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• Second Illustrator’s Survey seeks to snapshot UK illustration industry

  By John Freeman on 14 January 2019

  

  The second annual Illustrator’s Survey is live, backed this year by Hire an Illustrator. The survey is the brainchild of artist Ben O’Brien – and anyone who worked in commercial illustration in 2018 is being asked to please fill in the… Read More ›

• Digital publisher ComicFlix looks beyond licensed comics, to consumer market

  By John Freeman on 14 January 2019

  

  ComicFlix, a digital publisher that has developed a tech-based solution to convert films into graphics novels, is looking to expand into the consumer business, building on its initial titles available on Kindle which include of The Mask of Zorro, Sherlock… Read More ›

• Creating Comics: The Making of Commando Comic cover No. 5193 – ‘Cold Steel’

  By downthetubes Guests on 14 January 2019

  

  Graeme Neil Reid recently joined the star studded list of cover artists for DC Thomson’s anthology – a list that includes Ian Kennedy, Neil Roberts and many, many more.  Here, he outlines how he created his most recent cover for… Read More ›

• When Ron Smith drew for Eagle

  By John Freeman on 12 January 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  2000AD and DC Thomson artist Ron Smith may not have been a name immediately associated with the original Eagle comic, best known for “Dan Dare: Pilot of the Future” – created by Frank Hampson and his team – “Riders of… Read More ›

• Ron Smith – A Personal Tribute by Colin Noble

  By Colin Noble on 12 January 2019

  

  My appreciation of comic artist Ron Smith, who died earlier this week, is lifelong. His passing is a great loss to the British comics industry, and our community… On the afternoon of Wednesday 2nd October 1974, I was feeling a bit… Read More ›

• In Memoriam: 2000AD, comic creators and fans pay tribute to artist Ron Smith

  By John Freeman on 10 January 2019 • ( 10 )

  

  British comic creators, publishers and fans have paid tribute to Judge Dredd artist and former Spitfire pilot Ron Smith, who passed away aged 90 early yesterday

• Doctor Who Adventures Special released in the UK

  By John Freeman on 10 January 2019

  

  Celebrating the Thirteenth Doctor’s first season, Panini UK have released a new-look Doctor Who Adventures Special, on sale now in all good newsagents and supermarkets across the UK, priced £3.99, alongside the latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine. Aimed at 7-11-year-old… Read More ›

• Missing in Action: Heroquest at Marvel UK, and the RPG magazine that never happened

  By John Freeman on 10 January 2019

  

  Looking back at Marvel UK’s one-off foray into the world of role-playing magazines

• The Smurfs head to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival this October

  By John Freeman on 10 January 2019

  

  Wallonia-Brussels International, with the help of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, is bringing an exhibition of The Smurfs to the Lake District later this year. The Smurfs incredible story began in October 1958, in the pages of the Belgian magazine Spirou…. Read More ›

• Whatever Happened to Eagle’s “Skippy the Kangaroo”?

  By John Freeman on 10 January 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  Not to be confused with the TV show of the 1960s (or its associated comics), “Skippy the Kangaroo” was an odd little humour strip that ran in the first volume of Eagle, and has been dismissed by some fans of… Read More ›

• BBC Local Radio celebrates 90th anniversary of Hergé’s Adventures of Tintin today

  By John Freeman on 10 January 2019

  

  Celebrating the 90th anniversary of The Adventures of Tintin, Simon Doyle, an expert on the character, will be appearing on 13 (possibly 15) BBC radio stations, from 10.00am onwards today, to talk about Tintin’s creator Hergé and the the start of… Read More ›

• The Munsters Pinball Game announced

  By John Freeman on 9 January 2019

  

  If you’re a fan of the original The Munsters TV sitcom, or remember the strip that ran in TV Century 21, then there’s a new pinball machine – offered in various editions – that may well appeal, from Stern Pinball,… Read More ›

• Artist Anne Farrall Doyle’s “expressionist wallpaper” catches the eye

  By John Freeman on 9 January 2019

  

  Wallsauce.com – creators of made-to-measure wall murals – has revealed its latest collection of expressionist wallpaper murals by the award-winning Hertfordshire-based contemporary artist, Anne Farrall Doyle.

• Viking ghosts and a man from Mars menace in new Commando comics!

  By John Freeman on 8 January 2019

  

  Get ready for Viking ghosts, a man from Mars, Napoleonic duels, and grudges against the Germans! All this and more in brand new Commando issues 5191 – 5194, on sale in all good newsagents and via various digital platforms this… Read More ›

• Former DC staffer Bob Wayne keynote for 2019 ComicsPRO convention

  By John Freeman on 8 January 2019

  

  ComicsPRO has announced former DC Entertainment executive, convention staple and comics retailer Bob Wayne as the keynote speaker for its 13th Annual Comic Industry Conference in Charlotte, North Carolina in the United States from 21st – 23rd February 2019. ComicsPRO… Read More ›

• Crikey! collection now available to pre-order from ComicScene UK

  By John Freeman on 8 January 2019

  

  Before ComicSceneUK – available now in all good newsagents – there was a magazine which ran for 16 issues and covered all aspects of UK comic industry. Crikey! is remembered with much affection from comic fans and featured exceptional articles about UK comics during its run – and as previously reported, it’s risen from the ashes

• Join us for the Dance of the Cuckoos – Stan and Ollie

  By Joe Gordon on 7 January 2019

  

  Joe Gordon reviews the new tale of film (and comic) stars, Laurel and Hardy…

• Laurel and Hardy, the stars of British comic Film Fun for almost 30 years

  By John Freeman on 7 January 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  Laurel and Hardy may be enjoying renewed success at the box office thanks to the new film Stan & Ollie starring Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly, but they were box office stars in comics here in the UK too, thanks to… Read More ›

• Upcoming Astons auction offers rare Pinocchio poster, Moonraker gun

  By John Freeman on 7 January 2019

  

  Dudley-based auctioneers Astons have two sales of interest to downthetubes readers this month – a Toy and Railway Auction on Tuesday 15th January and an Entertainment & Memorabilia Auction including British and US comics, film posters, some James Bond film… Read More ›

• Awesome Comics Podcast Episode 183 – Looking forward to the Year Ahead

  By John Freeman on 7 January 2019

  

  It’s the first show of 2019, and the Awesome Comics Podcast team – Dan Butcher, Tony Esmond and Vince Hunt – talk about what they and the listeners are looking forward to in indie comics in the coming months. There… Read More ›

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