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• “Bowie: Starman and the Silver Screen” launches BFI Southbank programme for 2022

  By John Freeman on 17 November 2021

  

  Some SF, horror and fantasy film treats, all with a direct or influential association with David Bowie, head to the BFI Southbank

• BEANO goes for gold with 44-page bumper issue, including “BeONE – 2021”

  By John Freeman on 17 November 2021

  

  Grab yourselves a bumper, blamtastic BEANO today!

• Are you ready for Ghostbusters Afterlife?

  By John Freeman on 16 November 2021 • ( 1 )

  

  We’re getting ready for Ghostbusters: Afterlife at downthetubes, opening this weekend – especially after a tease in the final trailer that some of the stars of the original films will return. An earlier trailer confirmed that Dan Aykroyd would be making… Read More ›

• HeroQuest returns at last in a new edition, available in the UK next year

  By John Freeman on 16 November 2021

  

  A new edition of the popular 1980s board game arrives in Britain in early 2022…

• In Review: Doctor Who – Flux, Episode Three – Once, Upon Time

  By Tim Robins on 15 November 2021 • ( 1 )

  

  Tim Robins plunges into the time storm to try to make some sense of the latest Doctor Who episode…

• In Review: “Doctor Who – Empire of the Wolf” Issue One

  By John Freeman on 15 November 2021 • ( 2 )

  

  This opening issue of a new Doctor Who series sets the scene nicely for what looks to be a galaxy-spanning tale…

• Crowdfunding Spotlight: “Phenomenomix” by Hunt Emerson

  By John Freeman on 15 November 2021

  

  Quirky, weird but possibly true stories brought to life!

• Beano rarities, free gifts and more on offer in latest British comics auction from Phil-Comics

  By John Freeman on 14 November 2021

  

  Phil-Comics has a great mix of British comics goodies on offer this week

• Is the world ready for Nigel Auchterlounie’s “Regenesis of the Daleks”? (Probably not!)

  By John Freeman on 14 November 2021

  

  Fancy a not-for-profit comedy version of a well known Doctor Who story? Of course you do…

• Robot Archie, Fernando Fernandez cover art on offer in latest Catawiki International Original Comic Art auction

  By John Freeman on 14 November 2021 • ( 2 )

  

  Some fantastic work on offer in this latest weekly auction

• 1950s British Science Fiction gets a boost – charting the growing success of Panther Books

  By John Freeman on 12 November 2021

  

  Author Philip Harbottle takes us back to 1952 with his latest look at the science fiction publishing in Britain

• Explore the secrets of Venice, with Hugo Pratt’s Corto Maltese

  By John Freeman on 12 November 2021 • ( 4 )

  

  This city guide combines fascinating history with a great comic character – what’s not to like?

• ITV’s 1960s spy show “The Champions” set for the big screen

  By John Freeman on 12 November 2021

  

  The Champions, the super-powered secret agents of the Sixties, are to return, this time to the big screen

• Tripwire Magazine announces its own Comic Con heading to Bristol in 2022

  By John Freeman on 11 November 2021

  

  There’s a new convention on the block, coming to Bristol next September

• When is Australia’s “Ginger Meggs” just “Ginger”? A comic strip mystery… now solved!

  By John Freeman on 11 November 2021 • ( 1 )

  

  A strange “homage” to Australia most popular newspaper strip… or was it “nicked”?

• Creating Comics: Celebrating the life and work of Misty and Tammy artist Jaume Rumeu Perera

  By John Freeman on 10 November 2021

  

  Celebrating the release this week of “The Jaume Rumeu Collection”, here’s a look back at the amazing artist’s long career…

• Remembrance Day marked with special Commando story this week

  By John Freeman on 10 November 2021

  

  Tally-ho! There are some exciting reads in this week’s Commando comics from DC Thomson Media (Issues 5487-5490), plus not one but two covers by the legendary Ian Kennedy are on offer! The title also marks this week’s Remembrance Day with… Read More ›

• This week’s BEANO celebrates “The Art of Breaking Rules”

  By John Freeman on 10 November 2021

  

  The BEANO goes arty? Nah… not quite!

• Hawk the Slayer returns – with Garth Ennis and Henry Flint at the helm

  By John Freeman on 9 November 2021 • ( 2 )

  

  Hawk the Slayer is back, as a comic – with Garth Ennis at the helm!

• In Review: The Treasury of British Comics Presents: The Tom Paterson Collection

  By downthetubes Guests on 9 November 2021

  

  Cartoonist Lew Stringer reviews Rebellion’s new collection of strips by Tom Paterson, a brilliant artist still busy at his drawing board today

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