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The Brethren Born team. Photo: Tony Esmond

In Photos: Nottingham Comic Con 2015

By Antony Esmond on October 26, 2015

OK, ladies and gentlemen the time has come. Start your engines. And you! Yes, you, Chris Sides from Redshift Press! You will never silence me! Now fully part of the UK Comic Convention scene, Nottingham Comic Con is in its third… Read More ›

Creators @ Lakes International Comic Art Festival 2015

By Jeremy Briggs on October 25, 2015 • ( 1 )

The remarkably warm and dry weekend of 16-18 October 2015 saw the third Lakes International Comic Art Festival take place in the Lake District town of Kendal. LICAF, or more simply Lakes, has grown in stature and visitor numbers over the… Read More ›

Comics fans wait patiently for events to start at the Brewery Arts Centre. Photo courtesy Lakes International Comic Art Festival

First Impressions: A Beginner’s Guide to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival

By John Freeman on October 25, 2015 • ( 1 )

As a newbie to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival (LICAF) Norman Boyd wondered how he was supposed to tackle a big event like this. Some of you will think “what’s he on about?” but experience tells me Norman’s not the… Read More ›

In Review: Leamington Comic Con 2015

By John Freeman on October 20, 2015 • ( 1 )

Leamington Comic Convention on the 17th October was an absolute blast. Rumours were that there had been a massive amount of tickets sold and unlike rumours about my hair being made in China, these rumours turned out to be 100… Read More ›

In Review: Whispering Sands

By Antony Esmond on October 20, 2015 • ( 2 )

Written by Chris Sides Art by Freja Steele Lettering and additional artwork by Chris Travell “Tell him to hold on…” The Book: Northern Phuket, Thailand. Local fisherman Chen enjoys a rare ocean excursion with his estranged son, Kai, off the… Read More ›

Behind The Scenes: Stref’s Adaptation Of Peter Pan

By Jeremy Briggs on October 15, 2015

Earlier this year BC Books, Birlinn’s childrens imprint, released the first ‘official’ UK graphic novel of JM Barrie’s beloved book Peter Pan. The book was the work of artist Stephen White, also known as Stref, a long-time fan of Barrie’s… Read More ›

Wonderfully weird: John Robbins “A Hand of Fingers”

By John Freeman on October 14, 2015

He has lettered hundreds of pages of comics by other creators, and for years plugged and reviewed Irish and British publications on defunct small press-centric website Bugpowder. Now, Dubliner John Robbins has released A Hand Of Fingers, a terrific anthology of… Read More ›

In Review: Kenya – Aberrations

By Jeremy Briggs on October 14, 2015

Kenya – Aberrations is the third book in Cinebook’s translation of Leo (Luiz Eduardo de Oliveira) and Rodolphe’s (Rodolphe Daniel Jacquette) ongoing series of spies, extinct beasts and strange flying lights that is set in post war-Kenya. After reporting to London,… Read More ›

Lakes Festival Focus 2015: An interview with Author and Comics Writer Antony Johnston

By John Freeman on October 13, 2015

Last year, in partnership with the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, downthetubes brought you a number of interviews with creators attending the event. We’ve run a series in the run up to their eagerly anticipated 2015 event this coming weekend (16th –… Read More ›

In Review: The Red Shoes And Other Tales by metaphrog

By Jeremy Briggs on October 13, 2015 • ( 1 )

Today sees the official release of metaphrog’s latest hardback, The Red Shoes And Other Tales, by American publisher Papercutz. metaphrog, writer John Chalmers and artist Sandra Marrs, have adapted Hans Christian Anderson’s The Red Shoes and The Little Match Girl,… Read More ›

John Freeman with Rian Hughes at a London Comic Con, pictured here with a copy of ‘Science Service’ a project for Belgian publisher Magic Strip, John's first commercial commission as a comic writer back in the 1980s. Photo: Steve Cook

Lakes Festival Focus 2015: An Interview with Comics Editor and Writer John Freeman

By downthetubes Guests on October 13, 2015

Last year, in partnership with the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, downthetubes brought you a number of interviews with creators attending the event. We’re delighted to be able to run a series in the run up to their eagerly anticipated 2015… Read More ›

Some of the artists represented by B L Kearley Ltd

Eagle Daze: On Artists’ Agents (and may God bless their cotton socks!)

By Roger Perry on October 12, 2015 • ( 1 )

Part Five of the memories of Roger Perry – memories of now more than half-a-century ago – of his days at Fleetway Publications and beyond

Art from the graphic novel Klaxon by Si Spencer and DIX, published by SelfMadeHero

Lakes Festival Focus 2015: An Interview with Comics Writer Si Spencer

By John Freeman on October 12, 2015

Awesome Comics Podcast Episode 15: Comics Editor and Writer John Freeman

By downthetubes Guests on October 12, 2015

It’s a real history lesson this week as John Freeman of downthetubes, Crucible, ROK Comics and many more joins Vince Hunt, Dan Butcher and Tony Esmond to talk about all things comics. There’s talk about the latest webcomic site Tapastic… Read More ›

Aimee Lockwood Debuts Her First Titles At Lakes Festival 2015

By Jeremy Briggs on October 12, 2015

Edinburgh based artist/writer Aimee Lockwood will be debuting her work at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival (LICAF) this coming weekend. She works mostly in pen and ink, and in full colour where possible, and is inspired by the rugged north coast… Read More ›

In Review: Yoko Tsuno – Message For Eternity

By Jeremy Briggs on October 10, 2015

Roger Leloup’s Japanese electrical engineer Yoko Tsuno returns in the tenth of her books to be translated into English by Cinebook, Message For Eternity. Yoko Tsuno books tend to alternate between contemporary stories and more overtly science-fiction stories and, while… Read More ›

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