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• British Comics Swapmeet and Mini-Mart invades Lochore in September

  By John Freeman on 10 August 2018

  

  Coming soon to Lochore, Scotland is the third British Comics Swapmeet and Mini-Mart – and the organisers have just released this terrific promotional poster, the work of artist Richard Anthony Pester. The third swapmeet is scheduled to happen on 29th… Read More ›

• New documentary celebrates the ground-breaking SF art of Chesley Bonestell

  By John Freeman on 10 August 2018

  

  Long before satellites would journey to planets and deep-space telescopes would photograph distant galaxies, there was an artist whose prescient vistas dazzled the eyes and the imagination of all who beheld them. His name was Chesley Bonestell. How could he… Read More ›

• Axa and Modesty Blaise artist Romero announces new art book

  By John Freeman on 10 August 2018

  

  Modesty Blaise and Axa artist Enric Badia Romero, still very much active, has announced a new book, Legends of Comic Women and Men of Paper, available to pre-order from him direct. It’s the latest in a line of self-published Books… Read More ›

• Comichaus Spotlight: An interview with Brethren Born creator Jon Laight

  By John Freeman on 9 August 2018

  

  Here’s the first in a series of interviews with creators whose work features on the digital comics marketplace Comichaus, in association with the platform. Midlands- based Jon Laight is a comic writer whose first comic, Brethren Born, was released in… Read More ›

• Piloting the Dan Dare Audio Adventures – Casting Dan, his Crew, and the Mekon, too!

  By downthetubes Guests on 9 August 2018

  

  Andrew Mark Sewell, Managing Director at B7 Media, reveals the background to production of the award-winning Dan Dare Audio Adventures, now airing on BBC Radio 4 Extra… “Each comic book panel was so vivid and rich in imagination, it has… Read More ›

• Scotland in the spotlight at this year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival

  By John Freeman on 9 August 2018

  

  Kendal’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival has played host to creators of many nations – and this year, the Scots will be among the nations in the spotlight over the Festival weekend in October. The weekend-long Festival will give visitors the… Read More ›

• Osprey Games Judge Dredd: The Cursed Earth card game on its way

  By John Freeman on 8 August 2018

  

  Osprey Games graphic adventure card game, Judge Dredd: The Cursed Earth still doesn’t have a release date yet but downthetubes gathers the project is proceeding apace. Announced last year, Duncan Molloy, Games Developer at Osprey Games, has worked with Rebellion to… Read More ›

• In Review: A Real Job by Alberto Madrigal

  By Antony Esmond on 8 August 2018

  

  Written and drawn by Alberto Madrigal Published digitally by Europe Comics (forst published as Un lavoro vero) 129 pages – Full Colour Release Date 15/8/2018 The Story: Javi has left Spain for Berlin. He doesn’t speak German and hardly knows anyone there…. Read More ›

• Prison breaks and ghostly soldiers stalk new Commando comics!

  By John Freeman on 8 August 2018

  

  Brand new Commando (Issues 5147-5150) are on sale this Thursday in all good newsagents and digital platforms from DC Thomson. Find the mole in the French Resistance, fight alongside the ghost of your lieutenant, escape from an American POW camp,… Read More ›

• Dinky Space: 1999 Eagles, Spider-Man cars, Stingray sweet cigarette cards and the Bionic Man, too – at auction next week

  By John Freeman on 7 August 2018

  

  Next week, Aston’s Auctioneers are hosting a massive August Toy & Model Railway Auction that includes Doctor Who, Gerry Anderson and Star Wars toys and we’ve picked out some of the items that might interest downthetubes readers. The auction includes… Read More ›

• Robbie Morrison talks Nikolai Dante and more for latest Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast

  By John Freeman on 7 August 2018

  

  Robbie Morrison, co-creator of 2000AD‘s “Nikolai Dante”, is the guest of the latest Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast – available now. Robbie discusses his work at 2000AD, starting with the Judge Dredd Megazine and the creation of Nikolai Dante and… Read More ›

• Book Palace announces updated, limited edition Modesty Blaise Companion

  By John Freeman on 6 August 2018

  

  British specialist publisher Book Palace is to publish an update to its hugely-successful Modesty Blaise Companion later this year, with additional pages, as a limited edition. The first edition of their Companion published in 2005 sold out very quickly and… Read More ›

• Crowdfunding Spotlight: Gateway City Volume One by Russell Mark Olson

  By John Freeman on 6 August 2018

  

  Regular readers of downthetubes will recall we’ve previously plugged the independent comic Gateway City created by Russell Mark Olson – and now the first four issues are to be collected into a new collection, accompanied by extra pages, new art… Read More ›

• Folk horror live at Orbital Comics, from 2000AD artists Boo Cook, Simon Davis and Frazer Irving!

  By John Freeman on 6 August 2018

  

  Fans of forktail – the band comprising of 2000AD artists Boo Cook and Simon Davis – will be pleased to hear they’re doing a signing and live performance at London’s Orbital Comics on Saturday (11th August), accompanied by musical collaborator Frazer Irving. The instore signing runs… Read More ›

• Greg Goldstein, Publishing President at IDW, cautions over “soft” Direct Sales comic market

  By John Freeman on 6 August 2018

  

  Greg Goldstein, Publishing President and COO at US comics publisher IDW (publishers of series such as Star Trek, Transformers, True Blood and many more) was interviewed by comics business site ICV2 at San Diego Comic-Con, and makes some interesting comments about… Read More ›

• Don’t miss out on this limited edition Captain Scarlet Blu-Ray, which includes Ron Embleton art prints, new comic!

  By John Freeman on 6 August 2018

  

  There’s a new Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons Limited Edition Blu-Ray out now that is definitely an item comic fans will want to track down, featuring an all-new comic based on the show – and much more. One of Gerry… Read More ›

• Fantagraphics announces English language edition of Mort Cinder by Héctor Oesterheld and Alberto Breccia

  By John Freeman on 5 August 2018

  

  There’s some great news for fans of the astonishingly brilliant South American comic artist Alberto Breccia. His stunning Mort Cinder strip, written by the equally talented author Héctor Germán Oesterheld, is to be published in English by Fantagraphics in October…. Read More ›

• A Slice of British Comics History – Fantasy Advertiser #1

  By John Freeman on 5 August 2018

  

  Artist David Hathaway-Price, who runs the terrific Classic UK Comics Zines online archive, has unearthed a rare copy of one of Britain’s first fanzines, Fantasy Advertiser #1, published by Frank Dobson in 1965. Two years before Anthony Roche published his… Read More ›

• In Review – ‘Gallant and Amos’ by Rob Barnes

  By Antony Esmond on 2 August 2018

  

  Created, Written and Illustrated by Rob Barnes Published by Fair Spark Books Physical Copy – £3.00 Digital Copy – £1.50 24 pages – Full Colour The Story – Gallant and Amos is a comic about two guys travelling around a medieval… Read More ›

• Shadow Girl set to roam the streets of Manchester this August, a new kind of superhero…

  By John Freeman on 1 August 2018

  

  Manchester. Saturday 4th August 2018. A regular Saturday afternoon in the City Centre. Shoppers going about their business with the usual hustle and bustle. But something is a bit different. From the corner of your eye you catch sight of… Read More ›

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