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New Commando comics deliver a triple bill of Ian Kennedy covers

By John Freeman on February 5, 2020

Brand-new Commando (Issues 5303 – 5306) are on sale this Thursday from DC Thomson Media in all good newsagents and via digital platforms
Lucky for Us! ComicScene Issue 13, a Dan Dare Anniversary Special

By John Freeman on February 5, 2020

Garth colourist and Thunderbirds are Go artist Martin Baines has created a smashing anniversary cover art for ComicScene Magazine 13, on sale in April, which will celebrate 70 years of Eagle comic and space hero Dan Dare
Art Academy Newington hosts “Women for All Seasons” exhibition

By John Freeman on February 5, 2020

The Art Academy Newington is hosting “Women for All Seasons”, an exhibition by 30 women artists celebrating International Women’s Day 2020, which includes the work of comic artists Rachael Ball, Lucy Sullivan and Wallis Eates, among others
Crowdfunding Spotlight: The Dan Dare Audio Adventures

By John Freeman on February 4, 2020

B7 Media has just launched a crowdfunder for a new season of Dan Dare Audio Adventures, completing a trilogy to story arcs that reinvented the classic Eagle comic character for the 21st Century and coinciding with the space hero’s 70th anniversary this year.
Gollancz and Rivers of London BAME SFF Award announce Judging Panel

By John Freeman on February 4, 2020

Actress Adjoa Andoh and New York Times bestselling author, Dhonielle Clayton are amongst the five strong judging panel who will be picking winners and runners up from the submissions for The Gollancz and Rivers of London BAME SFF Award
In Review: Doctor Who – Praxeus

By John Freeman on February 3, 2020 • ( 1 )

Paul Mount argues Praxeus delivers us fifty minutes of Doctor Who that just sits there in the season like a contractual obligation, an episode which exists because it has to be there, and there’s a budget to be spent.
Oxford Comics Network, Maison Française co-host event with European Comic Art co-editor Ann Miller

By John Freeman on February 3, 2020

Tomorrow night the Oxford Comics Network join forces with the the city’s Maison Française to welcome Ann Miller, joint editor of European Comic Art, the first English-language scholarly publication devoted to the study of European-language graphic novels, comic strips, comic books and caricature.
Orkney Museum hosts exhibition of art by the late Jim Baikie

By John Freeman on February 3, 2020

This Saturday (8th February 2020) sees the opening of the exhibition “The Life and Times of Orkney Artist Jim Baikie” at the Orkney Museum at Tankerness House, running until the end of the month.
The77 retro anthology smashes crowdfunding target, expands publication plans

By John Freeman on February 3, 2020

There’s great news for fans of anthology comics this morning, after retro anthology project The77 smashed its relatively modest Kickstarter target within days of launch
In Review: Sentinel Issue One – Special Delivery

By Peter Duncan on February 3, 2020

Created by Alan Holloway and Ed Doyle, Sentinel is a throwback, taking its inspiration, and its dimensions, from DC Thomson’s much-missed digest title, Starblazer. Sector 13 editor Peter Duncan reviews this new venture…
Coming Soon: Moochin’ About with comic creator Tim Quinn in Arnside, Cumbria!

By John Freeman on February 2, 2020

Arnside’s coffee hub Moochin’ About is hosting an evening with comics editor, writer and raconteur Tim Quinn, making an appearance at the Cumbrian cafe in March
“Friday Foster” collection instigated by Javier Meson and David Moreu for Spanish publisher Norma Editorial

By John Freeman on February 1, 2020

Following up on yesterday’s downthetubes post revealing Portland-based Ablaze Publishing is to release a collection of the ground-breaking 1970s US Sunday newspaper strip Friday Foster, co-created by James Bond newspaper strip writer Jim Lawrence and Spanish artist Jorge Longarón, with art also by Gray Morrow, comes the information that Barcelona-based Norma Editorial will be the first to publish the collection, in Spanish.
Avery Hill’s Katriona Chapman, Gustavo Vargas chat creating comics in new Lakes Festival Podcast

By John Freeman on February 1, 2020 • ( 1 )

The latest episode of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast features chats with the creator of Let Me In, Katriona Chapman and comic creator Gustavo Vargas, creator of the independent dystopian SF thriller comic, Manu.
In Review: Doctor Who – Fugitive of the Judoon

By downthetubes Guests on February 1, 2020

Paul Mount argues Doctor Who – Fugitive of the Judoon leaves us with far more questions than answers…
In Review: Doctor Who – Nikola Tesla’s Night of Terror

By downthetubes Guests on February 1, 2020 • ( 2 )

Nikola Tesla’s Night of Terror is great rollicking fun. Metvier’s script is nimble and fleet-footed, action sequences rattle along, never at the expense of the story, argues reviewer Paul Mount…
In Review: Stig and Tilde: Vanisher’s Island/ Leader of the Pack

By John Freeman on February 1, 2020

If you like your Young Adult graphic novels crammed with adventure, mystery and just a touch of quirky fantasy, then you should check out Stig and Tilde: Vanisher’s Island and Leader of the Pack by Max de Radiguès, both available now from NoBrow…
PULP trailer teases new graphic novel from Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips

By John Freeman on January 31, 2020

Image Comics have released a specially drawn trailer for the original graphic novel tale, PULP, on its way to us from this May from the multi-Eisner Award winning team of Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips
Have you entered Myriad’s First Graphic Novel Competition?

By John Freeman on January 31, 2020

The deadline for entries to the Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition 2020 – launched at last year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival, which publisher Corinne Pearlman discussed on a previous Festival Podcast, is fast approaching. The competition is for a graphic… Read More ›
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 ›