped in Case who commissioned David Roach to draw the event’s promotional poster. The exhibition brings together some of… Read More ›
In Review: London Film and Comic Con 2015
London Film and Comic Con took over the Olympia this year, spreading across four floors. Tickets for both Saturday and Sunday sold out well before the event, leading to some disappointed people who couldn’t get in – but they will know… Read More ›
Signing at Deadhead Comics
For those that shop for their comics in Edinburgh, you could do worse than pop along to the recently relocated Deadhead Comics at their new address of 30 West Nicolson Street Edinburgh EH8 9DD. On Saturday 25 July 2015 from 2:30pm… Read More ›
Peter Pan The Graphic Novel Events
Edinburgh publisher Birlinn books have just released Stephen White’s new graphic novel of JM Barrie’s Peter Pan. This 96-page softcover book is based on Barrie’s original novel and play, adapted and illustrated by Stephen (also known as Stref) and coloured… Read More ›
Lancaster Comics Day Returns in May 2016
The second Lancaster Comics Day, organised by The Friends of Lancaster Library, will take place on Sunday 8th May 2016. The first Lancaster Comics Day, organised by The Friends of Lancaster Library, took place last month and proved a tremendous success, raising £800 for the Library, which… Read More ›
Mind Probes At The Ready! Presenters Revealed for Lakes International Comic Art Festival
The presenters selected to wield the mind probes at year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival (Saturday 17th – Sunday 18th October 2015) have been announced, and include some top names in the world of British comics journalism and academia, including… Read More ›
Greenwich “War Artists at Sea” exhibition includes work of Eagle’s “PC49” artist, John Worsley
Showcasing the very best of Royal Museums Greenwich’s collection of First and Second World War art, “War Artists at Sea” is a programme of displays in the Queen’s House includes visually arresting and moving portraits, battle scenes, and depictions of everyday life during conflict, which… Read More ›
“Alice in Cartoonland” exhibition opens at London’s Cartoon Museum
London’s Cartoon Museum‘s latest exhibition Alice in Cartoonland opens today, celebrating Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s many misadventures at the hands of cartoonists, caricaturists and satirists, animators and graphic artists through 150 years of parodies and pastiches, jibes, jokes and gags aimed… Read More ›
Hiroshima anniversary prompts new comic study, London art exhibition “Paintings from Hiroshima”
Next month sees the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, one of the final, horrific closing acts of World War Two that has, of course, proven a rich vein of story inspiration for comic creators down the… Read More ›
Creators @ Glasgow Comic Con 2015 – Part 2
The fifth Glasgow Comic Con took place over the weekend of 4/5 July 2015 near the centre of Scotland’s largest city. downthetubes has already covered the convention with a preview and a review of the event and here we present the… Read More ›
Creators @ Glasgow Comic Con 2015 – Part 1
The fifth Glasgow Comic Con took place over the weekend of 4/5 July 2015 near the centre of Scotland’s largest city. Organised by Black Hearted Press, GCC has been based in the Centre For Contemporary Arts, the CCA, for the… Read More ›
After Shock Comics recruits Garth Ennis and Neil Gaiman for their new projects
British creators – including Neil Gaiman – will be among those working on new comics to be published by the ambitious US publishing start-up AfterShock Comics. As we reported back in May, the Editor In Chief Michael Marts of the new company will be… Read More ›
In Review: Glasgow Comic Con 2015
As the tables are cleared away and the volunteers, artists, writers and local traders head off for a post-convention tipple, we look back at how Glasgow Comic Con 2015 fared… Organised by Black Hearted Press and spread over three sites,… Read More ›