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

  By John Freeman on 4 November 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 3 November 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 ›

• Who’s the toughest – US Marines or British Commandos? Find out in Commando comic “Yankee Buddy”,

  By John Freeman on 3 November 2016 • ( 2 )

  

  Here’s your undercover intel on the latest issues of DC Thomson’s Commando (Issues 4963-4966), on sale now in all good newsagents (although you might have to ask for them in certain WHSmith stores, where they are kept behind the counter),… Read More ›

• In Review: The Artist by Anna Haifish

  By John Freeman on 3 November 2016

  

  Created by Anna Haifish Published by Breakdown Press Published: 17th November 2016 (Available at Thought Bubble) The Book: Anna Haifsch’s idiosyncratic, episodic comic chronicles the experiences of a young artist in his formative years, satirising the exclusive, ephemeral and frequently absurd… Read More ›

• Create your own Commando comics!

  By John Freeman on 3 November 2016

  

  Musomic –  a free comic building app for iPad – is continuing to expand its assets to create new comics, including imagery from DC Thomson’s Commando comic. Launched in 2014, the Musomic app enables users to adapt and combine artwork, captions… Read More ›

• New 2000AD-inspired Zarjaz ‘zine, FutureQuake and more out in time for Thought Bubble

  By John Freeman on 3 November 2016

  

  The latest issue of the 2000AD-inspired fanzine Zarjaz (Issue 27), FutureQuake and other great FutureQuake Press titles are now available online from the Future Quake web shop. Featuring a cover by Neil Roberts, the new Zarjaz, on sale at this weekend’s… Read More ›

• Avery Hill gains further bookstore distribution with Turnaround

  By John Freeman on 3 November 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  Independent publishers Avery Hill – the South London with a strongly independent ethos whose titles we’ve regularly plugged here on downthetubes – has just agreed a distribution deal with Turnaround Distributors, who have been distributing books into the UK and overseas markets since… Read More ›

• Call For Papers: All about Cinderella – retellings in the cultural imagination

  By John Freeman on 2 November 2016

  

  Three-hundred and nineteen years since the publication of Charles Perrault’s famous Histories du Temps Passé, the myth of Cinderella remains integral to many current facets of our cultures. Inspired by the University of Bedfordshire’s collection of scripts, books, theatrical memorabilia,… Read More ›

• From the Trenches: The Lakes International Comic Festival’s Academic Workshop

  By John Freeman on 2 November 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  Mel Gibson reports on another aspect of this year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival – its academic workshop, an aspect set to expand next year… The Lakes International Comic Art Festival‘s approach to developing links with the academy is distinctive. Their… Read More ›

• Tokyo reimagined in style by Shinji Tsuchimochi for “100 Views of Tokyo” project

  By John Freeman on 2 November 2016

  

  (With thanks to Marcia Allass): Following in the footsteps of ukiyo-e artist Hiroshige, Shinji Tsuchimochi spent three years illustrating the city, bringing a modern sense of whimsy and, sometimes, surrealism to the Japanese city. First published online, 100 Views of Tokyo, published in… Read More ›

• UniVerse Brings Alpha to Thought Bubble

  By Jeremy Briggs on 2 November 2016

  

  One of the new publications on show from the University of Dundee’s UniVerse imprint at Thought Bubble this coming weekend, 5/6 November 2016, is Alpha which is written by Chris Murray, designed by Phillip Vaughan, and illustrated by various Dundee comics students… Read More ›

• When is the Beano not So Beano? When it isn’t promoted to its readers online, perhaps?

  By John Freeman on 1 November 2016

  

  When is The Beano not The Beano? When it’s Beano – the official web site. Yes, it’s a terrible joke, but not as terrible as the bemusing lack of any obvious presence for the print edition of The Beano on the… Read More ›

• ICv2 delves into Digital Comic Subscriptions, asking if they’re gong “Netflix”

  By John Freeman on 1 November 2016

  

  For a while in the late Aughts, the Apple iTunes Store model was the predominant way to buy digital content: individual items from an enormous catalog, priced to buy one at a time. Then along came Netflix, with unlimited access… Read More ›

• Pushinka: A Cold War Doggy Romance from Aimee Lockwood

  By Jeremy Briggs on 1 November 2016

  

  Pushinka is the latest offering from Edinburgh based writer and artist Aimee Lockwood and tells the true story of a Cold War doggy romance in the Kennedy White House. The first living creature in space was the Soviet dog Laika in… Read More ›

• In Review: MULP – Sceptre Of The Sun Issue 3

  By Jeremy Briggs on 1 November 2016

  

  The rodent adventurers of MULP are back in their on-going quest to discover a powerful ancient relic, the Sceptre Of The Sun. Written by Matt Gibbs and illustrated by Sara Dunkerton, MULP issue 3 joins our mousey heroes as they prepare to… Read More ›

• In Pictures: Nottingham Comic Convention 2016

  By Antony Esmond on 31 October 2016

  

  We all do stuff for the love of comics. We do it for free, especially on great sites like downthetubes. Sadly, it would seem are there those on the edges of our industry, our community, with a different view point, such as… Read More ›

• Sneak Peek: First ever complete collection of the early years of The Sun’s “Striker” comic

  By John Freeman on 31 October 2016

  

  Pete Nash, creator of Striker, published by The Sun and online on Planet Striker, has given us a sneak peek at some of the pages of the first ever sequential collection of the hugely popular football strip, Striker: The Complete Collection… Read More ›

• Dan Dare Audio Adventures Theme by Imran Ahmad Released

  By John Freeman on 31 October 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  B7 Media has just released its Dan Dare theme tune for the upcoming Dan Dare Audio Adventures, which launch from Big Finish next month, the music the work of British Indian film music composer and musician Imran Ahmad, who’s previously worked with… Read More ›

• In Review: Largo Winch – Crossing Paths / 20 Seconds

  By Jeremy Briggs on 31 October 2016

  

  It feels like a long time since we heard from Largo Winch, writer Jean Van Hamme and artist Philippe Francq’s billionaire, businessman, adventurer and philanthropist, and part of the reason for that is that Cinebook, who publish the English language… Read More ›

• Hallowe’en Comic Tales: The 13th Stone

  By John Freeman on 31 October 2016

  

  It’s become something of a Hallowe’en tradition for comic creators Bryan Coyle and Lee Robson to create a short comic for the season, but this year (with the help of Bolt-01), they’ve gone one better and done a full blown 22-page one-shot, The… Read More ›

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