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• Missing Believed Wiped – 25th Birthday Bonanza at London’s BFI

  By John Freeman on November 5, 2018

  

  The BFI will celebrate Missing Believed Wiped’s 25th birthday on 15th December at BFI Southbank, London, with a treasure of television riches that includes the premiere of a new Doctor Who animated “missing episode” and a Basil Brush rarity, too. Reflecting on… Read More ›

• Graphic novel “Illegal” nominated for Carnegie Medal and the Kate Greenaway Medal

  By John Freeman on November 5, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  Nominations have just been published for the country’s oldest children’s book awards, the Carnegie Medal and the Kate Greenaway Medal – and both lists include nominations for Illegal, the graphic novel written by former Irish Children’s Laureate Eoin Colfer and children’s author… Read More ›

• Animate Europe 2019 comics competition launched, asking what are the benefits of the EU?

  By John Freeman on November 5, 2018

  

  What does the European Union mean to you? What are its benefits? In these turbulent times, the latest Animate Europe competition is challenging comic creators worldwide to come up with a comic addressing the value of the EU – and four finalists… Read More ›

• “Constant Scale” offers artist Roy Cross “Dogfight Doubles” guide

  By John Freeman on November 4, 2018

  

  The latest issue of the Airfix Collectors’ Club magazine Constant Scale is out with an updated version of downthetubes contributor Jeremy Briggs article on Eagle/Swift artist Roy Cross’ Airfix “Dogfight Doubles” kit series getting the cover. The article originally featured… Read More ›

• TV’s “The Avengers” wish you a Happy Christmas, thanks to Art & Hue!

  By John Freeman on November 3, 2018

  

  Send friends & loved ones stylish greeting cards this Christmas with some festive collection by Art & Hue – including cheery well wishes from TV’s The Avengers! Featuring actresses in a yule mood, Art & Hue’s Christmas cards are ideal… Read More ›

• November’s Judge Dredd Megazine to honour Carlos Ezquerra with bagged collection

  By John Freeman on November 3, 2018

  

  The next issue of Judge Dredd Megazine – Issue 402 – will pay tribute to late co-creator of Judge Dredd and Strontium Dog, Carlos Ezquerra, with collection of stories from across his 40-year career with the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic, 2000AD…. Read More ›

• Kickaround magazine offers Roy of the Rovers “Scouted” subscription incentive

  By Richard Sheaf on November 3, 2018

  

  It’s a big week for Roy of the Rovers fans as any decent newsagent will have two magazines that you’ll want to pick up… First up is Match of the Day magazine (Issue 529 – cover dated 30th October –… Read More ›

• “Miss Potato Head And Friends” comics exhibition opens in Lancaster

  By John Freeman on November 2, 2018

  

  An award- winning comics project helping young people to improve their literacy is being celebrated with an exhibition in Lancaster – and will then go on tour around Lancashire. The Comic Literacy Project is part of The Dukes Cultural Partnership… Read More ›

• Superman lives here – honest!

  By downthetubes Guests on November 2, 2018

  

  Way back in the late 1990s, I was working on a potential new publication along the lines of Starburst and INFINITY for Titan, which never happened, but I did commission a small amount of material for a “dummy”, including this… Read More ›

• Eoin Colfer and Andrew Donkin’s stunning graphic novel “Illegal” on Red Dot Awards Short List

  By John Freeman on November 2, 2018

  

  Illegal, the brilliant graphic novel written by former Irish Children’s Laureate Eoin Colfer and children’s author and graphic novelist Andrew Donkin, illustrated by Italian artist, Giovanni Rigano, is among the short-listed books in this year’s Red Dot student choice book awards, an… Read More ›

• Batmobile Cutaways: Batman Classic TV Series released – complete with die-cast model

  By John Freeman on November 2, 2018

  

  Hero Collector has just released a one of a kind custom cutaway book of every vehicle from the original Batman TV series, packaged with a die-cast model of the iconic 1966 Batmobile, written by Richard Jackson, Alan Cowsill and James Hill… Read More ›

• Fair Spark Books announces new book series featuring John Celestri’s “Snuffy and Zoey”

  By John Freeman on November 2, 2018

  

  Fair Spark Books has announced a new all-ages book series, launching next February – Snuffy and Zoey, by John Celestri, a series originally developed as a possible mobile game and also feature on the veteran animator’s YouTube Channel. You may think… Read More ›

• In Review: Doctor Who: Thirteenth Doctor #1 – A New Beginning

  By John Freeman on November 1, 2018 • ( 2 )

  

  Doctor Who: Thirteenth Doctor #1 Writer: Jody Houser Artists: Rachael Stott, Enrica Eren Angiolini Publisher: Titan Comics FC, $3.99, 32pp, On sale: 7th November 2018 With 13 Variant Covers – full details here The Book: Experience mind-blowing challenges and dynamic… Read More ›

• In Review: Doctor Who – Arachnids In The UK

  By downthetubes Guests on November 1, 2018

  

  WARNING – SPOILERS AHEAD… Review by Paul Mount First UK Broadcast: Sunday 28th October 2018 Writer: Chris Chibnall Director: Sallie Aprahamian Guest Starring: Chris Noth (Robertson) and Shobna Gulati (Najia Khan) ‘Something’s happening with the spiders in this city.’ The… Read More ›

• Latest Lakes Festival Podcast comes crammed with creator interviews!

  By John Freeman on November 1, 2018

  

  The latest Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast comes brimming with interviews from the annual Lakes International Comic Art Festival in Kendal, conducted by co-hosts Ian Loxam and Nikki Bates. “We chat about how the show was for us, what we… Read More ›

• In Review: Dogbreath 35

  By John Freeman on November 1, 2018

  

  Wrapped in a stunning cover from Stewart Davies and Darren Stephens, Dogbreath 35 – the latest issue of the longest-running 2000AD fanzine – is available now from Futurequake Press (as is Zarjaz 32, which I’ll try and review later this week… Read More ›

• Third season of Castlevania on its way to Netflix, scripted by Warren Ellis

  By John Freeman on November 1, 2018

  

  Hot on the heels of Season Two, a third, 10 episode, season of animated medieval fantasy Castlevania is on its way to Netflix, again scripted by Warren Ellis. The Castlevania anime, based on the Konami video game, pits a grief-crazed Dracula (voiced by Graham McTavish)… Read More ›

• Horace Panter: The Beano 80th Birthday Collection opens in Harrogate

  By John Freeman on November 1, 2018

  

  An exhibition of Horace Panter‘s Beano-inspired pop art opens in Harrogate later this month, at the RedHouse Originals Gallery. 2018 marks the 80th birthday of legendary comic The Beano and to celebrate, Beano Studios invited Horace Panter to produce a new… Read More ›

• Exclusive Preview: Ron Turner’s Tit-Bits SF Comics

  By John Freeman on October 31, 2018

  

  Earlier this week, we ran our review of the penultimate issue of Ron Turner’s Space Ace (Volume 11). Well, we have an exclusive look at a new vintage comics project from publisher John Lawrence, again featuring Ron Turner’s work –… Read More ›

• How Commando publisher DC Thomson pioneered wartime family drama in comics

  By John Freeman on October 31, 2018

  

  Long before “Charley’s War” in Battle, and the latest Commando mini-series, “The Weekes’ War” Dundee-based comics publisher DC Thomson pioneered the idea of seeing war through the eyes of different members of the same family in comics – all serving simultaneously on… Read More ›

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