Avery Hill Publishing are a small press publisher on the rise and Dave White, one of the brains behind it joins Vince Hunt, Tony Esmond and Dan Butcher to talk about how they came to be, how Factory Records influenced them,… Read More ›
Other Worlds
Non Comics items – TV, Film, Books, and other things that internet wandering alerted us to
Heros the Spartan original art by Frank Bellamy up for auction
The frankbellamy.blogspot.com reports there’s now another chance to own a spread of ‘Heros the Spartan” from Eagle. Offered on eBay, the page in question is Episode 12 from the “Eagle of the Fifth” story written by Tom Tully, drawn by Frank… Read More ›
Space:1999 FX director Brian Johnson interviewed in latest Andersonic
The latest issue of the top Gerry Anderson-inspired fanzine Andersonic is on sale now and headlines a new interview with Brian Johnson, Space:1999‘s visual effects director, designer of the iconic Eagle transporter now getting plenty of attention from modellers thanks to Round… Read More ›
Sequart’s Image Comics Documentary Released Through Shout! Factory
The Sequart Organization and Respect Films have announced that Shout! Factory has picked up their documentary, The Image Revolution, for distribution. The Image Revolution examines one of the most important and daring moves in comic book history. In 1992, a group of… Read More ›
Tonight on Gotham on Channel 5: The Last Laugh
In “The Last Laugh”, tonight’s episode of Gotham airing on Channel 5 in the UK, Gordon and Bullock hunt a nemesis from the past, which leads to a standoff between Jerome and Gordon; and a magic show at a Gotham Children’s Hospital gala results… Read More ›
Steven Moffat steps down as Doctor Who executive producer, Chris Chibnall steps in
After six series at the helm, the multi-award-winning Steven Moffat has decided to step down as the lead writer and executive producer of Doctor Who, to be replaced by Chris Chibnall, whose credits include Broadchurch (which starred former Doctor Who David Tennant),… Read More ›
Latest issue of Illustrators spotlights Brooke Boynton Hughes, Septimus Scott and more
The latest issue of Illustrators, the sumptuous art quarterly presenting the world’s finest illustrators, will ship from publishers Book Palace Books at the end of January. Artists featured in issue 13 include: Mitch O’Connell – the “world’s best artist” bares… Read More ›
Hong Kong’s Panda-a-Panda comic heads to animation after stunning Kickstarter success
Popular Hong Kong comic series Panda-a-Panda has secured funding to launch its first stop motion animation through Kickstarter, teaming with JazWings, a platform to help creators bring their ideas for characters, toys, games and more to life, to take it global. Panda-a-Panda, which… Read More ›
It Would Change Everything: Students Pitch an Alternative Origin For Top Super Hero
Students from the University of Hertfordshire have launched a Kickstarter appeal for backers to make a not-for-profit film that would re-examine the origins of a major comics hero – and posit how a single murderous act might be changed, and… Read More ›
New Comics On Sale This Week (Wednesday 20th January) – Dredd Thrills and Marvel UK Memories!
Welcome to this week’s British creator and publisher-skewed new comics list, a week which, among other things, sees the debut of my old partner in comics crime at Marvel UK, Dave Taylor, pick up the art duties on the Image… Read More ›
Jackie: The Musical 2016 Tour Dates
Jackie: The Musical is back on the road for 2016 with an all-new production starring EastEnders and Two of Us actress Janet Dibley, with new dates from March – and tickets are already selling fast. The show first debuted in… Read More ›
More Comic Creators join ongoing Comic Art Auction fund raiser for Syrian Refugees
Emily Owen is on a mission to help those directly facing the consequences of the terrible war in Syria by raising funds for victims through sales of comic art. She needs help – from artists willing to donate work –… Read More ›
Awesome Comics Podcast Episode 29: Lex McDonald, creator of “Assault on Fortress Doom”
This week Lex McDonald, writer of the epic World War Two action graphic novel Assault on Fortress Doom joins the Awesome Comics Podcast crew to talk about the book and the long journey of bringing the epic wartime adventure to life. As… Read More ›
Tonight on Gotham on Channel 5: “Knock Knock”
In “Knock Knock”, tonight’s episode of Gotham airing on Channel 5 in the UK, James Gordon investigates the inmate escape from Arkham Asylum while Galavan plots his next move. Bruce’s quest to unlock the secrets of his father’s office leads him… Read More ›
Facing the Panel to Panel Mind Probe: Doctor Who Magazine Editor Tom Spilsbury
There’s a new edition of Jeremy Bement’s podcast Doctor Who: Panel to Panel out now and the highlight of this episode if a chat with with Doctor Who Magazine‘s longest serving editor Tom Spilsbury! Tom talks about the magazine’s long-running… Read More ›
Never mind War And Peace – Here’s some All-Out Dalek War!
I received a hyperlink dispatch this morning from downthetubes reader John Derek Pitt, who had only recently come across the excellent digital CGI Daleks comic saga, The Second Empire created by Chris Smith, aka MechMaster. It’s been so long ago… Read More ›
Rivers of London saga returns with new comic series, collections and sixth novel
March sees the release of not only a new Rivers of London comic series based on the top-selling fantasy crime novels created by Ben Aaronovitch, but the release of collections of the first comic story, Body Work. Titan Comics Rivers… Read More ›
Doctor Who Ninth Doctor Ongoing #1 Covers Revealed
We’re delighted to share the variant covers for Titan Comics eagerly-anticipated Doctor Who: The Ninth Doctor #1 from the new ongoing series from writer Cavan Scott (Who-ology, Judge Dredd) and artist Adriana Melo (Star Wars: Empire, Ms. Marvel). The Ninth… Read More ›
Sneak Peek: Assassin’s Creed #4
What more do you want to know? Assassin’s Creed #4 is out now from Titan Comics. It’s written by Kill Shakespeare creators Anthony Del Col and Connor McCreery. That alone should be grabbing your attention. But that’s not all! It’s… Read More ›
Sneak Peek: Doctor Who: The Eighth Doctor #3
On sale today from Titan Comics,13th January 2015 – the latest issue of the Doctor Who Eight Doctor mini series! Not bought it yet? Perhaps these pages will tempt you… Writer: George Mann Artist: Emma Vieceli Colorist: Hi-FI Letterer: Comicraft… Read More ›