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• Crowdfunding Spotlight: Mirabilis – Year of Wonders by Dave Morris and Leo Hartas

  By John Freeman on October 3, 2016

  

  Many downthetubes readers will recall  Mirabilis: Year of Wonders – a wonderful, beautifully written and realised graphic novel project by Dave Morris and Leo Hartas, which first debuted in The DFC and which Print Media Productions planned to publish as a series graphic albums. Sadly,… Read More ›

• By Gum! It’s Dan Dare (and Flamer Spry) at Woking’s Lightbox

  By John Freeman on October 3, 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  As part of The Story of British Comics So Far exhibition at The Lightbox in Woking, Surrey, Peter Hampson, son of Dan Dare co-creator Frank Hampson, will be talking with Paul Gravett on Saturday 8th October 2016, straight after a day-long “Comiket” event produced in… Read More ›

• New Fantastic Beasts Posters and more launched as Harry Potter prequel film debut approaches

  By John Freeman on October 3, 2016

  

  Fresh in stock ready for the Christmas rush, GB Posters offers a great range of posters, ready to hang collectable framed prints and other merchandise from this season’s biggest brands. The company says Pokemon and Suicide Squad have proved to be a… Read More ›

• Creating Comics: Steve Gregson and Matthew Simmons Go Galaxia!

  By John Freeman on October 2, 2016

  

  Lancaster-based Steve Gregson and Matthew Simmons are two 1980s kids who grew older, but didn’t grow up. With a shared love of cartoons, comics and action figures the two decided to put their heads together to write a story about… Read More ›

• Lakes Festival “Windows Trail” Launched, Kendal comes alive with comics-inspired shop windows

  By John Freeman on October 1, 2016

  

  The Lakes International Comic Art Festival‘s Windows on Comic Art Trail has just launched in Kendal in the run up to the weekend-long comics event. It’s a unique art trail, displayed in business windows across the town, and provides a fabulous opportunity for… Read More ›

• Guest Post: Five things I don’t wanna see in your indie superhero comic

  By John Freeman on October 1, 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  Dan Butcher is the creator, artist and writer of the acclaimed British independent comic Vanguard, which can be read for free at VanguardComic.com. He’s also one of the hosts on the Awesome Comics Podcast. Here, he offers some thoughts on independent superhero… Read More ›

• “Football Earth” star joins Roy Race in bid for England Manager role

  By John Freeman on September 30, 2016

  

  Following the announcement that comic hero Roy “Roy of the Rovers” Race has put his name forward to be considered for the next England manager, today Pet Guardiola has thrown his hat into the ring. Pet is one of the… Read More ›

• Awesome Comics Podcast Episode 65: Ryan K Lindsay (Deer Editor, Negative Space)

  By John Freeman on September 30, 2016

  

  This week Ryan K Lindsay (Deer Editor, Negative Space) joins the Awesome Pod crew to talk about all things comics, from his working processes on his past books, the price of digital books, Michael Bay films and the importance of… Read More ›

• 2000AD 2000 Sells Out, reprint in the works!

  By John Freeman on September 30, 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  We’re delighted to relay information from Tharg’s droids to report an unprecedented moment in 2000AD’s long and illustrious history – the landmark 2,000th issue has sold out less than 48 hours after hitting shelves across the UK and Ireland – and, for the first… Read More ›

• Coming soon: Beano Christmas Special, annual available

  By John Freeman on September 30, 2016

  

  (With thanks to Lew Stringer for the heads up): Hot on the heels of this week’s Beano revamp, look out in your local WHSmith not just for the 2017 Beano annual but this Beano Christmas Special, on sale soon. Featuring… Read More ›

• Thunderbirds land at BAFTA, London this weekend, some tickets still on sale

  By John Freeman on September 29, 2016

  

  The second season of Thunderbirds Are Go – launching on CITV in October – will get a special BAFTA Kids TV Preview on Saturday (1st October) in London. The preview of the new season will followed by a Q&A with the cast and… Read More ›

• Lakes Festival Creator Signings Announced

  By John Freeman on September 29, 2016

  

  Here’s a list of special signings by comic creators at this year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival over the weekend (14th – 16th October 2016). If a creator isn’t listed here, they will only be signing for a limited time… Read More ›

• In Review: ‘Nightlights’ by Lorena Alvarez

  By Antony Esmond on September 29, 2016

  

  Created by Lorena Alvarez Published by NoBrow Press. Full Colour. 54 Pages – Hardback. The Story: Every night, tiny lights appear out of the darkness in Sandy’s bedroom. She catches them and creates wonderful creatures to play with until she falls… Read More ›

• Comics and Short Stories Digital Hub Tapas Launches Writer Appeal

  By John Freeman on September 29, 2016

  

  Tapas, a publishing platform home to serialised, snackable stories for mobile audiences that includes the Tapastic comics hub which features the work of some 17,000 creators, is looking for amazing original stories. Tapas recently began to serialise the work of… Read More ›

• Something For The Weekend (w/c 26th September 2016): 2000AD Prog 2000 is here! Party Alert!

  By John Freeman on September 28, 2016

  

  It’s here! It’s fantastic! 2000AD, Europe’s longest running sci-fi action comic reaches its landmark 2,000th issue this week and some of the most prominent creators ever to grace its pages have returned for a 48-page celebration bonanza. Brian Bolland (Batman: The… Read More ›

• Roy of the Rovers mulls England manager role!

  By John Freeman on September 28, 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  Roy ‘Roy of the Rovers’ Race, the Melchester Rovers legend and icon of English football, has today announced his intention to apply for the now vacant England manager job. A towering figure in the national game renowned for fair play… Read More ›

• Exclusive First Look: “Search Destroy” Strontium Dog Fan Film Poster Revealed!

  By John Freeman on September 28, 2016

  

  Search Destroy – a not-for-profit Strontium Dog Fan film inspired by 2000AD‘s mutant bounty hunter Johnny Alpha – will get its first public screening at Thought Bubble in November. We’re delighted to give you at this first look at the film’s poster, a homage… Read More ›

• Egmont gets set to launch a new Teletubbies magazine

  By John Freeman on September 28, 2016

  

  Egmont will launch a new Teletubbies magazine next month, building on the popularity of the rebooted pre-school programme, which airs on BBC’s CBeebies channel at 7.00am daily. Teletubbies first hit screens in 1997, and the show follows the four colourful main… Read More ›

• Dark Horse announces new “Angel” series, launches in January 2017

  By John Freeman on September 28, 2016

  

  Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s first love will receive a solo series and a “re-vamped” creative team in the twelve issue series Angel Season 11 from Dark Horse Comics. Corinna Bechko (Lara Croft, Star Wars: Legacy II) writes Season 11 while Geraldo… Read More ›

• Malta Comic Con 2016 December dates announced

  By John Freeman on September 27, 2016

  

  As autumn begins to bite and scientists involved in analysing upper atmosphere activity start comparing its current status with last year’s and suggest we could be in for a grim and cold winter, what better time to have news of… Read More ›

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