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• Broken Frontier announce the publication of the 2017 Broken Frontier Small Press Yearbook

  By John Freeman on July 21, 2017

  

    Comics culture site Broken Frontier has announced the publication of their 2017 Small Press Yearbook, an anthology celebration of the work of BF’s ‘Six Small Press Creators to Watch’ of 2016 – Rebecca Bagley, Kim Clements, Brigid Deacon, Emily… Read More ›

• Star Trek Discovery comics launch in October from IDW

  By John Freeman on July 20, 2017

  

  IDW Publishing has announced it will launch its first Star Trek: Discovery on 25th October 2017, just a month after the series launches on CBS All Access in the United States and Canada, and on Netflix worldwide. Written by Mike Johnson… Read More ›

• Can Comics (and other arts) can keep you healthy?

  By John Freeman on July 20, 2017

  

  The arts can help keep us well, aid our recovery and support longer lives better lived according to a new report presented to Britain’s House of Commons this week, which will get its full launch tomorrow in Manchester. Presumably, that… Read More ›

• hoopla digital brings Fantagraphics, Lion Forge and Titan Comics titles to North American public libraries

  By John Freeman on July 20, 2017

  

  hoopla digital, the category-creating mobile and online service for North American public libraries, has announced content agreements with comic book publishers Fantagraphics, Lion Forge and Titan Comics. With the agreement, hoopla digital immediately adds thousands of popular comic book titles… Read More ›

• Classic “Scream!” and “Misty” comics unite for Hallowe’en Special!

  By John Freeman on July 20, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  (Updated 3/8/17, with confirmed on sale date) Rebellion, publisher of 2000AD, has begun soliciting orders for a Scream! & Misty Hallowe’en Special through comic shop distributor Diamond, promising new stories starring classic characters from two much-loved British comics published in… Read More ›

• IDW and Glénat announce Original Graphic Novel partnership

  By John Freeman on July 19, 2017

  

  US company IDW Publishing and French publisher Glénat are launching a new joint initiative, “Original Graphic Novel”, focused on the creation of original comic books, to be published both in France and the United States. The partners say the main… Read More ›

• New James Bond tale, “Kill Chain”, launches this week

  By John Freeman on July 19, 2017

  

  When a counterespionage operation in Rotterdam goes catastrophically wrong, James Bond finds himself in the crosshairs of a plot to smash NATO in Kill Chain. The latest secret agent tale from US publisher Dynamite Entertainment written by Andy Diggle, with art… Read More ›

• The First Female “Doctor Who” Appeared in Comics back in 1989 – Sort Of!

  By John Freeman on July 18, 2017

  

  While the news of the latest Doctor Who casting of Jodie Whittaker as the Thirteenth Doctor, Britain’s national media went a bit crazy, fans were divided – while some Marvel UK comic fans simply shrugged, because they’d seen it coming… Read More ›

• In Review: The Leopard from Lime Street – Book One

  By John Freeman on July 18, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  Written by Tom Tully Art by Mike Western, Eric Bradbury Publisher: Rebellion Graphic Novels (British Treasury of Comics) Out: Now The Book: Billy Farmer lives with his Aunt Joan and Uncle Charlie in the sleepy town of Selbridge. Visiting the… Read More ›

• Sneak Peek: Artist Rian Hughes’ I Am a Number

  By John Freeman on July 17, 2017

  

  When everyone has a number, everyone knows their place. Lower numbers are better, higher numbers are less important, and that’s just the way it is. But what if that number could change? You might try to buck the system and… Read More ›

• Character Options renews its Doctor Who figure license after Thirteenth Doctor casting announced

  By John Freeman on July 17, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  Toy firm Character Options, who have held the master toy licence for Doctor Who since the show’s 2005 relaunch has renewed its deal with BBC Worldwide as UK master toy licensee for long-running SF TV series, following the announcement that… Read More ›

• Sneak Peek: MULP – Sceptre Of The Sun Issue 4 by Matt Gibbs and Sara Dunkerton

  By Jeremy Briggs on July 17, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  Writer Matt Gibbs and artist Sara Dunkerton’s anthropomorphic rodent adventurers return in the penultimate issue of MULP: Spectre Of The Sun. Published by Improper Books, MULP issue 4 was launched at the Cardiff Independent Comic Expo on Saturday 8 July and will… Read More ›

• Doctor Who: Enter our Thirteenth Doctor Comic Art Competition!

  By John Freeman on July 17, 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  With the confirmation that actress Jodie Whittaker is to be Doctor Who‘s Thirteenth Doctor, we’re sure some of you will be racing to draw her. Several artists have shared their take of Jodie online already, including cover artist Hal Laren… Read More ›

• Small Press invades the Incredible Comic Shop, Swindon!

  By Antony Esmond on July 16, 2017

  

  The Incredible Comic Shop in Swindon has some spiffy new premises in the Plaza Brunel Centre and welcomed the great unwashed of the Small Press Community to a Small Press Signing Day on Saturday the 15th July 2017, which we… Read More ›

• High Five! Unlikely MP to meet Controversial Cartoonist at fifth Herne Bay Cartoon Festival

  By John Freeman on July 16, 2017

  

  The fifth annual Herne Bay Cartoon Festival has announced that Martin Rowson – “the UK’s most controversial cartoonist” – is now coming to the event next month to meet Britain’s most unexpected MP. There are also several great cartoon exhibitions… Read More ›

• Revealed – Untold Dalek History, in… DALEK! (What else could you call it?)

  By John Freeman on July 16, 2017

  

  Comics author Cavan Scott (Doctor Who, Vikings) has revealed some details about DALEK, an untold history of the Doctor’s greatest foes, due for release from BBC Books later this year, co-written with George Mann and Justin Richards. “The book is… Read More ›

• Titan Comics San Diego Comic-Con plans revealed – new Doctor Who tales, Robotech special and more

  By John Freeman on July 15, 2017

  

  British publisher Titan Comics has announced it will be bringing its biggest ever offering of exciting debuts to this year’s sell-out San Diego Comic-Con (20th – 23rd July 2017), SDCC variants, limited editions and special appearances from a host of… Read More ›

• All-out action from cover to cover in 100% Biodegradable – Issue 17!

  By John Freeman on July 15, 2017

  

  100% Biodegradable Issue 17 is on sale now, crammed with digital comics goodness – available from all the usual electronic outlets. Here’s the line-up and yes, of course I’m just a teeny bit biased about this title for obvious reasons… Read More ›

• That’s Novel! Turn your house into a vintage library for a snip, thanks to Décor Books

  By John Freeman on July 14, 2017

  

  Décor Books is a brand new website offering a collection of high quality modern and vintage books for interiors – sold by the metre from just £29. The site is the brainchild of Lauren Giles, who has a long-standing love… Read More ›

• In Memoriam: Comic Artist and Writer Sam Glanzman 

  By John Freeman on July 13, 2017

  

  The team here at downthetubes were very sad to learn of the passing of the influential comics American comic creator Sam Glanzman, whose work we have highlighted on several occasions.  Here, his son Thom Glanzman pays tribute to his father…… Read More ›

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