British comic and creator news, book news, media news. If it’s news, it’s here.
Egmont UK’s Comic Specials, which began with Roy of the Rovers earlier this year, continue next month with the release of its first collection dedicated to the popular 1970s girls horror comic, Misty. The official Misty web site, which publishes… Read More ›
IDW has just published standalone Doctor Who story, Cold Blooded War, written by former Doctor Who Magazine comic strip editor Richard Starkings and former Doctor Who Magazine editor Gary Russell. Drawn by Adrian Salmon, the story is set in the… Read More ›
The new Star Trek film beams onto DVD and 3 Disc Blu-ray with Digital Copy on 16th November 2009 in the UK. This visually spectacular, blockbuster prequel from acclaimed director J.J Abrams (Lost, Mission: Impossible III) follows a young James… Read More ›
Marking the highly anticipated release of Batman: Arkham Asylum in the UK, Emmy award-winning script writer Paul Dini will be signing copies of the game at Game 100 Oxford Street, London tomorrow (Friday 28th August) between 1 and 2.00pm. Paul,… Read More ›
We’re very sorry to report that My Hero and producer and director John Stroud has died aged 54 of a brain tumour. John, who was also co-founder of Big Bear Films with Marcus Mortimer and is probably best known for… Read More ›
(Updated 24/8/09): CCBC’s revamp of The Beano‘s Dennis the Menace, which launches next month on the TV channel, has been given the big thumbs down by his creator’s family. The Daily Telegraph reports that Rosemary Moffat and Alison Gardiner, the… Read More ›
What’s not to love about this labour of love by illustrator Dusty Abell we just found over on deviantart? We don’t think Dusty’s missed out many of TV’s 1970s heroes, including those from British series such as Space: 1999. “This… Read More ›
Artemis Fowl creator Eoin Colfer, Darren Shan (The Saga of Darren Shan) and Hugo Award-winning author Ian McDonald (Brasyl, Desolation Road) are among the many creators who will be attending the first WexWorlds Festival, in Wexford, Ireland from Friday 20th… Read More ›
• It’s about time we re-plugged the Eternal Warrior, Paul Grist’s pastiche on British comics hero Adam Eterno, who first appeared in Thunder back in the early 1970s. Over on the Bleeding Cool forum, some Americans have started screaming that… Read More ›
Spaceship Away, the British science fiction comic anthology publishing all-new adventures of the original Dan Dare, adds Daily Mirror action hero Garth to its line up next issue. First published in 1943, Garth’s time-travelling adventures lasted for over 50 years… Read More ›
The award-winning British channel CBBC has reinforced its commitment to British animation, announcing its online portal Cartoon Works is expanding to become a new destination to premiere short-form content from the UK animation industry. CBBC has also commissioned brand new… Read More ›
Clare Walters, the original director of The Ballad of Halo Jones stage play, reviews Manolibera, a comics-inpsired show at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe… Manolibera is a very charming and ingenious show. A technician is called in to operate a slideshow… Read More ›
downthetubes has been having some behind-the-scenes computer woes: we apologize for the lack of posts in recent days. We’re grateful to Jeremy Briggs for his review of Cinebooks’ Rameses’ Revenge. Digital Artist 2009 Masterclass #1 – Dave Gibbons from Intel… Read More ›
Originally broadcast on 13th August 2009 as an episode of Strip! on Resonance 104.4 FM, Panel Borders continues its month devoted to childrens’ comics with an interview with artists Henri Goldsmann and Richy K. Chandler about their work. Henri is… Read More ›
A small contingent British comic creators – including Wolverine: Origins artist Dougie Braithwaite – will be in Baltimore for the Baltimore Comic Con in October. The Baltimore Comic-Con staff tell us they’ve been busily working on arranging the Harvey Awards… Read More ›
With only a week to go before the start of this year’s Edinburgh International Book Festival it seems that the comics related events have proved to be exceedingly popular. So popular in fact that the majority of them are already… Read More ›
With the Edinburgh Fringe on now, our readers may already be aware that the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre, stars of BBC 3’s Comedy Shuffle and Upstaged, whose number includes comic creator Kev F. Sutherland, will be back at this… Read More ›
Regular readers of downthetubes will recall that as a result of distributor Diamond’s recently-introduced minimum order levels, this latest edition of ace comics and genre magazine Tripwire is not being distributed in the US. (See news story). While not the… Read More ›
Futurama, the quick-witted animation from the mastermind behind The Simpsons, makes a much anticipated television return on Sunday 30th August at 6pm only on Sky1 in the UK, with the channel’s screening of the episodes originally released as direct-to-DVD films…. Read More ›
Blade Runner has been named the greatest sci-fi movie of all time