Major new stories on downthetubes – or simply things we feel are major!
As part of the Edinburgh International Book Festival’s Stripped programme the Stripped weekend included a two-day Mini Comic Fair. This was a free to enter fair which was located across the road from the main BookFest in Charlotte Square Gardens… Read More ›
On sale now in all good comic shops from Dynamite Entertainment is Damsels – Giant Killer – a 32 page, stand alone, one-shot from Leah Moore & John Reppion, with cover art by Chrissie Zullo, interior art by Dietrich Smith… Read More ›
How to sum up Stripped, the comics and graphic novels strand of the 2013 Edinburgh International Book Festival? As one of the Stripped bloggers I had more access than most and attended almost half of the forty-odd Stripped events as… Read More ›
A quick reminder that this Saturday is the day of Melksham Comic Con, a convention for the fans, by the fans. A day of comic books, games, sci-fi and pop culture madness in the heart of Wiltshire, the event includes… Read More ›
DC Thomson Commando Issues 4631-4634 are on sale now in all good newsagents across the UK. Featuring a terrific-looking air war story, “The Black Buzzard” and a new “Convict Comandos” tale, here’s the lowdown on all four releases… Commando No… Read More ›
If you’re an art lover and like to support worthy causes, artist Gordon Tait has lovingly reproduced a stack of Beano panels onto one canvas. Funds raised from the sale of the painting via eBay will go to the Willow… Read More ›
This coming Wednesday sees the release of Titan Comics Tomorrowland #2 in all good comic shops across the UK – and we've got some preview pages for you. Written by Paul Jenkins, the Eisner award-winning writer of Wolverine: Origin and… Read More ›
An enthusiastic group of British creators have baneded together to source crowdfunding for Arthur Shilling, a new ongoing comic series blending steampunk and the paranormal set for release on the 21st September 2013 at the first Dev Con in Plymouth…. Read More ›
This weekend the East Oxford Community Centre is once again host to the comics festival Caption – and the event’s full schedule is detailed below. Creators from Oxford-based comics companies 2000AD and The Phoenix will be in attendance, and there… Read More ›
In advance of his appearance with artust Jim Murray tomorow (Saturday 24th) at Edinburgh BookFest’s Stripped weekend, for the latest Panel Border podcast Alex Fitch talks to Robbie Morrison about his career in comics so far, from his 15 year… Read More ›
Find more photos like this on downthetubes Comics Forum Lee Sullivan – well known for his amazing Doctor Who art, but whose credits include Robococop and Judge Dredd – has kindly allowed us to add his first stab at drawing… Read More ›
Noted as a property of “special interest”, Bayford Lodge, once the home and studio of Frank Hampson, the co-creator of Eagle comic’s Dan Dare and Ladybird Books artist, is up for sale once again – for just under £1.5 million…. Read More ›
This weekend the Edinburgh International Book Festival will be moving into full Stripped mode as the main weekend of their comics and graphic novels programme takes place. The impressive selection of talks range from children’s comics to adult graphic novels,… Read More ›
The September 2013 auction at Compalcomics has just opened, offering almost 300 lots of both British and US comics, including Carlos Ezquerra Strontium Dog from his very first appearance in Starlord Issue 1 and a 1930s TV Boardman comic faturing… Read More ›
This month sees the demise of Mark Millar’s CLiNT, the initial announcement made via US comic site Comic Book Resources, prompting bemusement from comic news sites that more regularly cover comic titles on the British newsstand. (Even now, downthetubes has… Read More ›
Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie’s take on Marvel’s Young Avengers has been widely credited as one of the most innovative and exciting comic series of the year. Young Avengers Volume 1 – collecting the first five issues of the comic… Read More ›
Writer/artist Bryan Talbot’s anthropomorphic steampunk saga, inspired by the humanoid animal illustrations of French artist JJ Grandville, reaches its third book with Grandville: Bête Noire published by Jonathan Cape. Detective Inspector Archie LeBrock is called from Scotland Yard to Grandville… Read More ›
In 2006, scientists announced Pluto was to be de-classified as a planet, and many felt a slight pang of disappointment as our Solar System lost its little Ice baby. But what if there was a darker reason behind this cosmic… Read More ›
There’s good news and bad news for British news stand publishers lurking in the latest ABC sales figures for January – June 2103 for comics and related magazines, with some titles on sale in WH Smiths and other newsagents celebrating… Read More ›
If you are going to be in London on Tuesday 15th October 2013, you might want to buy tickets as soon as possible (since they’re selling fast) to go and see Neil Gaiman read the whole of Fortunately, The Milk…… Read More ›