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‘Boring’ writer becomes bestseller
Actor, director and cult guru, Kevin Smith now has another accolade to add to his name, as astonishing sales of his new book My Boring-Ass Life: The Uncomfortably Candid Diary of Kevin Smith (out now from Titan Books) have made… Read More ›
Murky Depths
A quick plug now for Murky Depths, a quarterly anthology of top quality speculative fiction, including comics, with sprinklings of horror and fantasy that push the boundaries of science fiction. The first issue was released a couple of months ago… Read More ›
Spaced goes Stateside
UK TV trade magazine Broadcast reports US broadcaster Fox has ordered a pilot of a US version of Nick Pegg’s Spaced, which revolves around a young man and woman who pose as a couple in order to rent a cheap… Read More ›
Titan gets The Spirit
Adding yet another official, in-depth companion to its catalogue, Titan Books has announced it acquired worldwide rights to a deluxe making-of book for the Lionsgate and Odd Lot Entertainment production of Will Eisner’s The Spirit, due to be released in… Read More ›
Local Papers victims of Spanner PR stunt
downthetubes has learnt that our story posted yesterday about a missing Dick Spanner puppet is pure hokum contrived by the PR company promoting the release of the new DVD – and many local papers across the country have been victims… Read More ›
Where’s Clive?
(Note: the “missing puppet” story that inspired our reporter Jeremy Briggs’ research below was quickly revealed as a PR hoax, see follow up, but we have kept this item live for information purposes) Gerry Anderson fans have a new game… Read More ›
Running Wild on BBC2
Comics artist Lee Sullivan, perhaps best known for his work on Doctor Who, Robocop and Transformers UK, has a secret he’s about to share with the nation. “I’m in a Roxy Music and Bryan Ferry tribute band called Roxy Magic,”… Read More ›
Jazz Butcher – the Hunt Emerson connection!
Have you ever bought an album simply for its cover, music previously unheard?
Fancy a Coffee with your TV Hero?
Ever fancied a coffee with someone whose TV talents you really admire? Someone who could give excellent careers advice? Someone who might provide the inspiration you’ve been looking for? Then join the queue. And join in. Because Northwest Vision and… Read More ›
Bid for the Anti Pesto Van!
Aardman Animations are auctioning Wallace & Gromit creator Nick Park’s Austin A35 van
All About Thunderbirds documentary
A quick update on the BBC4 Thunderbirds documentary we reported on recently. downthetubes has been in contact with the producer of the show and he tells us production is complete and is pencilled for broadcast on 4 January 2008. In… Read More ›
I went to the Birmingham International Comic Show and all I got was…
— a fab day out seeing some great comics people, the chance to talk about ROK Comics, announce the winner of the $10,000 ROK Comics humour competition as judged by Beano editor Alan Digby and pick up some terrific indie… Read More ›
Chap with wings…
Good news for fans of early Doctor Who: BBC 4 is to screen a classic Third Doctor story later this month. Fan favourite The Daemons screens from Sunday 21 October at 7.00pm, with the Third Doctor (Jon Pertwee) and trusty… Read More ›
TV is bad, bad, bad
Bad news for TV fans. Sitting too close to the TV has been proved to be bad for childrens eyes, but a new study also show too much television may be linked to a bad attention span. According to a… Read More ›
Big Ben Animated series in development
Former Comics International and Warrior editor Dez Skinn has been in touch with downthetubes to update us on his upcoming projects — the first of which is an animated show based on one of the characters from Warrior – Big… Read More ›
Save Kids TV campaign – Petition the PM!
Pact has set up a petition on the Number 10 website to highlight the plight UK kids TV is under, highlighted by the Save Kids TV campaign who have a comic about the issue on ROK Comics, republished below. To… Read More ›
New Dennis the Menace animation in the works
Beano character Dennis the Menace is being updated in a new animated version for CBBC. Trade magazine Broadcast and other sources report DC Thomson is working with animation company Red Kite to deliver the 52 x 12-minute Dennis & Gnasher… Read More ›
Happy Birthday Sputnik!
Space flight is 50 years old this week and although the space race may well have been borne by the desire to develop bigger and better nuclear weapons – according to the accounts of Russian scientists reported in USA Today… Read More ›
Wallace & Gromit Return
Huzzah! Variety reports Aardman Animation’s Wallace & Gromit are back at work, with a new film to be shown on BBC1 at Christmas next year. Trouble at’ Mill, co-written by Nick Park and Bob Baker, sees Wallace and Gromit open… Read More ›