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Author Alan Cowsill launches Marvel UK-skewed podcast, Last Geek in Space
Author, comics writer and editor Alan Cowsill has just launched a new podcast, Last Geek in Space
Century 21 Films launches new Supermarionation web site
Century 21 Films have just launched a new web site dedicated to Supermarionation
Live action series “Stargirl” gets May debut date on DC Universe
New DC Universe series Stargirl will premiere on the streaming service in the United States on Monday 11th May
Transformers: War For Cybertron Trilogy – First “Siege” Trailer from Netflix arrives
The first teaser trailer for Chapter One of the highly anticipated Transformers: War For Cybertron Trilogy has dropped, premiering on Netflix
WebFind: The Chronicles of Doctor Who
A few years back, a groups of fans announced The Chronicles of Doctor Who, an audio drama series based on “The Leekley Bible”…
Panel Borders: Actor Geoff McGivern talks Dan Dare’s Digby, Jude Cowan Montague on comics and illustrated poetry
This month’s Panel Borders radio show features actor Geoff McGivern and artist and broadcaster Jude Cowan Montague
Alex Paknadel, Nigel Twumasi talk creating comics in latest LICAF Podcast
The latest Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast features interviews with the brilliant writer Alex Paknadel and Nigel Twumasi from Mayamada in its latest episode
Coming Soon: A pulp fiction-inspired dieselpunk audio drama, “Filthy ’47”
If you’re fan of old pulp fiction, then an upcoming four-part dieselpunk audio drama Filthy ’47 by Danvers Nettlefold may well be your cup of tea.
Barking creator Lucy Sullivan chats mental health, comic creation and more in latest Awesome Comics Podcast
The Awesome Comics Podcast gang – Dan Butcher, Tony Esmond and Vince Hunt – are joined by Lucy Sullivan, creator of the powerful graphic novel Barking this week, published by Unbound next month
Crowdfunding Spotlight: The Dan Dare Audio Adventures
B7 Media has just launched a crowdfunder for a new season of Dan Dare Audio Adventures, completing a trilogy to story arcs that reinvented the classic Eagle comic character for the 21st Century and coinciding with the space hero’s 70th anniversary this year.
Avery Hill’s Katriona Chapman, Gustavo Vargas chat creating comics in new Lakes Festival Podcast
The latest episode of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast features chats with the creator of Let Me In, Katriona Chapman and comic creator Gustavo Vargas, creator of the independent dystopian SF thriller comic, Manu.
Is Judge Dredd being erased from Wikipedia?
It seems someone has been doing some pruning Wikipedia, resulting in the deletion of some Judge Dredd-related articles, including an extensive feature on Judge Death – although a snapshot of the page survives on the archive site Wayback Machine. While… Read More ›
Netflix signs Studio Ghibli streaming deal, launches next month
Netflix has picked up the exclusive streaming rights to the full film library from the popular Japanese animation house, Studio Ghibli for everywhere in the world, outside of the US and Japan. The deal, detailed by the French distribution partner… Read More ›
Comic Creators Tony Esmond and Sarah Harris cornered for Lakes Festival Podcast!
A new episode of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast, co-hosted by Nikki Bates and Ian Loxam, has just gone live. Episode 68 finds Pete Taylor chatting to The Whore Chronicles creators Tony Esmond and Sarah Harris on this… Read More ›
Danger Mouse, Forest 404 writers honoured in 2020 Writers’ Guild Awards
Writers behind some of last year’s most critically acclaimed works have been honoured at the 2020 Writers’ Guild Awards ceremony, including Danny Brocklehurst, Shola Amoo, Season Butler, Gillian Juckes and Jimmy McGovern. Awards also went to the writers of the Danger Mouse animated series, the… Read More ›
Netflix trails Locke & Key, show debuts next month
Netflix have released a trailer for their upcoming series Locke & Key, based on the critically acclaimed comic from US publisher IDW Publishing, created by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodríguez
Doom Patrol TV series hits Starzplay streaming service in the UK
One of our most popular stories earlier last year on downthetubes centred on the hope that NetflixUK would follow up screening Titans with a screening of Doom Patrol. The service never responded to queries about it, but almost one year later the show focusing on DC Comics oddest superteam has arrived in the UK, through subscription service Starzplay, via Amazon’s Prime Video platform and Virgin TV.
Marvel UK Flashback: When Spider-Man met Queen’s Brian May
It wasn’t the greatest Spider-Man costume Marvel UK had for promotional purposes, but by gum, the company made the most of it, even in encounters with pop royalty like Queen’s Brian May
Doctor Who: Panel to Panel Podcast is tinsel tinged!
Episode #116 of Jeremy Bement’s Doctor Who comics-focused podcast Doctor Who: Panel to Panel is live, and has a linger to h of the Christmas spirit about it, past and present