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• Will IPC’s John Sanders’ memoirs blow the lid on some British Comics secrets?

  By John Freeman on November 11, 2019

  

  For British comic fans, the must-read memoir of 2020 is likely to be the fascinating inside story of one of British comics’ biggest movers and shakers – King’s Reach: John Sanders’ Twenty-Five Years at the Top of Comics. It certainly… Read More ›

• Putting the Heart in Liverpool Heartbeat Comic

  By John Freeman on November 11, 2019

  

  Comedian Eddie Izzard took time out from his current global tour to support Liverpool Heartbeat’s comic/magazine

• Doncaster children’s book charity ReRead urgently needs your help after floods

  By John Freeman on November 11, 2019

  

  Reread in Doncaster collect and distribute thousands of free books to schools, other organisations, and individuals each year – but their warehouse was flooded on 8th November 2019, when the River Don broke its banks after torrential rainfall. The organisation… Read More ›

• Thought Bubble Festival celebrates successful move to Harrogate

  By John Freeman on November 11, 2019

  

  Thought Bubble organisers have thanked everyone who came to their Comic Con and Festival in Harrogate. “We’ve had an amazing weekend in Harrogate and you’ve all made it so special,” the team declared on Twitter. “We love you all!” The… Read More ›

• Call for Papers: Transitions 2020, Sketchnote Artist also sought

  By John Freeman on November 11, 2019

  

  A call for papers for the Transitions 2020 symposium has been announced, the event taking place at Birkbeck, University of London on Saturday 21st March

• London’s Orbital Comics drops Diamond in favour of Comic Toolbox

  By John Freeman on November 9, 2019

  

  London’s Orbital Comics has announced it will no longer sell new comics and has dropped their Diamond account – not the first UK comic store to do this, but certainly the one with the highest profile – instead offering a… Read More ›

• Marvel UK’s Mystery European Strips – Can You Help Identify Them?

  By John Freeman on November 8, 2019 • ( 12 )

  

  Author Rob Kirby is close to completing his long awaited book on the history of Marvel UK, From Cents to Pence – but he needs some help identifying a final few strips published in some titles that were first published… Read More ›

• British Girls Comics “Mystery Artists” Identified!

  By John Freeman on November 8, 2019

  

  Several “Mystery Artists” who worked on DC Thomson girls comics for decades, largely uncredited, have been identified, thanks to information received from various sources, including former staff at the Dundee-based comics publisher. Author and artist David Roach is trying to… Read More ›

• Rebellion announces “Best of 2000 AD” for 2020, 12-issue series

  By John Freeman on November 7, 2019

  

  2000 AD has announced it’s launching a brand new title in April 2020 – Best of 2000 AD – as a new 12-issue US-format, perfect-bound series featuring a selection of the most incendiary and exciting new science-fiction comics from the… Read More ›

• Bringing “Rae’s Story” to The Big Issue: A Quick Chat with co-writer Andrew Donkin

  By John Freeman on November 7, 2019

  

  If you’re a reader of The Big Issue, then you’ll know the latest edition, available from street vendors now, features a comic strip telling the moving story of one of them, adapted by the team who brought us the brilliant, award-winning but harrowing graphic novel of two migrants deadly journey from Africa to Europe, ILLEGAL.
I caught up with co-writer Andrew Donkin to ask him about this special project – and he teased me with some great news about another graphic novel he’s working on that I was delighted to hear about…

• Britain’s “Political Pocket Cartoon of the Year” 2019 nominees announced

  By John Freeman on November 6, 2019

  

  Sarah Boyce, Will Dawbarn, Ken Pyne and Zoom Rockman are among the cartoonists nominated for the “Political Pocket Cartoon of the Year” 2019, hosted by PR agency Ellwood Atfield, who also host the annual Awards event. Ellwood Atfield specialise in… Read More ›

• Compal’s latest auction spotlights art of Eric Parker, Frank Bellamy and more

  By John Freeman on November 6, 2019

  

  Britain’s Compal November Comic Book Auctions comics and comic art catalogue has just gone live, showcasing the first part of the Eric Parker archive, an artist who drew Sexton Blake Library covers for over 30 years through to the 1950s. The… Read More ›

• Titan Comics Tenth and Thirteenth Doctor Crossover – Solicitation Details

  By John Freeman on November 6, 2019

  

  Details and covers of Titan Comics crossover Doctor Who team-up comic, due for release on 8th January 2020, are now available, although some details teased online appear to have confused some fans into thinking the story is a new TV… Read More ›

• Mystery Artist Quest: A “Spellbound” Artist Identified

  By John Freeman on November 6, 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  Author and artist David Roach is trying to identify the artists of a number of DC Thomson strips – and his renewed quest, highlighted on downthetubes, is already paying off thanks to social media, and an Argentinian artist’s connections with… Read More ›

• In Review: DC Thomson revives “Spellbound” with a new digital collection

  By John Freeman on November 5, 2019

  

  DC Thomson’s Heritage Comics department has been teasing some kind of release relating to the 1970s girls comic Spellbound on social media for a few weeks now, as previously reported – and has now released details of a digital collection of material, out in time for Halloween.

• Meet Space Agent Buttocks, Space Hero (sort of) – and his creators!

  By John Freeman on November 5, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  Picking up on the despair of older downthetubes readers with fond memories of the action-packed adventure annuals they used to get for Christmas – sadly, it seems, now an ever distant memory, if you’ve checked our recently-published checklist – we’ve… Read More ›

• The Joy of Audio – Delivering Dan Dare: The Audio Adventures Volume Three

  By downthetubes Guests on November 5, 2019

  

  As already revealed, B7 Media have announced plans to crowdfund a third volume of its critically-acclaimed Dan Dare: The Audio Adventures, coinciding with Eagle comic hero Dan Dare’s 70th anniversary in 2020. Here, producer Helen Quigley offers an insight into… Read More ›

• In Review: Doctor Sleep

  By Tim Robins on November 5, 2019

  

  Review by Tim Robins Director: Mike Flanagan Staring: Ewan McGregor (Danny Torrance), Rebecca Ferguson (Rose the Hat), Alexandra Essoe (Wendy Torrance), Kyliegh Curran (Abra), Zahn McClarnon (Crow Daddy), Bruce Greenwood (Dr. John Dalton) and more Struggling with alcoholism, Dan Torrance… Read More ›

• Mercer Gallery and Thought Bubble Festival team up for Hilda comic exhibition in Harrogate

  By John Freeman on November 5, 2019

  

  Harrogate’s Mercer Gallery has partnered the Thought Bubble Festival to stage an exhibition of work by the creator of an award-winning comic character and Netflix series. The stories of Hilda, a young girl living in a Scandinavia populated by mythical… Read More ›

• British Comics Mystery Artists – can you help identify them? (Reprise)

  By John Freeman on November 5, 2019 • ( 3 )

  

  Last Saturday’s Comic Jam Symposium at London’s Cartoon Museum really got comics artist and author David Roach fired up to try and identify some of the last unknown British comic artists that have been nagging away at him for years

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