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• Awesome Comics Podcast Episode 40: Kris Carter and Bruce Outback

  By John Freeman on April 8, 2016

  

  This week on a great show all about creating comics the Awesome Comics Podcast gang are joined by the talented Kris Carter, a comics creator it’s been a huge privilege to have worked with myself in the past. Kris is the… Read More ›

• Sneak Peek: Titan Comics new ongoing “Ninth Doctor” Doctor Who Comic

  By John Freeman on April 7, 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  Next week (Wednesday 13th April) sees the return of the Ninth Doctor – as played by Christopher Eccleston – in a brand-new ongoing Doctor Who series from Titan Comics – and we have a sneak peek at the covers and some… Read More ›

• British Creators On Board for New Images Comics

  By John Freeman on April 7, 2016

  

  Image Comics kicked-off Emerald City Comicon with Image Expo yesterday, announcing a number of exciting creator-owned announcements that include new work by a number of British creators – including Sean Phillips, Alison Sampson, John Watkiss and Jim Campbell as well as those international… Read More ›

• Sneak Preview: Black Dog – The Dreams of Paul Nash by Dave McKean

  By John Freeman on April 7, 2016

  

  As we’ve previously reported, Cumbria will host a world premiere performance and the launch of a unique graphic novel – Black Dog – The Dreams of Paul Nash by Dave McKean – as part of 14-18 NOW, the UK’s official arts… Read More ›

• In Review: Edinburgh Comic Con 2016 (A View From the Trenches)

  By Colin Noble on April 7, 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  When you are one of the army of volunteers that is needed for most shows these days, it is hard to get around the show and see all of the attractions, but if you were at Edinburgh Comic Con 2016, then… Read More ›

• 2000AD Exclusive! What Is The Secret of Prog 1977?

  By John Freeman on April 7, 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  This rather enigmatic message about 2000AD Prog 1977 on top of a fantastic new image by Carlos Ezquerra has just reached the downthetubes team. The number, of course, coincides with the year 2000AD was founded, so The Mighty One himself… Read More ›

• Nottingham Does Comics!

  By John Freeman on April 7, 2016

  

  Nottingham Does Comics launches this month – and the organisers of the new bi-monthly discussion forum have invited comic creator Jonathan Clode, co-editor of the brilliant To End All Wars anthology  to talk at their first event. “There’s some really… Read More ›

• The Famous Five At 75: New Merchandise in the Works

  By John Freeman on April 6, 2016

  

  Bulldog Licensing, which represents the estate of children’s author Enid Blyton, has announced a range of nostalgia products will launch next year to celebrate 75 years of her much-loved The Famous Five. The Famous Five are among Enid Blyton’s best-loved creations and… Read More ›

• Eagle Daze: The Life and Times of Leonard James Matthews – Part Nine

  By Roger Perry on April 6, 2016

  

  Leonard Matthews, General Managing Editor of Fleetway and the Eagle Group of Comics, was a Creative Visionary… but that, Roger Perry argues in his extensive biography of the man which continues here on downthetubes, is only due to him having… Read More ›

• New Comics On Sale This Week: Goldtiger, Burning Bright for 2000AD and Giant Days Delight

  By John Freeman on April 6, 2016

  

  Here’s my pick of this week’s list of British creator and British publisher-skewed new comics, including new comics on sale in UK newsagents. This feature covers all titles released from Monday 4th April onwards with most new US comics released… Read More ›

• Convict Commandos Blast Back Into Action in, er, Commando!

  By John Freeman on April 6, 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  Here’s the intel on the latest issues of Commando (Issues 4903-4906) from DC Thomson, on sale now in all good newsagents and assorted digital platforms (detailed below). This release sees the welcome return of the Convict Commandos in a new… Read More ›

• Celebrating 10 Amazing Years of Doctor Who Adventures

  By John Freeman on April 6, 2016

  

  Doctor Who Adventures was launched on the back of the amazing success of the revived series the previous year, and over on LowCulture, Paul Lang recalls how he first got wind of the Magazine when he saw some top-secret early… Read More ›

• Live Long and Sparkle: MAC Star Trek Make-Up In the Works

  By John Freeman on April 5, 2016

  

  Celebrating Star Trek’s upcoming 50th anniversary, MAC Cosmetics has unveiled its new makeup line inspired by the franchise, promoting it with some cool futuristic but sadly uncredited graphics. Set for release this summer, the line has been inspired by characters Deanna… Read More ›

• Crouch End Comic Art Festival Returns in June

  By John Freeman on April 5, 2016

  

  The third Crouch End Comic Art Festival (CECAF) will take place at the Earl Haig Hall, Crouch End, London on 18th June 2016, hosting the best and brightest cartoonists and independent publishers currently active in the UK comic scene. “The… Read More ›

• Oliver East’s “Take Me Back To Manchester” Exhibition Opens

  By John Freeman on April 5, 2016

  

  In 1872, Maharajah, an Asian Elephant, walked from Edinburgh to his new home in Belle Vue Zoo with his keeper Lorenzo Lawrence. Oliver East, a Manchester-based artist, walked the same route in April 2016, as inspiration for a full-length comic,… Read More ›

• Captain Britain, 40 Years On – What Next For Marvel’s Very British Superhero?

  By downthetubes Guests on April 5, 2016

  

  October see the 40th anniversary of the ‘birth’ of Captain Britain in Captain Britain Weekly, but what’s next for the Marvel hero? Last month, Marvel UK and Captain Britain fan Mark Roberts published a feature recounting news about a potential Captain… Read More ›

• Revealed: A New Official “Watership Down” Poster

  By John Freeman on April 4, 2016

  

  Vice Press will release two stunning-looking a poster celebrating Richard Adams’ classic novel Watership Down produced under license from Nepenthe Productions – the work of celebrated illustrator Raid71 (aka Chris Thornley). This beautiful art print which will be released at 5.00pm… Read More ›

• Batman versus Superman Box Office Plunge Prompts Questions

  By John Freeman on April 4, 2016 • ( 2 )

  

  What are the key differences between two of DC Comics top heroes, Superman and Batman that make them so different – and could a 1990s story written by Dave Gibbons and drawn by Steve Rude be a better example of illustrating them,… Read More ›

• Sneak Preview – Sliced Quarterly Issue #2

  By Antony Esmond on April 3, 2016

  

  Edited and Designed by Ken Reynolds Cover by Lukasz Kowalczuk Contributors – Chris Sides, Max Meier, Ken Reynolds, Peter Johnson, Freja Steele, Lukasz Kowalczuk, Kathryn Briggs, David Thomas, Denis Vermese, Ben Peter Johnson, Daniel Ableev, Bob Schroeder, Saffron Knight, Simon… Read More ›

• In Memoriam: Comic Artist Gerry Dolan

  By John Freeman on April 2, 2016

  

  When artist Gerry Dolan died last November I started writing this tribute, but for various reasons it got pushed back in its publication until now, and I can only apologise to those of you who already knew of his passing… Read More ›

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