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• Will Simpson, Lyndon Webb deliver new covers for 2000AD-inspired Sector 13 reprints

  By John Freeman on August 13, 2019

  

  Issue Four of the Belfast-based non-profit 2000AD fanzine Sector 13 is getting a reprint – with a stunning Venus Bluegenes cover by top artist Will Simpson. The reprint follows the near sell out of Issue Four at the Lawless convention… Read More ›

• Coming Soon: The 77

  By John Freeman on August 13, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  A new independent comics anthology is in the works from a team of disparate comic creators united by their admiration for one comic – 2000AD. 20 creators are busy with collaborations for The 77, edited by Ben K Sy, and… Read More ›

• Jonathan Cape/Observer/Comica Graphic short story prize 2019 launched

  By John Freeman on August 12, 2019

  

  The Jonathan Cape/Observer/Comica Graphic short story prize, which celebrates its 12th birthday this year, is now open for entries

• Isn’t it about time the 1980’s Dan Dare stories were collected?

  By John Freeman on August 12, 2019 • ( 4 )

  

  The 1980s Dan Dare stories came up in discussion over the weekend, which prompted me to suggest that if fans wanted to see them reprinted, then they needed to write to Titan Comics, who currently hold the license to republish… Read More ›

• HighVisFest back next month

  By John Freeman on August 12, 2019

  

  Digbeth’s free street arts/graffiti free festival HighVisFest is back and ready to paint the town red, blue and every colour in-between on 7th September – and includes a number of comic creators as guests at a “Pop Up Comic Con”… Read More ›

• In Review: The Vigilant – Legacy

  By John Freeman on August 10, 2019

  

  The Vigilant – Legacy Writer: Simon Furman Artists: Will Sliney (Opening Pages) and Simon Coleby Colour: Len O’Grady Lettering: Simon Bowland “Doctor Sin – Tribunal” Writer: Simon Furman Art: Jake Lynch Colour: john Charles Letters: Oz Includes character background features… Read More ›

• A Life Beyond Comics: artist David Pugh releases first novel

  By John Freeman on August 10, 2019

  

  Former comic artist David Pugh – whose many credits include “Dan Dare” for Eagle,”Slaine” for 2000AD and “Loner” for Wildcat, and, in the US, Neil Gaiman’s Phage: Shadowdeath, written by Bryan Talbot – has published his first novel, Dharma Sutra

• Comics covered at upcoming Colour and British Visual Culture Symposium

  By John Freeman on August 9, 2019 • ( 3 )

  

  If you’re in Norwich on Friday 6th September, comic artist David Roach – author of Rebellion’s upcoming Masters of British Comic Art – is a guest at the Colour and British Visual Culture Symposium. David will be giving a talk… Read More ›

• Gala Premieres announced for “Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor”

  By John Freeman on August 9, 2019

  

  Reeltime Pictures have announced two gala premieres for their new SF series Sil and the Devil Seeds of Arodor starring Doctor Who villain Sil, the deliciously wicked character created by Philip Martin and played by Nabil Shaban. Sil and the… Read More ›

• Bunty and Misty artist John Armstrong “Life Studies” on eBay

  By John Freeman on August 9, 2019

  

  More of Misty comics artist John Armstrong‘s  life studies artworks created in the 1940s, are up for sale now on eBay. I’m selling the work on behalf of John’s family, and here is a selection what’s on offer in this second John… Read More ›

• Talking Manga: An Interview with British Museum curator Nicole Coolidge Rousmaniere

  By John Freeman on August 8, 2019

  

  Holly Rose Swinyard, editor of The Cosplay Journal, recently sat down with Nicole Coolidge Rousmaniere, curator of the British Museum’s Manga Exhibition, which runs until 26th August 2019, and has kindly shared part of their interview with downthetubes as a… Read More ›

• Beano artist Dudley D. Watkins early artwork surfaces on eBay

  By John Freeman on August 8, 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  An early artwork by “Oor Wullie” and Beano artist Dudley D. Watkins is currently up for sale on eBay. Picturing two Elizabethan gentlemen, bidding starts at £250 and the auctions runs until lunchtime next Thursday (15th August 2019). The art… Read More ›

• New Doctor Who Magazine Special celebrates Target Books

  By John Freeman on August 8, 2019

  

  Those of you interested in Doctor Who art may want to pick up the latest Doctor Who Magazine Special (Issue 53), dedicated to Target Books, on sale now in all good newsagents, featuring a cover by Chris Achilleos. Considered a… Read More ›

• Sneak Peek: Pete Wallbank’s “Pyramids of Mars” Doctor Who cover for INFINITY

  By John Freeman on August 8, 2019

  

  Artist Pete Wallbank, who cut his teeth in the world of professional illustration on Doctor Who Magazine, has returned to the Time Lord’s adventures with a stunning cover for an upcoming issue of Infinity magazine, delivering a stunning montage focusing… Read More ›

• Early “Prince Valiant” art by Hal Foster sells for over £33,000

  By John Freeman on August 8, 2019

  

  The “Prince Valiant” newspaper made its debut on 13th February 1937, an epic adventure and romantic fantasy created by Hal Foster for 35 years. Earlier this month, the tenth episode sold for $40,800 (just over £33,500) on Heritage Auctions. Realistic… Read More ›

• Sanctioned “Scarfolk Annual” on its way

  By John Freeman on August 8, 2019

  

  As some know, but perhaps wish they didn’t, Scarfolk is a lost town in North West England that did not progress beyond 1979. Instead, the entire decade of the 1970s loops ad infinitum. It is a national mystery whose artefacts, occasionally uncovered and reported online, are often both horrifying but at the same time, dangerously fascinating – and now a facsimile of one of them, a Scarfolk Annual, is about to be released…

• Rare vintage Fairylite Thunderbirds figures feature in latest Aston’s auction

  By John Freeman on August 7, 2019

  

  Nestling among the almost 500 lots of toy cars and model railways in the latest Aston’s Auctioneers Toy and Model Railway Auction, taking place next Tuesday, are a couple of vintage Thunderbirds rarities produced by Fairylite that might just catch… Read More ›

• South Africa’s Supa Strikas comic and animated show set for global boost?

  By John Freeman on August 7, 2019

  

  Football comics have a long and proud tradition around the world, not just here in the UK where we’ve enjoyed Roy of the Rovers for over 65 years. Artist Steve McGarry documented many of them in the brilliant Playing for… Read More ›

• Lakes Festival Focus 2019: An Interview with artist Darren Cullen

  By John Freeman on August 7, 2019

  

  Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival in October, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. This first “Festival Focus” for 2019 is with satirical artist, illustrator and writer Darren… Read More ›

• First Look: “Ragtime Soldier”, a new World War One comic from Pat Mills

  By John Freeman on August 6, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  Pat Mills, creator of 2000AD and co-creator and writer of the classic World War One strip “Charley’s War” for Battle, has revealed the first page of his new anti-war story, “Ragtime Soldier“, featuring art by Gary Welsh and Phil Vaughan…. Read More ›

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