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• Crowdfunding Spotlight: Rodney – The Premonition by Eddie Campbell and Phil Elliott

  By John Freeman on February 2, 2019

  

  Behind the pseudonym, Charlie Trumper, Eddie Campbell and Phil Elliott created over 100 comic strips between 1984 and 1985 for the weekly music paper, Sounds… and now a collection of Rodney – The Premonition is in the works, seeking funding on Kickstarter

• Which British school will write themselves into Roy of the Rovers history?

  By John Freeman on February 1, 2019

  

  To celebrate the return of the classic Roy of the Rovers comic, the National Literacy Trust and publisher Rebellion are inviting pupils aged 8 to 12 to get creative and write a club motto for Roy Race’s iconic football team, Melchester Rovers

• Animated “The Tiger Who Came to Tea” heads to Channel 4

  By John Freeman on February 1, 2019

  

  Lupus Films has announced that Channel 4 has commissioned the new hand-drawn animated special they are co-producing with HarperCollins Children’s Books UK, of Judith Kerr’s The Tiger Who Came to Tea, which will air this Christmas.

• Rebellion’s Keith Richardson talks “Treasury of British Comics” plans, return of “The Vigilant”

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

  

  There are exciting times ahead for fans of classic British comics as 2000AD publisher Rebellion expands its “Treasury of British Comics” line in 2019, taking full advantage of the huge range of characters and comic titles it now owns, from… Read More ›

• Who’s Who on the Cover of the Cor! & Buster Special

  By John Freeman on February 1, 2019

  

  News of Rebellion’s Cor! & Buster Special (out 17th April) has gone down well with downthetubes readers and artist Neil Googe‘s cover brings the classic British comics humour characters bang up to date. But for those of you might be… Read More ›

• Rare “Bella at the Bar” artworks by John Armstrong offered on eBay

  By John Freeman on January 31, 2019

  

  Hot on the heels of the launch of a community group celebrating the life and work of Misty artist John Armstrong comes the auction of a comics rarity – some of his original artwork featuring “Bella at the Bar” from… Read More ›

• Beano launches National Jokes Competition for Schools

  By John Freeman on January 31, 2019

  

  The Beano has launched a new national joke competition to find Britain’s funniest primary school class. Pupils and teachers (on behalf of pupils) across the UK will be able submit their primary school classes’ top three jokes at www.beano.com/jokes from… Read More ›

• In Review: Glass

  By Tim Robins on January 31, 2019

  

  Reviewed by Tim Robins Director M. Night Shyamalan brings together the narratives of two of his standout originals—2000’s Unbreakable, from Touchstone, and 2016’s Split, from Universal—in one explosive, all-new comic-book thriller: Glass. Glass is another M Night Shyamalan superhero film… Read More ›

• Ken Reid Creepy Creations T-Shirts in the works – vote for your favourite now!

  By John Freeman on January 31, 2019

  

  Fans of Frankie Stein and Faceache creator Ken Reid have been clamouring for them, and now Rebellion are delivering t-shirts based on his brilliant “Creepy Creations” – but which design is best?

• Awesome Comics Podcast talks… Awesome Comics!

  By John Freeman on January 31, 2019

  

  This week the Awesome Comics Podcast gang – Dan Butcher, Tony Esmond and Vince Hunt – are talking about the work and creation of their anthology series Awesome Comics as Issue Four launches this weekend – and to help them do it, they’re joined by Tom Stewart from the brilliant podcast That Comic Smell

• Sounds Good! ComicScene UK magazine announces Podcast plans, Cam Kennedy interviewed

  By John Freeman on January 31, 2019

  

  ComicScene UK – the new monthly magazine dedicated to comics and comic culture – is to launch a fortnightly podcast on Tuesday 5th February, presented by Phillip Vaughn and produced at the University of Dundee

• Robot Archie’s Dutch Adventures as “Der Man van Staal”

  By John Freeman on January 30, 2019

  

  Robot Archie – now owned by Rebellion – is an iconic character that must surely be in the running for collection next year, but did you know he was possibly as popular in Holland as he was here, and like… Read More ›

• Easter Delight! All-new Cor! & Buster Special out in April

  By John Freeman on January 29, 2019

  

  We’ll have more on the Cor! & Buster Special out this April from Rebellion soon – there’s plenty to tell you – but for now, here’s an item drawing on the official Previews information for this brand new British humour comic. With… Read More ›

• Life and work of Misty artist John Armstrong celebrated

  By John Freeman on January 28, 2019

  

  A colour copy of John Armstrong’s cover for a fan-published special dedicated to girls comic Misty, published in 2006 by A new Facebook group dedicated to British girls comic artist John Armstrong has just gone public with the support of… Read More ›

• When “Trigan Empire” almost went Hollywood

  By John Freeman on January 28, 2019

  

  Richard Fleischer, son of animator/producer Max Fleischer, was an American film director known for such films as The Narrow Margin (1952), Fantastic Voyage (1966), Soylent Green (1973) and The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire… Wait, what? I know… Read More ›

• Brand Promotion? New Product to plug? Call a comic artist!

  By John Freeman on January 28, 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  Back in 1984, the corn-based snack food KP Outer Spacers was rebranded as KP Alien Spacers – and to promote them, alongside TV ads, 2000AD and Bogey Man artist Robin Smith was hired to draw a series of advertorial comic… Read More ›

• Eagle Cutaways by Roy Cross recalled in Constant Scale magazine

  By John Freeman on January 27, 2019

  

  The latest issue of Constant Scale, the journal of the Airfix Collectors Club, features an article by downthetubes contributor Jeremy Briggs about the 1950s and 1960s Eagle comic cutaways by artist Roy Cross, the Club’s Honorary President.

• Stunning graphic novel telling origins of the SAS out in September

  By John Freeman on January 27, 2019

  

  War comics seem to be getting a new lease of life right now. Following up on DC Thomson’s release of their full colour Commando Presents Ramsey’s Raiders volume, and the serialised release of Battle Presents: Operation Overlord with the latest… Read More ›

• £1.3 million raised by UK comic creators through Kickstarter in 2018

  By John Freeman on January 26, 2019

  

  Crowdfunding platform Kickstarter PBC has announced that 2018 was a record-breaking year in its Comics category, with $16 million (over £12 million) pledged to projects from independent creators around the globe, including some great UK- based projects – and many artists of colour and LGBTQ creators who have traditionally been under represented in the industry.

• Awesome Comics Podcast 185: Getting ‘Away’ with Comics – with Grant Richards

  By John Freeman on January 26, 2019

  

  The artist on the graphic novel Away, Grant Richards, joins the Awesome Comics Podcast crew – Dan Butcher, Tony Esmond and Vince Hunt – to talk about his amazing artwork, processes and upcoming projects for the year ahead. There’s also… Read More ›

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