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Events
I went to the Birmingham International Comic Show and all I got was…
— a fab day out seeing some great comics people, the chance to talk about ROK Comics, announce the winner of the $10,000 ROK Comics humour competition as judged by Beano editor Alan Digby and pick up some terrific indie… Read More ›
Book Palace British Sale – and Mart News
(with thanks to Richard Sheaf): The Book Palace has finally started listing some of theirextensive stock of British comics and annual online. The next “ABC” show will be on Sunday 7th October from noon, in London. It’s the best comics… Read More ›
Talk Like a Pirate Day is here
Arrr me mateys! It is that time o’ the year again, the day that comes but once a year … Aye, today is International Talk Like A Pirate Day. The official web site offers the following advice on the basics… Read More ›
Mauretania Exhibitions and events announced
ROK Comics creator Chris Reynolds is one of several artists involved in events marking the centenary of the maiden voyage of the RMS Mauretania. Chris has published several strips under his Mauretania Comics imprint. An exhibition featuring comics and paintings… Read More ›
Small Pressers Appeal
Comics columnist and downthetubes contributor Matthew Badham will be speaking at a comics and animation conference, The Aesthetics of Trash at Manchester University at the end of August and is appealing for information from small press publishers. “I’m going to… Read More ›
Keith Robson’s History Of Comics
It has been open since the end of June and will end on Sunday 2nd September, but if you are near Hartlepool in the next couple of weeks then it is worth paying a visit to the Museum Of Hartlepool… Read More ›
Star Wars Exhibition extended
Star Wars – The Exhibition has today announced that due to overwhelming popular demand the run at County Hall, Westminster, London will be extended until 12 January 2008. Exhibition Coordinator Jonathan Sands said: “The Exhibition is proving so popular that… Read More ›
Will Eisner film at Film Festival
The indie film Will Einser: Portrait of a Sequential Artist will screen at the Rhode Island International Film Festival this Wednesday at 2:30pm at the Columbus Theater in Providence. I’m looking forward to seeing this when it reaches the UK… Read More ›
Paisley Who
The rather self-explanatory Adventures In Time And Space – An Exhibition Of Doctor Who Memorabilia is currently on in the Paisley Museum and Art Galleries in the Scottish town of Paisley near Glasgow. Free to enter and running until Sunday… Read More ›
David Lloyd at San Diego
David Lloyd just dropped me a line to advise that if any downthetubes visitors are heading for San Diego ComiCon, he’ll be signing there at the DC Comics stand on Friday from 12.30-1.30pm, and Dark Horse stand at 5-6pm. Then… Read More ›
Biff! Bam!! Crikey!!! Seeing New Worlds In Dundee
Scotland is currently in the middle of the Six Cities Design Festival and Dundee, the home of Beano and Dandy publishers DC Thomson, has been running comics related events as part of the festival. Jeremy Briggs reports… The Dundee Contemporary Arts… Read More ›
In Review: See New Worlds
See New Worlds, A Journey Through Time To Discover The Future of Dundee was the free 24 page full colour comic which was created for the Six Cities Design Festival. The same size and paper type as the current Beano, 50,000… Read More ›
The Aesthetics of Trash?
A major academic conference on comics and animation is to take place in Manchester in August, and a call has gone out for papers. Taking place from 28th – 29th August 2007 the event, titled The Aesthetics of Trash?: Reassessing… Read More ›
Happy Birthday, 2000AD!
Matthew Badham and David Baillie went to the 2000AD 30 year birthday bash last month. They’re just beginning to remember what the hell happened… Dave Baillie: Almost two weeks have passed since 2000AD’s 30th birthday bash in London. Firstly we’d… Read More ›