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• eBay “SMASH Comic” item reveals rare insight into writers and artists working on British comics in the 1960s

  By John Freeman on April 25, 2019

  

  Nestling among hundreds of comic lots currently on offer from online eBay auctioneer Phil Comics is a copy of SMASH Issue 8, cover dated 26th March 1966, that some collectors might turn their noses up, because each strip inside has… Read More ›

• ComicScene Issue Three – out now!

  By John Freeman on April 25, 2019

  

  The third issue of the award-winning ComicScene is on sale now, in selected high street newsagents and all good comic shops (Thursday 25th April)

• A Bad Day for The Avengers in London… in 1993!

  By John Freeman on April 24, 2019

  

  If you think Marvel’s The Avengers were in bad shape at the end of Avengers: Infinity War, you should have seen them at the end of the Lord Mayor’s Parade back in 1993! A chilly November winds cut through capes and skintights like lasers.

• IDW continues the Star Trek: Discovery story with “Aftermath”

  By John Freeman on April 24, 2019

  

  Following the shocking events of the Season Two finale, the thrills of the wildly popular Star Trek: Discovery – broadcast on CBS in North America and Netflix across the rest of the globe – continue in a new three-issue comic book miniseries from IDW Publishing, Star Trek: Discovery – Aftermath

• Asterix returns in an all-new adventure this October, Dogmatix TV series in the works

  By John Freeman on April 24, 2019

  

  60 years after he first appeared in the pages of the French comic magazine Pilote, Asterix, the creation of René Goscinny and Albert Uderzo, returns in an all-new album this October – and a new animated TV series, Dogmatix and the Indomitables, is also in the works, although the details of this remain scant so far

• Game Changer: GetMyComics offers new way to get new comics

  By John Freeman on April 24, 2019

  

  Can’t get to a comic shop?  Tired of missing your favourite comic books or the comics featured in ComicScene Magazine? Want a reliable solution to your monthly reading? Subscribe to titles, crossovers, and follow your favourite creators – and leave… Read More ›

• Scottish Independent Comic Book Alliance Awards Entry Deadline this week

  By John Freeman on April 23, 2019

  

  If you’re a Scottish comics creator, there’s still time to enter your work into the Scottish Independent Comic Book Alliance Awards for this year – but you’ll have to hurry, as the deadline is this Thursday, 25th April 2019. Sponsored… Read More ›

• Crowdfunding Spotlight: Michael Mantlo, brother of Rocket Racoon co-creator Bill Mantlo, needs your help

  By John Freeman on April 23, 2019

  

  Michael Mantlo is in major need of help after supporting his permanently disabled brother, Rocket Racoon creator Bill Mantlo, for almost 30 years – care that has crippled him financially

• Happy Birthday, Javier Hernandez, creator of El Muerto: The Aztec Zombie!

  By John Freeman on April 23, 2019

  

  Happy birthday today to Javier Hernandez, the American comic book creator, comic book instructor and radio host, perhaps best known for El Muerto: The Aztec Zombie, a unique blend of Mexican and Chicano folklore, Aztec mythology and mysticism, and comic book pop culture

• Panini’s new Marvel graphic novel release fuels fan Avengers 4 movie rumours?

  By downthetubes Guests on April 23, 2019

  

  While Marvel fans are eagerly awaiting Avengers: Endgame and the conclusion of the Infinity War, Tim Robins notes thoughts are already turning to Phase Four of the Marvel Cinematic Universe – and Panini UK’s latest graphic novel release, the unwieldy-titled Marvel Platinum: The Definitive Avengers Rebooted, is feeding something of a growing frenzy about a potential new super villain who may soon be heading to the big screen

• Limited Edition Alex Nino art book in the works

  By John Freeman on April 22, 2019

  

  The extraordinary comic artist Alex Nino has announced the impending release of a second art book.

• Art of Luis Garcia Mozos book in the works

  By John Freeman on April 22, 2019

  

  Artist and author David Roach has revealed he’s about to start work on a book devoted to the life and career of Spanish painter and comics artist Luis Garcia Mozos, perhaps best known to downthetubes readers for his work for… Read More ›

• Enniskillen ComicFest returns next month

  By John Freeman on April 21, 2019

  

  Enniskillen ComicFest returns for its fourth year next month, on 10th and 11th May, bringing the world of comicbooks and superheroes to the town to celebrate sequential art and storytelling

• In Review: Mancunian #1

  By John Freeman on April 20, 2019

  

  Published by Volcano Comics Created and Edited by Brian M. Clarke and John JJ Jackson Art by John JJ Jackson, Colour by David Robinson, Spot Art by Nick H. Jackson, Back Cover by John Royle Out: Now – available from… Read More ›

• Petition calls for arts funding support for British Comics on a par with Opera

  By John Freeman on April 19, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  The UK has a long tradition of making good comic books. Yet since the 1980s, sales of comics in newsagents, while still stronger than some magazine sectors, have declined drastically. Comic creator Sean Michael Wilson – author of the upcoming graphic novel The Many Not the Few with artist Robert Brown, introduced by Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn, is calling for better funding support for comic art projects to encourage creators.

• Replacing Eagle: The Comics That Didn’t Make It – Part 4 Another Eureka

  By Jeremy Briggs on April 19, 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  This series of articles by Jeremy Briggs covers the dummy comics that were created through the years as potential ‘modern’ versions of the original Eagle comic from the 1950s and 1960s, none of which ever made it to newsagents’ shelves…. Read More ›

• Giles “Grandma” and family head to the stage in a new musical

  By John Freeman on April 19, 2019

  

  Are you a fan of the cartoons of Carl Giles, best known for his work for the Daily and Sunday Express? Then you might like to know his characters – yes, including his often terrifying Grandma – are being brought to life in in a new musical, opening at the New Wolsey Theatre in Ipswich next week

• Vice Press launch E.T. – The Extra-Terrestrial limited edition posters “timed sale”

  By John Freeman on April 19, 2019

  

  Vice Press have just announced a new partnership with ISH, Bottleneck Gallery, Andrea Alvin and the John Alvin Estate that will see the release of some classic film poster reproductions originally created by a John Alvin, starting with a classic – E.T. – The Extra-Terrestrial

• Flash Gordon 40th Anniversary movie figures in the works from BIG Chief Studios

  By John Freeman on April 18, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  BIG Chief Studios Ltd – the company also behind some smashing Doctor Who and Thunderbirds figures – has announced a licensing deal with Hearst Holdings, King Features Syndicate Division, via Allsorts Licensing, to produce a range of high-end collectables based… Read More ›

• Replacing Eagle: The Comics That Didn’t Make It – Part 3 Eureka

  By Jeremy Briggs on April 18, 2019

  

  This series of articles by Jeremy Briggs covers the dummy comics that were created through the years as potential ‘modern’ versions of the original Eagle comic from the 1950s and 1960s, none of which ever made it to newsagents’ shelves…. Read More ›

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