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• Lakes Festival Focus 2017: An interview with cartoonist Lynn Johnston

  By John Freeman on October 4, 2017

  

  An interview with the creator of “For Better of Worse”

• Out Now: 2000AD Prog 2051

  By John Freeman on October 4, 2017

  

  The latest issue of 2000AD, on sale now in all good newsagents and comic shops, comes wrapped in a smashing cover from David Millgate and features the following Thrills (and plenty of spills…) Favourite story this issue? Well, apart from… Read More ›

• downthetubes Site Update in progress

  By John Freeman on October 4, 2017

  

  We’re doing some behind the scenes maintenance on downthetubes, which means there won’t be as many posts as usual here for the next few days. In the mean time, for your British comics news fix (and other distractions), we’ve reignited… Read More ›

• It’s Grimm Up North! Manchester’s Grimmfest offers cult classics and scary shorts

  By John Freeman on October 3, 2017

  

  Grimmfest 2017, Manchester’s film festival of new and classic horror, cult, fantasy and sci-fi movies, returns this week (5th – 8th October 2017) at the Vue Printworks. The festival will feature world premieres, cult classics and eclectic film shorts and the… Read More ›

• Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast with Paula Knight, Pikkli and Plink!

  By John Freeman on October 3, 2017

  

  Oh, all right, Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast hosts Ian and Nikki don’t really give two puppets the Podcast Probe. But the team do talk to their creators, Jonathan Edwards and the Felt Mistress, about their brand new exhibition Archipelagogo –… Read More ›

• Panel Borders: Titans and Men of Action

  By John Freeman on October 3, 2017

  

  Starting a new series of Panel Borders, Alex Fitch explores the work of two much loved American comic book writers. In a discussion recorded at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival last year, Alex talks to Joe Kelly about writing Spider-Man,… Read More ›

• Colour Like Carlos Ezquerra! 2000AD & Judge Dredd Colouring Book Out Now

  By John Freeman on October 3, 2017

  

  One of the best-loved and most successful sci-fi fantasy creators in the world, 2000AD superstar Carlos Ezquerra, has collected 50 superb drawings of his top characters in Carlos Ezquerra’s 2000AD & Judge Dredd Colouring Book. It’s a colouring book guaranteed… Read More ›

• Aces Weekly: Now We Are Five!

  By John Freeman on October 2, 2017

  

  This week marks the beginning of David Lloyd‘s magnificent Aces Weekly‘s sixth year – and sees the launch of Volume 30 of the digital anthology comic, sent to subscribers screens in seven super parts every Monday, with all further volumes rolling… Read More ›

• Spelling Mistakes Cost Lives – Darren Cullen exhibits at The Other Art Show

  By John Freeman on October 2, 2017

  

  Artist Darren Cullen – the creator behind the Spelling Mistakes Cost Lives web site – is showing a large selection of his work, including a brand new sculpture (and the above slightly older one) at The Other Art Fair in London (5th… Read More ›

• Marney the Fox: after Buster, a “Sunny” star, thanks to Bernard Long

  By John Freeman on October 2, 2017

  

  The beautiful Marney the Fox collection, gathered from the pages of weekly comic Buster is out this week, but who remembers an incarnation published in the nursery title Sunny in the 1980s? The “Marney the Fox” comic strip – the story of a… Read More ›

• #Inktober is here: how about some Doctor Who art?

  By John Freeman on October 2, 2017

  

  It’s #Inktober, so over at the Facebook Doctor Who Comics: A Voyage, we’re looking for your Doctor Who-inspired #Inktober art. (You’ll need to join the group to contribute). Inktober takes place every October with the aim of getting more of… Read More ›

• Lakes Festival Focus 2017: An Interview with comics creator and author Paula Knight

  By John Freeman on October 2, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  With the Lakes International Comic Art Festival just two weeks away, downthetubes catches up with freelance illustrator, comics creator and author Paula Knight. Based in Bristol, Paula’s first graphic memoir, The Facts of Life, was published by Myriad Editions in… Read More ›

• Misty and Scream Halloween Special Variant Cover Released

  By John Freeman on October 1, 2017

  

  When Rebellion first announced its upcoming Halloween special featuring some classic comics from Misty, Scream and Thunder, there were accusations Misty – once considered the girls comic equivalent of 2000AD and a title that by all accounts once outsold it… Read More ›

• Roy of the Rovers rebooted, new stories start in 2018

  By John Freeman on September 29, 2017

  

  BBC News Oxford has reported Roy of the Rovers is to be rebooted in new adventures thanks to new owners 2000AD publisher Rebellion. The new stories will chart the start of Roy Race’s career at the fictional Melchester Rovers, in… Read More ›

• 2000AD New York Comic Con plans include sale Steve Dillon Memorial Charity Sketchbook

  By John Freeman on September 29, 2017

  

  Jock (Batman, The Losers), Lee Garbett (Loki), Rob Williams (Suicide Squad), Alex De Campi (DREDD, Mayday) and Arthur Wyatt (DREDD) head 2000AD’s creator line-up at New York Comic Con next week: and a special Steve Dillon Memorial Sketchbook will be on… Read More ›

• Titan Comics NYCC 2017 schedule revealed

  By John Freeman on September 29, 2017

  

  This New York Comic-Con (5th – 8th October 2017), Titan Comics is bringing its largest-ever offering of thrilling debuts, NYCC variants and special appearances from a host of creators including the creator behind The Death of Stalin which inspired the upcoming… Read More ›

• Dan Whitehead and David Hitchcock’s Frankenstein comic heads for new heights 

  By John Freeman on September 29, 2017

  

  Independent gothic western graphic novel Frankenstein, Texas has reached its Kickstarter goal in just five days, and is now raising funds towards additional content, including an all-star gallery of bonus pin-ups from established comic stars. Created by writer Dan Whitehead… Read More ›

• Creating Comics: A Turn of the Millennium Interview with Alan Moore, Part One

  By John Freeman on September 28, 2017

  

  First published on the Engine Comics web site way back in 2002, this wide-ranging interview with Alan Moore specifically about writing comics with Daniel Whiston is a fascinating read, and we’re delighted to have permission to re-publish it here on… Read More ›

• Gateway, the SF novels that inspired Marvel UK’s “Warheads”, comes to TV

  By John Freeman on September 28, 2017

  

  The NBCUniversal-owned cable network owned Syfy has announced it is developing Frederik Pohl‘s award-winning best-seller Gateway as a series, novels that once inspired comic creator Paul Neary while he was developing Marvel UK’s Warheads back in the 1990s. First announced… Read More ›

• Out Now: Beano 3904 – The One where Minnie the Minx does Strictly!

  By John Freeman on September 28, 2017

  

  Inside this week’s Beano (No. 3904) Minnie the Minx does Strictly Come Dancing! Behind a smashing cover by Nigel Parkinson, Minnie finds herself in the spotlight this week at Strictly Beanotown’s Got Talented Ballroom Dancers! Plus: shiver me timbers! Roger… Read More ›

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