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• Remembering the Daily Mirror strip “Romeo Brown”, the work of Alfred Mazure, Peter O’Donnell and Jim Holdaway

  By John Freeman on August 14, 2018

  

  A quick guide to a British newspaper gem, published by the Daily Mirror between 1954 and 1962

• Lovern Kindzierski and John Bolton’s new graphic novel “Shame – Hope” really deserves your attention

  By John Freeman on August 13, 2018

  

  A downthetubes reader dropped us a line to ask what John Bolton had been up to comics-wise recently, which gives us the chance to plug the Renegade Arts fantasy project Shame by the artist, working with writer Lovern Kindzierski. John recently did a signing… Read More ›

• Rare Ron Turner collected comics cache discovered, offered for sale

  By Richard Sheaf on August 13, 2018

  

  John Lawrence, publisher of terrific retro stripzine, Space Ace, has been in touch to say that he’s recently unearthed a small cache of the Ron Turner comics he produced in the 1980s, published by Harrier Comics. If you’re unfamiliar with… Read More ›

• Massive comic creator line up for next week’s Manchester Comic and Reading Festival

  By John Freeman on August 11, 2018

  

  There’s a great line up of guest at Manchester Comic and Reading Festival taking place next Saturday (18th August 2018) at Manchester Central Library. A free event organised by the same team that brought us the brilliant Oldham Comic Con,… Read More ›

• Overstreet Price Guide to Star Wars Collectibles out later this year

  By John Freeman on August 11, 2018

  

  Gemstone Publishing released their 48th edition of The Overstreet Comic Book Price Guide last month – a reference book full of updated US comic book prices, current market reports, new additions to the Overstreet Hall of Fame and a selection… Read More ›

• Crowdfunding Spotlight: Spacecraft 2000 to 2100 AD (40th Anniversary Reprint)

  By John Freeman on August 11, 2018

  

  A crowdfunder to celebrate a classic SF-inspired series of books has succeeded in attracting backing for a reprint of the fondly-remembered Spacecraft 2000 to 2100 AD Terran Trade Authority handbook by Stewart Cowley, to be published by Battlefield Press next… Read More ›

• A few thoughts on “The Human Beings” Issue 6 from Stuart McCune

  By Antony Esmond on August 10, 2018

  

  Created by Stuart McCune 40 pages – Full Colour Published by Millicent Barnes Publishing The Quote… “As if in a trance Maria watched the woman. For it seemed to her then that she was watching the dead still centre of… Read More ›

• British Comics Swapmeet and Mini-Mart invades Lochore in September

  By John Freeman on August 10, 2018

  

  Coming soon to Lochore, Scotland is the third British Comics Swapmeet and Mini-Mart – and the organisers have just released this terrific promotional poster, the work of artist Richard Anthony Pester. The third swapmeet is scheduled to happen on 29th… Read More ›

• New documentary celebrates the ground-breaking SF art of Chesley Bonestell

  By John Freeman on August 10, 2018

  

  Long before satellites would journey to planets and deep-space telescopes would photograph distant galaxies, there was an artist whose prescient vistas dazzled the eyes and the imagination of all who beheld them. His name was Chesley Bonestell. How could he… Read More ›

• Axa and Modesty Blaise artist Romero announces new art book

  By John Freeman on August 10, 2018

  

  Modesty Blaise and Axa artist Enric Badia Romero, still very much active, has announced a new book, Legends of Comic Women and Men of Paper, available to pre-order from him direct. It’s the latest in a line of self-published Books… Read More ›

• Comichaus Spotlight: An interview with Brethren Born creator Jon Laight

  By John Freeman on August 9, 2018

  

  Here’s the first in a series of interviews with creators whose work features on the digital comics marketplace Comichaus, in association with the platform. Midlands- based Jon Laight is a comic writer whose first comic, Brethren Born, was released in… Read More ›

• Piloting the Dan Dare Audio Adventures – Casting Dan, his Crew, and the Mekon, too!

  By downthetubes Guests on August 9, 2018

  

  Andrew Mark Sewell, Managing Director at B7 Media, reveals the background to production of the award-winning Dan Dare Audio Adventures, now airing on BBC Radio 4 Extra… “Each comic book panel was so vivid and rich in imagination, it has… Read More ›

• Scotland in the spotlight at this year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival

  By John Freeman on August 9, 2018

  

  Kendal’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival has played host to creators of many nations – and this year, the Scots will be among the nations in the spotlight over the Festival weekend in October. The weekend-long Festival will give visitors the… Read More ›

• Osprey Games Judge Dredd: The Cursed Earth card game on its way

  By John Freeman on August 8, 2018

  

  Osprey Games graphic adventure card game, Judge Dredd: The Cursed Earth still doesn’t have a release date yet but downthetubes gathers the project is proceeding apace. Announced last year, Duncan Molloy, Games Developer at Osprey Games, has worked with Rebellion to… Read More ›

• In Review: A Real Job by Alberto Madrigal

  By Antony Esmond on August 8, 2018

  

  Written and drawn by Alberto Madrigal Published digitally by Europe Comics (forst published as Un lavoro vero) 129 pages – Full Colour Release Date 15/8/2018 The Story: Javi has left Spain for Berlin. He doesn’t speak German and hardly knows anyone there…. Read More ›

• Prison breaks and ghostly soldiers stalk new Commando comics!

  By John Freeman on August 8, 2018

  

  Brand new Commando (Issues 5147-5150) are on sale this Thursday in all good newsagents and digital platforms from DC Thomson. Find the mole in the French Resistance, fight alongside the ghost of your lieutenant, escape from an American POW camp,… Read More ›

• Dinky Space: 1999 Eagles, Spider-Man cars, Stingray sweet cigarette cards and the Bionic Man, too – at auction next week

  By John Freeman on August 7, 2018

  

  Next week, Aston’s Auctioneers are hosting a massive August Toy & Model Railway Auction that includes Doctor Who, Gerry Anderson and Star Wars toys and we’ve picked out some of the items that might interest downthetubes readers. The auction includes… Read More ›

• Robbie Morrison talks Nikolai Dante and more for latest Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast

  By John Freeman on August 7, 2018

  

  Robbie Morrison, co-creator of 2000AD‘s “Nikolai Dante”, is the guest of the latest Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast – available now. Robbie discusses his work at 2000AD, starting with the Judge Dredd Megazine and the creation of Nikolai Dante and… Read More ›

• Book Palace announces updated, limited edition Modesty Blaise Companion

  By John Freeman on August 6, 2018

  

  British specialist publisher Book Palace is to publish an update to its hugely-successful Modesty Blaise Companion later this year, with additional pages, as a limited edition. The first edition of their Companion published in 2005 sold out very quickly and… Read More ›

• Crowdfunding Spotlight: Gateway City Volume One by Russell Mark Olson

  By John Freeman on August 6, 2018

  

  Regular readers of downthetubes will recall we’ve previously plugged the independent comic Gateway City created by Russell Mark Olson – and now the first four issues are to be collected into a new collection, accompanied by extra pages, new art… Read More ›

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