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• 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 ›

• Strange Daze! This week’s 2000AD, Billy’s Boots returns – and a 2020 book schedule reminder

  By John Freeman on January 23, 2020

  

  On sale now in all good newsagents and comic shops is 2000AD Prog 2165, with a “Proteus Vex”, from D’Israeli that continues inside, written by Michael Carroll with art by Henry Flint. Plus, in all good bookshops from today –… Read More ›

• Marvel UK Memories: artist Jeff Aclin delights fans with his 1970s superhero art

  By John Freeman on January 22, 2020

  

  Former DC and Marvel comic artist Jeff Aclin has been delighting Marvel UK fans recently, presenting many of the splash pages and covers he drew for the company for their 1970s superhero and other comics

• Knights of Pendragon storm back into print in new collection from Hachette Partworks

  By John Freeman on January 22, 2020 • ( 2 )

  

  On sale from Wednesday 29th January 2020 in comic shops and newsagents is Marvel: Graphic Novel Collection: Volume 212: Knights Of Pendragon, a must-have for Marvel UK fans, reprinting the first nine issues of the Knights of Pendragon, a stunning,… Read More ›

• 1066 and All That! Plus, is a Minotaur stalking Commando?

  By John Freeman on January 21, 2020

  

  From World War Two battles in Crete, Dunkirk, and North Africa to the Battle of Hastings! All brand-new Commando Issues 5299 – 5302 are out this Thursday in all good newsagents and via various digital platforms from DC Thomson Media…… Read More ›

• Lancaster LitFest offers Illustration Workshops with Petr Horácek and Nadine Kaadan this March

  By John Freeman on January 21, 2020

  

  The Lancaster LitFest – one of the longest-running literature festivals in the country – is offering two Illustration Workshops as part of a full-on Illustration Day during its 2020 Festival. Authors and illustrators Petr Horácek and Nadine Kaadan will head up separate… Read More ›

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