Wrinkles by Paco Roca (Arrugas in Spanish) ISBN 9780861662371 Cover Price: £12.99/$19.99 Publication Date: 01-01-2015 Format: 104 pages, full colour, paperback with flaps The Book: Ernest still imagines himself to be a bank manager but he has been retired for… Read More ›
Reviews
Cup of O – Small Press Reviews
Happy 2015 to all Down the Tubes readers! I’ve got a bumper crop of reviews for you – all of them are comics bought at the tail end of 2013 (this is how big my reading pile is!) at the… Read More ›
In Review: The Grinning Mask – Issue 4
Written and drawn by Ryan Taylor This is the fourth in a proposed five issue series of a black and white mini-series of a horror story set in a small town by its writer/artist Ryan Taylor. It follows the creepy… Read More ›
In Review: Wolf Country – Issue 3
Written by Jim Alexander Art by Will Pickering Edited by Liz Howarth Production and lettering by Jim Campbell Cover art by Luke Cooper Consultant Elinor Winter “Vampires versus Werewolves in a wild west setting – and a lot more”… Read More ›
In Review: Descending Outlands – Issue 1
Chapter 1 – Introductions Story and Colouring by Shaun Dobie Art by Alvaro De Cossio Lettering by Vince Hunt Chapter 2 – The Heist Story and Colouring by Shaun Dobie Art by Paul Oliveira Lettering by Vince Hunt Chapter… Read More ›
In Review – Slaine: The Brutania Chronicles Volume 1: A Simple Killing
The Brutania Chronicles Volume 1 – A Simple Killing Written by Pat Mills Art by Simon Davis Slaine created by Pat Mills and Angela Kincaid Published by 2000AD: www.2000adonline.com “Ancient Albion. Celtic barbarian warrior Slaine united the tribes of… Read More ›
In Review: The Watchful Sea… Deepest, Darkest Terror!
Written by Martin Ian Smith Art by Nicolas R. Giacondino A one shot story published by Attackosaur Press: www.attackosaur.com Cover price £2.99. ‘A man with a terrible secret finds a gortesque creature in the Atlantic Ocean, a being with the… Read More ›
In Review – Outre Issue 4: ‘Silence’
Edited and Designed by Magnus Aspli and Glenn Moane Cover by Danos Philopoulos Published by Outre Press Outre 4 – Silence is the newest issue of the anthology by Glenn and Magnus who hail from Norway, which includes work by… Read More ›
In Review: Usagi Yojimbo – The Play
A stage play at Southwark Playhouse Based on the comic created by Stan Sakai Stage Adaption by Stewart Melton Directed by Amy Draper Starring – Amy Ip, Haruka Kuroda, Shiu Hun Li, Jonathan Raggett and Dai Tabuchi Music… Read More ›
In Review – Torosbear: Yarns from Toyburg
Created by Brett Uren Edited by Brett Uren and Glenn Moane Cover by Hal Laren Writers: Brett Uren, Frank Martin, Grainee McEntee, Cy Dethan, Glenn Moane, Kieran Squires, Janos Honkonen, Brocton McKinney, Jon Scrivens and Jake Young. Artists: Brett Uren,… Read More ›
In Review: Spaceship Away 34
The latest issue of the Eagle-inspired Spaceship Away, available now, comes with another great cover from veteran artist Don Harley inspired by the original “Dan Dare” tale “The Ship that Lived”, and includes a great bonus Christmas gift – a 24-page “Dan… Read More ›
Cup of O – Thought Bubble Stash Dissection
Last month saw the annual appearance of the Thought Bubble Comic Art Festival in Leeds – the convention element of which is a permanent fixture on the convention calendar for the majority of small pressers in the UK. I was there… Read More ›
In Review: Buck Danny – No-Fly Zone
Cinebook brings us the fourth in their translated adventures of US military pilot Colonel Buck Danny in Francis Bergese’s No-Fly Zone, originally published in France in 1998 as Zone Interdite, the 47th French Buck Danny album. Buck Danny, with his… Read More ›
In Review: This Was The Wizard
Colin Noble’s review of a cracking DC Thomson reference work
In Review: Blind Detective Blake – Oeuvre
Blind Detective Blake 1: ‘Oeuvre’ Written and Drawn by Michael Lomon The story – An enfant terrible of the London arts scene is murdered and mounted as her own piece in an exhibition at The Victoria and Albert Museum. As the… Read More ›
In Review: Creepy Scarlett – Book One
I rarely pick up small-press comics. Mainly, because there are so many and my partner-in-crime has already spent my pennies on them! However, there is one I’ve discovered that I have to share with you. Creepy Scarlett looks to be… Read More ›
In Review: The Psychedelic Journal of Time Travel – Volume 4
The Psychedelic Journal of Time Travel – Volume 4 Edited by Owen Watts and Geoffrey Crescent Cover Art by Alex Ronald Released at the Melksham Comics Festiaval earlier this year the latest The Psychedelic Journal of Time Travel is an… Read More ›
In Review: The Gerry Anderson Comic Collection
Creators: Various, including writers Alan Fennell and Tod Sullivan and artists Frank Bellamy, Jon Davis, Eric Eden, Ron Embleton, Rob Hamilton, and Mike Noble Publisher: Egmont UK Price: £25.00 Out: Now ISBN: 978 1 4052 7266 7 Binding: Hardback,… Read More ›
Photo Report: Thought Bubble 2014
Thought Bubble 2014, which took place in Leeds this weekend, was the biggest incarnation of this annual Festival so far. It had a few added twists to its layout and style, with the TB Teepee the biggest addition and occupied… Read More ›
In Review: Leap Issue 1
Uproar Comic’s collectively created science fiction comic Leap returns after Issue Zero for the first part of the main story. The sleeper ship Vanguard was sent out from Earth eighty years ago as the first in a fleet of 13… Read More ›