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• The Oxford Trollomicus – Our Competition Winners!

  By John Freeman on October 30, 2019

  

  The winners of our recent competition to win copies of the smashing illustrated book, The Oxford Trollomicus, created by Spike Greenwood, were “The Rockwool Troll” by Joakim Järnström (all the way from Finland!) and “Jee Bee Lee, Troll Op-Orator of Troutbeck Bridge” by… Read More ›

• Edinburgh’s Scottish Gallery hosts “Mythos” exhibition by Paul Reid

  By John Freeman on October 29, 2019

  

  Edinburgh’s Scottish Gallery hosts “Myhos“, an exhibition by the masterful Paul Reid this November, opening on Wednesday. Paul Reid is a artist who uses his skill to create a world which is both beautiful and uncompromising in its vision. He’s… Read More ›

• Beano readers name PM Boris Johnson “ghastliest figure of 21st Century”

  By John Freeman on October 28, 2019

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been named “ghastliest figure of 21st Century” by two thirds of British parents and children in a Beano poll – and earns his place in 2019’s top Halloween costumes for kids alongside The Joker… Read More ›

• Comic Creator Spotlight: “Skid Solo” artist John Vernon

  By John Freeman on October 27, 2019

  

  As it’s a Formula 1 weekend, downthetubes contributor Richard Sheaf is marking the event on his Boys Adventure Comics Blog with a look back at an earlier era of motor-racing with this oddity – “The Champions” – a tie-in comic with Matchbox toys sponsorship of motor racing legend, John Surtees and Team Surtees, in the early 1970s, featuring art by “Skid Solo” artist John Vernon

• Death’s Head Omnibus – Contents Confirmed, Yes?

  By John Freeman on October 26, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  Marvel’s January 2020 solicitations include the much-anticipated Death’s Head Omnibus TPB among them – a delightfully chunky, 416-page collection of (almost) all the early Death’s Head greatest ‘hits’, scheduled for release on 3rd March, which we trailed earlier this year.

• In Review – Terminator: Dark Fate

  By Tim Robins on October 25, 2019

  

  Starring: Linda Hamilton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mackenzie Davis, Natalie Reyes Directed by Tim Miller Review by Tim Robins Sarah Connor and a hybrid cyborg human must protect a young girl from a newly modified liquid Terminator from the future…. The Terminator… Read More ›

• Legendary artist Catherine Jeffrey Jones honoured at Lucca Comics and Games Convention

  By John Freeman on October 25, 2019

  

  If you’re heading to the Lucca Comics and Games Convention in Italy next week (30th October – 3rd November), then you might want to catch the screening of the documentary Better Things: The Life and Choices of Jeffrey Catherine Jones,… Read More ›

• Zombies stalk Commando – as British war comic goes Horror for Halloween

  By John Freeman on October 24, 2019

  

  Releasing in time for Halloween, Commando is bringing a new menace to its pages – a Nazi zombie horde! The fear is very real in Commando 5277, “Commandos vs Zombies“… a spine-tingling story which features a team of commandos facing… Read More ›

• New “Beano Booktopia” book subscription service launched

  By John Freeman on October 24, 2019

  

  Beano has today launched Beano Booktopia – a new book subscription service for kids offering newly published books across a wide range of authors and genres. The tailor-made programme will include fiction and non-fiction books specifically chosen by Beano experts based… Read More ›

• Italian auction house Urania offers art by Frank Hampson, Milo Manara and many more

  By John Freeman on October 24, 2019

  

  The clock is ticking down to the latest auction by the Italian Urania Auction House, which features some stunning selected works of major international artists from the end of the 19th century to the present day.

• In Review – I Go Quiet

  By Joe Gordon on October 24, 2019

  

  By: David Ouimet Publisher: Canongate “I am different. I am the note that’s not in tune. I go mousy. I go grey.” Oh, where to begin with this stunningly beautiful, deeply emotional little book? When a book arrives with glowing… Read More ›

• Robert Kirkman’s Thief of Thieves: Season One announced for Nintendo Switch

  By John Freeman on October 24, 2019

  

  Rival Games, the critically acclaimed developer behind Alien: Blackout, and multi-platform entertainment company Skybound Entertainment have announce that Thief of Thieves: Season One arrives on the eShop for Nintendo Switch on 12th November 2019. Based on the award winning comic… Read More ›

• You have under a month to enter the 2019 Dundee Comics Prize

  By John Freeman on October 23, 2019

  

  With a theme of ‘Water Worlds’, the hunt is on for entries for the 2019 Dundee Comics Prize, but you’ll have to be quick to submit three-page strips for the chance to win £300, because the deadline is under a month away

• Ron Embleton and Peter Jackson art up for sale at Heritage Auctions

  By John Freeman on October 23, 2019

  

  Heritage Auctions is back up and running after being hit by a malware attack last Friday, forcing them to delay some auctions, but to celebrate its speedy return we thought we’d promote two items of British comic art, one by Captain Scarlet artist Ron Embleton, and the other by Peter Jackson,

• Slam, Bam! Rebellion set to deliver a stack of Comic Specials in 2020

  By John Freeman on October 23, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  Legendary comics Battle and Action are back as part of a roster of twelve new special titles for 2020 from Rebellion Publishing, including the return of the popular Cor and Buster Special, which debuted earlier this year, as the Cor!!… Read More ›

• downthetubes nominated in inaugural ComicScene Awards

  By John Freeman on October 23, 2019 • ( 3 )

  

  We’re delighted to have been selected as one the final nominations for the inaugural ComicScene Awards 2019. Thanks to everyone who submitted nominations for us in the category of “Best Comic Media” – we’re included among some fantastic great sites… Read More ›

• 2020 British Annuals Checklist

  By John Freeman on October 23, 2019

  

  Now all this year’s 2020 annuals are on sale – with the Strictly Come Dancing annual released just this week – here’s your guide to what’s on offer in bookshops and supermarkets across the country…

• Crowdfunding Spotlight: The Last Confession, a short film written by Kev Hopgood

  By John Freeman on October 22, 2019

  

  The Last Confession, currently seeking crowdfunding on Greenlit, is a new short, from writer and comic artist Kevin Hopgood and director Dustin Curtis Murphy. Described as a genuinely shocking and frightening tale, it pushes genre and convention to pull the… Read More ›

• Battle’s “Death Squad” by Alan Hebden and Eric Bradbury collected for 2020 release

  By John Freeman on October 22, 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  Rebellion is trailing the release of a collection of Death Squad, the tough war series that began in Battle-Action in July 1980. Written by Alan Hebden and illustrated by Eric Bradbury, with additional stories from at least one Eagle annual by Carlos Ezquerra, the collection is currently scheduled for release in August next year.

• New Poopsie Slime Surprise magazine launches this week

  By John Freeman on October 22, 2019

  

  Egmont Publishing has partnered with MGA Entertainment to launch a new children’s magazine, Poopsie Slime Surprise, on sale in UK newsagents from tomorrow, Wednesday 23rd October, aimed at readers aged six to nine

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