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• Ghost Ships and Wartime Castaways – new Commando comics on sale on Thursday

  By John Freeman on 4 April 2017

  

  Here’s the intel from DC Thomson on the latest issues of Commando (Issues 5007 – 5010) on sale in all good newsagents from Thursday 6th April 2017 and also available through various digital platforms. All four stories are set in… Read More ›

• Papercutz Publishes Metaphrog’s The Little Mermaid

  By Jeremy Briggs on 4 April 2017

  

  Metaphrog’s latest hardback adaptation of a Hans Christian Andersen fairytale, The Little Mermaid, is being released by American publisher Papercutz today. A follow up to 2015’s The Red Shoes And Other Tales, The Little Mermaid is written by John Chalmers… Read More ›

• My So-Called Secret Identity Launch Event Announced 

  By John Freeman on 4 April 2017

  

  The launch of Volume 2 of My So-Called Secret Identity (aka MSCSI), with writer Will Brooker and artist Jennie Gyllblad, will take place in London at the end of the month. MSCSI, created by Suze Shore, Will Brooker and Sarah Zaidan, launched online… Read More ›

• Tony Esmond’s Comic Shop Survival Guide – Part Three: Choosing Your Comic

  By Antony Esmond on 3 April 2017 • ( 2 )

  

  There isn’t a week that goes by that one of the downthetubes team reads a post or receives a news item about declining comic sales, some articles blaming comics piracy, others the cost of comics, the end of physical print…. Read More ›

• Beano Studios ramps up TV and film team with new hire from Australia’s ABC network

  By John Freeman on 3 April 2017

  

  Could the long-trumpeted Bananaman movie have moved a step closer? Beano Studios announced the hiring of Chris Rose as their director of development and production last week, coming to the company from his role as Commissioning Editor at the Australian… Read More ›

• WebFinds: The Space Museum 

  By John Freeman on 2 April 2017

  

  When an account titled @spacemuseum63 starts following you on Twitter, you need to double check they aren’t Dalek agents. I’m glad I did, because it led me to The Space Museum web site –  dedicated to cataloging Doctor Who collectibles… Read More ›

• Commando Comic Update – sabotaged by its publisher

  By John Freeman on 1 April 2017

  

  (Now updated with issue information): Rather belatedly, here’s the information on the issues of DC Thomson’s Commando (5003 – 5006), still on sale in all good newsagents for a few more days. DC Thomson changed the way they provide information… Read More ›

• New girls magazines launched, DC Thomson’s “Sweet” includes strip by Laura Howell

  By John Freeman on 1 April 2017

  

  DC Thomson and Panini UK have both launched new girls titles this week – Sweet and Disney’s Eleanor of Avalor, the latter based on the animated series screened on the Disney Channel. DC Thomson say their title, Sweet, which includes… Read More ›

• In Review: Garbage Night by Jen Lee

  By Antony Esmond on 1 April 2017

  

  Created by Jen Lee Full colour, £12.99 Published by NoBrow The Story: In a barren and ransacked backyard, a dog called Simon lives with his two best friends: a raccoon and a deer. They spend their days looting a desolate… Read More ›

• Britain’s annual comics-promoting Small Press Day 2017 Announced for Saturday 8th July

  By John Freeman on 30 March 2017

  

  Small Press Day, celebrating comics and self-publishing at shops and events across the UK and Ireland, is back. The fantastic Broken Frontier web site – ever at the forefront of promoting independently published small press comics and encouraging their creators… Read More ›

• Happy 30th Birthday, Combat Colin!

  By John Freeman on 29 March 2017

  

  Huge congratulations to longtime British comics creator Lew Stringer this morning, whose much-loved clumsy combat hero Combat Colin celebrates 30 years of publication. The first Combat Colin strip appeared in print in Marvel UK’s Action Force Issue 5, published on… Read More ›

• VIZ among Big Issue editor’s favourite reads

  By John Freeman on 28 March 2017

  

  Best-selling humour comic magazine VIZ is one of Big Issue editor Paul McNamee‘s favourite reads, he reveals in an opinion piece for InPublishing magazine. He’s also a fan of Private Eye, Q – and the Church Times advertiser section. Celebrating… Read More ›

• Doctor Who Panel to Panel Podcast – Back with More Comic Reviews

  By John Freeman on 27 March 2017

  

  Episode 74 of Jeremy Bement’s execellent Doctor Who: Panel to Panel podcast has just been posted.

• Tony Esmond’s Comic Shop Survival Guide – Part Two: How To Buy A Comic

  By Antony Esmond on 25 March 2017 • ( 3 )

  

  There isn’t a week that goes by that one of the downthetubes team reads a post or receives a news item about declining comic sales, some articles blaming comics piracy, others the cost of comics, the end of physical print…. Read More ›

• Last Chance to get your hands on some classic British comic collections from Bear Alley Books!

  By John Freeman on 24 March 2017

  

  Over at Bear Alley Books, publisher Steve Holland has a special offer on two of his latest books collecting two great strips from DC Thomson, featuring work by artists Ian Kennedy and Enrique Alcatena. “This will be your last chance to… Read More ›

• Celebrate Red Nose Day the Mekon Way!

  By John Freeman on 24 March 2017

  

  Make a donation to Red Nose Day via www.rednoseday.com Dan Dare Mekon art by Charlotte Corday, Dan Dare and Commando artist Keith Page. (With thanks to Richard Sheaf)

• In Praise Of: Comic Artist Jack “King” Kirby

  By John Freeman on 23 March 2017

  

  Had he lived, Jack “King” Kirby, born 28th August 1917, would have been 100 this year. In advance of Lancaster Comics Day 2017, where Kirby’s work will be celebrated on a special panel, British comic artist (and Comics Day guest)… Read More ›

• Leamington Comic Con on Saturday 

  By John Freeman on 23 March 2017

  

  Leamington’s award-winning comic convention – Leam Comic Con – returns on Saturday (25th March 2017) at the Royal Spa Centre bringing big name guests, independent publishers and creators and local talent to the town. Top guests include Christian Wildgoose, artist… Read More ›

• In Review: Cosmos & Other Stories

  By Antony Esmond on 23 March 2017 • ( 3 )

  

  By Rozi Hathaway Publisher: Good Comics The Book: A collection of short stories about love and longing… if you’ve ever been in a crowd, felt the ache of absence, or looked for meaning ion the constellations, then this collection will… Read More ›

• A New Comic Con Comes To Glenrothes In June

  By Jeremy Briggs on 22 March 2017

  

  Saturday 10 June 2017 will see the inaugural Glenrothes Comic Con launch at Rothes Halls at the western end of the Scottish town’s large Kingdom Shopping Centre. Running from 9:30am to 5:00pm the one day event is a true comics… Read More ›

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