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Doom Patrol TV series hits Starzplay streaming service in the UK

By John Freeman on January 5, 2020

One of our most popular stories earlier last year on downthetubes centred on the hope that NetflixUK would follow up screening Titans with a screening of Doom Patrol. The service never responded to queries about it, but almost one year later the show focusing on DC Comics oddest superteam has arrived in the UK, through subscription service Starzplay, via Amazon’s Prime Video platform and Virgin TV.
Marvel UK Flashback: When Spider-Man met Queen’s Brian May

By John Freeman on January 4, 2020

It wasn’t the greatest Spider-Man costume Marvel UK had for promotional purposes, but by gum, the company made the most of it, even in encounters with pop royalty like Queen’s Brian May
In Review: Doctor Who – Spyfall, Part One

By downthetubes Guests on January 3, 2020 • ( 1 )

Paul Mount reviews the first episode of the new Doctor Who series. Hold onto your helmets!
In Review: Third World War Book One

By Luke Williams on January 2, 2020

Luke Williams takes a look at the soon-to-be released “Third World War” collection, the strip created by Pat Mills and Carlos Ezquerra for the 1980s Fleetway adult comic, Crisis…
Dinosaur Artist and Comics Creator Steve White fronts new issue of “Colored Pencil”

By John Freeman on January 1, 2020

Celebrating ten years in publication, the latest issue of the US magazine Colored Pencil leads with a cover feature on dinosaur and natural history artist supreme and comics creator and editor, Steve White
Happy New Year, and Decade, Readers!

By John Freeman on January 1, 2020

We wish all downthetubes readers a very Happy New Year – and decade! Here’s to exciting times ahead for us all!
In Memoriam: “Doctor Who” and “Popeye” Comic Artist Bill Mevin

By John Freeman on December 31, 2019 • ( 4 )

We’re sorry to report the death of comic artist Bill Mevin, who passed yesterday, aged 97. Perhaps best known for his work on TV Comic‘s “Doctor Who” strip and his work on later episodes of “The Perishers” with Maurice Dodd… Read More ›
In Review: Cats (2019)

By John Freeman on December 31, 2019 • ( 1 )

Review by Tim Robins A tribe of cats must decide yearly which one will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new life… Nothing I can write will stop Cats from being a critical and box office… Read More ›
“Syd Mead – Future Cities” exhibition continues in Berlin as his passing is mourned worldwide

By John Freeman on December 31, 2019

An exclusive look into the creative world of Syd Mead, one of the great futurists of our time, continues in Berlin into January 2020. The death of the legendary designer, whose film credits include Aliens, Blade Runner, Star Trek: The Motion Picture and Tron, along with an unrealised remake of Forbidden Planet, was announced yesterday
In Memoriam: Those We Have Lost in 2019 – Part Two

By John Freeman on December 30, 2019

downthetubes regularly tries to pay tribute to comic creators no longer with us. We list those we have noted who died between July and December 2019, and others reported elsewhere, here. 2019 has been a difficult year for the family… Read More ›
Comic Artist Spotlight: Bruno Oliveira

By John Freeman on December 30, 2019

I came across this eye-catching study of DC Comics character Shazam by Bruno Oliveira quite by chance – tracking down the Brazilian artist’s original post here back in 2012 on DeviantArt – and thought I’d quickly spotlight it and his work.
Do you remember Lion’s “Danger Man” comic strip?

By John Freeman on December 29, 2019

Back in the 1960s, the success of James Bond in print and on the big screen spawned or inspired many similar heroes – and heroines – on TV and comics. One of them was the hugely-popular British series Danger Man, starring Patrick McGoohan, who would go on to star in the cult show The Prisoner. One of the show’s comic spin-offs is less well known than others…
In Memoriam: Those We Have Lost in 2019 – Part One

By John Freeman on December 29, 2019

downthetubes regularly tries to pay tribute to comic creators no longer with us. We list those we have noted who died between January and June 2019, and others reported elsewhere, here. There have also been major changes in the US… Read More ›
Recommended Web Viewing: The Brian Bolland Appreciation Society

By John Freeman on December 29, 2019

If you’re a fan of artist Brian Bolland and you’re on Facebook, then one group you might want to consider joining is The Brian Bolland Appreciation Society. Not only will you find discussion of Brian’s work; Brian himself also posts… Read More ›
Doctor Who: Panel to Panel Podcast is tinsel tinged!

By John Freeman on December 29, 2019

Episode #116 of Jeremy Bement’s Doctor Who comics-focused podcast Doctor Who: Panel to Panel is live, and has a linger to h of the Christmas spirit about it, past and present
WebFind: We Are The Martians – The Legacy of Nigel Kneale

By John Freeman on December 28, 2019

If you have access to BBC iPlayer, then you may already know the broadcaster’s 1958 serial Quatermass and the Pit is available to watch right now for free – and a terrific piece of vintage SFTV it is too
Updated: Search continues for missing Scottish comic creator Gordon McLean

By John Freeman on December 28, 2019 • ( 1 )

Scottish Police are appealing for help to find missing award-winning comic, TV, radio and film writer Gordon McLean, who has been missing for over a week, after going to a party
Classic “Doctor Who” tops BritBox viewing

By John Freeman on December 27, 2019

Streaming service BritBox has announced its most streamed content over the Christmas period. Tracking subscriber habits from Christmas Eve through to Boxing Day, it quickly became apparent that the most streamed series was Doctor Who Classic
Remembering Ellie deVille, by Jenny Wackett

By John Freeman on December 27, 2019 • ( 1 )

Editor Jenny Wackett pays tribute to comics letterer and friend Ellie deVille, who died on Christmas Eve. Our full tribute to Ellie is here I first met Ellie DeVille in the summer of 1996 when I was an Editor at… Read More ›
In Memoriam: 2000AD Comics Letterer Ellie deVille

By John Freeman on December 27, 2019 • ( 1 )

We’re very sorry to report the death of prolific comics letterer Ellie deVille, best known for her work on many strips for 2000AD, but whose many credits included Judge Dredd Megazine, Sonic the Comic and more. Ellie, who was taken… Read More ›