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• Porcelain: A Gothic Fairy Tale to be re-released in new edition

  By John Freeman on September 28, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Improper Books is to publish a new edition of its truly stunning title Porcelain: A Gothic Fairy Tale, which longtime downthetbes readers will recall I gushed about on its debut back in 2010. A much-anticpated sequel, Porcelain: Bone China, will debut at… Read More ›

• Into the Briar: A Quick Chat with Comic Artist Chris Wildgoose (and a sneak preview!)

  By Antony Esmond on September 28, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Independent publisher Improper Books have just confirmed that Briar, a new graphic novel by Benjamin Read and Chris Wildgoose, will be released this autumn (with copies on sale at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival), and I got a chance to… Read More ›

• People’s Show of Sc-iFi Planned

  By John Freeman on September 27, 2015

  

  The team behind the upcoming SciFest Yorkshire 2015 are preparing the People’s Show of Sci-Fi Collectables at Tolson Memorial Museum this autumn, which will feature a range of Doctor Who, Star Trek and Star Wars artefacts (among others). They put… Read More ›

• Music to Watch Vampires By, courtesy of Pat and Lisa Mills!

  By John Freeman on September 27, 2015

  

  Do you have favourite tracks for favourite comics? Top British comics creator Pat Mills, whose latest creator-owned digital comic, Requiem Volume 8: The Queen of Dead Souls, is out now via Comixology, has always encouraged the inclusion of rock n roll in comics,… Read More ›

• Stuart Manning Doctor Who posters half price sale

  By John Freeman on September 26, 2015

  

  Those of you who enjoying Stuart Manning‘s terrific Doctor Who promotional posters for the show may be interested to know that prints of last year’s designs are still available from Big Chief and are half-price for all of September. Stuart… Read More ›

• Sneak Preview: Our Friends Arachnid

  By Antony Esmond on September 26, 2015

  

    Our Friends Arachnid By Alan Henderson Our Friends Arachnid is a collection of short and poetically told children’s stories by Alan Henderson about spiders which is getting a release at the upcoming Lakes International Comic Art Festival. Friendly spiders, of… Read More ›

• Thunderbirds Are Go Magazine Launches Next Month

  By John Freeman on September 26, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  DC Thomson has confirmed that its much-anticpated new Thunderbirds Are Go magazine will launch in October and that it will include comic strip as part of its content. A promotional page and subscription offer for the new comic is already online…. Read More ›

• Rare First Issue British Comics, Star Wars comics, Gerry Anderson merchandise in Cardiff auction today

  By John Freeman on September 26, 2015

  

  Langley and Jones – a company specialising in vintage collectables, toys, comics, annuals, movies, TV and sporting memorabilia – is hosting its first auction today in Cardiff and includes a number of rare British comic lots as well as other rare and… Read More ›

• George Snow Dan Dare goes under the hammer as part of Felix Dennis estate sale

  By John Freeman on September 26, 2015

  

  A comic sketch featuring Dan Dare and his arch nemesis The Mekon by George Snow inspired by early Eagle strip work is just one item from the diverse collection of the late Felix Dennis, extrovert publisher, planter of trees, poet and successful entrepreneur going under… Read More ›

• Sneak Preview: Eerie’s “The Rook” Back in Action at Dark Horse

  By John Freeman on September 25, 2015

  

  The most popular series ever introduced in the pages of Warren Publishing’s Eerie anthology – the time-travelling adventurer The Rook – returns to comics next month from Dark Horse. Many of us who grew up enthralled by British comic anthologies in… Read More ›

• Something for the Weekend: US Comics On Sale 23rd September 2015

  By John Freeman on September 24, 2015

  

  Due to catching up after a break on an island where comics seemed in even more short supply than Skaro, I’m afraid I’m unable to bring you a detailed listing of this week’s new US comic releases this week. If I… Read More ›

• 2000AD Script Droid Kek-W Defects to Commando, Convict Commandos Back in Action!

  By John Freeman on September 24, 2015

  

  Here’s the intel on the latest issues of DC Thomson’s pocket library war comic Commando (Issues 4847-4850), on sale today in all good newsagents and via various digital platforms. Good news this week is that the Convict Commandos are back… Read More ›

• Eagle Times spotlights “Lightning”, the Comic That Never Was

  By John Freeman on September 24, 2015

  

  The new issue Eagle Times (Volume 28, Number Three), available from the Eagle Society, features an article by David Slinn telling the background story of a new children’s magazine, Lightning, that never saw the light of day, but was proposed for publication… Read More ›

• Marc Michael Jackson revamps “Man from Space” strip for Tapastic

  By John Freeman on September 24, 2015

  

  Last week saw the launch (blast-off) of Marc Michael Jackson‘s new Man from Space series on the digital comics platform Tapastic, a service we’ve mentioned before as a great place to read a range of new comics (and which I… Read More ›

• The Comic Electric: A Digital Comics Symposium

  By John Freeman on September 24, 2015

  

  Led by renowned comic writers Leah Moore and Alan Moore, the Electricomics project launched in May 2014 with funding from The Digital R&D Fund for the Arts. Now, as the project nears the conclusion of its initial research and development… Read More ›

• In My View: Why The British Comics Industry is Far From Dead

  By John Freeman on September 24, 2015

  

  It’s hard to credit but, strangely, there are some out there who claim the British comics industry is dead, ignoring the huge number of successful independent comics out there and a still-thriving news stand. Now, before anyone comments, I know… Read More ›

• Snowpiercer Volume 3 out in February from Titan Comics

  By John Freeman on September 23, 2015

  

  Titan Comics will release the English edition of the third chapter of the French science-fiction Snowpiercer bande dessinee series written by Oliver Bocquet, with art by Jean-Marc Rochette on 17th February 2015. Snowpiercer: The Escape, written by Jacques Lob and Benjamin… Read More ›

• US comics publisher Dark Horse announces new Editor in Chief

  By John Freeman on September 23, 2015

  

  US publisher Dark Horse – publishers of titles such as Resident Alien by Peter Hogan and Steve Parkhouse and This Damned Band by Paul Cornell – announced new positions for key Editorial department staff earlier this month. Dave Marshall has taken on the… Read More ›

• Titan Comics snags rights to critically-acclaimed game and animation series Wakfu

  By John Freeman on September 23, 2015

  

  Titan Comics is to launch a new licensed comic series based on the Wakfu multiplayer video game property created by Ankama Games on 11th November 2015. Titan’s eight-issue series re-publishes the French comics written by Kahel, with art by Mig… Read More ›

• In Review: Brethren Born, Issue One – and a chat with writer Jon Laight

  By Antony Esmond on September 23, 2015

  

  Writer/Creator: Jon Laight Artist/Colours and Letters: Phillip Knibs Variant Cover Artist: Hal Laren Published by Level 8 Comics “The start of a journey that will traverse across our world and others, following a mysterious hero with an unwavering oath of… Read More ›

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