Let’s hear it for the Brits – again. Nominees for the 33rd annual Saturn Awards, which celebrate the best SF&F and Horror movies and TV work, include Doctor Who and Life on Mars, with Daniel Criag’s outing as James Bond… Read More ›
downthetubes News
British comic and creator news, book news, media news. If it’s news, it’s here.
Dalek Cutaway
Here’s another piece of comics art I’m offering via e-bay: a superb Dalek cutaway by Lee Sullivan, commissioned by me while editor of Doctor Who Magazine as a page for Marvel’s Doctor Who Year Book 1993, this cutaway of an… Read More ›
Doctor Who – Hulk Presents Comic Art for sale
I’m having a spring clean of some of my comics collection and am offering a complete Doctor Who comic strip, drawn by Geoff “Transformers” Senior, on e-bay. Titled “Stitch in Time” and written by me as an affectionate comment on… Read More ›
Forever Albion: Leah Moore and John Reppion Interviewed
I’ve just posted the first of three interviews to mark the release of Titan Books Albion collection, the first being with writers Leah Moore and John Reppion. Interviews with IPC’s Andrew Sumner and the project’s brilliant artist Shane Oakley –… Read More ›
People leave the strangest things behind
Following up on news reports that people would rather read a comic — sorry, book — than have sex, after a survey conducted by Travelodge, I scurried over to their web site to find the full text. What books would… Read More ›
WebFind: SuperThunderStingCar
Who remembers this the first time around?
Media Placements on offer in the North West
This is one of those press releases that come across because of Virtual-Lancaster, which I thought I’d repost here for info. Wednesday 31st January is the deadline for the Media Foundation Placement Scheme – a chance for 20 individuals to… Read More ›
Eagle Times Volume 19 Issue Four
The latest issue of Eagle Times, the quarterly journal of the Eagle Society, came out just before Christmas. Volume 19, issue 4 is 50+ A4 pages and includes articles on Frank Hampson’ Southport, a PC49 Christmas story, 1950s pop music and Dick Barton…. Read More ›
New Issue of Jeff Hawke: Cosmos Released
(with thanks to Richard Sheaf and William Rudling): The new issue of the Jeff Hawke fan magazine has just been published and includes two complete stories from the Daily Express — “The Gamesman” and “Sitting Tenants”. Every issue of Cosmos… Read More ›
Horror Artists Wanted
Horror artists and writers are needed for a demonic new comic experiment! BackfromtheDepths.co.uk, the long running tribute site devoted to the 1980s classic IPC horror comic Scream!, is looking for writers and artist to contribute fresh material for a new… Read More ›
Animated Doctor Who
After all the recent excitement over a possible new Star Trek animated show, the BBC is reporting that David Tennant and Freema Agyeman will carry their roles as The Doctor and Martha over to The Infinite Quest, a 13 week… Read More ›
Doctor Who – Phobos airs this weekend
Writer Eddie Robson has just dropped me a line, to plug the first of three episodes he’s written in BBC7’s Doctor Who radio series, entitled Phobos. If you can get digital radio through a DAB radio, a Freeview box or… Read More ›
Spaceship Away On the Approach Run
Issue 11 of the original Eagle-inspired title Spaceship Away is now at the printers and should be available in 10 days time. This latest issue of the critically acclaimed magazine is another 44 page issue, featuring all the regular strips and items, plus… Read More ›
Eagle Award Nominations Sought
Introduced in 1976, the Eagles are the comics industry’s longest established awards. Acknowledged as the pre-eminent international prizes, they have been featured on the covers of leading US and UK titles across the last 30 years. Unique in that they… Read More ›
Commando goes Space Opera with “Shuttle Down!”
For those who would like some new British space opera in the gap between issues of Spaceship Away, one of the early January batch of DC Thomson’s Commando comics is titles “Shuttle Down!” Commando Issue 3971 – one of four Commando titles released this… Read More ›
Collected Hook Jaw Hardback Up For Auction
One of five special hardback versions of the upcoming Hook Jaw collection from Spitfire Comics is up for auction on ebay. The softcover is due for release soon through online and high street bookshops. Prior to the official release of Hook Jaw, Spitfire Comics… Read More ›
One of the Most Beautiful Women in the World: Yvonne De Carlo
I was sorry to read about the death of actress Yvonne De Carlo, star of The Munsters, who died on Monday of natural causes aged 84. The Munsters, which ran for two seasons and enjoyed a couple of follow up… Read More ›
New Comics Anthology, MC², Launches
(With thanks to Matthew Badham and Joe Gordon at FPI): MC², a new comics anthology, was launched in November and it’s something that was on my radar to plug but I’ve just been reminded about it thanks to number of related… Read More ›
Free Classic Comic to Flood Edinburgh in February
(Updated 17/1/07 with thanks to Jeremy Briggs and Alan Grant): 25,000 free copies of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Kidnapped – including a graphic novel version by Alan Grant and Cam Kennedy – are to be distributed throughout Edinburgh in February in a campaign to get… Read More ›
Look and Learn Returns
(With thanks to Steve Holland): The first issue of the Look and Learn Company‘s limited run (48 issues) of a magazine made up of the best of the original Look and Learn has just been published and released to subscribers, printed to… Read More ›