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• 2000AD Prog 2000 – Bolland, McMahon, Gibbons and O’Neill To Return!

  By John Freeman on June 25, 2016

  

  Comic book superstars Brian Bolland, Mick McMahon, Dave Gibbons and Kevin O’Neill are set to return to the pages of the legendary 2000AD for its 2000th issue, out later in the year – along with both classic characters such as Nemesis… Read More ›

• In Review: The Survivors – Episode 2

  By Jeremy Briggs on June 24, 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  Cinebook continues their translation of the spin-off series from Leo’s Worlds Of Aldebaran books with The Survivors – Episode 2, a tale set during the initial colonisation of Aldebaran IV, 100 years before the main Aldebaran series begins. After the loss… Read More ›

• In Review: SP4RX by Wren McDonald

  By Antony Esmond on June 23, 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  Created by Wren McDonald 120 pages – Black and White and Purple 243mm x 170mm – Softback – £14.99 Published by NoBrow Press The Story: “SP4RX is the story of mankind clawing for survival. Set in a future where a… Read More ›

• It’s Grand Up North: Two Comics Events For Your Calendar

  By Ian Wheeler on June 22, 2016

  

  Is the North of England leading the way in a new type of comics event? By Ian Wheeler There are many types of events for fans of comics. The large “Film and Comic Cons” which incorporate comics as part of… Read More ›

• Something For The Weekend: New Comics On Sale (w/c 20th June 2016) – Judge Dredd, James Bond and More!

  By John Freeman on June 22, 2016

  

  Judge Dredd gets set to fight back in the long-running story that’s had plenty of surprises along the way in this week’s 2000AD (by Michael Carroll, Colin MacNeil, Len O’Grady, and Annie Parkhouse) – but just how big is the conspiracy… Read More ›

• Tank Girl Returns in September in “Tank Girl Gold”

  By John Freeman on June 21, 2016

  

  Titan Comics has just announced that following the hit Tank Girl: Two Girls One Tank series, Tank Girl is returning in September with the gold standard in anarchic entertainment – Tank Girl: Gold #1! This brand new series is The… Read More ›

• Capturing Arts and Minds: Una’s new comic, “On Sanity: One Day in Two Lives”

  By John Freeman on June 20, 2016

  

  Just published by comic creator Una is a new 40-page comic, On Sanity: One Day In Two Lives, a very personal project about illness and recovery in mental health, based on the story of her mother. Yorkshire-based Una explains it’s… Read More ›

• Robotech Comes to Titan Comics in 2017!

  By John Freeman on June 20, 2016

  

  With one eye on the resurgence of interest in other 1980s properties at other publishers such as IDW, and the other on the upcoming feature film, canny British publisher Titan Comics has ignited the engines of the cult 1980s series, Robotech – and is ready… Read More ›

• Cardiff Independent Comic Expo headlines with artist John Higgins, again promotes indie comic creators

  By John Freeman on June 20, 2016

  

  Cardiff’s independent comic show – the Cardiff Independent Comic Expo (CICE) – returns this weekend, on Saturday 25th June, 2016 at Cardiff Masonic Hall. The event will showcase the very best in independent comic artists, writers, publishers, retailers, illustrators, craftspeople and more,… Read More ›

• Dave McKean Talk at London’s House of Illustration

  By John Freeman on June 19, 2016

  

  Join legendary illustrator, filmmaker and musician David McKean as he talks to the Observer’s Rachel Cooke and Imperial War Museum curator Richard Slocombe about his astonishing new graphic novel and performance, Black Dog: The Dreams of Paul Nash at London’s… Read More ›

• Metaphrog Nominated For Scottish Culture Awards 2016

  By Jeremy Briggs on June 19, 2016

  

  It has been a remarkable 12 months for Metaphrog, the Franco-Scottish duo of artist Sandra Marrs and writer John Chalmers.  August saw them announced as Writers in Residence at the 2015 Edinburgh International Book Festival, in September they were awarded… Read More ›

• Crowdfunding Spotlight: “Red Range” by Joe R. Lansdale & Sam Glanzman

  By John Freeman on June 18, 2016

  

  If you haven’t already, then please do check out Drew Ford‘s to get the positively stunning Western comic Red Range by Joe R. Lansdale (By Bizarre Hands) and by Sam Glanzman (A Sailor’s Story) back into print. Combining an unusual… Read More ›

• Sneak Peek: For the Love of God, Marie! by Jade Sarson

  By John Freeman on June 17, 2016

  

  We don’t normally post the entire cover of a book here on downthetubes, but Jade Sarson‘s For the Love of God, Marie! – out from Myriad in July – is just so darn gorgeous, how could we not? Sex, religion, gender,… Read More ›

• New documentary set to put Soviet “Soyuzmultfilm” in the spotlight, team calls out to those who worked in it

  By John Freeman on June 17, 2016

  

  London-based Bill Melendez Productions are currently in pre-production on a feature length documentary exploring animation for children and families in the USSR, in part, focusing on the studio Soyuzmultfilm, and the women in Soviet animation: from Aleksandra Snezhko-Blotskaya, co-director of the… Read More ›

• More British Creators Announced for Lakes International Comic Art Festival in October

  By John Freeman on June 17, 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  Just ahead of tickets going on sale on Friday 1st July, the Lakes International Comic Art Festival has announced the upcoming appearances by a number of top British comic creators, all looking forward to a weekend of comics fun 14th – 16th October… Read More ›

• Something For The Weekend: New Comics On Sale (w/c 13th June 2016) – Mix With Some Bad Company!

  By John Freeman on June 17, 2016

  

  Along with your usual fine mix of new comics on both sides of the Atlantic, how could we not direct you to the new Bad Company: First Casualties collection? It’s been a decade since the vicious war with the Krool… Read More ›

• Alien Air Aces in Commando? The Truth is Out at Your Newsagent!

  By John Freeman on June 16, 2016 • ( 2 )

  

  Here’s the inside intel on the latest issues of DC Thomson’s Commando – Issues 4923-4926 – on sale now in all good newsagents and via various digital platforms. They’re a great mixed bag of tales this week, with even a… Read More ›

• In Review: The Moniaive Comic Festival 2016

  By Colin Noble on June 16, 2016

  

  Most comic conventions measure their success by either footfall, social media reach or economic success. Well, I am here to report that the Moniaive Comic Festival takes a different route to measuring success. The aim of Sue Grant and her… Read More ›

• Lancaster Comics Day 2017 Date Announced

  By John Freeman on June 16, 2016

  

  The Friends of Lancaster Library have announced Lancaster Comics Day will return for a third year on Sunday 11th June 2017. Post the date in your diary now! Lancaster Comics Day 2016 raised over £600 for Library funds, which will be used to… Read More ›

• In Memoriam: Comics Letterer and Designer Derek Pierson

  By John Freeman on June 15, 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  We’re sorry to report the passing of Derek Pierson, who once self deprecatingly described his comics career as “from Hulton’s to IPC Magazines with Fleetway, taking a chunk of the middle”. Aged 77, he had been ill for some time. A… Read More ›

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