. Bucking the usual trend of magazines closing or going digital only, Games Workshop has announced the launch of a new, weekly White Dwarf magazine and a new monthly title – Warhammer: Visions – on 1st February 2014. The new… Read More ›
Other Worlds
Non Comics items – TV, Film, Books, and other things that internet wandering alerted us to
Titan Comics bags Doctor Who rights
BBC Worldwide and Titan Comics have teamed up to publish all-new Doctor Who comic book adventures in the United States, taking over from US publisher IDW, and have just issued the following press release: In the universe of Doctor Who,… Read More ›
More Dennis the Menace merchandise in the works, and other Beano characters, too
In a wide ranging interview with Start Licensing’s Ian Downes, Licensing.Biz reveals that more Dennis the Menace merchandise is in the works from DC Thomson after a great year for the character – and that DC Thomson looks keen to… Read More ›
Doctor Who ‘zine, Plaything of Sutekh, Issue Three released
Issue 3 of the Doctor Who fanzine Plaything of Sutekh is now available. The new issue features: · Don’t Shoot – He’s British! – Matt Kilburn looks at the cultural influences on the Doctor’s identity. · Matt Finish… Read More ›
Panel Borders talks to Kieron Gillen
Continuing a month of shows about Superhero Comics on the Panel Borders radio show, Alex Fitch talks to writer Kieron Gillen about his recent about published under the Marvel Now banner, including Iron Man and Young Avengers and his forays… Read More ›
Marvel celebrates 50 years of X-Men with new iPhone game
Marvel Entertainment has teamed up with developer Aeria Mobile to launch X-Men: Battle of the Atom for iPhone, celebrating 50 years of X-Men stories and characters and available now from the iTune store. Featuring gorgeous original art by Marvel artists… Read More ›
3A to relaunch 2000AD figure range
3A Toys, the makers of some absolutely stunning model figures, have announced that they will be relaunching their 2000AD line in the 1/12 scale format – approximately 6″. Longtime readers will recall the company released an ABC Warriors Mongrol figure… Read More ›
Top 10 downthetubes Posts: 9th – 15th January 2014
Here’s a rundown of the Top Ten posts on downthetubes over the last seven days: • Comic Criticism: A Call for Calm – and Common Sense Liam Sharp calls for some better manners from the comics community. You may also… Read More ›
Oor Wullie joins T-Shirt Booth charity app offering
Digital Giving’s charity fund raising app T-Shirt Booth has confirmed its 20th licensed character, DC Thomson’s “Oor Wullie” has now joined the initiative. His planned inclusion announced last year, fans and T-Shirt Booth customers can now customise their own t-shirts… Read More ›
Tripwire Digital interviews Ian Rankin, Maria Paz Cabardo
The comics, film and TV magazine Tripwire , published by Joel Meadows, has moved from print into digital with the launch new app edition. Until 2011, Tripwire ran as a once a year print title costing £9.99 – and following… Read More ›
Bryan Talbot DVD documentary to be released in May
A new DVD – The Graphic Novel Man: the Comics of Bryan Talbot – is to be released in May, offering a unique insight into the life and work of one of Britain’s pioneering comic creators. Internationally acclaimed, multi-award winning… Read More ›
ITV Studios hints at new Thunderbirds merchandise as 50th anniversary approaches
ITV Studios has begun preparing in earnest for its new Thunderbirds are Go! series in 2015, having already announced the launch of its Classic Thunderbirds 50th anniversary plans and commenced the countdown to the new TV series, both set to… Read More ›
Dark Souls II tie-in comic by Rob Williams, Andi Ewington and Simon Coleby launches
Namco Bandai has just launched a free digital comic – Dark Souls II: Into the Light – created by three leading British comic creators to promote the upcoming release of it Dark Souls II game. The new comic, set in… Read More ›
Royal Mail celebrates 60 years of classic children’s TV
The Royal Mail’s Special Stamp programme kicks-off 2014 with an issue that celebrates over 60 years of Classic Children’s TV – and almost every character featured has appeared in one comic or more down the years. 12 of the most… Read More ›
London Anime & Gaming Con “Biggest Yet”
Pre-Pay Places are selling at record levels for the expanded London Anime & Gaming Con this 8-9th February, and the event's organisers are urging fans to make sure to get your tickets now before the price rises. If you register… Read More ›
Latest Infinity magazine spotlights Kendal Comic Art Festival, Greenberg and Moore
Infinity #5, the free digital magazine of graphic novels and sequential art published by Panel Nine, is out now. This issue contains features on Alan Moore, reviews of Isabel Greenberg’s Encyclopedia of Early Earth, Paul Gravett’s Comics Art, Gareth Brookes’… Read More ›
downthetubes in 2013: Crunching Numbers
Happy New Year to you all and the very best to creators popping by, as they start work on their many new projects for 2014. We’re already hearing about some great new titles and strips destined for publication by British… Read More ›
Doctor Who Adventures offers chance to win a full-size Dalek
Doctor Who Adventures magazine, the biggest-selling UK pre-teen title for young boys and girls who love Doctor Who, is running a competition for readers to win their very own life-size Dalek worth over £3,000, to keep in their home or… Read More ›
aniManga goes Pop – in Plymouth
The South West will kick start the 2014 convention season with a special one day celebration of anime, manga and pop culture in February. The Comic Expo team has just announced it is teaming up with Kawaii store Keep it… Read More ›
Panel Borders: Designing Comics
Designing comics: In a coda to a trio of shows about the use of fine art in comics, Alex Fitch looks at graphic design in comics, in a panel discussion with Rian Hughes (2000AD), Karen Rubins (V and A artist… Read More ›