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• Delivering the goods: Don Heck, a much under appreciated artist

  By John Freeman on June 27, 2018

  

  Donald L. “Don” Heck was an American comics artist best known for co-creating the Marvel Comics character Iron Man (not the character’s design, but plenty more that shaped him), and for his long run penciling the Marvel superhero-team series The… Read More ›

• Heroes under fire in new Commando comics!

  By John Freeman on June 26, 2018

  

  Brand new Commando (issues 5135-5138) from DC Thomson are on sale this week in all good UK newsagents – and they offer a cracking selection of action adventure! Blend in with the night in a dark Spitfire, deploy depth-charges on… Read More ›

• Actor Jim Broadbent and artist Dix talk about their new graphic novel “Dull Margaret” in London this week

  By John Freeman on June 26, 2018

  

  London’s Gosh Comics host an event with actor Jim Broadbent and  artist Dix tonight (Tuesday 26th June 2018) to discuss their new graphic novel Dull Margaret with Paul Gravett. Copies of the Gosh! exclusive Dull Margaret Bookplate Edition will be available… Read More ›

• Dan Dare wins Gold for ‘Best Digital Drama’ at NYF Awards

  By John Freeman on June 25, 2018

  

  UK independent audio drama producer and film maker B7 Media has once again triumphed at the New York International Radio Festival, winning the prestigious ‘Best Digital Drama’ Gold award for volume 2 of its acclaimed audio reinvention of Dan Dare. Needless… Read More ›

• Call for Papers for Comics Forum 2018 – Progress: A Decade of Comics Scholarship

  By John Freeman on June 25, 2018

  

  The Call for Papers for Comics Forum 2018 has been released. This year is the tenth anniversary of the annual conference series and to celebrate this milestone, the theme of this year’s conference is Progress: A Decade of Comics Scholarship. Submissions… Read More ›

• 2018 Locus Awards win catches “Best Artist” winner (and others) by surprise!

  By John Freeman on June 25, 2018

  

  Locus Magazine announced the winners of the 2018 Locus Awards during the Locus Awards Weekend in Seattle, Washington, which took place this past weekend. Some of the winners seem to have been pleasantly surprised by their win, including SF and… Read More ›

• In Praise of… comic artist (and editor!) Marc Jackson (and his new humuour comic, Goof!)

  By downthetubes Guests on June 25, 2018

  

  Marc Jackson is one of the busiest cartoonist’s on the British comic scene at the moment. From his strips in online comic Aces Weekly, to his own superb self-published books to his cover for Splank! Number One, his style is… Read More ›

• Comic Creators work beyond Comics: David Roach, Chris Weston team up for Rebecca Closure EP cover

  By John Freeman on June 24, 2018

  

  Just out is a new EP by the immensely talented Rebecca Closure with a cover drawn by David Roach, coloured by Chris Weston, the album package designed by David’s daughter Emily. The cover heroine is Rebecca herself (in typical stage… Read More ›

• Creating Comics: An Interview with artist and writer Olivia Hicks

  By John Freeman on June 23, 2018

  

  The latest 2000AD Sci Fi Special was released last week and I mentioned how much I enjoyed the Terror Tale, “The Hockey Sticks of Hell”, from writer Olivia Hicks with art by Abigail Bulmer. Phillip Vaughan, Senior Lecturer at the University… Read More ›

• Judging a Comic by its Cover: Some Early Favourites

  By John Freeman on June 20, 2018

  

  More than anything else, comics sell on their covers, but which ones stick most in your mind in your years of collecting? For me, there are plenty, but here are just a few that caught my attention at an early… Read More ›

• Let’s show writers Leah Moore and John Reppion some comics community support

  By John Freeman on June 19, 2018

  

  Leah Moore and John Reppion are two talented and, usually, hard working British comic book writers, perhaps best known for their work on 2000AD, their Sherlock Holmes titles for Dynamite Entertainment and Damsels – but right now, they could do… Read More ›

• Out This Week: the 2000AD Sci-Fi Special 2018

  By John Freeman on June 19, 2018

  

  This Wednesday (20th June) sees the release of the latest 2000AD Sci-Fi Special, crammed with new strips featuring Judge Anderson, Judge Dredd, Rogue Trooper and more. This edition is entirely created by women – from writers to artists, colourists to… Read More ›

• Original Frank Hampson studio reference material used to create “Dan Dare” for sale

  By Richard Sheaf on June 19, 2018

  

  Rare original reference material from Frank Hampson’s Dan Dare studio, including Astronomical Photographs, are currently for sale on eBay. These boards of “Astronomical Photographs”, which come from Frank Hampson’s estate, were reference files from his Dan Dare studio. As with… Read More ›

• In Review: “Knocked out and Loaded” by Michael Jantze

  By John Freeman on June 19, 2018

  

  By Michael Jantze Out: Now Includes a gallery of “Norm” inspired art by creators including Sergio Aragones, Jim Borgman, Chris Eliopoulos, Norman Feuti, Paul Gilligan, Rick Kirkman, Kelly McNutt, Joe Murray, Mark Parisi, Lincoln Peirce, Jerry Scott, and many more Young professionals include… Read More ›

• Countdown to ELCAF 2018 – Publisher Spotlight: Centrala Books

  By Antony Esmond on June 18, 2018

  

  The East London Comics Art Festival (ELCAF) is the sort of open marketplace that you can find comics of all different hues. There is much to be tasted visually over the weekend and it is always worth stepping out of… Read More ›

• Look Alive, London! Here’s some rare dinosaur invasion art by Don Lawrence

  By John Freeman on June 18, 2018

  

  Regular readers of downthetubes will recall we previously covered the short-lived replacement to Look and Learn, Look Alive, highlighting an early appearance of the Alan Grant penned story “The Chronicles of Genghis Grimtoad”, drawn for the title by Angus McBride,… Read More ›

• VIZ’s Davey Jones in the publicity spotlight (even if he doesn’t want to be)

  By John Freeman on June 17, 2018

  

  I’ve known ace VIZ cartoonist Davey Jones since the 1980s, back when he contributed some of his amazing early strips to a fanzine I published (a chaotic assemblage with inconsistent numbering and format sizes, including one edition that literally, physically… Read More ›

• George Herriman’s “Krazy Kat”: First Appearances

  By John Freeman on June 17, 2018

  

  George Herriman was an American cartoonist, best known for the influential comic strip “Krazy Kat” – but did you know its much appreciated characters sprang from an entirely different strip? Harriman established a name for himself as a much in… Read More ›

• ELCAF 2018 Creator Spotlight: Andy Poyiadgi

  By Antony Esmond on June 16, 2018

  

  Here’s another feature with some ideas for which comic creators you need to look for at the East London Comics Art Festival (ELCAF) 2018 next weekend … Do you like drinking tea? (Told you.) Do you like big ideas told… Read More ›

• Frank Bellamy featured in latest “Hot Lead” magazine

  By John Freeman on June 16, 2018

  

  Justin Marriott publishes a series of terrific fanzines through Amazon’s Createspace service which are primarily dedicated to vintage paperbacks, but often cross over into comics material. The latest example of this is Hot Lead, which although mainly focused on vintage… Read More ›

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