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• Food for Thought: a classic British Charity Comic that now commands a high collector price

  By John Freeman on July 29, 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  Back in the 1980s, before the dawn of the internet, the British comics community celebrated the form in print. It was a vibrant scene, encompassing not only zines about comics such as Arkensword, Fantasy Advertiser and Speakeasy but fiction-based titles… Read More ›

• The Impossible Space Helmet: Why Frank Hampson’s “Dan Dare” drives engineers crazy, but delights us still

  By John Freeman on July 28, 2018

  

  Commando artist Keith Page follows up his profile of French artist Hugo Pratt with a look at the work of “Dan Dare” creator Frank Hampson… Anyone can see that Dan Dare’s space helmet just wouldn’t work. How could you possibly… Read More ›

• Battle’s “Rat Pack” guest star in final issue of Rebellion’s Sniper Elite Resistance mini series!

  By John Freeman on July 27, 2018

  

  Back in May, we reported 2000AD publisher Rebellion’s plans for Sniper Elite Resistance, a three-issue mini-series based on their games division’s bestselling World War Two game Sniper Elite, but for British war comic fans there’s now another reason to pick… Read More ›

• Sneak Peek: The new “Psycho Gran Versus…”, from David Leach, poor Howard!

  By John Freeman on July 26, 2018

  

  This weekend at London Film and Comic Con, artist and writer David Leach will unleash a new collection of Psycho Gran Versus on an unsuspecting world… and it is very, very silly but well worth your hard-earned pounds. Just like… Read More ›

• Scream & Misty back for another Special scare feast this Halloween!

  By John Freeman on July 26, 2018

  

  After the success of last year’s fright-filled outing, the Scream & Misty Special is back returns for Halloween 2018 from 2000AD publisher Rebellion. Two of Britain’s best-loved comics of the 1970s have reunited once again, offering an anthology of brand… Read More ›

• Future of creating comics to be explored at free Cartoon Museum event this Saturday

  By John Freeman on July 26, 2018

  

  London’s Cartoon Museum is to host an creating comics event entitled Sustaining Comics: What the Future Holds this Saturday. Join a host of comics professionals to explore the challenges of working in comics, the opportunities out there, and what the future might… Read More ›

• San Diego Comic Con 2018: The Academic’s Eye View!

  By downthetubes Guests on July 26, 2018

  

  Phillip Vaughan from the University of Dundee reports on this year’s San Diego Comic Con, casting an academic’s eye over one of the biggest annual comics gatherings in the United States… I have been lucky enough to attend four San… Read More ›

• Who will be cast as Minnie the Minx in new live-action show?

  By John Freeman on July 26, 2018

  

  Who will be cast as Minnie The Minx? That’s the question many Beano fans are asking, some wondering if this week’s anniversary celebrations will be accompanied by more news about the announced live-action TV show from Lime Pictures, in partnership… Read More ›

• Coming Soon: The Masters in Comics Podcast launches with Dave Gibbons as first guest

  By John Freeman on July 26, 2018

  

  A new monthly comics podcast – Masters in Comics – launches in two weeks time, a new project offering insight into creating comics from the University of Dundee’s Phillip Vaughan. Masters in Comics will offer a chat with some of… Read More ›

• In Review: 2000AD Prog 2091 (plus, a plug for the new Brink and Lawless books out now from Rebellion)

  By John Freeman on July 25, 2018

  

  Mark Harrison might have delivered a dramatic cover and a stunning episode of “Grey Area” for this week’s 2000AD (Prog 2091), but it seems it’s Dan Abnett who’s taken over Rebellion’s output this week more than anyone else, with collections… Read More ›

• Crowdfunding Spotlight: Talking Cryowulf, a gender-flipped take on Beowulf, with comic creator Sam Roads

  By John Freeman on July 25, 2018

  

  downthetubes had a virtual chat with Cardiff-based writer, entrepreneur, musician and game designer Sam Roads about his latest comics project, the terrific-looking Cryowulf, now seeking support on Kickstarter – a gender-flipped retelling of Beowulf, set on a long-abandoned space-station. Sam trained as… Read More ›

• Dan Dare – The Audio Adventures rocket to BBC Radio 4 Extra

  By John Freeman on July 25, 2018

  

  Dan Dare is returning to BBC radio, with broadcasts of the first three audio adventures from B7 Media on BBC Radio 4 Extra next month. The first three episodes (Volume One) of the Dan Dare – The Audio Adventures starring… Read More ›

• Space Kingley artist Ron Jobson’s Airfix art documented in latest Constant Scale magazine

  By John Freeman on July 25, 2018

  

  What’s in the latest issue of Constant Scale? Find out here

• In Review: The Power Pack of Ken Reid (in a word – brilliant!)

  By John Freeman on July 25, 2018

  

  Earlier this year, after years of waiting, a crowdfunding campaign was launched to collect all of humour cartoonist Ken Reid‘s Odhams comic strips of the 1960s – featured in Wham!, Smash!, and Pow! – into a pair handsome official hardback books. Those collections have now been printed,… Read More ›

• Pedantic Stan, The Comic Fan, returns in new collection from Lew Stringer, in time for London Film and Comic Con

  By John Freeman on July 25, 2018

  

  Back in the days of the British comics fandom of the 1980s, when our community was very different and far less diverse than it thankfully is today, Lew Stringer and I created Pedantic Stan, The Comics Fan – and Lew… Read More ›

• New Spaceship Away plunges back to 1950s for plenty of action and adventure

  By John Freeman on July 25, 2018

  

  The summer issue of Spaceship Away – Part 45 is available now, wrapped in cover art by the late Ron Jobson, utilising art from the 1950s space adventure “Space Kingley” stories. (Art that, it has to be said, may have… Read More ›

• Are you ready for Zena the Zombie? New all ages horror fun for all the family, from Telos Publishing

  By John Freeman on July 24, 2018

  

  In the dark of night in a creepy old house … There are sounds that could not come from a mouse. Zena’s friend Zelda is missing her parts And Zena must find them before the fun starts … From the… Read More ›

• Billy Bunter art by “Magnet” artist C.H. Chapman offered on eBay

  By John Freeman on July 24, 2018

  

  Five smashing pen and ink drawings of “The Fat Owl of the Remove” himself, Billy Bunter, are up on eBay, art created by C.H. Chapman, one of the character’s original artists for The Magnet. The seller of this delightful set… Read More ›

• In Review: Crucible of the Vampire Graphic Novel

  By John Freeman on July 24, 2018

  

  The new graphic novel by Iain Ross-McNamee adapted from the feature film Limited signed 1st edition includes double-sided A3 poster by Charlie Adlard and fold out map 120 A4 PAGES | Colour | Mature | £10.99   The Book: Isabelle,… Read More ›

• Don’t delete this newsflash! Graeme Neil Reid has some great Cybermen art on offer in his latest art raffle

  By John Freeman on July 24, 2018

  

  This month one lucky person will win an original acrylic painting of a Vogan War Cyberman in Graeme Neil Reid’s monthly Art Raffle. But now all his Patreon supporters win with an exclusive high resolution download of the raffle art…. Read More ›

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