How do you review an ‘unreviewable’ book? Be quick about it? Buy Butterfly Gate – you won’t regret it because it is remarkably good. Of course that is not the way we do reviews on downthetubes. We normally try to… Read More ›
Reviews
In Review: Red Baron – Rain Of Blood
Writer Carlos Puerta and artist Pierre Veys continue their slight twist on the life of World War One fighter ace Manfred Von Richthofen in the second part of their Red Baron series, Rain Of Blood. Von Richthofen’s heightened ability to know… Read More ›
In Review: Wisher – Nigel
As Cinebook complete or catch up with the French publication of many of their ongoing series they have been introducing new titles to their line-up. The latest of these new titles is Wisher which begins its ongoing story with Nigel… Read More ›
In Review – Merrick The Sensational Elephantman Issue 2
Tis true my form is something odd, But blaming me is blaming God; Could I create myself anew, I would not fail in pleasing you. If I could reach from pole to pole Or grasp the ocean with a span…. Read More ›
In Review: Corpse Talk Season 1
By Adam Murphy Publisher: David Fickling Books Out: Now The Book: The dead are rising! Up out of the mouldering pages of history comes the chat show that digs the dirt on some of history’s most famous, infamous and downright incredible… Read More ›
Cult Empire has a horror hit with “Vietnam Zombie Holocaust”
Airdrie-based comic retailer Cult Empire recently launched their own comic line with the first issue of Vietnam Zombie Holocaust, available from their website or via one of several convention appearances, including the Lakes International Comic Art Festival next month. The… Read More ›
In Review: Light of Darkness
Light of Darkness Issue One Written by Victor Wright Art by Niño Cajayon Cover by Iain Bell Coloured by Wesley Wong Letters by Sandra Klozevits Published by Geeky Comics I picked up Light of Darkness from a stall at N.I.C.E. last weekend and… Read More ›
Cup of O – Melksham Comic Con 2014
This year’s Melksham Comic Con was my second as a seller – last year’s single day was easily one of my favourite events of 2013. For 2014, the small indie con expanded into two days and although the Sunday was markedly… Read More ›
Creators @ MCM Scotland Comic Con 2014
In 2013 the MCM organisation severely underestimated the level of interest in their MCM Scotland Comic Con and the queues to get in on its single day reached near legendary status, as well as the BBC News. This year things… Read More ›
In Review: Joe Cape
Joe Cape – Issues One & Two Story and Art by Sam Webster As superhero comics go, this book seems at first glance pretty straightforward. A group of capes work for a company policing society but you have to pay… Read More ›
In Review: The Kill Screen: ILOVEYOU
The Kill Screen: ILOVEYOU – Issue 1 Written by Mike Garley Art by Josh Sherwell Letters by Mike Stock Alternative Cover by Ian Churchill The Story: Humanity has reached its Kill Screen. Now only the strongest will survive as computer… Read More ›
In Review: David Leach Conquers the Universe
Script and Art by David LeachScript Editing by Scott GrayLettering by Peri GodboldPublished by Ian Hine and Dead Universe PublishingOut: Now – £3.95 ‘I took it like a randy Welsh shepherd!’ David Leach Conquers the Universe, released earlier this year,… Read More ›
Cup of O – Small Press Reviews and Melksham Comic Con Preamble
Hello! Here I tackle three books I bought from Lakes International Comic Art Festival‘s first event last year – a tremendously well put-together and enjoyable art-focussed festival set in the picturesque town of Kendal in the Lake District. I heartily recommend it… Read More ›
In Review: Doctor Who: Deep Breath proves a Curate’s Egg
(First posted in a shorter form on the downthetubes tumblr, minor spoilers): I’m glad to see that the Twelfth Doctor seems to have been well received in most quarters and was more than impressed by the opening episode of his… Read More ›
In Review: The Scorpion – In The Name Of The Son
The Scorpion returns with In The Name Of The Son, the fourth part of the latest ongoing story of the swashbuckling 18th century rogue who is trying to discover who his father was and his battles with the less-than-holy Pope Trebaldi which… Read More ›
In Review: Countdown to TV Action
by Steve Holland Publisher: Bear Alley Books Out: Now The Book: The latest comic index from Bear Alley Books covers the history and content of Countdown and TV Action, the Gerry Anderson-themed comic from Polystyle launched in the early 1970s…. Read More ›
In Review: Kenya – Apparitions
Kenya – Apparitions is the first in a new series created by Leo and Rodolphe and translated into English by Cinebook. Colonial Kenya in 1947 is a place for big game safaris and American pulp novelist John Remington is on… Read More ›
Cup of O – ICE Birmingham
The other weekend saw the first ICE Birmingham event – filling the long-vacant gap of a solid Birmingham comics show. It’s certainly been the first time since 2011 that I’ve sold my sequential wares in the city. ICE was a single-day event… Read More ›
In Review: Antares – Episode 5
Brazilian artist and writer Leo (Luiz Eduardo de Oliveira) continues his Worlds of Aldebaran saga with Antares Episode 5, the continuation of the third series of his incredibly alien tales of 22nd century interplanetary settlers and the beasts and… Read More ›
Rollerskating Bears? Oh my!
Glasgow-based cartoonist MJ Wallace, a regular submitter to Team Girl Comic, has a collection of her light-heared and funny comic Rollerskates and Breakfast Dates on sale now. Rollerskates and Breakfast Dates comprises some wonderful autobiographical… Read More ›