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

  By John Freeman on 9 November 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 9 November 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 8 November 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 7 November 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 6 November 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 6 November 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 6 November 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 5 November 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 5 November 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 5 November 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 4 November 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 4 November 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 4 November 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 4 November 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 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 ›

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