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• Creating Comics: Artist Paul McCaffrey, artist on the new Joe 90 comic from Network

  By John Freeman on March 20, 2019

  

  Following up on our news item about Volume 4 of Network‘s Joe 90 Blu-Ray collections, which features a brand-new comic featuring art from acclaimed comics artist Paul McCaffrey, we’ve pinned him up against BIG RAT to ask him about the project…. Read More ›

• Giant Guns and a Fighting Jazzman – all part of the Commando experience!

  By John Freeman on March 20, 2019

  

  Commando Issues 5211-5214 are out this Thursday and on sale in all good newsagents and across various digital platforms from DC Thomson Media.

• Jump on Board: Latest 2000AD offers all-new Thrills

  By John Freeman on March 20, 2019

  

  There’s a cracking issue of 2000AD on sale now in all good UK newsagents and comic shops – and digital platforms – with all-new stories starting throughout, offering a great chance to either start reading the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic, or… Read More ›

• Kids look forward to “Cities of the Future” in nationwide LEGOLAND Discovery Centre competition

  By John Freeman on March 20, 2019

  

  Children from across the UK have been predicting how we will live in 200 years, and it’s safe to say the next generation has some imaginative – and refreshingly positive – ideas about how we will be living in the… Read More ›

• Final Joe 90 Blu-Ray features all-new comic!

  By John Freeman on March 19, 2019

  

  Volume 4 of Network‘s Joe 90 Blu-Ray collections of the Gerry Anderson series features the final six episodes, beautifully remastered in HD, and a brand-new comic featuring art from acclaimed comics artist Paul McCaffrey. The special Blu-Ray also features a brand-new… Read More ›

• Tim Pilcher reveals more about Breakthrough project for new comic creators

  By John Freeman on March 19, 2019

  

  On the latest episode of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast, editor and publisher Tim Pilcher talks about the new, recently launched Breakthrough project, aimed at encouraging new and upcoming comics talent. Tim is running Breakthrough for the Lakes… Read More ›

• Fearless and Fantastic! exhibition continues at London’s Orbital Comics

  By John Freeman on March 18, 2019

  

  Running until the end of March, London’s Orbital Comics is hosting an exhibition of pages from publisher DK’s latest title Fearless and Fantastic! — a who’s-who of female Marvel superhero character profiles. This collection profiles dozens of aspirational female comic-book… Read More ›

• Latest BACK ISSUE magazine delves into comics’ Alternate Realities

  By John Freeman on March 18, 2019

  

  Available now to order from Twomorrow Publishing: BACK ISSUE #111, the “Alternate Realities” issue, cover-featuring the 20th anniversary of Alex Ross and Jim Krueger’s Marvel Earth X. Also: star-loaded looks back at Marvel’s What If?, Bronze Age DC Imaginary Stories,… Read More ›

• Portsmouth Comic Con team hint at 2020 show in the works as second event nears

  By John Freeman on March 18, 2019

  

  It’s only six weeks until the second Portsmouth Comic Con and its two content producers, Joel Meadows and Andrew Colman, have been talking about the upcoming event, and plans for the future… downthetubes: Were you surprised by the reaction to… Read More ›

• In the Spotlight: Marvel UK’s European Comic Reprints

  By John Freeman on March 18, 2019

  

  Over on his Boys Adventure Comics Blog, downthetubes contributor Richard Sheaf has highlighted the inclusion of a strip from Le Lombard‘s Franco-Belgian Tintin comic magazine in a short-lived Marvel UK comic. It’s an example of European reprint by the company,… Read More ›

• Oor Wullie heads to Dundee Rep for Christmas

  By John Freeman on March 17, 2019

  

  Jings, Crivvens, Help Ma Boab! Scotland’s cheekiest, spiky-haired scamp Oor Wullie is back for Christmas at Dundee Rep! The only question is – where’s his bucket?!

• Blade Runner 2019 Cover Reveal!

  By John Freeman on March 16, 2019

  

  Titan Comics have unveiled a fresh look at Blade Runner 2019 with their first cover reveal for  the brand-new comic, set during the exact timeframe of the original Blade Runner film. Created by the legendary, multi-talented Stanley “Artgerm” Lau, the… Read More ›

• Doctor Who: Panel to Panel goes retro!

  By John Freeman on March 15, 2019

  

  Episode #109 of Doctor Who: Panel to Panel is live

• Etherington Brothers launch Kickstarter for new “How to THINK when you draw” collection

  By John Freeman on March 15, 2019

  

  The Etherington Brothers Kickstarter for How to THINK when you draw tutorials Book Two (and a reprint of Book One, Lorenzo Etherington’s sketchbook trilogy and a reprint of The Art of Stranski) is now live. Many of these books are exclusively only available as part of this Kickstarter, and won’t be available anywhere else (online, in shops, Amazon etc) this year.

• Support Red Nose Day… the Mekon Commands It!

  By John Freeman on March 15, 2019

  

  The illustrious leader of the Treens commands your support of Red Nose Day… via this cheeky cartoon from Commando, Dan Dare and Charlotte Corday artist Keith Page!

• Crowdfunding Spotlight: UNSTOPPABLE

  By John Freeman on March 15, 2019

  

  ArmageDoom Factory studio is in the final hours of raising funds for UNSTOPPABLE, an original action-packed “GreatSwordPunk” graphic novel set in a dark fantasy world, written by novelist Daniele Bonfanti, with art by 2000AD artist Stefano Cardosell, coloured by Aftershock colourist Patrizia Comino… and it looks flippin’ amazing.

• World’s Greatest Cartoonists create Heroes!, a new comic for Alder Hey Children’s Hospital patients

  By John Freeman on March 15, 2019

  

  Liverpool Lions Club have teamed up with some of the world’s best known cartoonists to produce a new comic book, HEROES!, for the patients of Alder Hey Children’s Hospital.

• Find out more about Brazilian comics, for free!

  By John Freeman on March 14, 2019

  

  A special free lecture by artist and Festival organiser Rafael Coutinho on Independent Comics in Brazil takes place later this month at the Embassy of Brazil in London. Brazil’s comics scene is livelier than ever. Festivals are flourishing across the… Read More ›

• Lost Marvel UK Projects: Mutator, created by Paul Neary and Tom DeFalco

  By John Freeman on March 13, 2019

  

  During the tail end of the busy period in the 1990s when Marvel UK was developing numerous projects for the US Direct Sales market, one of the last unpublished proposed series was Mutator, which we’ve brought to a little bit… Read More ›

• In Memoriam: Dave Reeder, magazine editor and comics collector

  By John Freeman on March 13, 2019 • ( 3 )

  

  Last month, I was shocked to learn of the passing of longtime comics and music collector, writer, journalist and longtime magazine editor Dave Reeder in November 2018 after a long battle with various health issues

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