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• Eagle’s “Riders of the Range” collected… in Holland

  By John Freeman on March 22, 2020 • ( 1 )

  

  Specialist Dutch publisher Uitgeverij Boumaar is publishing “Folio Plus” editions of the Eagle strip “Riders of the Range”

• National Literacy Trust launches web resource for reading

  By John Freeman on March 22, 2020

  

  As a response to UK school closures, the National Literacy Trust has developed a comprehensive web portal for parents

• Fairy Tales Retold for the Emergency Services, by Matthew Owen and Emmeline Pidgen

  By John Freeman on March 20, 2020

  

  Grimm’s Fairy Tales retold, to teach people when best to call 999 or 111

• Lakes International Comic Art Festival backs Marc Jackson’s free YouTube cartoon art workshop channel

  By John Freeman on March 19, 2020

  

  Information on Marc Jackson’s new YouTube channel for kids, and other creators offers for young creators

• Comic Creator Spotlight: Comic Artist Tony O’Donnell

  By John Freeman on March 19, 2020

  

  downthetubes highlights the work of many comic creators, but after Orkney-based comic artist and illustrator Tony O’Donnell kindly sent us his report on the recent Jim Baikie exhibition at the Kirkwall Museum, he also sent us his current biography, which… Read More ›

• Virtual Con, Stay Home Comic Con announced for Coronavirus-hit comics fans

  By John Freeman on March 19, 2020

  

  Two virtual comic events to help ease the gloom of self isolation and countrywide lockdowns due to the Coronavirus Pandemic

• Lawless Convention Cancelled, returns in 2021

  By John Freeman on March 19, 2020

  

  Sad news from the organisers of the annual Lawless convention in Bristol

• Thunderbirds Legends: The Prequel Story to International Rescue Retold

  By John Freeman on March 19, 2020 • ( 2 )

  

  The official Gerry Anderson web site has released the first of three Thunderbirds Legends animated videos

• ComicScene Magazine expands online shop to offer independent comics sales route, Creator Directory launched

  By John Freeman on March 18, 2020

  

  ComicScene Magazine has expanded its online comic shop to support independent comic creators

• Portsmouth Comic Con 2020 postponed until August

  By John Freeman on March 18, 2020

  

  Due to the global Coronavirus Pandemic, Portsmouth Guildhall has taken the decision to move this year’s Portsmouth Comic Con

• Marvel Tales out in June to feature Captain Britain

  By John Freeman on March 18, 2020

  

  Marvel Comics heads back to the 1970s in June with the release of Marvel Tales #1: Captain Britain, reprising the hero’s original origin

• Is Your Comic Shop offering Kerbside Collections? Let comics writer Leah Williams know!

  By John Freeman on March 18, 2020

  

  Marvel Comics writer Leah Williams is assembling data about comic shops offering kerbside collections, not just in the US, during the Coronavirus Pandemic

• House of Illustration temporarily closes its doors, Lancaster LitFest postponed as Covid-19 counter-measures escalate

  By John Freeman on March 17, 2020

  

  London’s House of Illustration has announced it will be closed to the public until further notice

• TV Series That Might Have Been: The Trigan Empire

  By John Freeman on March 17, 2020 • ( 1 )

  

  This week sees the release of The Trigan Empire Volume One from Rebellion under their Treasury of British Comics imprint – a comic that we’ve just learnt almost became a TV series

• Meet The77 Creators: Artist and Writer Mal Earl

  By downthetubes Guests on March 17, 2020

  

  A chat with writer and artist Mal Earl, creator of “Prodigal”, which will debut in Issue 1 of The77

• Engage! Star Trek: Panel to Panel comics podcast launched

  By John Freeman on March 17, 2020

  

  Jeremy Bement, host of the Doctor Who: Panel to Panel podcast has launched a new one in a similar vein – about Star Trek comics

• Vanguard creator Dan Butcher headlines latest Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast

  By John Freeman on March 16, 2020

  

  Dan Butcher, creator of the acclaimed independent British superhero comic Vanguard, headlines the latest Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast

• Spaceship Away hits 50 issues!

  By John Freeman on March 15, 2020 • ( 1 )

  

  A landmark Issue 50 of the Eagle and Dan Dare-inspired comic magazine Spaceship Away is available now

• In Review: Colour Out of Space

  By Tim Robins on March 15, 2020 • ( 1 )

  

  The colour is purple, now that ‘spoiler’ is out of the way you can focus on the rest of Tim Robin’s review of the new film

• 100-page FutureQuake 2020 on sale now, and more!

  By John Freeman on March 15, 2020 • ( 1 )

  

  The latest issue of the brilliant FutureQuake anthology is on sale now

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