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• In Pictures: Marvel Superheroes storm Madame Tussauds Blackpool (in an unlikely “Love Island” crossover!)

  By John Freeman on March 24, 2018

  

  Madame Tussauds Blackpool launched its epic new Marvel Superheroes addition at a VIP-filled launch this week, and I was lucky enough to be there on the night… Truth to tell, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect of the event… Read More ›

• Cosplay 101: Conventions and Cosplay Etiquette (Part One)

  By downthetubes Guests on March 24, 2018

  

  Wearing costumes for fun is far from new and costume parades were an integral part of early comic and other media conventions. But cosplay as a concept, in many ways a whole separate world to comic and other media fandom,… Read More ›

• Site Gremlins!

  By John Freeman on March 23, 2018

  

  Our apologies to regular downthetubes readers for significant site down time on Friday this week. We’re in the process of re-designing the site, but unfortunately some “under the bonnet” changes caused a number of issues resulting in a loss of… Read More ›

• Commando Collectors gather for second Swapmeet

  By Colin Noble on March 23, 2018

  

  Colin Noble reports on the second Commando Swapmeet organised by Andy Yates, which took place last weekend. These events focus entirely aimed on British comics and the emphasis is on DC Thomson’s war title, Commando, the longest running picture library… Read More ›

• Lakes International Comic Art Festival announces second wave of guests for October

  By John Freeman on March 22, 2018

  

  The Lakes International Comic Art Festival has announced more guests for its Festival weekend in Kendal (12th – 14th October 2018), who include veteran British comics artist Ian Kennedy and New Yorker illustrator Stanley Chow. The latest guests revealed are Steven Appleby,… Read More ›

• Paul Shipper Studio provides new Thunderbirds Are Go Poster as new season launches

  By John Freeman on March 21, 2018

  

  Thunderbirds Are Go returns Saturday 31st March at 8.30am exclusively on CITV and ITV – and ITV has marked the launch of a third season with a new poster. The art is the work of illustrator Paul Shipper, whose recent… Read More ›

• Feuding footballers and a jinxed bomber haunt this week’s new Commando comics!

  By John Freeman on March 21, 2018

  

  Brand new Commando (Issues 5107 – 5110) are on sale this Thursday (22nd March 2018). Go toe to toe with our feuding footballers, survive a flight in a jinxed Lancaster bomber, hold off Iraqi patrols in the Kuwait desert, and beat… Read More ›

• Doug Braithwaite “Paradise X” art, and other British artists, feature in latest ComicLink auction list

  By John Freeman on March 21, 2018

  

  Auction house Comic Link have some interesting art coming up for auction soon that includes a number of British artists, some noted below. Fellow artist David Roach spotted this mightily impressive spread from Marvel’s Paradise X by Doug Braithwaite, inked with… Read More ›

• Approved by The Bureau for Fictional Alignment – Mike French’s new illustrated novel gets an unusual video trailer

  By John Freeman on March 20, 2018

  

  Writer Mike French, the writer behind the much-praised illustrated novel An Android Awakes has a sequel, Fictional Alignment, out soon – and have just released an unusual video trailer, created by Joshua Hudson. Fictional Alignment, launching in paperback in April from Alnpete… Read More ›

• Electric Sheep: Audio Dramatics celebrates Doctor Who and Hitchhiker’s Guide Audio Anniversaries

  By John Freeman on March 20, 2018

  

  Continuing the new hour-long series Electric Sheep: Audio Dramatics on Resonance FM in which Alex Fitch talks to creators of audio dramas that have been broadcast on radio or released on CD and MP3 download, “Sci-Fi Anniversaries” celebrates two landmarks for… Read More ›

• Crowdfunding Spotlight: Hatch – The Next Day by Glenn B. Fleming (Reprise)

  By John Freeman on March 20, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  Comics creator and publisher Glenn B. Fleming has restarted his crowdfunding appeal to get a collection of his Hatch stories funded – but this time on IndieGogo, after behind the scenes problems that are, quite frankly, enough to make any… Read More ›

• Comic Scene UK, new British comics magazine, launches web site, reveals first issue line up

  By John Freeman on March 20, 2018

  

  Comic Scene UK, the new magazine for people who love comics, launches 1st May 2018 in print and digital format. Celebrating all that is great about comics over twenty top quality writers and contributors, including the creator of 2000AD Pat… Read More ›

• On Sale This Week: 2000AD 2073 – New Readers Start Here!

  By John Freeman on March 20, 2018

  

  There’s a treat in store for 2000AD readers this week – the 48-page Prog 2073 offering five new stories, all starting this issue and offering a perfect “jumping on” point for both new and lapsed fans of the Galaxy’s Greatest… Read More ›

• Chris Weston’s The Prisoner comic cover revealed

  By John Freeman on March 20, 2018

  

  Titan Comics has partnered with print and poster house Vice Press to create a Diamond UK exclusive cover for The Prisoner Issue #1. This first-ever Vice Press exclusive cover for The Prisoner Issue #1 – designed by 2000AD and Star… Read More ›

• First “My Neighbour” Podcast focuses on Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind

  By John Freeman on March 19, 2018

  

  The team behind the Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast have launched a “sister” Podcast, My Neighbour, which will focus on a specific Studio Ghibli movie every episode. For those perhaps unaware, Studio Ghibli is a Japanese animation film studio… Read More ›

• In Preview and Review: Mycelium Seep by Nir Levie

  By Antony Esmond on March 19, 2018

  

  Created by Nir Levie Published by Markosia Out: 9th April 2018 This is not a normal reading experience. This summary of the plot is both true and misleading… The Story: Khalek is a teenage boy who lives in an underground… Read More ›

• In Praise of… artist Joseph Clement Coll – a downthetubes journey

  By John Freeman on March 19, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  One of the things taught Marvel UK’s Editorial Director Paul Neary and others have taught me down the years is to look beyond the work of the current “hot” artist and realise that their influences can help shape others. Paul,… Read More ›

• Meet “The Last Of The Navel Navigators”, a fun fantasy for kids of all ages (well, 9 and up!)

  By John Freeman on March 18, 2018

  

  The Last Of The Navel Navigators, a new project from David Hailwood (editor of 100% Biodegradable and my co-writer on “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”), is out now! Featuring a cover by Brett Burbridge, the children’s book – a comedy… Read More ›

• Sneak Preview and Review – Hollow Monsters by MontyNero

  By Antony Esmond on March 18, 2018

  

  Hollow Monsters – A Graphic Novel in Six Parts Created by Monty Nero The Story: This story deals with our lives as young people. The events of political and social upheaval that surround us as we mature, the relationships that… Read More ›

• Charlotte Dumortier revealed as ELCAF 2018 artist in residence

  By John Freeman on March 16, 2018

  

  Belgian illustrator Charlotte Dumortier has been announced as the East London Comic Art Festival’s artist in residence 2018. ELCAF – London’s biggest annual festival dedicated to showcasing the best in comics, illustration, sequential art, and storytelling – returns 22nd –… Read More ›

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