After a gap in which publisher Accent UK gave us the short story collection spin-off Tales Of WesterNoir, WesterNoir itself returns in the more than capable hands of writer Dave “Wild, Wild” West and artist Gary “Monsewer” Crutchley (as their Wanted… Read More ›
By Lew Stringer Out: Now! The Story: Lew Stringer’s seriously-stupid superhero Brickman is back after an equally stupidly-long absence from comics – and his creator has finally realised a long-held ambition to bring the character’s many fans a new comic… Read More ›
Written, Illustrated and Lettered by Dean Beattie “A big, shady, International pharmaceutical company has been testing experimental drugs on the general public. Of course, the general public know nothing about these tests – and are unwittingly filling themselves with all… Read More ›
Created by Jeremy Sorese A graphic novel in 420 pages Published by NoBrow Press www.nobrow.net “After years of technological advancement, the relationships between humans and robots is changing. Reduced energy stores mean that humans can no longer rely on the… Read More ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
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 ›
Written by Mike Garley Art by Joshua Sherwell Letters by Mike Stock “Humanity has reached its Kill Screen. Now only the strongest will survive as computer errors transcend from the digital world into our own, destroying everything in their… Read More ›
Ro-Busters: The Complete Nuts and Bolts Volume 1 Written by Pat Mills Art by Carlos Pino, Jose Luis Ferrer, Dave Gibbons, Ian Kennedy, Kevin O’Neill, Mike Dorey, Geoff Campion Available from books stores, Amazon and comic book stores on the… Read More ›
Writer: John Ferguson Artists: Claire Roe, Gary Welsh, Tone Julskjaer and Lauren Knight Letterer: Phillip Vaughan Publisher: Diamond Steel Comics Released: 27th August 2015 When Saltire: Invasion was first launched in 2013 and reviewed by downthetubes, Diamond Steel Comics… Read More ›
Birmingham had barely caught its breath from all the excitement of the International Comic Expo (read our review here) the day before when more comic enthusiasts and professionals descended on The Studio venue for Comics Uncovered 2015. Jon Laight reports… The sister event… Read More ›
England’s second city was the location for the latest and possibly the coolest comic convention on the circuit and Jon Laight was there for downthetubes… The International Comic Expo is held in the centre of Birmingham and organised by Shane Chebsey,… Read More ›
By Marcus Hearn Designed by Mike Jones Published by Virgin Books Out: 10th September 2015 The Book: On 30th September 1965, International Rescue successfully completed their first assignment, and the Tracy brothers imprinted themselves on a generation of captivated children. Thirty-two… Read More ›
