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• Crikey! collection now available to pre-order from ComicScene UK

  By John Freeman on January 8, 2019

  

  Before ComicSceneUK – available now in all good newsagents – there was a magazine which ran for 16 issues and covered all aspects of UK comic industry. Crikey! is remembered with much affection from comic fans and featured exceptional articles about UK comics during its run – and as previously reported, it’s risen from the ashes

• Join us for the Dance of the Cuckoos – Stan and Ollie

  By Joe Gordon on January 7, 2019

  

  Joe Gordon reviews the new tale of film (and comic) stars, Laurel and Hardy…

• Laurel and Hardy, the stars of British comic Film Fun for almost 30 years

  By John Freeman on January 7, 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  Laurel and Hardy may be enjoying renewed success at the box office thanks to the new film Stan & Ollie starring Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly, but they were box office stars in comics here in the UK too, thanks to… Read More ›

• Upcoming Astons auction offers rare Pinocchio poster, Moonraker gun

  By John Freeman on January 7, 2019

  

  Dudley-based auctioneers Astons have two sales of interest to downthetubes readers this month – a Toy and Railway Auction on Tuesday 15th January and an Entertainment & Memorabilia Auction including British and US comics, film posters, some James Bond film… Read More ›

• Awesome Comics Podcast Episode 183 – Looking forward to the Year Ahead

  By John Freeman on January 7, 2019

  

  It’s the first show of 2019, and the Awesome Comics Podcast team – Dan Butcher, Tony Esmond and Vince Hunt – talk about what they and the listeners are looking forward to in indie comics in the coming months. There… Read More ›

• “Dan Dare” art and more in Chris Beetles Gallery 2019 Sale

  By John Freeman on January 7, 2019

  

  A number of original Eagle comic “Dan Dare” artworks by Frank Hampson and the art team who worked on the earliest incarnation of the strip are currently being offered by the London-base Chris Beetles Gallery, as part of its “2019 Sale” of cartoons and illustrations.

• Time for an Aces (Weekly) New Year!

  By John Freeman on January 6, 2019

  

  Publisher David Lloyd would like you to subscribe to Aces Weekly. The creators drawing strips for this digital publication would like you to subscribe, too. Check out some great teasers to tease you once more…

• Comic Creator Q&A: Indie Publisher David Robertson

  By John Freeman on January 6, 2019

  

  downthetubes caught up with busy, enthusiastic experimental creator David Roberson of Fred Egg Comics just before Christmas to talk to him about his work…

• In Review: Combat Colin Issue 3 by Lew Stringer

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

  

  A review of Combat Colin #3, the latest collection of madcap strips by Lew Stringer from the pages of Marvel UK’s Transformers comic first published in 1989 and early 1990

• In Review: Doctor Who – Resolution

  By Tim Robins on January 5, 2019

  

  Review by Tim Robins First UK Broadcast: New Year’s Day 2019 Writer: Chris Chibnall Director: Wayne Yip Guest Starring: Daniel Adegboyega, Michael Ballard, Nicholas Briggs As the new year begins, a terrifying evil from across the centuries of Earth’s history… Read More ›

• Lakes Festival Podcast Looks back on 2018

  By John Freeman on January 5, 2019

  

  We may already be enjoying a big Happy New Year already resplendent with inexplicable outrage over new pastry-based products from Greggs, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t time to look back at 2018, a great year in the world of… Read More ›

• Panel to Panel: Dan Slott talks Doctor Who, Freefall Warriors in the spotlight

  By John Freeman on January 5, 2019

  

  Episode #107 of the excellent Doctor Who: Panel to Panel is live – and leads with Marvel Comics writer Dan Slott (Amazing Spider-Man, Fantastic Four) chatting with podcast host Jeremy Bement about Doctor Who comics, history, the current season and… Read More ›

• Red Range returns in “Pirates of Fireworld”

  By John Freeman on January 4, 2019

  

  Ace independent US publisher It’s Alive! has announced that Keith Lansdale, the writer who recently brought you The X-Files and Creepy stories, will unleash his imagination on the historical and somewhat Steampunk world his father, Joe R. Lansdale, created in… Read More ›

• New book lifts the lid on cream of Soviet satire

  By John Freeman on January 4, 2019

  

  A new book delving into one of the best-known examples of Soviet satire has just been published by the University Press of Mississippi. Graphic Satire in the Soviet Union: Krokodil’s Political Cartoons by John Etty lifts the lid on Krokodil, which offered some extraordinary cartoon art within a hugely propagandistic publication

• Clean Living! How Britain’s “Arrow” comic helped promote healthy teeth in the 1960s

  By Richard Sheaf on January 3, 2019

  

  I recently came across copies of a 1960s promotional comic, Gibbs Ivory Castle Arrow, which had a roster of creators that’s as impressive as regular comics of the period such as Eagle – including Captain Pugwash creator John Ryan and John… Read More ›

• When Roy of the Rovers sponsored a football club – and a look at football club programmes

  By Richard Sheaf on January 3, 2019

  

  Report by Richard Sheaf, with additional reporting by John Freeman A recent social media post by ex-Fleetway editor Barrie Tomlinson alerted me to a 1990s football programme for St. Alban’s City Football Club, featuring cover art by “Billy’s Boots” artist… Read More ›

• Sneak Peek: Rad Erwank & Conspiracy Dog by Łukasz Kowalczuk, Kek-W and Jack Teagle

  By John Freeman on January 3, 2019

  

  Rad Erwank & Conspiracy Dog is an utterly bonkers 48-page black and white comic available to pre-order now from Diamond or direct from US publisher Alternative Comics. It’s scripted by Łukasz Kowalczuk and 2000AD‘s Kek-W, with art by Jack Teagle… Read More ›

• Black Max soars again in New Year 2000AD

  By John Freeman on January 2, 2019

  

  Legendary British comics villain Black Max returned to the news stand in 2000AD last year – with some of his early adventures in Thunder and Lion from the 1970s also collected – but this week, he’s the weekly title’s cover… Read More ›

• “Mansion of Madness” studio revived?

  By John Freeman on January 2, 2019

  

  Last year, comic creators Lee Robson and Dan Hill, working with ace designer and writer Andi Ewington and others, released the horror anthology Mansion of Madness, featuring stories from some of the best and brightest creators in the comics world… Read More ›

• Latest Astonishing Spider-Man is … Carnage!

  By John Freeman on January 1, 2019

  

  Astonishing Spider-Man Volume 7 #17 is still on sale in the UK from Panini, available from all good newsagents – or on subscription. Price £4.50 for 76 arachnid action-packed pages, this Issue, released last month includes: Venomverse continues! Carnage is… Read More ›

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