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• Win a ticket to the opening night of the new Doctor Who exhibit at Madame Tussauds, Blackpool!

  By John Freeman on 11 October 2018

  

  PLEASE NOTE THIS COMPETITION HAS NOW CLOSED Madame Tussauds Blackpool – already home to many a Marvel Superhero – is launching a brand new Doctor Who area next Thursday night (18th October) and downthetubes has TEN tickets to the Opening Night… Read More ›

• Lakes Festival Focus 2018: Edmond Baudoin

  By John Freeman on 11 October 2018

  

  Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. This “Festival Focus” for 2018 is comics artist and writer Edmond Baudoin, one of many contributors… Read More ›

• Next week’s TOXIC magazine to be another Gaming Special

  By John Freeman on 11 October 2018

  

  The next issue of Egmont’s TOXIC, on sale next week, will be a Gaming Special, presumably following up on the success of the recent issue that included a bonus Fortnite premium. Published every three weeks, the title includes some comic strip… Read More ›

• Sneak Peek: Aces Week Volume 36… Are You Ready for Wikkaman?

  By John Freeman on 11 October 2018

  

  The latest volume of digital anthology Aces Weekly published by David Lloyd is coming and not only includes new strips by Bo Hampton, David Leach and many more, but Rik Hoskin and Nick Taylor‘s tale “Wikkaman” comes with added musical… Read More ›

• Lakes Festival Focus 2018: Czech Comic Creator Toy_Box

  By John Freeman on 11 October 2018

  

  Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. This “Festival Focus” for 2018 is Toy_Box, one of few Czech female comics authors. Her creations… Read More ›

• Lakes Festival Focus 2018: Marcel Ruijters

  By John Freeman on 11 October 2018

  

  Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. This “Festival Focus” for 2018 is Marcel Ruijters, a Dutch comic artist, who is best known for… Read More ›

• In Review: The Apprentice does Comics… Badly

  By John Freeman on 11 October 2018

  

  A fleet of four black cars, sixteen wheelie suitcases, early morning phone calls and a bunch of bold claims. If downthetubes is covering this show, it can only mean one thing… over on The Apprentice, they tried making some comics…. Read More ›

• Transitions 8 Programme announced

  By John Freeman on 10 October 2018

  

  The Centre for Contemporary Literature has announced the programme for Transitions 8, their eighth symposium dedicated to comics and graphic narrative. Taking place next month, speakers include Barbara Chamberlin, Corinna Lenhardt and Nicola Streeten, with the free event including a round… Read More ›

• Lakes Festival Focus 2018: Artist JC Deveney

  By John Freeman on 10 October 2018

  

  Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. This “Festival Focus” for 2018 is French comic writer JC Deveney, one of the team behind The Héro(ïne)s:… Read More ›

• Lakes Festival Focus 2018: Sayra Begum

  By John Freeman on 10 October 2018

  

  Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. This “Festival Focus” for 2018 is Sayra Begum, a Cornwall-based illustrator. She studied Illustration at Plymouth College… Read More ›

• Anarchy in… er – Swindon! Punks Not Dead! signing announced

  By Antony Esmond on 10 October 2018

  

  So. Imagine you can’t get to Nottingham Comic Con on the 20th of October but fancy popping into a comic shop and meeting one of the UK hottest artists. Then The Incredible Comic Shop in Swindon and its event organiser… Read More ›

• Crowdfunding Spotlight: Jason’s Birthday Adventure, aimed at improving reading skills

  By John Freeman on 10 October 2018

  

  Unity Empower, a Scottish charity working with adults with learning disabilities have launched a crowdfunder for a new comic project – Jason’s Adventures. Unity Empower is looking to raise £3000 to be able to produce and publish Jason’s Adventures, a… Read More ›

• Eric Powell’s “Goon” celebrates 20th Anniversary in 2019

  By Joe Gordon on 10 October 2018

  

  Eric Powell‘s Goon hits the twentieth anniversary milestone next year, and the writer and artist turned publisher is planning to bring his most famous creation (previously published by Dark Horse) to his own Indy press Albatross Funnybooks, and undertake a… Read More ›

• Lakes Festival Focus 2018: Czech artist Tomáš Kučerovský

  By John Freeman on 10 October 2018

  

  Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. This “Festival Focus” for 2018 is Tomáš Kučerovský, one of the weekend-long event’s Czech creators. Born… Read More ›

• Looking Back at Thought Bubble 2018 and finding new ways to learn the comic craft

  By downthetubes Guests on 9 October 2018

  

  Artist and writer Gavin Pollock looks back at this year’s Thought Bubble Festival and reflects on its unique approach to promoting comics and, more widely the opportunities seeking to learn the comic craft it brings into focus… Thought Bubble day… Read More ›

• Lakes Festival Focus 2018: Ken Niimura

  By John Freeman on 9 October 2018

  

  Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. This “Festival Focus” for 2018 is Ken Niimura, a cartoonist and illustrator based in Tokyo. His breakthrough… Read More ›

• In Review: Doctor Who – The Woman Who Fell To Earth

  By Tim Robins on 9 October 2018

  

  Review by Tim Robins WARNING – SPOILERS AHEAD… First UK Broadcast: Sunday 7th October 2018 Written By: Chris Chibnall Directed By: Jamie Childs Introducing Jodie Whittaker as The Doctor; Bradley Walsh as Graham O’Brien; Tosin Cole as Ryan Sinclair; and… Read More ›

• Sneak Peek: Image Comics “Traces of the Great War” anthology launches this weekend at Lakes Festival

  By John Freeman on 9 October 2018

  

  Poet Simon Armitage, Edmond Baudoin, Victoria Lomasko, Dave McKean and the UK’s Comics Laureate Charlie Adlard are among creators whose work features in a new international comic anthology – Traces of the Great War – which gets its launch during the Lakes international Comic Art Festival this… Read More ›

• Lakes Festival Focus 2018: Ottilie Hainsworth

  By John Freeman on 9 October 2018

  

  Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. This “Festival Focus” for 2018 is Ottilie Hainsworth, an artist and educator living in Brighton, where she… Read More ›

• SelfMadeHero lands English rights to acclaimed graphic novel “Guantánamo Kid”

  By John Freeman on 9 October 2018

  

  UK independent graphic novel publisher SelfMadeHero has acquired world English language rights to a landmark graphic biography about Guantánamo Bay, the United States detention camp in Cuba. Guantánamo Kid: The True Story of Mohammed El-Gharani is a compelling, deeply moving story… Read More ›

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