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• Parables of Care – a free comic about dementia that will touch your heart

  By John Freeman on 6 October 2017

  

  Here’s a touching new comic you can read for free online: Parables of Care. Creative Responses to Dementia Care, as Told by Carers is now available. This16-page publication presents true stories of creative responses to dementia care, as told by… Read More ›

• Cold War Commando!

  By John Freeman on 5 October 2017

  

  Here’s the intel on the latest issues of Commando (Issues 5059-5062) from DC Thomson, on sale now in all good newsagents across the UK and various digital platforms. Expect Cold War espionage, Battle of Britain aerobatics, lost Napoleonic treasures and… Read More ›

• Monad Journal Launch Symposium at the University of Northampton

  By John Freeman on 5 October 2017

  

  The University of Northampton  is to host the launch of a new peer-reviewed open access online journal MONAD next month – and comics writer Alan Moore is among invited guests for the Launch Symposium. The Monad Journal Launch Symposium on Thursday… Read More ›

• Call For Papers: Storytelling Conference 2018

  By John Freeman on 5 October 2017

  

  The organisers of the Storytelling Conference 2018 (10th – 11th July) at the University of Suffolk have announced the call for papers is now open. They are inviting papers that theoretically and empirically engage with a broad range of disciplines… Read More ›

• Jurassic World expected to be popular draw at Brand Licensing Europe next week

  By John Freeman on 5 October 2017

  

  2018 is going to be a perfect storm for the popular Jurassic World franchise, so it’s no surprise the franchise is expected to be a big attraction at this year’s Brand Licensing Europe show, taking place at Olympia, London (10th… Read More ›

• There’s no escape: The Prisoner is returning to comics

  By John Freeman on 5 October 2017

  

  Not for the first time, the short-lived, highly regarded 1960s TV series The Prisoner is being adapted for comics. Titan Comics has announced they are to publish all-new comic books written by Peter Milligan, drawn by Colin Lorimer,  to celebrate… Read More ›

• Lakes Festival Focus 2017: An interview with cartoonist Lynn Johnston

  By John Freeman on 4 October 2017

  

  An interview with the creator of “For Better of Worse”

• Out Now: 2000AD Prog 2051

  By John Freeman on 4 October 2017

  

  The latest issue of 2000AD, on sale now in all good newsagents and comic shops, comes wrapped in a smashing cover from David Millgate and features the following Thrills (and plenty of spills…) Favourite story this issue? Well, apart from… Read More ›

• downthetubes Site Update in progress

  By John Freeman on 4 October 2017

  

  We’re doing some behind the scenes maintenance on downthetubes, which means there won’t be as many posts as usual here for the next few days. In the mean time, for your British comics news fix (and other distractions), we’ve reignited… Read More ›

• It’s Grimm Up North! Manchester’s Grimmfest offers cult classics and scary shorts

  By John Freeman on 3 October 2017

  

  Grimmfest 2017, Manchester’s film festival of new and classic horror, cult, fantasy and sci-fi movies, returns this week (5th – 8th October 2017) at the Vue Printworks. The festival will feature world premieres, cult classics and eclectic film shorts and the… Read More ›

• Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast with Paula Knight, Pikkli and Plink!

  By John Freeman on 3 October 2017

  

  Oh, all right, Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast hosts Ian and Nikki don’t really give two puppets the Podcast Probe. But the team do talk to their creators, Jonathan Edwards and the Felt Mistress, about their brand new exhibition Archipelagogo –… Read More ›

• Panel Borders: Titans and Men of Action

  By John Freeman on 3 October 2017

  

  Starting a new series of Panel Borders, Alex Fitch explores the work of two much loved American comic book writers. In a discussion recorded at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival last year, Alex talks to Joe Kelly about writing Spider-Man,… Read More ›

• Colour Like Carlos Ezquerra! 2000AD & Judge Dredd Colouring Book Out Now

  By John Freeman on 3 October 2017

  

  One of the best-loved and most successful sci-fi fantasy creators in the world, 2000AD superstar Carlos Ezquerra, has collected 50 superb drawings of his top characters in Carlos Ezquerra’s 2000AD & Judge Dredd Colouring Book. It’s a colouring book guaranteed… Read More ›

• Aces Weekly: Now We Are Five!

  By John Freeman on 2 October 2017

  

  This week marks the beginning of David Lloyd‘s magnificent Aces Weekly‘s sixth year – and sees the launch of Volume 30 of the digital anthology comic, sent to subscribers screens in seven super parts every Monday, with all further volumes rolling… Read More ›

• Spelling Mistakes Cost Lives – Darren Cullen exhibits at The Other Art Show

  By John Freeman on 2 October 2017

  

  Artist Darren Cullen – the creator behind the Spelling Mistakes Cost Lives web site – is showing a large selection of his work, including a brand new sculpture (and the above slightly older one) at The Other Art Fair in London (5th… Read More ›

• Marney the Fox: after Buster, a “Sunny” star, thanks to Bernard Long

  By John Freeman on 2 October 2017

  

  The beautiful Marney the Fox collection, gathered from the pages of weekly comic Buster is out this week, but who remembers an incarnation published in the nursery title Sunny in the 1980s? The “Marney the Fox” comic strip – the story of a… Read More ›

• #Inktober is here: how about some Doctor Who art?

  By John Freeman on 2 October 2017

  

  It’s #Inktober, so over at the Facebook Doctor Who Comics: A Voyage, we’re looking for your Doctor Who-inspired #Inktober art. (You’ll need to join the group to contribute). Inktober takes place every October with the aim of getting more of… Read More ›

• Lakes Festival Focus 2017: An Interview with comics creator and author Paula Knight

  By John Freeman on 2 October 2017 • ( 1 )

  

  With the Lakes International Comic Art Festival just two weeks away, downthetubes catches up with freelance illustrator, comics creator and author Paula Knight. Based in Bristol, Paula’s first graphic memoir, The Facts of Life, was published by Myriad Editions in… Read More ›

• Misty and Scream Halloween Special Variant Cover Released

  By John Freeman on 1 October 2017

  

  When Rebellion first announced its upcoming Halloween special featuring some classic comics from Misty, Scream and Thunder, there were accusations Misty – once considered the girls comic equivalent of 2000AD and a title that by all accounts once outsold it… Read More ›

• Roy of the Rovers rebooted, new stories start in 2018

  By John Freeman on 29 September 2017

  

  BBC News Oxford has reported Roy of the Rovers is to be rebooted in new adventures thanks to new owners 2000AD publisher Rebellion. The new stories will chart the start of Roy Race’s career at the fictional Melchester Rovers, in… Read More ›

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