An incredible, cutting edge multi-year project to archive Star Trek’s creator legacy unveiled
Events
Little LICAF rolls out young creators workshop programme for Festival in October
Free, fun events especially for young comic fans are in the works!
True Believers Comic Festival will not be back in 2022
Rotten news as COVID-19 continues to impact our comic scene into 2022
Coming up: “Smallfilms … a reflection” online talk by Simon Postgate
Find out more about Smallfilms, the company behind The Clangers and more
Masters of the Universe revamp savaged by normally gentle artist in latest Festival Podcast…
Folks we urgently need more happy comics, otherwise one of the Festival podcast hosts may explode!
Gareth Floyd’s “Jackanory” artwork up for sale, including “Stig of the Dump” and much more
If you grew up watching Jackanory in the 1970s and 80s then you’ll want to check this auction out…
Cromford Sci-Fi Saturday offers cracking line up of Sci-Fi models, art and costumes next weekend
If you are a fan of Gerry Anderson, Blake’s 7 or Doctor Who, check out this event
Don’t miss out on some marvellous classic X-Men art by Rafael López Espí
Offered classic X-men art may stir some happy memories in longtime Marvel UK fans…
SLJTeen Live! ponders future of storytelling today – a comic creators-packed live virtual event
With hope on the horizon after an unprecedented, traumatic year, educators, librarians, and students are wondering: ‘Where do we go from here?’
Lakes International Comic Art Festival, National Cartoonists Society join forces for combined virtual and real world spectacular in October
Get ready for a titanic trans-Atlantic event team up in October!
The Spirit of Will Eisner will round out with presentation from creator’s assistant, Benjamin Herzberg
A very special presentation will round out The Spirit of Will Eisner exhibition’s run in Cherbourg at the end of this month
Excalibur Auctions latest Marvel, DC and Independent Comic Books Auction coming up
Excalibur Auctions has a great line-up of US comics on offer next week
The Phoenix comic reaches 500th issue, releases it for free as a digital edition
Congratulations to everyone involved in this great kids comic on reaching this milestone!
“Tokyo: Art and Photography” exhibition opens at Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum
Find out more about this wide-ranging exhibition dedicated to art and culture in Japan’s capital
Latest Phil-Comics auction offers more British comic rarities – including a Girl comic carpet sweeper!
Sometimes even here at downthetubes we’re staggered by what comic rarities Phil-Comics uncovers for sale!
Greg Rucka, Michael Lark Go Virtual for Lakes International Comic Art Festival 2021
Two international guests of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival 2021 will now be making exclusive virtual appearances over its weekend of comic panels, workshops, exhibitions and much more in October, in Kendal, Cumbria. American comic writer Greg Rucka has, regrettably, had to cancel… Read More ›
New York-based Society Of Illustrators opens incredible selling exhibition of comic art
Check out this amazing “selling exhibition” of comic art
Comic-Con@Home 2021 virtual line-up includes Blade Runner and Doctor Who panels from Titan Comics
Titan Comics is running a number of great virtual panels during Comic-Con@Home this weekend, including Blade Runner and Doctor Who events
Marvel Comics – and Marvel UK – celebrated in British summer exhibition
Celebrate the enduring legends of Marvel comics at a new summer-long exhibition
Comics Salopia’s Shrewsbury Comics Trail launches this weekend
A simply brilliant project combining comics with a town trail opens in Shrewsbury this weekend