The European Space Agency, in partnership with Ars Electronica, has announcing art&science@ESA, a new art residency to explore the fertile ground between art and space science. Here’s the full details about the project which I think will appeal to a lot… Read More ›
Other Worlds
Non Comics items – TV, Film, Books, and other things that internet wandering alerted us to
Dangerous Dilemmas in the new Doctor Who Adventures!
May Day! May Day! Spring is here and so is the new edition of Doctor Who Adventures, which comes with free monster kit. (The editor won’t tell us if this provides the means to make one or grow it in… Read More ›
New Wolfblood Motion Comic Continues CBBC saga
Fans of CBBC’s Wolfblood will be pleased to hear that a second motion comic based on the series is on the way, written by Rik Hoskin and illustrated by Tom Waterhouse. Set after the dramatic events of the show’s fourth season,… Read More ›
Answers in Blood: An Interview with “Vikings” comic writer Cavan Scott
Cavan Scott counts himself lucky to work in the worlds that first sparked his imagination as a kid. He writes the Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor comic for Titan, is one of the writers of the Star Wars: Adventures in… Read More ›
“Supremacy of the Cybermen” Doctor Who comic crossover launches in July
This summer’s special Doctor Who event comic from Titan Comics will feature the Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, and Twelfth Doctors from Titan’s four ongoing Who series – a spectacular five-part, bi-weekly adventure featuring one of the Doctor’s most iconic foes – the Cybermen. Penned… Read More ›
Telos Publishing Re-Releases Doctor Who “The Target Book”
Chronicling the range of Doctor Who novelisations published by a variety of publishers, but always under the ‘Target’ brand, The Target Book by David J Howe, first published in 2007, was one of the most popular titles ever published by Telos Publishing,… Read More ›
Roobarb and Custard Bounce Back With Complete Series Release (Roobarb & Custard, Too!)
De ner dener de ner dener de ner de ner de nere… More than 40 years after making their debut on British TV screens, and over a decade since their return, green dog and pink cat Roobarb & Custard are bounding… Read More ›
Cats Go Geek with CacaoFurniture’s Cat Houses
We all know cats love a cardboard box, right? Well, Bulgarian company CacaoFurniture has run with that in a big way and created a range of cardboard cat houses – some inspired by well known SF icons, including Doctor Who‘s… Read More ›
Dennis the Menace, Celebrated at 65 with New Official Screenprints of First Ever Strip
To celebrate The Beano‘s Dennis the Menace‘s 65th birthday, print maker John Patrick Reynolds has produced an edition of officially-licensed screenprints featuring the very first strip, published in the issue dated 17th March, 1951. Dennis doesn’t yet have his trademark red and… Read More ›
Awesome Comics Podcast Episode 42: An Interview with Comics Writer Jon Laight
Jon Laight, the writer behind the epic super powered revenge tale Brethren Born joins the Awesome Comics Podcast gang officially for the first time as a guest! He talks about his influences, how the brilliant idea came to be and his process… Read More ›
Comics Unlimited probes the world of Modesty Blaise, interviews artist Romero
The latest issue of Comics Unlimited – a monthly online, 80-page, full colour magazine about comics, comic art and comic creators from all over the world – is on sale now and features some great interviews, including one with Modesty… Read More ›
Comic Industry Secrets Revealed in new autobiographies from Tim Quinn and Dicky Howett
Miwk Publishing have announced the forthcoming publication of Argh!, the autobiography of comics writer and editor Tim Quinn in May, alongside Drawing Breath, the autobiography of cartoonist Dicky Howett, who worked with Tim on various strips for over 20 years. Tim’s work will be known to comic readers everywhere, especially… Read More ›
Edinburgh Film Festival Goes (sort of) Comics Crazy in June
In June, POW!!! Live Action Comic Strip Adaptations: The First Generation will offer 2016 Edinburgh Film Festival-goers the chance to explore the cinematic roots of the current tidal wave of superhero blockbusters such as Batman versus Superman and The Avengers:… Read More ›
New Comics On Sale Now (Comic Shops and Newsagents) – No Hit or Mything! (w/c 11th Aril 2016)
It’s a busy week here in the downthetubes dungeon, so apologies for a shorter than usual round up of new comics! I’m busy plugging away at behind the scenes work to promote both the upcoming Lakes International Comic Art Festival,… Read More ›
Daredevil TV show criticism paves way for ground-breaking improvements for Netflix blind viewers
Last year, streaming subscription channel Netflix ran into trouble when Marvel’s Daredevil, its series about blind superhero Matt Murdock, debuted without audio descriptions for blind viewers. Netflix quickly responded to the criticism and added audio description tracks for Daredevil – and other select titles. Now, Netflix has… Read More ›
Torchwood Returns to Comics, Titan to publish new adventures
Titan Comics has announced that Doctor Who TV spinoff Torchwood is back, in an all-new ongoing comic series starring the daring Captain Jack Harkness and Gwen Cooper. Written by Captain Jack himself – John Barrowman – and Carole E. Barrowman, and with… Read More ›
X-Men Fever Galore in new Comic Heroes magazine!
Comic Heroes 27 is out now in UK newsagents and editor Will Salmon describes it as “the best issue yet”. Spread across 148 fine pages of print, the X-Men are on the cover, and there’s a preview of “Apocalypse Wars” with contributions from creators… Read More ›
First Doctor Strange Trailer debuts, out in October in UK
The first trailer for Marvel’s Doctor Strange, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, was released via the US TV show Jimmy Kimmel Live on ABC last night, as part of its Marvel Week event. Tilda Swinton as the Ancient One was also much in evidence and the… Read More ›
Knockabout Reveals Alan Moore’s “Jerusalem” Novel Cover
Knockabout Comics has just released the cover for Alan Moore’s long-awaited Jerusalem, drawn by Alan himself. Begun in 2008 and running to over to over 600,000 words (putting it in the Top 10 largest novels in the English language) Jerusalem… Read More ›
British Comics: Charting The Reprint Rights Nightmare
The arrival of the first volume of Star Trek: The Classic UK Comics from US publisher IDW this morning (courtesy of editor Rich Handley, out 28th April), comprising the first 18 bizarre stories published in Joe 90: Top Secret and TV21… Read More ›