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• It’s Hammer Time for Titan Comics as “The Mummy” debuts, and it’s a scream!

  By John Freeman on November 9, 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  Today sees the launch of The Mummy, the first of several Hammer Films-inspired comic series from Titan Comics, written by the legendary Peter Milligan and drawn by Ronilson Freire, coloured by Ming Sen and lettered by Simon Bowland. The line will see the publication of brand-new… Read More ›

• The Really Heavy Greatcoat Year in Review 2016 Part One

  By John Freeman on November 9, 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  Nick Miller, co-creator of The Really Heavy Greatcoat cartoon with me, which we wrote on a regular basis for some years, delivers the first part of this year’s “Year in Review” early, in response to the US election results… Nick… Read More ›

• Oxford’s TORCH to host talk by Roger Sabin on the Origins of Comics Criticism

  By John Freeman on November 9, 2016

  

  TORCH, Oxford’s Research Centre in the Humanities third seminar of the term will take place tomorrow, Thursday 10th November 2016, at 5.15pm and will feature a talk from Roger Sabin, Professor of Popular Culture at Central Saint Martins in London, on “The… Read More ›

• Comic Creators early Twitter reaction to the 2016 US Election Result

  By John Freeman on November 9, 2016

  

  So, Donald Trump will be the next US President. I think A-Force and Hawkeye comic writer Kelly Thompson pretty much nailed the mood of many comic creators on my Twitter feed this morning with a retweet of a cartoon by David Rowe,… Read More ›

• Wartime Beano Bonanza, rare Captain America reprint, Mickey Mouse Weekly #1 and more in latest Compal comics auction

  By John Freeman on November 9, 2016

  

  There’s plenty for the dedicated British comics collector to savour in the latest ComPal comic book auction, with bidding via the-saleroom.com running until 27th November 2016. While there aren’t many art items on offer this time around, there are some… Read More ›

• Planet Jimbot’s Wolf Country returns

  By John Freeman on November 9, 2016

  

  Sandwiched between writer Jim Alexander’s “Calhab Justice” (featuring in the Judge Dredd: The Mega Collection Issue 47, out now) and Savant (an alien goes walkabout around the Universe accumulating the memories of the dead with art by Will Pickering, debuting… Read More ›

• Dave Gibbons signing this weekend for new “Brighton’s Graphic War” from QueenSpark Books

  By John Freeman on November 8, 2016

  

  QueenSpark Books will be hosting an exclusive book signing event this coming weekend at Brighton’s Dave’s Comics with Comics Laureate Dave Gibbons to help launch their new graphic novel, Brighton’s Graphic War – and there will be a special auction the night before, for the book cover art, a… Read More ›

• Matthew Dooley’s Milkman tale wins him £1000 Graphic Short Story Prize

  By John Freeman on November 7, 2016

  

  Matthew Dooley, whose previous works include the self-published comic Meanderings, is the 2016 winner of the Cape Observer Comica Graphic Short Story Prize. His four-page story, “Colin Turnbull: A Tall Story“, which you can read here, wins £1,000 cash and… Read More ›

• New Thelwell “Menagerie” Prints Released

  By John Freeman on November 6, 2016

  

  Screen printer John Patrick Reynolds – perhaps best known to downthetubes readers for his Beano-inspired prints -has produced six new screenprints based on the drawings of cartoonist Norman Thelwell. These “Thelwell Menagerie” prints show the range of Thelwell’s interests, from… Read More ›

• London’s Orbital Comics showcases Graphic Short Story Prize Finalists

  By John Freeman on November 6, 2016

  

  Were you short-listed? Here are the finalists’ names and the titles of their entries to this year’s Observer Jonathan Cape Graphic Novels Comica London Graphic Short Story Prize.  There’s the opportunity to meet many of them and read their four-page… Read More ›

• In Like Flint… Announcing a Warlord Retrospective Marathon

  By Colin Noble on November 6, 2016

  

  Over on the Comics UK forum, we love to talk about comics and one of my friends has been enthusing about Fleetway Editions Battle, home to strips such as “Charley’s War” (documented here on downthetubes, a war comic title now owned… Read More ›

• Awesome Comics Podcast Catch-Up – Comic Cons, Horror Comics and More!

  By John Freeman on November 5, 2016

  

  Oh dear! I’ve gotten behind on my Awesome Comics Podcast listening, and they’ve been doing some great stuff, too! Here’s a round up of the latest feisty  thrills from Dan Butcher, Tony Esmond and Vince Hunt. I’d better hide under in… Read More ›

• Something For the Weekend – Thought Bubble and Dan Dare! – New Comics On Sale in the UK (w/c 31st October 2016)

  By John Freeman on November 5, 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  It’s Thought Bubble in Leeds this weekend, so as something of a departure from our usual coverage of new comics on sale in newsgents and comic shops, I thought I’d spotlight just a few of the great comics (and I… Read More ›

• Creator Spotlight – S.J. McCune and his Monologue

  By Antony Esmond on November 5, 2016

  

  The singular experience of reading a comic can provide a range of emotions. Diving into the art of a piece and allowing it to affect you emotionally is probably why we connect so much with this medium. The art and… Read More ›

• In Review: It’s Ghastly, the untimely demise of “Scream!” (Not for the nervous…)

  By Ian Wheeler on November 4, 2016

  

  Greetings mortals! Don’t expect an objective review of It’s Ghastly, the new Comic Archive from Hibernia Comics (their third), because I’ve been waiting for this publication for over 30 years. I was absolutely the right age to be into Fleetway Editions short-lived… Read More ›

• In Review: Alex Automatic

  By Colin Noble on November 4, 2016 • ( 2 )

  

  The Book: Alex Automatic is written by Fraser Campbell with art by James Corcoran, colour art by David B. Cooper with lettering and design by Colin Bell. Variant covers are by Iain Laurie, Alisdair Wood and Nick Pitarra plus pin-ups… Read More ›

• Career in Comics book in the works from attorney Gamal Hennessy

  By John Freeman on November 4, 2016

  

  US attorney Gamal Hennessy of Creative Contract Consulting has announced he’s working on a new book Your Career in Comics: A Business, Creative and Legal Framework for Professional Sequential Artists (YCC for short!) that should be of interest to comic creators following downthetubes Gamal,… Read More ›

• New Wonder Woman UK Trailer Released

  By John Freeman on November 4, 2016

  

  Here’s the latest official trailer for Wonder Woman – in UK cinemas from 2nd June 2017 – starring Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Connie Nielson, Robin Wright, David Thewlis and directed by Patty Jenkins. Based on the DC Comics character created… Read More ›

• In Memoriam: “Luck of the Legion” and Ladybird Books artist Martin Aitchison

  By John Freeman on November 4, 2016

  

  We’re sorry to report the passing of Martin Aitchison, artist on Eagle‘s  “Luck of the Legion“, “Danger Unlimited“, “The Lost World” and “Hornblower“, who died peacefully on 22nd October 2016, aged 96. Martin also illustrated a large number of Ladybird Books… Read More ›

• Dan Dare: The Audio Adventures Volume One Box Set Art Revealed

  By John Freeman on November 3, 2016

  

  B7 Media has revealed further art from its Dan Dare: The Audio Adventures series, launching 5th December 2016 via Big Finish. This time out, it’s the new artwork for Dan Dare: The Audio Adventures Volume One box set, featuring art by Brian… Read More ›

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