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• 1970s “Flying Furies”, The Aeronauts, recalled

  By John Freeman on July 31, 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  Picking up on our recent story about Tales from Europe, The Singing, Ringing Tree and The White Horses, who remembers The Aeronauts… or as older readers might remember them, from Lion comic – “The Flying Furies“? Not to be confused… Read More ›

• TV Flashback: The White Horses, Tales from Europe and The Singing Ringing Tree

  By John Freeman on July 31, 2019

  

  A discussion about the haunting 1957 East German film The Singing Ringing Tree, first broadcast in the UK in the 1960s by the BBC in a serial format, led me back to the BBC’s Tales from Europe shows of the… Read More ›

• “Van Helsing’s Terror Tales” softback edition available now

  By John Freeman on July 31, 2019

  

  Author, comics and magazine publisher Dez Skinn has released a new softback edition of his  “Van Helsing’s Terror Tales“, featuring strips first published in House of Hammer back in the 1970s. Dez released a limietd edition hardback edition back in… Read More ›

• Rebellion Round Up: 2000AD Prog 2142, a new Judges Novella and more

  By John Freeman on July 30, 2019

  

  Here’s a guide to Rebellion releases for this week and beyond, opening with 2000AD Prog 2142, which comes with a crazily creepy Cthulu-inspired cover from Adam Brown to lead us into “Indigo Prime: Fall of the House of Vista”, on… Read More ›

• 2000 AD’s latest Art Stars Competition has fans wondering if “Halo Jones” will return

  By John Freeman on July 30, 2019

  

  2000AD has challenged readers to draw one of its best known female heroines, Halo Jones, in its latest Art Stars competition – surely no easy task given Ian Gibson’s iconic look. Unsurprisingly, it got some fans wondering if 2000 AD… Read More ›

• The Beano is now 81 – here’s a look back at the comic’s 50th birthday!

  By John Freeman on July 30, 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  The Beano celebrated its 81st birthday recently, the first issue published with a cover date of 26th July 1938 – but that date isn’t it’s actual birthday, and neither are the cover dates for other British comics, either… Most would… Read More ›

• In Review: Edge of Extinction #3

  By John Freeman on July 30, 2019

  

  Written by Baden James Mellonie Art and Letters by Paul Peart-Smith Covers by Stephen Sampson (also known as Steve Sampson), David Millgate, Ryan Brown and Huy Truong Published by Eighth Continent Publishing Note: Some strong language as zombies try to… Read More ›

• Crowdfunding Spotlight: New comics publisher Body Parts launches first anthology, The Seas, on Kickstarter

  By John Freeman on July 30, 2019

  

  Independent comics publisher Body Parts has just launched a crowdfunder for its first anthology, The Seas, on Kickstarter, which I’ve had a sneak peek at – and it looks great. Offering new strips by a diverse range of international creators,… Read More ›

• Strip! Focus: “The Man from Cancer”, aka The Rockpool Files

  By downthetubes Guests on July 29, 2019 • ( 3 )

  

  Luke Williams takes a look back at The Man from Cancer, first published in Marvel UK’s STRIP! anthology – a creator-owned strip by Glenn Dakin and Phil Elliott, still fondly remembered today… Possibly long forgotten, but not by this geek,… Read More ›

• Mark Stafford’s love story, Kangkangee Blues, gets British publication

  By John Freeman on July 29, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  The Lakes International Comic Art Festival is to publish a new edition of Mark’s Stafford‘s comic Kangkangee Blues, a tragic love story produced at the behest of the British Council as one of their collaborative artistic endeavours. One of several… Read More ›

• French Hugo Pratt Part Work continues, 70 ”Tout Pratt” books planned

  By John Freeman on July 28, 2019

  

  Following up on the downthetubes news item on Rebellion’s upcoming series of oversize Picture Library reprints centring on the British War comics work of award-winning Italian artist Hugo Pratt, you may be interested to know that French publisher Altalya is running a planned 70-book part work featuring that aims to reprint all his published stories

• Rebellion launch new oversize Hugo Pratt war comic reprints next year

  By John Freeman on July 27, 2019

  

  Fans of Corto Maltese creator and artist Hugo Pratt have welcomed news of Rebellion’s over-sized reprints of his 1960s British war comic work. This should be good news for fans of his work, as good quality editions of the original Picture Library comics can be hard to find

• Heritage Auction details Science Fiction Collection of Glynn and Suzanne Crain sale

  By John Freeman on July 27, 2019

  

  A collection of 461 lots from the finest and most extensive group of mid-century American science fiction art will be brought to auction for the first time when Heritage Auctions presents The Glynn and Suzanne Crain Science Fiction Collection Auction,… Read More ›

• Misty comics artist John Armstrong “Life Studies” Sale on eBay

  By John Freeman on July 27, 2019

  

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

• Official 2020 “Fantasy Worlds of Irwin Allen” available now

  By John Freeman on July 27, 2019

  

  If you’re a fan of 1960s TV shows such as Lost in Space, Land of the Giants or Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, then the The Fantasy Worlds of Irwin Allen – 2020 Calendar may be something you’d like to check out

• In Review: Combat Colin No. 4 by Lew Stringer

  By John Freeman on July 27, 2019

  

  The Book: Reprinting the “Combat Colin” stories from The Transformers Nos. 257 to 283, Combat Colin No.4 brings you fast-paced comedy-action that takes place beneath the sea, on Mars, in the Prehistoric past and in Colin’s home town of Wallytown!… Read More ›

• New “Professor Howe” book in aid of Children in Need available now

  By John Freeman on July 27, 2019

  

  The sixth Professor Howe book from Long Scarf Publications debuted at the Doctor Who Appreciation Society’s event The Capitol in April, and is now available to order online

• Radio Luxembourg’s “Dan Dare” – an unexpected Canadian Connection!

  By John Freeman on July 26, 2019 • ( 4 )

  

  downthetubes continues to track down Dan Dare-related items of ephemera and interest. One unexpected discovery is that the theme tune for the Radio Luxembourg Dan Dare radio show was also used for the 1950’s SF show Space Command, whose regular… Read More ›

• WebFind: Cold Type: The Years of Paste-Up Graphics, and the short comics career of Derek Duff

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

  

  If you’re under a certain age, you’d be forgiven for failing to recognise these tools of the trade many veteran comic creators and comics editors used to create their work. Finding an online edition of the Cold Type: The Years… Read More ›

• London Film and Comic Con offers “Creating Comics” panels

  By John Freeman on July 25, 2019

  

  As we previously reported, this weekend’s London Film and Comic Con has a huge roster of comic creators attending its show at Olympia this weekend – and they have a number of great comic-related talks, too, some definitely of interest… Read More ›

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