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• New Commando comics on sale now

  By John Freeman on 13 December 2018

  

  Brand new Commando (issues 5183-5186) from DC Thomson are on sale now in all good newsagents, featuring Lancaster raids over Germany, coward pilots on the Russian front, a chilly reception in the Falklands, and the mystery of a British traitor!… Read More ›

• Artist Simon Bisley joins 2019 Medway Comic & Screen Festival line up

  By John Freeman on 13 December 2018

  

  Medway Comic & Screen Festival has announced that British comic legend Simon Bisley will be at their next event on 30th March 2019

• NCSFest Artists Alley ready to get down on Main Street, Huntington Beach next May!

  By John Freeman on 12 December 2018

  

  Coming to Huntington Beach, California in May 2019, the first-ever NCSFest is now shaping up to be the biggest free comic arts festival in North America, with a guest list that already includes Sergio Aragonés, Pénélope Bagieu, Ed Brubaker, Daniel Clowes, Gilbert… Read More ›

• Christmas Countdown 2018: 2000AD Prog 2111 – a Festive Review!

  By John Freeman on 12 December 2018

  

  Christmas is almost upon us – no, really, it is, I’ve already started or receiving or seeing eCards! and of course, the festive season wouldn’t be what it is with out the 2000AD Special, featuring a terrific cover by John… Read More ›

• Rare British comics free gifts, tie-in merchandise on offer in Phil Comics auction

  By John Freeman on 12 December 2018

  

  Online British comics auction house Phil Comics has just launched its December 2018 offering, which includes a huge range of bundled comics from the 1960s through to the 1990s, and rare issues of titles complete with free gifts including a… Read More ›

• In Review: Commando Presents Ramsey’s Raiders Volume 1

  By Jeremy Briggs on 12 December 2018

  

  DC Thomson’s Commando digest sized combat picture library has been running continuously since 1961 and in that time it has become the British comic with by far the greatest number of issues ever published with over 5180 under its ammo-belt…. Read More ›

• Rare Mighty World of Marvel poster offered by Heritage Auctions

  By John Freeman on 12 December 2018

  

  Currently in auction at Heritage Auctions is an original poster created for Marvel UK in 1972 – drawn by John Buscema (and, possibly, inked by Frank Giacoia).

• “Charley’s War” Battle comic covers by Joe Colquhoun offered on eBay

  By Richard Sheaf on 12 December 2018

  

  Two original “Charley’s War” Battle over artworks by Joe Colquhoun are being offered on eBay, this week, by two different sellers. The first – and the most dramatic – is the cover of Battle, cover dated 23rd August 1980, a… Read More ›

• In Review: Wales Comic Con 2018

  By downthetubes Guests on 11 December 2018

  

  Wales Comic Con was a show that many of my friends, acquaintances and general interesting bods have been to over the last few years – and all of them have sung its praises, encouraging me to go along and try… Read More ›

• Cooking Up a Storm – Comics-Inspired Recipes and Books

  By John Freeman on 11 December 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  Comics that may make you hungry..l

• Chris Ryall returns to IDW as President, Publisher and Chief Creative Officer

  By John Freeman on 11 December 2018

  

  IDW Publishing has announced that its former Chief Creative Officer and Editor-In-Chief, Chris Ryall, is returning to the company as President, Publisher and Chief Creative Officer, just as the US publisher gears up for its twentieth anniversary celebrations next year… Read More ›

• DC Thomson’s Heritage Brands Editor Gordon Tait Talks Buckets, War and Reprints

  By Jeremy Briggs on 11 December 2018

  

  As the new Heritage Brands Editor at DC Thomson, replacing Kirsten Murray who inaugurated the role, Gordon Tait brings a great depth of knowledge and experience to the position that includes editorship of 104 issues of Commando a year plus… Read More ›

• Master in Comics: An Interview with Beano artist David Sutherland

  By John Freeman on 11 December 2018

  

  Check out this fantastic interview with a BEANO legend

• In Review: Doctor Who – The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos

  By Tim Robins on 11 December 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  WARNING – SPOILERS AHEAD Reviewed by Tim Robins First UK Broadcast: Sunday 9th December 2018 Writer: Chris Chibnall Director: Jamie Childs Guest Starring: Phyllis Logan (Andinio), Mark Addy (Paltraki), Percelle Ascott (Delph), Jan Lee (Umsang), Samuel Oatley (Tim Shaw) On… Read More ›

• British Museum announces major Manga exhibition, tie-in MANGA book

  By John Freeman on 10 December 2018 • ( 2 )

  

  The British Museum is to host a major exhibition dedicated to the history of Manga in the New Year, opening in May, along with a tie-in book titled, simply, MANGA. The exhibition, which will run until August, will explore the… Read More ›

• In Memoriam: Whizzer & Chips, Dandy cartoonist Terry Bave

  By John Freeman on 9 December 2018 • ( 3 )

  

  We’re very sorry to report of the passing of another great of British humour comics, cartoonist Terry Bave, who has died after a short illness, aged 87. His many credits since the 1950s included work for Wham!, Cor!, Whizzer and… Read More ›

• New Paragon annual out now!

  By John Freeman on 9 December 2018

  

  Inside the new, elephantine-sized Paragon annual from writer and publisher Davey Candlish, there’s a host of fun strips from some great independent comics talents

• Lucille Clerc’s take on Jungle Book offered as new print

  By John Freeman on 9 December 2018

  

  Print Club London is offering a stunning new, limited edition Jungle Book-inspired screen print, Jungle Book – Aqua Green by illustrator Lucille Clerc

• In Review: Illegal by Eoin Colfer & Andrew Donkin, with art by Giovanni Rigano

  By John Freeman on 8 December 2018

  

  Writers: Eoin Colfer & Andrew Donkin Art: Giovanni Rigano Publisher: Hodder Children’s Books Out: Now Review by Jonathan Rigby of Page 45, Nottingham The Book: This is an award-winning powerful and timely story about one boy’s epic journey across Africa… Read More ›

• Doctor Who writer Ed Hime part of ITV’s “Sapphire and Steel” reboot

  By John Freeman on 8 December 2018 • ( 4 )

  

  Research for the downthetubes review of Doctor Who – It Takes You Away has revealed award-winning writer Ed Hime is part of the team working on the reboot of ITV’s fantasy drama Sapphire and Steel.

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