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• Something For The Weekend (w/c 1st August 2016): Torchwood, 2000AD and Lucky Luke!

  By John Freeman on 3 August 2016

  

  It’s a busy week for Titan Comics, with the launch of NBA All-star legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar‘s debut comic book Mycroft Holmes – focused on the early, chaotic life of the elder Holmes brother – and their new Torchwood title, written by Captain… Read More ›

• New Dan Dare Strategy Game Announced

  By John Freeman on 2 August 2016

  

  Newark-based Ergo Sum Games has announced the upcoming release of a Dan Dare: Adventures in Space strategy game. Due for release in October 2016, Dan Dare: Adventures in Space is a strategy game for 2-6 players, for ages 12 &… Read More ›

• Millarworld Talent Search 2016 Launches 1st September 

  By John Freeman on 2 August 2016

  

  Top comics creator Mark Millar has announced the Millarworld Talent Search 2016 will begin on 1st September. “Lat year we did this and it was crazy,” he noted on his official forum. “So many brilliant entries and the top 13… Read More ›

• Artist John Byrne to make rare convention appearance in Las Vegas this weekend

  By John Freeman on 2 August 2016

  

  Creation Entertainment’s 15th Annual Las Vegas Star Trek Convention 2016 kicks off this week and one of the special guests in attendance will be John Byrne, a titan in his field whose contributions to comic books cannot be overstated. Not… Read More ›

• Top US indie comic artist Frank Santoro brings his Comics Workbook project to the Lakes

  By John Freeman on 2 August 2016

  

  The Lakes International Comic Art Festival has announced that top indie comic creator Frank Santoro will be at this year’s event, bringing his Comics Workbook project to Britain for the first time with fellow creators Aidan Koch and Connor Willumsen. The Comics Workbook events are just… Read More ›

• Bloomsbury to publish classic Dorothy M. Wheeler-illustrated Nursery Rhymes collection

  By John Freeman on 2 August 2016

  

   British publisher Bloomsbury currently has a number of beautifully-illustrated works in the works, including a stunning re-release of English Nursery Rhymes, as  Classic Nursery Rhymes, a book first published when World War One was at its height. The new edition… Read More ›

• Blast from the Past: The Zambaquons

  By John Freeman on 2 August 2016

  

  While scurrying through some old projects at the weekend, I came across this Zambaquons comic strip, based on characters I originally created for my first comics fanzine, SCAN, back in the 1980s. (The zine’s name, should not, by the way,… Read More ›

• A Double Dose of the Awesome Comics Podcast – in Full Colour from K. Michael Russell & Learn Comic Color.com!

  By John Freeman on 1 August 2016

  

  Yes, yes, we got behind again on our Awesome Comics Podcast plugs, so Tony Esmond kicked me in the nadgers until I promised to get up to date. Ready? Here we go… Comic book stores are some of the best… Read More ›

• Our Most Read Stories in July 2016: Top Marks for Action and 2000AD!

  By John Freeman on 1 August 2016

  

  Apart from the downthetubes home page, here are our Top Ten stories on the site for July 2016… • Rare “Banned” Action Comic reaches £1320 bid on eBay We have The Guardian to thank for this spike in interest in this… Read More ›

• Crowdfunding Spotlight: Gods of Men

  By John Freeman on 1 August 2016

  

  Essex-based writer Michael Phoenix and his print line Mythic Press have just launched a Kickstarter for their new comic Gods Of Men. The artwork by Christian Paris is eye catching, to say the least, and teaser for the comic, sets up the concept… Read More ›

• Sneak Peek: David Hine and Shaky Kane’s Cowboys and Insects

  By John Freeman on 1 August 2016

  

  US independent publisher (and comic shop) Floating World Comics will release a one shot of David Hine and Shaky Kane‘s Cowboys and Insects in October, available to buy from all good comic shops. In Cowboys and Insects, first published in the digital comic… Read More ›

• Frank Bellamy Thunderbirds Art Prints Released, and do check out “True Brit”!

  By John Freeman on 1 August 2016

  

  Last month, we plugged the fantastic Comics Unstripped exhibition at Kettering Museum and Art Gallery (and Colin Noble reviewed it here). The exhibition, which runs until 20th August 2016, features work by Frank Bellamy – who lived in the town – Doug Braithwaite, John… Read More ›

• Panel to Panel Goes Underground with Doctor Who comics writer Mark Wright

  By John Freeman on 30 July 2016

  

  Episode 59 of Doctor Who: Panel to Panel is available for download, and interviewed this time out is Mark Wright, the new ongoing writer of the Doctor Who Magazine comic strip. A writer who frequently collaborates with Cavan Scott, he… Read More ›

• Three-mendous! New issue of Moose Kid Comics released

  By John Freeman on 30 July 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  Moose Kid Comics, the free online children’s comic, is releasing its third annual instalment! Featuring 36 artists, spread across 36 full colours pages, it’s available to read online or download from www.moosekidcomics.com. In our third issue you’ll find the titular Moose… Read More ›

• Sneak Preview – Shaman Kane Issue Three

  By downthetubes Guests on 30 July 2016

  

  Tony Esmond reviews another thrilling issue of Shaman Kane from David Broughton

• Artist David Roach joins ICE 2016 Line-Up

  By John Freeman on 30 July 2016

  

  Comic artist David Roach has joined the line up for this year’s ICE convention in Birmingham in September, joining the likes of Guy Adams, Charlie Adlard, Carl Potts, Declan Shalvey and many, many others on an impressive guest list. ICE,… Read More ›

• Sparkle World’s “Goblin Princess” strip Brought To Book

  By John Freeman on 30 July 2016

  

  A few years ago Jenny O’Connor, Editorial Director at Redan Publishing (whose titles include the best-selling Peppa Pig) started writing a strip story for the company’s popular Sparkle World called The Goblin Princess – and now the strip has become… Read More ›

• Exploring the Secret History of Ben Day Dots in US Comic Books

  By John Freeman on 29 July 2016

  

  Over on the terrific Legion of Andy web site the in part anonymous site runner has been publishing a series of articles on what might seem a pretty dry subject – the Ben-Day dots printing process, used to colour comics… Read More ›

• Caught Out By Moon Knight artist Greg Smallwood’s Artistic Genius!

  By John Freeman on 29 July 2016

  

  You’d have thought that after seventeen years of editing downthetubes, plus mumble mumble years of working in the comics industry, I’d have learned not to totally rely on web image searches while sourcing artwork for articles by now, in addition to… Read More ›

• In Review: Namibia – Episode 1

  By Jeremy Briggs on 29 July 2016

  

  Leo (Luiz Eduardo de Oliveira) and Rodolphe (Rodolphe Daniel Jacquette) return to the continent of Africa for more adventures of MI6 agent Kathy Austin this time illustrated by Bertrand Marchal with colour work by Sebastien Bouet. In this follow-up series… Read More ›

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