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• Something For the Weekend: Tank Girl Back, Debbie Drake of the SAS Debuts! (New Comics w/c 16/5/16)

  By John Freeman on 19 May 2016

  

  Fresh off the back of their latest calamitous chapter comes a shiny new Tank Girl tale from Titan Comics this week, the work of series creator Alan Martin and artist extraordinaire, Brett Parson. Expect a healthy dose of delirium and plenty… Read More ›

• Convict Commandos battle Polar Bears! What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

  By John Freeman on 19 May 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  Here’s the intel on the latest issues of Commando (Issues 4915-4918) from DC Thomson, on sale now in all good newsagents and assorted digital platforms (detailed below) – and good news, the Convict Commandos are back, battling both polar bears and the… Read More ›

• Third Doctor Returns to comics in all-new Doctor Who story from Paul Cornell

  By John Freeman on 19 May 2016

  

  BBC Worldwide North America and Titan Comics have announced the return of the Third Doctor this August, in comics! This brand-new five-part comic series, written by Paul Cornell (Doctor Who, Wolverine, Action Comics, The Severed Streets), stars the Third Doctor, as… Read More ›

• Looking Forward, Looking Back: ICv2 Interviews Dark Horse’s Mike Richardson on the Comics Business Past and Present

  By John Freeman on 19 May 2016

  

  ICv2 – a web site geared more toward the business side of comic retailing – recently caught up with Dark Horse Comics founder and CEO Mike Richardson to get his reflections on 30 years in the comics industry. In Part… Read More ›

• 2000AD Action Heroines Colouring Book Out Now

  By John Freeman on 19 May 2016

  

  The 2000AD Action Heroines Colouring Book is now on sale, featuring the best female characters from the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic, featuring cover design  artwork by Brett Ewins. It includes art by Massimo Belardinelli, Brian Bolland, Jason Brashill, Andy Clarke, Eoin Coveney, INJ Culbard,… Read More ›

• New puzzles celebrate 50 years of Star Trek, art book also on way from Titan Books

  By John Freeman on 19 May 2016

  

  Jumbo Games, Britain’s leading manufacturer of adult puzzles, is producing a range of Star Trek jigsaw puzzles set to launch in in September, in time for the 50th Anniversary of the franchise. The puzzle range will include a 1,000- and… Read More ›

• Vice Press releases awesome Judge Dredd Block War screen print by Matt Ferguson

  By John Freeman on 18 May 2016

  

  Vice Press, under license from Rebellion, has announced the next releases in their officially licensed line of limited edition 2000AD art prints. The new release is inspired by a classic “Judge Dredd” story, and has been lovingly produced by Vice… Read More ›

• Back for Second Helpings: Lancaster Comics Day Returns on Sunday 5th June

  By John Freeman on 18 May 2016

  

  The second Lancaster Comics Day, organised by The Friends of Lancaster Library, will take place on Sunday 5th June 2016 in Lancaster’s Main Library. Drawing largely on local talent, the event will be celebrating a landmark for Doctor Who comics with several creators… Read More ›

• Mezolith Volume Two Cover Revealed

  By John Freeman on 18 May 2016

  

  The cover for Mezolith Book Two, the long-awaited continuation of the much-praised, award-winning graphic adventure created by performance storyteller Ben Haggarty and storyboard artist Adam Brockbank. First published in The DFC comic, Mezolith got its US publication through Boom! Studios imprint Archaia with the… Read More ›

• Doctor Who Magazine Covers: Readers Top 50 Revealed

  By John Freeman on 18 May 2016

  

  In the run-up to publication of the landmark Doctor Who Magazine Issue 500 (which is out next week and is a real bumper issue), the current editorial team are asking you to vote for your favourite DWM covers. With a… Read More ›

• First it was TV, then books – now, the Meerkats Take Over Comics!

  By John Freeman on 17 May 2016 • ( 2 )

  

  Not content with making some episodes of Coronation Street more interesting than the soap itself, and appearances in a Batman Versus Superman-inspired ad campaign here in the UK, the CompareTheMarket Meerkats now have their own superhero (or should that be… Read More ›

• Rare Eagle, Beano and Commando comics on offer in latest ComPalComics auction

  By John Freeman on 17 May 2016

  

  ComPalComics, the British comics auction house, has just launched its May/June catalogue, and there are some great items in it, including early, rare issues of DC Thomson’s Commando – including Issue One – Dan Dare comic art (and a ray gun!)… Read More ›

• “Black Dog – The Dreams of Paul Nash”, A Reader’s Experience

  By Antony Esmond on 17 May 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  Created by Dave McKean Publisher: Lakes International Comic Art Festival and Hourglass (the Artist’s Book, limited edition of 300 – a graphic novel edition will be published by Dark Horse in October Let me start this item by saying that this is neither a ‘Preview’ nor a… Read More ›

• New Tabletop Game Armoured Syndicate Gets Its Own Comic

  By John Freeman on 17 May 2016

  

  Games company Megaton has just released the first page of a 10-page comic via Facebook to promote their forthcoming tabletop game, Armoured Syndicate, which will then run on the company web site (www.armouredsyndicate.com) Armoured Syndicate, created by Ben Jarvis, is… Read More ›

• New Cartoon Network Figures on their way from Titan Merchandise

  By John Freeman on 16 May 2016

  

  Titan Merchandise has revealed to fans a first look at its new minifigures from its Cartoon Network TITANS: The Cartoon Network Collection, which includes Johnny Bravo, Rigby, Finn, Deedee, Dexter and Samurai Jack and more. 12 characters are included in… Read More ›

• Orbital Comics Hosts “Comics in the Kitchen” Exhibition in June

  By John Freeman on 16 May 2016

  

  Comics. Food. Artists. Recipes. For Orbital Comics next thematic exhibition, the brilliant London comic store has gathered a bunch of food-loving cartoonists and illustrators and asked them what they really enjoy cooking these days. Their answers will be up on the… Read More ›

• In Review: Glorious Wrestling Alliance by Josh Hicks

  By Antony Esmond on 16 May 2016

  

  Created by Josh Hicks ‘GLORIOUS WRESTLING ALLIANCE follows the behind-the-scenes goings on at a wrestling promotion in the build up to the biggest show of the year. Dramas, neuroses and existential crises play out among a cast of literally tens… Read More ›

• In Memoriam: Darwyn Cooke

  By John Freeman on 15 May 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  I was very sad to learn yesterday of the sudden passing of the extraordinary Canadian comic book writer, artist, cartoonist and animator Darwyn Cooke, whose death to cancer was announced by his family this weekend. He was just 53. This short statement,… Read More ›

• Planet Jimbot’s ‘Wolf Country’ Trade Released

  By Colin Noble on 14 May 2016

  

  Written by Jim Alexander Art by Will Pickering Cover art by Luke Cooper Published by Planet Jimbot For anyone that has not read any part of Planet Jimbot’s Wolf Country, this is a good chance start, by grabbing the entirety… Read More ›

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

  By Roger Perry on 13 May 2016 • ( 5 )

  

  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 ›

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