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• Utopia/Valhalla, rare comics fanzine featuring early work by teenage Alan Moore offered for £2700

  By John Freeman on February 18, 2017

  

  Over on eBay, there’s an auction running for a comics fanzine published in 1970 – Utopia/Valhalla Issue One – with a starting bid of over £2700. Before anyone starts scrabbling in their attics for fading issues of Comic Media News,… Read More ›

• Origins of “Doctor Who” revealed in new Sydney Newman memoirs

  By John Freeman on February 17, 2017

  

  Exactly where did the idea of Doctor Who come from and how much of the show was the idea of Canadian film and TV producer Sydney Newman? That’s just one of the subjects tackled in The Man Who Thought Outside… Read More ›

• Roy of the Rovers comic artist David Sque confirmed for Lancaster Comics Day – making a rare comics convention appearance

  By John Freeman on February 17, 2017

  

  The Lancaster Comics Day team have announced the appearance of Roy of the Rovers comic artist David Sque at Lancaster Comics Day 2017 (Sunday 11th June), who will be at the event alongside ROTR editor Barrie Tomlinson. Both creators – like… Read More ›

• BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Europe and Titan Comics team up for new “Little Nightmares” comic

  By John Freeman on February 17, 2017

  

  BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Europe and Titan Comics have announced the creation of comics based on the upcoming, highly anticipated 3D puzzle-platformer Little Nightmares. The new comic is written by Dan Watters and Alex Paknadel (writers of Assassin’s Creed: Uprising) with… Read More ›

• The Galaxy’s Greatest Comic Convention? A Day out at the 2000AD – 40 Years of Thrill-Power Festival

  By John Freeman on February 16, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  The 2000AD – 40 Years of Thrill-Power Festival took place last weekend and downthetubers John Freeman (who was drafted to run a panel about British comics, Richard Sheaf and Tony Esmond (who got to interview Pat Mills on stage) share their… Read More ›

• Pick a Card, Any Card, it’s an Ace! (Aces Weekly, that is!)

  By John Freeman on February 16, 2017

  

  Aces Weekly, the on-line comic magazine, founded in 2012 by David Lloyd and Bambos Georgiou, has announced the release of a set of collectable “trading cards”, which give purchasers access to volumes of the award winning publication. Each of the… Read More ›

• Fifth Lakes International Comic Art Festival Line-Up Announced, Tickets On Sale Now

  By John Freeman on February 16, 2017

  

  The Lakes International Comic Art Festival has announced its full guest list for this year’s Festival Weekend in Kendal (13th – 15th October 2017) – and it’s simply crammed with amazing guests, including Stan Sakai, Sergio Aragonés, Ryan North, Mariko Tamaki – and… Read More ›

• Cartoonists Rights advocate Terry Anderson joins Granite City Con line-up

  By John Freeman on February 16, 2017

  

  Terry Anderson of the Cartoonists Rights Network returns to Granite City Comic Con in Aberdeen in May 2017, to discuss the work of the group. Cartoonists Rights Network International is the human rights organisation specifically for cartoonists whose liberty or… Read More ›

• British Comic Heroes Abroad: Dan Dare’s first Asian Publication Recalled

  By John Freeman on February 15, 2017

  

  We’ve covered some of the reprints the original Dan Dare experienced across the globe in the past on downthetubes and Richard Sheaf wrote a detailed guide to many of them In the Titan Dare collection, Safari in Space. But until… Read More ›

• New ComicPopUp Brighton revives indie comic creators cooperative ideas to sell comics

  By John Freeman on February 15, 2017

  

  ComicPopUp Brighton is a new event happening on Saturday 13th May 2017, a one-day small-press/art comics shop that’s part of the Brighton Artists Open House Festival. Selling comics to comics readers and a whole new audience in a family-friendly pizza… Read More ›

• Celebrate 2000AD – Or Else! (In a new art competition, that is…)

  By John Freeman on February 14, 2017

  

  Every month, fans of the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic have the chance to win a 2000AD graphic novel by entering a themed art competition inspired by the long-running SF weekly. The theme for February 2017 is, unsurprisingly, “Celebrating 40 Years of… Read More ›

• Sneak Peek: Fighting Fantasy’s “Freeway Fighter” Returns As All-New Comic

  By John Freeman on February 14, 2017

  

  Spinning out of the legendary Fighting Fantasy series of game books created by Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson in 1982, the post-apocalyptic Freeway Fighter distinguished itself by deviating from the usual mix of orcs, goblins and cave-trolls. Now it’s back… Read More ›

• Beyond Dredd and Watchmen: The Art of John Higgins

  By John Freeman on February 13, 2017

  

  Beyond Dredd and Watchmen: The Art of John Higgins, opening at Liverpool’s Victoria Gallery 10th March 2017, is the first major retrospective of the work of Liverpool-born artist. John Higgins found global success as a comic book artist, colourist and… Read More ›

• Egmont Publishing celebrates strong ABC performance for children’s titles

  By John Freeman on February 11, 2017

  

  Following up on our report on the latest ABC sales figures for British comics, longtime comics publisher Egmont Publishing UK – which last year sold its classic comics archive to 2000AD publisher Rebellion – is celebrating strong ABC performance, just… Read More ›

• King Kong, wartime Beanos and banned Oz comics – quite a selection in latest ComPal comic auction!

  By John Freeman on February 11, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  The latest Compalcomics online auction has just launched and offers a fantastic selection of wartime Beanos, pre-war Mickey Mouse Weeklies and copies of Glasgow / Northern Looking Glass, considered the world’s first “comic”, published in Glasgow in 1825. Plus, there’s the chance… Read More ›

• DC Thomson celebrates as Beano sales figures climb in a difficult market

  By John Freeman on February 10, 2017

  

  We reported on the latest ABC circulation figures for British news stand comics earlier today, and we can now reveal that Dundee-based publisher DC Thomson is delighted the Beano, 110% Gaming along with other titles No.1 and The Scots Magazine are celebrating… Read More ›

• Brian Bolland “Joker” Statue added to DC Designer Series

  By John Freeman on February 10, 2017

  

  Straight from the Eisner Award-winning graphic novel Batman: The Killing Joke, acclaimed artist Brian Bolland’s rendition of The Joker gets the Designer Series treatment. Bolland’s version of the Clown Prince of Crime is one of the most iconic, recognisable renditions… Read More ›

• Beyond 2000AD Exhibition Opens at London’s Orbital Comics Tomorrow

  By John Freeman on February 10, 2017

  

  A special exhibition that charts the phenomenal influence of 2000AD on global pop culture opens in London tomorrow. BEYOND 2000AD: The Wider Cultural Impact Of The Galaxy’s Greatest Comic exhibition opens at the UK’s only Eisner Award-winning comic store, Orbital… Read More ›

• Comics Circulation Figures For 2016 Released by ABC

  By Jeremy Briggs on February 10, 2017 • ( 2 )

  

  February is the month when the Audit Bureau Of Circulations (ABC), who describe themselves as “the industry body for media measurement”, release the official circulation figures for Consumer Magazines that are registered with them. That includes comics and comics magazines published… Read More ›

• Big Finish and Hitch Hiker’s producer Dirk Maggs get Best Drama Audie award nominations 

  By John Freeman on February 9, 2017

  

  Big Finish – creators of many much-acclaimed Doctor Who audio adventures and more – and Dirk Maggs, well known for his “Audio Movies” approach to Audio drama, have nominations for Best Drama in the 2017  Audie Awards. One is The… Read More ›

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