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• Friday Foster, first nationally syndicated comic strip across the US with a black female lead character, collected at last

  By John Freeman on January 31, 2020

  

  There’s terrific news for fans of the stunning 1970s US newspaper strip, Friday Foster, this week. 50 years since it debuted, an English language collection of the is on its way from Ablaze Publishing, edited by Christopher Marlon

• Vice Press offers limited edition “The Prisoner” print by Dan Orgill, new badges from Florey

  By John Freeman on January 30, 2020 • ( 1 )

  

  Vice Press head back to The Village this week, with a brand new art print and limited edition badges inspired by the classic 1960s TV series The Prisoner, starring Patrick McGoohan. On offer is Canadian artist Dan Orgill‘s first print… Read More ›

• A Case for Comic Collection: Sally’s “The Cat Girl” with art by Giorgio Giorgetti

  By John Freeman on January 30, 2020

  

  With over one hundred years of comics and associated titles now part of what could be collected and published by Rebellion, you can imagine there have been plenty of suggestions from fans of both their boys and girls comics – and a recent one was “The Cat Girl”, who appeared in the 1970s comic Sally…

• Kadokawa Corporation launches international EJ ANiME STORE for Animé and Manga fans

  By John Freeman on January 30, 2020

  

  The Kadokawa Corporation, known as the entertainment company behind globally popular works including Re: Zero – Starting Life in Another World and Sword Art Online, has announced the opening of the EJ ANiME STORE, an online store where people living… Read More ›

• Peter Hogan and Steve Parkhouse’s Resident Alien gets Omnibus Collection, TV show launches this summer on SYFY

  By John Freeman on January 30, 2020

  

  Peter Hogan and Steve Parkhouse’s Resident Alien is getting collected in a value priced omnibus paperback collection, capitalising on the upcoming SYFY show starring Alan Tudyk, based on the brilliant SF comic, which is due to hit the small screen… Read More ›

• Root and Branch Overhaul for the downthetubes UK and Ireland Comic Shop Map

  By John Freeman on January 30, 2020

  

  We’ve given the downthetubes.net British and Irish Comic Shop Map a major overhaul this week, updating a lot of Comic Shop details and, sadly, removing a large number of stores that have closed but also highlighting those battling on –… Read More ›

• New Paragon anthology delivers “Bulldog” tales and more

  By John Freeman on January 29, 2020

  

  I’m dreadfully late to the party on this one, but in case you missed it Issue 24 of the ace comic anthology title Paragon is available now, both in print via Comicsy and digital format via Lulu

• Chris Weston “Judge Dredd” art offered on eBay

  By John Freeman on January 28, 2020

  

  If you’re a fan of the art of 2000AD artist Chris Weston, you may be interested in this Judge Dredd art he’s currently selling on eBay – but with nine days to go and the top bid already at £320, you may need deep pockets…

• Creating Comics: An Interview with the team behind “The77”, a new retro anthology comic

  By John Freeman on January 28, 2020

  

  The77 is a brand new, retro anthology comic currently seeking crowdfunding on Kickstarter that aims to be a fantastic quarterly comic showcase for UK’s emerging talent, present day professionals and heroes from your childhood, and downthetubes caught up with its… Read More ›

• George Takei’s “They Called Us Enemy” scoops Asian/Pacific American Award for Young Adult Literature

  By John Freeman on January 27, 2020 • ( 2 )

  

  They Called Us Enemy, the New York Times-bestselling graphic memoir of actor and campaigner George Takei, published by Top Shelf Productions, was announced today as the winner of the Asian/Pacific American Award for Young Adult Literature by the Asian/Pacific American… Read More ›

• In Review: Invasion – 1984

  By downthetubes Guests on January 27, 2020

  

  By John Wagner, Alan Grant (writing as Rick Clark) and Eric Bradbury Publisher: Treasury of British Comics / Rebellion Out: Now Review by Andrew Darlington WAR! What is it good for? Absolutely NOTHING! I was born to the immediate post-war… Read More ›

• Learn to Draw Caricatures with MAD Magazine’s Tom Richmond

  By John Freeman on January 27, 2020

  

  Top MAD Magazine cartoonist Tom Richmond is running two workshops in Europe this summer, one in Vienna and one in Dublin

• Marvel UK’s “Strip” celebrated, 30 years on

  By John Freeman on January 27, 2020 • ( 1 )

  

  In his latest regular “Hatch, Match & Dispatch” features on major British comics anniversaries on his brilliant Rusty Staples blog, comics writer Michael Carroll notes the upcoming 30th anniversary of Strip, published by Marvel UK

• Cover Spotlight: Best of 2000 AD #1 – 4

  By John Freeman on January 27, 2020

  

  As the countdown to the launch of Rebellion’s new Best of 2000 AD title continues, here’s all four covers for the first issues, revealed last year – but perhaps you need further encouragement to order…

• Gerry Anderson’s “Starcruiser” kits in the spotlight

  By John Freeman on January 26, 2020 • ( 1 )

  

  Jeremy Briggs article on the surprisingly long history of Gerry Anderson’s Starcruiser concept features in the current issue of the Airfix Collectors Club’s Constant Scale journal

• WebFind: A Conversation-starting 1970s Ford Cortina Poster

  By John Freeman on January 26, 2020 • ( 1 )

  

  Following up on yesterday’s London Underground “Lost Posters” item, here’s a poster advertising the two-door Ford Cortina Mark III, uncovered after the closure of the old Odeon cinema on King Street, Lancaster, which ended its days as the Regal, finally demolished in 2010 to make way for a new hotel

• WebFind: A Conversation-starting 1970s Ford Cortina Poster

  By John Freeman on January 26, 2020

  

  Following up on yesterday’s London Underground “Lost Posters” item, here’s a poster advertising the two-door Ford Cortina Mark III, uncovered after the closure of the old Odeon cinema on King Street, Lancaster, which ended its days as the Regal, finally demolished in 2010 to make way for a new hotel

• WebFind: Lost Posters on London Underground

  By John Freeman on January 25, 2020 • ( 3 )

  

  Back in 2010, a hidden time capsule of various advertising posters – ranging from the Ideal Home Exhibition to Pepsodent toothpaste – was discovered in an abandoned part of a London Underground tube station, boarded up since 1959

• Cor!! Buster Easter Special 2020 hits news stands in April

  By John Freeman on January 24, 2020

  

  The Cor!! Buster Easter Special is back with another 52 pages of all-out comedy anarchy this April from the Treasury of British Comics, wrapped in an ace cover by Neil Googe! Firmly aimed at kids (young and old!), the Cor!!… Read More ›

• Latest Phil-Comics includes rare first issue British comics complete with free gifts

  By John Freeman on January 23, 2020

  

  eBay comics auction house Phil-Comics has around 260 vintage comic listings running this week, with bidding ending this Sunday 26th and Mon 27th January from 6.30pm onwards. Several first issues include 2000AD, Champion, Cor!!, Buster, Doctor Who Weekly, Swift, Valiant… Read More ›

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