Edited by Kirk Campbell & Gary Clap Design and layout by Gary Clap Let’s face it. Any anthology that opens with a quote by 1980s pop quartet Bucks Fizz is a winner in anyone’s book? Right? Dirty Rotten Comics are… Read More ›
Features
In Review: Shaman Kane Issues 1 & 2 by David Broughton
Created by David Broughton £3.50 each – 24 pages – Black & White and Colour interiors ‘Who is Shaman Kane? The Story: Shaman Kane is a gadget carrying bounty hunter who goes where he is needed. Hard as nails and… Read More ›
Sneak Preview: Mean Girls Club by Ryan Heshka
Created by Ryan Heshka 24 pages – published by NoBrow Press Release Date – September 2015 The Story: Introducing Pinky, Sweets, Blackie, McQualude and Wanda… Together they form the Mean Girls Club, a menacing powerhouse of ruthless rebels. Sweeping like a… Read More ›
Forgotten Comic Characters: Pip, Squeak and Wilfred
A look back at a newspaper strip classic
In Review: Tales From The Deep – Volume 1
Tales From The Deep – Volume 1 Story by Fred Campbell and art by the Drawn Chorus Collective Cover by Fred Campbell End Papers Artwork by Zanna Allen A themed anthology with an eye to style this is the first… Read More ›
In Review: Doctor Who Adventures Issue 5
Published by Panini Comic strip by Jason Quinn (script), Russ Leach (art) and coloured by John Burns Test story by Jason Quinn, illustrated by Russ Leach The Issue: Summer’s here and the time is right for reading the latest issue of Doctor… Read More ›
In Review: Fever Dreams by Adam Murphy
Created by Adam Murphy Format: A5 anthology – colour and black and white interiors WARNING: [highlight]ADULT THEMES DISCUSSED BELOW[/highlight] The Book (in Adam’s own words): “Fever Dreams is a collection of 14 short stories, created over the course of about… Read More ›
Creating Comics: The Battle for the Backing of Online Readers
If you follow me on social media, you’ll know I’ve been regularly plugging my SF comic project, Crucible (co-created with Smuzz, lettered by Jim Campbell), which runs on the web comics platform Tapastic and is embedded here on downthetubes as… Read More ›
Doctor Who Panel to Panel: Talking Four Doctors with Paul Cornell and Neil Edwards
Episode 36 of Doctor Who: Panel to Panel is live and focuses on Titan Comics‘ mini-series Four Doctors, which launches this week – and Doctor Who Comics Day, a Titan Comics-sponsored event that takes place on Saturday. In this episode,… Read More ›
Creating Comics: Tzvi Lebetkin talks “The Imperium” – Making Every Day 1968!
Comic creator Tzvi Lebetkin, perhaps best known for his indie project BIBLICAL and his Doctor Who-inspired, fan strip “Ice Warriors” (drawn by Stefano Cardoselli), has just launched a IndieGoGo crowd funding appeal for a new project, The Imperium – a… Read More ›
This week’s Panel Borders: 2000AD alumni Colin Wilson and Jim Alexander interviewed
Starting a month of shows about ‘The Galaxy’s Greatest Comic’, Alex Fitch talks to a writer and an artist about their work in and after 2000AD. Colin Wilson discusses getting his first work on the periodical and drawing Judge Dredd… Read More ›
In Review: Future Shock: The Story of 2000AD
Directed by Paul Goodwin Produced by Sean Hogan, Helen Mullane and Stanton Media The Film: Future Shock: The Story of 2000AD is a fan-made, warts-and-all documentary on The Galaxy’s Greatest Comic from the perspective of its creators. From original editor… Read More ›
In Review: Axolotl Issue 2 by Jack Fallows
Created by Jack Fallows The Book: 28 pages of extreme self-loathing in the form of diary comics, biographies, illustrations and reviews that tackle family history, depression, sexuality, love, loss, travel and growing up… The Review: An anthology of a… Read More ›
In Review: Post Mortem – The Harvesting
Authors: Phil Woodward and William Wismer Pencils: Jaime Martinez Inks: Santiago Ramos Letterer: Mindy Lopkin Publisher: Close 2 Immortality The Book: No name. No memory. No escape. He awoke with no memory and found himself plunged into a blood-soaked hell…. Read More ›
“Eagle Daze” – Part Two: The Fall of Eagle and the Rise of Max Clifford
We are pleased to publish Part Two of the memories of Roger Perry – memories of now more than half-a-century ago – of his days at Fleetway Publications working on Girl and Eagle… 1963: A New Home brings about a “Cleansing of the Slate”… Read More ›
In Review: The Bizarre Adventures Of Gilbert & Sullivan
By Laura Howell Publisher: Soaring Penguin Press Out: 31st August 2015 The Book: The Bizarre Adventures of Gilbert & Sullivan: the very model of a modern mirthful comic book! Based on historical facts and characters, Laura Howell conjures a delightful collection… Read More ›
Exploring Tapastic: The Weird and the Fantastic
As regular readers of downthetubes know, we regularly post new episodes of our SF adventure strip, Crucible, to the web comics platform Tapastic. The series, written by me, drawn by Smuzz and lettered by Jim Campbell (and which has had an… Read More ›
Guardian newspaper launches #OpenComics project
The Guardian Witness has launched its #OpenComics call out, which aims is to get creators of all skill levels to share comics you’ve created that reveal the personal and political untold stories from around the world. Here’s the details in full from… Read More ›
In Review: Futurequake Issue 27
Creators: Various Publisher: Futurequake Press Out: Now The Book: FutureQuake is back! The finest talents in the small press are here again to save you from boredom. Where else in the printed world can you get this much variety for… Read More ›
In Review: App-1 Issue One
Written by Jim Alexander Art by Eva Holder, Conor Boyle and iella Published by Planet Jimbot The Story: The world has gone to pot after the disappearance of their super-hero and protector, a superman style hero called ‘App’. The surviving… Read More ›