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• New “Eagle Times” tracks down New Eagle’s “Data File” artist, Lionel Jeans

  By John Freeman on December 21, 2018

  

  The new Eagle Times– Winter 2018 Vol. 31, Number 4 -is now available and is packed with some entertaining material on both the original and 1980s Eagle comics – including two great items on the “Data Files” cutaways that ran in the… Read More ›

• Free Comic Book Day 2019 Full List of Comic Books Announced, plus a 2000AD 99p Special!

  By John Freeman on December 21, 2018

  

  Free Comic Book Day (FCBD) 2019 features an amazing selection of comic book titles for the industry’s most anticipated annual event which happens Saturday 4th May 2019 at participating comic book shops worldwide. British publishers Rebellion and Titan Comics have… Read More ›

• Rebellion dips its toe into the “Funny Pages” with Free Comic Book Day humour title

  By John Freeman on December 20, 2018

  

  Rebellion has tapped into its funny bone for a new, all-ages Free Comic Book Day title, which marks its eighth year as a Silver Sponsor of Free Comic Book Day. Taking full of advantage of the huge number of humour… Read More ›

• Meet Hotdog and Mustard, Marc Jackson’s latest mad creations

  By John Freeman on December 20, 2018

  

  Hotdog and Mustard is the latest crazy comic caper from cartoonist Marc Jackson, the brains behind digital comic Goof! Hotdog is a big dog, Mustard is a small dog. When Mustard opens a parcel addressed to his owner Dave, what’s… Read More ›

• Transformers return in March – new comic from IDW announced

  By John Freeman on December 20, 2018

  

  US comics publisher IDW Publishing has announced that a brand-new Transformers series will debut in March 2019 that will explore the very moment when a glorious, peaceful Cybertron begins its downward spiral into chaos. Available twice monthly, IDW’s Transformers comic will be written by Brian Ruckley,… Read More ›

• This is Enid Blyton one-shot magazine on sale now from DC Thomson

  By John Freeman on December 20, 2018

  

  This almost ducked under our radar, but on sale now in all good newsagents and supermarkets is a one-shot magazine celebrating author Enid Blyton, published by DC Thomson. The adventures of The Famous Five and the mysteries of The Secret… Read More ›

• Strasbourg shooting victim honoured by comics community he loved with “Prix Bartek”

  By John Freeman on December 19, 2018

  

  Lionel Wurms, president of Alsace Bande Dessinée, and founder of the Strasbulles European Comics Festival, has announced a Call for Entries for the Prix Bartek Prize and Exhibition, in response to the murder of 36-year-old journalist and musician Barto Pedro Orent-Niedzielski,… Read More ›

• Laydeez do Comics announces Rosalind B. Penfold Prize for older comic creators

  By John Freeman on December 19, 2018

  

  Rosalind B. Penfold was aged 59 when her first graphic novel, Dragonslippers: this is what an abusive relationship looks like, was published by Penguin (Canada) in 2004. It was subsequently translated into nine languages, becoming an important resource worldwide –… Read More ›

• In Pictures: Merry Chickmas! Time for Beano Festive Fun on Fleet Street!

  By John Freeman on December 19, 2018

  

  Beano Studios have unveiled a new window display at their Fleet Street office in London, featuring a choir of singing rubber chickens to delight the public during the holiday season. Inspired by the immense popularity of rubber chicken content on… Read More ›

• Ramsey’s Raiders – Competition Winners!

  By John Freeman on December 19, 2018

  

  Last week, we gave downthetubes readers the chance to win one of three copies of the new Commando Presents: Ramsey’s Raiders (reviewed here), courtesy of DC Thomson. Here are the winners, chosen by the office cat (borrowed from Sparky, of course)…. Read More ›

• Crowdfunding Spotlight: “Acceptable Losses” by ”Pride” creator Joe Glass

  By John Freeman on December 17, 2018

  

  Acceptable Losses is the latest brand new comic one shot from The Pride creator Joe Glass, currently seeking funding on Kickstarter. Telling a powerful and shocking story of what if our own heroes became the terrorists, it explores the never… Read More ›

• “Free Bundle” digital magazine offers new comics and more from Cabrera Brothers

  By John Freeman on December 17, 2018

  

  Independent video game company Cabrera Brothers has recently released a digital webcomic strip featuring their upcoming comic book character, Dogeron “DOG” Kenan. “Dogeron ‘DOG’ Kenan” will be published online, with each new bi-monthly issue of the new and impressive-looking The Free Bundle digital… Read More ›

• Super spy Velicity Jones heads back to Aces Weekly!

  By John Freeman on December 17, 2018

  

  Aces Weekly Volume 37 begins today – and super spy Velicity Jones from Lee Robson, Bryan Coyle and Bolt-01 is back in action! Last of the year, but first in class, Aces Weekly leaves 2018 with the same mix of content this… Read More ›

• In Review: A Nine-Year Old’s Take on “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse”

  By Tim Robins on December 17, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  We’ll be posting a review of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse from Tim Robins on downthetubes soon, but meanwhile, here’s the view of one of the Spidey’s younger fans, Oliver J. Soto… The Film: Bitten by a radioactive spider in the subway,… Read More ›

• Moebius “Fauna of Mars” prints offered by the Illustration Art Gallery

  By John Freeman on December 17, 2018

  

  The Illustration Art Gallery is offering nine newly-available “Fauna of Mars” prints by the legendary French artist Moebius, a small selection of the hundreds of imaginary creatures Moebius designed for his book La Faune de Mars which is getting a re-release from… Read More ›

• Dan Dare Abroad: The Story of “Dan Dair” in France

  By John Freeman on December 17, 2018

  

  downthetubes contributor Richard Sheaf has written features on Eagle‘s Dan Dare excursions beyond the UK, which include appearances in an Australian version of Eagle, as “Daan Durf” in the Netherlands, an all-new take on the character in Spain, Diego Valor,… Read More ›

• Little Heroes Comics in the spotlight in latest Lakes Festival Podcast

  By John Freeman on December 16, 2018

  

  It’s Christmas – and the Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast has a very special guest – Aaron Rackley, the founder of Little Heroes Comics, a charity comic bringing joy through sending comic kits to children in hospitals. Aaron, who is… Read More ›

• In Praise of… comic artist and illustrator Jean-Claude Mézières

  By John Freeman on December 16, 2018

  

  Award-winning French comics artist and illustrator Jean-Claude Mézières is the co-creator of Valérian and Laureline with Pierre Christin, the popular, long-running science fiction comics series published in English by Cinebook that has influenced many science fiction and fantasy films, including… Read More ›

• Whacko!, The Comic That Never Was

  By Richard Sheaf on December 15, 2018

  

  I was saddened the other day to read of the death of British humour comics stalwart Terry Bave. As a lad, I read his work in my brother’s copy of Whizzer & Chips, but I probably became most interested in… Read More ›

• Comics That Never Were: Bob Lubbers “Kemi of Ancient Egypt”

  By John Freeman on December 14, 2018

  

  Here’s an incredible “what might have been” item from American newspaper strip history. This is the original art by the brilliant artist Bob Lubbers, for a tryout Sunday comic strip, “Kemi of Ancient Egypt”, recently offered by Heritage Auctions. Designed… Read More ›

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