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• Lakes Festival Focus 2017: An Interview with Hellboy artist Duncan Fegredo

  By John Freeman on August 9, 2017

  

  The countdown has begun to this year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival in October (13th – 15th). We continue our “Kendal Calling” interviews with Duncan Fegredo. Much more than “just” a Hellboy artist, Duncan is described by his peers as… Read More ›

• Titan Comics new Elric collection hits bookshops today

  By John Freeman on August 9, 2017

  

  Titan Comics fifth volume of the classic comic adaptation of Michael Moorcock‘s bestselling fantasy saga Elric – The Vanishing Tower – goes on sale in all good bookshops today. With his reluctant companion Moonglum in tow, the albino emperor embarks… Read More ›

• Pitching Art Samples – A Comic Editor’s Notes

  By John Freeman on August 9, 2017

  

  As regular downthetubes readers know, I’m currently editing a couple of comics projects for Titan Comics, (Lost Fleet – Corsair #3, a military SF title based on and written by the novelist John Hemry, as Jack Campbell, is on sale… Read More ›

• In Review: Jeff Hawke Club Magazine Volume 10 Number Two

  By John Freeman on August 8, 2017

  

  The latest issue of the Jeff Hawke Club magazine – Volume 10 Number Two – is on sale now, offering 86 pages celebrating work of Sydney Jordan, as well as offering features on space flight and insights into the background… Read More ›

• First Isle of Wight Comic Con announced for November 2017

  By John Freeman on August 8, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  The first Isle of Wight Comic Con will take place at Northwood House & Park, Cowes on 4th & 5th November 2017. Comics guests announced so far include Lee Townsend, Dez Skinn and Colin MacNeil, along with a number of independent comic creators and… Read More ›

• Lakes Festival Focus 2017: An Interview with Benoît Peeters, the UK’s Professor of Graphic Fiction and Comic Art

  By John Freeman on August 8, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  The countdown has begun to this year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival in October (13th – 15th). We continue our “Kendal Calling” interviews with Benoît Peeters, the UK’s Professor of Graphic Fiction and Comic Art (Lancaster University in association with… Read More ›

• Lakes Festival Focus 2017: An Interview with Comics Laureate and Walking Dead artist Charlie Adlard

  By John Freeman on August 7, 2017

  

  The countdown has begun to this year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival in October (13th – 15th). We continue our “Kendal Calling” interviews with Walking Dead artist and UK Comics Laureate 2017-2019 Charlie Adlard. Charlie has been a “veteran” of the… Read More ›

• Scream Misty For Me – Cover Controversy over new “Hallowe’en Special” Continues

  By John Freeman on August 7, 2017 • ( 2 )

  

  2000AD publisher Rebellion is publishing a Scream! & Misty Hallowe’en Special in October featuring all-new stories based on characters from the hugely-successful girls comic Misty, the short-lived by fondly-remembered Scream! and the equally short-lived boys comic Thunder – but this great news… Read More ›

• TwoMorrows Jack Kirby tribute debuts this month

  By John Freeman on August 6, 2017

  

  Marking the centennial of US comic artist Jack Kirby‘s birth, TwoMorrows Publishing and Jack Kirby Collector magazine will release KIRBY100 later this month, an incredible tribute to the influential artist and writer featuring articles by 100 top comic creators, including Britain’s… Read More ›

• Jack Kirby tribute documentary gets world premiere – in Oldham

  By John Freeman on August 6, 2017

  

  Comics archivist Glenn B. Fleming‘s unique documentary Jack Kirby – A Personal Journey will get a premiere screening in Oldham later this month, with comic artists Nick Brokenshire and Tim Perkins alongside the film maker to celebrate the life and… Read More ›

• Frank Bellamy’s Thunderbirds art at auction, Dave Gibbons “Watchmen”, too…

  By John Freeman on August 5, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  A dramatic opening page of Thunderbirds art by Frank Bellamy from the 1960s comic TV Century 21 is currently on offer on the Heritage Auctions web site, with current bids at the $1400 mark. The page, which featured in Issue 146,… Read More ›

• Valerian and Laureline’s co-creators head to London 

  By John Freeman on August 5, 2017

  

  Valerian and Laureline‘s co-creators Pierre Christin and Jean-Claude Mézières are coming to London. Just confirmed, they will be in conversation with Paul Gravett on Saturday September 30th at the Institut Français du Royaume-Uni in South Kensington. This will be followed… Read More ›

• In Review: Found Forest Floor – An Abstract Graphic Novel

  By Antony Esmond on August 4, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  By Gareth A. Hopkins and Erik Blagsvedt 272 Pages. Black and White. £15.00 – print on demand – available now I like the odd and the strange. I like the challenging and the experimental. I like Found Forest Floor –… Read More ›

• That Was the Comic Week That Was: New Aces Weekly, Strontium Dog, Moomins – and a chance to get your work in 2000AD – and Mr Men!

  By John Freeman on August 4, 2017

  

  It’s been a busy week, and not just in terms of stories posted on downthetubes. Among other things, I’ve been to London (not for London Film and Comic Con, which looked incredible, but to discuss an exciting comics project at… Read More ›

• Budding comic creator? Don’t miss out on Thought Bubble and 2000AD’s annual Creator Challenge

  By John Freeman on August 4, 2017 • ( 3 )

  

  Do you have what it takes to be a 2000AD creator? At 2017’s Thought Bubble in Leeds, returning to the city next month, a quick reminder that 2000AD is again running its talent search for writers and artists. The prize?… Read More ›

• New Andy Capp collection announced, helping celebrate 60 years of the strip

  By John Freeman on August 4, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  A new collection of Andy Capp strips is on its way, six years after Titan Books published the last assembly of tales starring Britain’s best-known layabout. Created by Reg Smythe for the Daily Mirror, Andy Capp first appeared in the… Read More ›

• “Doctor Who”? No, it’s “Doctor Men”! New Mr Men-inspired figures revealed

  By John Freeman on August 3, 2017

  

  The new Doctor may be female – and there’s no knocking that here on downthetubes. But Doctor Who‘s men still rule the roost for a new range of Dr Men figures that will be distributed in the UK by RP2 Global,… Read More ›

• British Library pays tribute to Palestinian cartoonist Naji al-Ali

  By John Freeman on August 3, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  The British Library in London will pay tribute to the life, work and legacy of the great Palestinian cartoonist Naji al-Ali at a special event on Friday 27th October 2017. Speakers will include Guardian cartoonist Steve Bell. Born in Galilee… Read More ›

• Lakes Festival Focus 2017: Keeping “Bad Company” with comic artist Rufus Dayglo

  By John Freeman on August 3, 2017 • ( 2 )

  

  The countdown has begun to this year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival in October (13th – 15th). We continue our “Kendal Calling” interviews with 2000AD and Tank Girl artist Rufus Dayglo. Working mainly in comics, illustration and storyboards – Rufus started… Read More ›

• British cartoonist Alex Hallatt tackles climate change in internationally-syndicated “Arctic Circle” strip

  By John Freeman on August 3, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  Created by British cartoonist and environmental advocate Alex Hallatt and distributed by King Features Syndicate, popular comic strip Arctic Circle made a small impression on the Climate Change debate recently – by reducing its size through the week! Hallatt used her… Read More ›

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