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• Crowdfunding Spotlight: Brian Gorman’s “Borderliners”

  By John Freeman on August 7, 2015

  

  Manchester-based actor, comics writer and artist Brian Gorman has just launched a crowdfunding campaign to continue his creator-owned SF espionage story Borderliners: True Realities – a strip “starring” two characters based, with permission, on actors Ian McKellen and Roger Moore that has… Read More ›

• Creating Comics: Tzvi Lebetkin talks “The Imperium” – Making Every Day 1968!

  By John Freeman on August 6, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Comic creator Tzvi Lebetkin, perhaps best known for his indie project BIBLICAL and his Doctor Who-inspired, fan strip “Ice Warriors” (drawn by Stefano Cardoselli), has just launched a IndieGoGo crowd funding appeal for a new project, The Imperium – a… Read More ›

• Mike Collins creates first official BBC Sherlock colouring book

  By John Freeman on August 5, 2015

  

  Out on 5th November 2015 is Sherlock: The Mind Palace: The Official Colouring Book – the first offical colouring book from the hit BBC series, filled with over 50 intricate scenes and cast images from the show. The art is… Read More ›

• This week’s Panel Borders: 2000AD alumni Colin Wilson and Jim Alexander interviewed

  By John Freeman on August 5, 2015

  

  Starting a month of shows about ‘The Galaxy’s Greatest Comic’, Alex Fitch talks to a writer and an artist about their work in and after 2000AD. Colin Wilson discusses getting his first work on the periodical and drawing Judge Dredd… Read More ›

• Sneak Peek: Alejandro Jodorowksy’s “Showman Killer”

  By John Freeman on August 5, 2015

  

    This November sees the release of Showman Killer: Heartless Hero from legendary Chilean filmmaker, playwright and writer of The Incal and Holy Mountain, Alejandro Jodorowksy – and Titan Comics have just released a Sneak Peek trailer for the book. Genetically modified… Read More ›

• “Fear the Walking Dead” to air in UK on new BT TV customer exclusive AMC channel

  By John Freeman on August 5, 2015

  

    AMC Global, the international AMC-branded television network, and Britain’s telcommunications giant BT have announced that AMC will launch in the UK for the first time on 28th August 2015 exclusively to BT customers – and will premiere this summer’s most anticipated new… Read More ›

• In Review: Future Shock: The Story of 2000AD

  By downthetubes Guests on August 5, 2015

  

  Directed by Paul Goodwin Produced by Sean Hogan, Helen Mullane and Stanton Media The Film: Future Shock: The Story of 2000AD is a fan-made, warts-and-all documentary on The Galaxy’s Greatest Comic from the perspective of its creators. From original editor… Read More ›

• Daily Mirror’s “Horace” strip heads off into the sunset

  By John Freeman on August 4, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  The Daily Mirror newspaper has cut its originated strips again, replacing the long-running gag strip western-inspired gag strip Horace with a reprint of the adventure strip Buck Ryan, coloured in style, as with their Garth reprints, by Martin Baines. Originally titled A Man Called… Read More ›

• Call For Papers: The International Girls Studies Association Inaugural Conference 2016

  By John Freeman on August 4, 2015

  

  The International Girl Studies Association is seeking submissions for their inaugural conference which is being held at the University of East Anglia, Norwich from 7-9 April 2016. The inaugural conference seeks to bring together researchers and students working on girls and… Read More ›

• In Review: Axolotl Issue 2 by Jack Fallows

  By Antony Esmond on August 3, 2015

  

  Created by Jack Fallows The Book: 28 pages of extreme self-loathing in the form of diary comics, biographies, illustrations and reviews that tackle family history, depression, sexuality, love, loss, travel and growing up…   The Review: An anthology of a… Read More ›

• Sneak Preview: Doctor Who Adventures Issue 5

  By John Freeman on August 3, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Summer’s here and the time is right for reading the latest issue of Doctor Who Adventures. Issue 5 is set to land at a newsstand near you on 13th August! TRUST The Doctor takes Clara back to the liberation of… Read More ›

• In Review: Post Mortem – The Harvesting

  By Colin Noble on August 3, 2015

  

  Authors: Phil Woodward and William Wismer Pencils: Jaime Martinez Inks: Santiago Ramos Letterer: Mindy Lopkin Publisher: Close 2 Immortality The Book:  No name. No memory. No escape. He awoke with no memory and found himself plunged into a blood-soaked hell…. Read More ›

• Creating Comics the Awesome Way: Generating a Buzz for your Comic

  By John Freeman on August 3, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Episode five of the new UK Small Press Awesome Comics Podcast has just been released. In this segment, the hosts Vince Hunt (The Red Mask from Mars), Dan Butcher (Vanguard) and Tony Esmond (downthetubes contributor and reviewer) are reviewing a stack of small… Read More ›

• Lakes Festival announces its 24 Hour Comics Marathon Team for 2015

  By John Freeman on August 3, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  On Thursday 15th October at 3.00pm, six incredible artists will enter a room in Kendal to draw in a single day a whole 24 page comic book each. The following day each of those books will be printed and available… Read More ›

• Frank Bellamy Thunderbirds art becomes a fashion statement 

  By John Freeman on August 2, 2015

  

    Classic Thunderbirds art by Frank Bellamy from TV Century 21 comic is the inspiration for a large range of men’s fashion items from top designer Lou Dalton, on sale now. Dig deep if you want to buy, though –… Read More ›

• “A Survivor in the Cosplay Age”: the London Comic Mart

  By Antony Esmond on August 2, 2015 • ( 5 )

  

  In these days of large in scale conventions, cosplay-infested MCMs and curated, arty, small press festivals it’s nice to see that events like the London Comic Mart at the Royal National Hotel are still there for us hardcore collectors. Known… Read More ›

• Artist Grant Perkins part of Bayani comics project, a tale of Filipino folklore and mythology

  By Antony Esmond on August 2, 2015

  

  The creators of the all-ages comic book series Bayani, who include British artist Grant Perkins, have launched a Kickstarter campaign to continue the adventures, which if successfully crowdfunded, will be published by Caliber Comics. A tale of Filipino folklore and mythology,… Read More ›

• Dundee’s “Masters Show” 2015 to profile new animation talent

  By Colin Noble on August 2, 2015

  

  Dundee is fast becoming a go-to location in Scotland for comic-related events. We have Dee-Con in April and the Comics Day in October as part of the Dundee Literary Festival. This year, we also had a Will Eisner event in March…. Read More ›

• Worlds Collide at London’s Orbital Comics tonight!

  By John Freeman on August 1, 2015

  

  To celebrate the end of Fables with issue #150 (or Volume 22, depending on how you collect it), London’s Orbital Comics  welcomes back artist Mark Buckingham tonight (Saturday 1st August) for what is sure to be a very special night… Read More ›

• Jazz, Hot Jazz and Comics and a CallFor Papers – It’s an Irresistible Mix!

  By John Freeman on July 31, 2015

  

  If you’re the find of comics person that’s backed Hunt Emerson‘s Kickstarter to publish a deluxe edition of his Hot Jazz comic strips (in the vein of his marvellous Calculus Cat collection last year, now on sale), then this new… Read More ›

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