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• In Review: Dave – Death of the Cosmic Oddity

  By Colin Noble on 3 December 2018

  

  By Richard Pester Out: Now The Book: Everyone has a story to tell, this is the continuing story of ‘Dave’. Like all of us, he tries to make sense of his life, memories of a turbulent past bring both tragedy and… Read More ›

• Rare Al Williamson interview resurfaces thanks to Classic UK Comic Zines archive site

  By John Freeman on 3 December 2018

  

  An influential 1960s Irish fan publication offering a fascinating interview with artist Al Williamson has just been added to the brilliant Classic UK Comic Zines archive site run by David Hathaway-Price

• A Comics Mystery: How did a street in Norwich become a location for Alberto Breccia’s “Mort Cinder”?

  By John Freeman on 2 December 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  Inspired to buy Alberto Breccia’s Mort Cinder through the downthetubes articles by artist Ron Tiner and the urgings of artist David Roach, one of our readers came across an interesting little oddity in the art. Mort Cinder, in case you… Read More ›

• Mike Noble In Focus: “Wide World” (1962)

  By John Freeman on 2 December 2018

  

  Following the passing of one of Britain’s best-loved and most influential comic artists, Mike Noble, who died last moth, Norman Boyd turned his attention to some of his lesser known, earlier work for the long-running adventure magazine Wide World… I… Read More ›

• Comic Book Masters: Cover Artist Giorgio De Gaspari

  By John Freeman on 30 November 2018

  

  Italian artist Giorgio De Gaspari may be an artist unfamiliar to many downthetubes readers, but throughout the 1960s his cover art thrilled many a young comic reader of British digest titles such as Thriller Picture Library and War Picture Library…. Read More ›

• Commando’s commemoration of the Great War Armistice concludes with the final two Weekes’ War stories

  By Jeremy Briggs on 29 November 2018

  

  Commando has been running World War One stories for the duration of November in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the Armistice which stopped the fighting. The highlight of this has been the sequence of five connected stories under the… Read More ›

• Jeff Hawke Space Gen Cards: comics inspired education!

  By John Freeman on 29 November 2018

  

  Back in 1956, Junior Express Weekly, a weekly comic from the Daily Express, produced a batch of Jeff Hawke-inspired cards with a scientific background. The settings are those in which comic strip hero Jeff Hawke works, all with reference to… Read More ›

• The Future’s Here: 2000AD Prog 2109 – and “Ken Reid’s Creepy Creations”, too!

  By John Freeman on 28 November 2018

  

  2000AD powers out of November with nary a backward glance, setting sight on the end of the year and the seriously scrotnig 100-page Christmas special, heading your way on 12th December. But before that, we’ve got the finale to “Judge… Read More ›

• Tales to Astonish: Statix Press latest graphic novels are, simply, a joy to behold

  By John Freeman on 28 November 2018

  

  Titan Comics Statix Press imprint has already published some terrific, high quality books since its inception, but this week sees the publication of two truly wonderful graphic novels, re-published in English for the very first time. For those unaware, the… Read More ›

• In Review: Doctor Who – The Witchfinders

  By downthetubes Guests on 27 November 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  WARNING – SPOILERS AHEAD… Reviewed by Paul Mount First UK Broadcast: Sunday 25th November 2018 Writer: Joy Wilkinson Director: Sallie Aprahamian Guest Starring: Alan Cumming (King James), Siobhan Finneran (Becka Savage), Tilly Steele (Willa Twiston) The Doctor, Ryan, Graham and… Read More ›

• Attention, Newcastle! “Turbo Jones” signing by Ian Kennedy and Barrie Tomlinson announced

  By Richard Sheaf on 27 November 2018

  

  Forbidden Planet Newcastle has announced that Barrie Tomlinson, the editor of the short-lived comic Wildcat and writer of “Death Wish“, and British comics legend Ian Kennedy will be making a joint appearance to help launch Rebellion’s Turbo Jones collection in January…. Read More ›

• Garth Ennis and Keith Burns’ “Out of the Blue” out next March

  By John Freeman on 26 November 2018

  

  Out next March from US publisher Aftershock Comics is a new war story, Out of the Blue, a superb-looking tale that is sure to appeal to fans of Battle, Commando, “Johnny Red” and other war comics. Writer Garth Ennis (Jimmy’s… Read More ›

• Comics is All You Need: Oxford Comics Network spotlights The Beatles, Cold War!

  By John Freeman on 25 November 2018 • ( 1 )

  

  This week’s free meeting of the Oxford Comics Network offers an intriguing look at Science Fiction and Beatles comics. The meeting at TORCH will be hearing from – and debating with – Jordan Newton (from Canterbury Christ Church University), who… Read More ›

• Spaceship Away Issue 46 out now – and the Mekon is back in action

  By John Freeman on 23 November 2018

  

  The 2018 autumn issue of Spaceship Away (Issue 46) is available now and sees the Mekon return in Tim Booth‘s continuing Dan Dare adventure, “Shakedown Cruise“. Other strips in the magazine include a continuation of “Operation Pintos“, with part five… Read More ›

• Top Doctor Who artist David Roach faces podcast Mind Probe

  By John Freeman on 22 November 2018

  

  Episode #106 of Doctor Who: Panel to Panel from erudite Who comics aficionados Jeremy Bement is live. Artist, inker and art connoisseur David Roach chats with him about drawing the Third Doctor and Jo for the Doctor Who Infinity computer/app… Read More ›

• British comics goodies from Phil Comics, on eBay now

  By John Freeman on 22 November 2018

  

  Just a quick post to plug some of the British Comics items up for grabs this month from Phil Comics on eBay: hundreds of vintage comics, annuals, free gifts, holiday specials and flyers in 550 odd listings. Check it out… Read More ›

• Jim Alexander’s GoodCopBadCop released as a novel

  By John Freeman on 22 November 2018

  

  GoodCopBadCop is a crime novel from 2000AD writer Jim Alexander, with a cover by Alex Ronald, with a twist. It’s a modern crime take on Jekyll and Hyde where both ‘good cop’ and ‘bad cop’ are the same person. GoodCopBadCop… Read More ›

• 2019 2000AD, Treasury of British Comics Books schedule revealed

  By John Freeman on 22 November 2018 • ( 2 )

  

  2018 is not yet out but the levels of Thrill-power for 2019 are already building with a blistering line-up of graphic novels from 2000AD and The Treasury of British Comics. We’ve already trailed some of the 2019 books here on… Read More ›

• Andersonic Issue 24 Out Now

  By John Freeman on 22 November 2018

  

  Andersonic Issue 24 is now available, dedicated to all things Gerry Anderson, and features a new UFO comic strip and the following line up, wrapped in a cover image by Peter O’Roarke. In This Issue: The Story of SIG –… Read More ›

• Latest “Men of Violence” tackles historical fiction

  By John Freeman on 22 November 2018

  

  The latest issue of the fanzine of men’s adventure paperbacks, Men of Violence (Issue 11) is a historical fiction special from Justin Marriott with a cover by Rik Rawling. Historical fiction is popular today, but the number of titles available… Read More ›

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