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• ComicScene’s first monthly issue on sale now, Sainsbury’s take copies too

  By John Freeman on February 24, 2019

  

  The first monthly issue of ComicScene Magazine, featuring a classic Roy of the Rovers cover, is on sale now. The title is available from comic shops, all good newsagents by order, WHSmith, McColls and Easons (in Ireland) and 400 selected Sainsbury’s supermarkets – and I’m honoured to be part of it.

• Who was Ian Kennedy’s Space Captain Dave Garratt?

  By Jeremy Briggs on February 24, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  (Originally posted 29 March 2016 – updated 24 February 2019) There is a little known science fiction comics character called Dave Garratt who appeared in at least three of the Collins Boys’ Annuals published by William Collins Sons And Co… Read More ›

• Crowdfunding Spotlight and Sneak Peek: Cthulhu Kids #2

  By John Freeman on February 24, 2019

  

  Imagine what a school for the offspring of the creatures of the Cthulhu Mythos would be like… well, actually, you dont have to, because that’s exactly what small-press comic creators Peter Duncan and Andrew Pawley have done. Their wonderful Cthulhu Kids comic is the result, and a second Issue is in the pipeline, crowdfunding permitting.

• Build Your Own Saturn V!

  By John Freeman on February 23, 2019

  

  Prepare for the launch of your very own Apollo 11, months before the anniversary launch and moon landing date! Designed and made in Denmark, Plus-Plus is a building brick toy that lets you create 3D masterpieces,  models can be as… Read More ›

• Justice League Dark artist Andres Guinaldo confirmed for Titan Comics “Blade Runner 2019” title

  By John Freeman on February 23, 2019

  

  Titan Comics and Alcon Media Group have announced that the year’s most hotly-awaited comic series will be officially titled Blade Runner 2019. Launching this summer, Titan Comics’ new series will be set during the exact timeframe of the original Blade… Read More ›

• Game of Thrones artist joins Portsmouth Comic Con line-up

  By John Freeman on February 23, 2019

  

  William ‘Will’ Simpson, the lead storyboard artist behind the TV adaptation of George R. R. Martin’s fantasy epic, Game of Thrones, is the latest guest to be announced in a stellar line up for this year’s Portsmouth Comic Con –… Read More ›

• Beano heads to Comics Salopia in June

  By John Freeman on February 23, 2019

  

    Dundee-based comics publisher DC Thomson and Beano Studios are adept at promoting Beano in the national media, the result a steady growth in sale over the past few years. They’ve run some high profile promotional events too, at the… Read More ›

• Tea-Time Rendezvous: Thought Bubble moves from Leeds to Harrogate for 2019

  By John Freeman on February 22, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  Thought Bubble has announced major changes for its Festival later this year, moving the event from Leeds to Harrogate – a Yorkshire spa town famous for Betty’s Tea Rooms, RHS Harlow Carr Gardens and renovated Royal Baths development –  and announcing… Read More ›

• Paying it Forward: The Road to the Breakthrough Project by Tim Pilcher

  By downthetubes Guests on February 21, 2019

  

  Breakthrough project co-ordinator Tim Pilcher talks about the people who helped him find his feet in the comics industry, and how that has led to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival’s innovative new project to develop new comics talent… As… Read More ›

• Lakes Festival’s Breakthrough project aims to find the future of comics

  By John Freeman on February 21, 2019

  

  The Lakes International Comic Art Festival has launched its ambitious Breakthrough project, which aims to give under-represented individuals a chance to express themselves through the medium of comics. Breakthrough is an 18-month mentoring initiative co-ordinated by writer, publisher and editor… Read More ›

• In Review: Guantánamo Kid

  By Joe Gordon on February 21, 2019

  

  Guantánamo Kid: The True Story of Mohammed El-Gharani Jérôme Tubiana and Alexandre Franc SelfMadeHero Life in the insanely oil-rich kingdom of Saudi Arabia may be great, if you are rich and male and Saudi. If you are a teenage Muslim… Read More ›

• Crowdfunding Spotlight: “The Hammer” by Simon and Kieran Squires

  By John Freeman on February 21, 2019

  

  Comic creator Kieran Squires gave downthetubes a heads up on his new project, The Hammer – an action-packed slams fantasy tale, reinventing Norse mythology with a savagely British sense of adventure and humour. The modest Kickstarter has just gone live and… Read More ›

• Missing Doctor Who episode “Mission to the Unknown” recreated – in Preston!

  By John Freeman on February 21, 2019

  

  “Mission to the Unknown”, a lost Doctor Who episode from 1965 has been authentically recreated by students, graduates and staff from the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) in Preston.

• British Comic Artist and Inker Cam Smith among this year’s Inkwell Award nominees

  By John Freeman on February 20, 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  We’re delighted to report British comic book artist and inker Cam Smith – known for his work at Marvel UK, 2000AD and for US publishers – has been nominated for an Inkwell Award – and there are other British nominees, too. The… Read More ›

• British Comic Sales Figures, Winners and Losers (July – December 2018): Beano continues to shine

  By John Freeman on February 20, 2019

  

  The latest sales figures for some comics and children’s magazines available on the UK news stand for the second half of 2018 have been published by the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) – and there’s good news in particular for the Beano… Read More ›

• Space hero Jet Ace Logan returns in new limited edition collection

  By John Freeman on February 20, 2019

  

  Book Palace Books are working in partnership with Rebellion to publish a number of limited edition “Fleetway Picture Library Classics” comic collections, bringing strips such as “Jet Ace Logan” back into the limelight.
  These collections are in addition to their ongoing Illustrators magazine, which will highlight work of artists such as 2000AD’s John Michael Burns and others.

• Will Munch Cats! lead the way and bring an end to polybagged comics on the news stand?

  By John Freeman on February 19, 2019

  

  For those of you fed up with magazines for your kids wrapped in plastic, complete with plastic tat toy, a new magazine launched for 5-10 year olds called Munch Cats! might just be what you’re looking for.

• Rebellion to release “Battle Presents: Operation Overlord” war story as direct sales title

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

  

  Rebellion’s Battle imprint is to bring stories of the beaches of Normandy in 1944 to the direct comics market with Operation: Overlord #1. The international best-selling graphic novel series by writers Michael Le Galli and Bruna Falba, with stunning art by Star… Read More ›

• “War Across Europe” launches in new Commando comic!

  By John Freeman on February 19, 2019

  

  Brand new issues of DC Thomson’s Commando (5203 – 5206) are out this Thursday, on sale in all good newsagents across the UK – and on digital platforms. Get ready for revenge in the desert, a train heist in Nazi-occupied… Read More ›

• Royal Mail goes MARVEL mad with Special Issue by Alan Davis and Neil Edwards

  By John Freeman on February 19, 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  With Captain Marvel in cinemas in a couple of weeks and Avengers: Endgame hot on its heels, it should be no surprise the Royal Mail has turned its hand to a Marvel-inspired Special Issue stamp release – and artists Alan Davis… Read More ›

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