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• Knockabout to publish Jens Harder’s award-winning graphic novel, Alpha

  By John Freeman on July 30, 2015

  

  Out in October from Knockabout is Alpha by Jens Harder, a new graphic novel the publisher is describing as “the most ambitious piece of work in comics since the beginning of time.” It’s a stunning, award-winning, work spanning some 350 pages of… Read More ›

• The Beano Takes Over Britain (well, British INTU shopping centres, anyway…)

  By John Freeman on July 30, 2015

  

  Watch out for appearances by Beano artists and Stephen Butler, the author of the Diary of Dennis the Menace, at your local INTU shopping centre if you have one nearby. A Dennis the Menace summer promotion has just kicked off… Read More ›

• Egmont Launches Star Wars LEGO title

  By John Freeman on July 30, 2015

  

  Hot on the heels of their Star Wars Adventures magazine launch, Egmont Publishing has now released LEGO Star Wars Magazine. Produced by the award winning TOXIC Magazine team, the first issue of the title, priced £3.75, is now on sale in all UK newsagents. The… Read More ›

• On Sale Today: Ramsey’s Raiders Return to Commando!

  By John Freeman on July 30, 2015

  

  Here’s our regular rundown of the latest issues of DC Thomson’s war digest, Commando, on sale now in all good newsagents (and some evil ones), and available on a wide variety of digital platforms. Don’t miss out on our exclusive… Read More ›

• WebFind: The Quark Invasion of Earth

  By John Freeman on July 30, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Doctor Who and Rivers of London artist Lee Sullivan came across The Quark Invasion of Earth, a wonderful homage to 1960s Doctor Who, and I thought I’d gave it a shout out here. The film is the work of author Andrew Orton, creator… Read More ›

• Exploring Tapastic: The Weird and the Fantastic

  By John Freeman on July 29, 2015

  

  As regular readers of downthetubes know, we regularly post new episodes of our SF adventure strip, Crucible, to the web comics platform Tapastic. The series, written by me, drawn by Smuzz and lettered by Jim Campbell (and which has had an… Read More ›

• Guest Post: Support British Comics, urges Lew Stringer

  By downthetubes Guests on July 29, 2015

  

  Comic artist and writer Lew Stringer argues the case for more positivity from fans about the current British comics industry… There’s often a bit of negativity on the ‘net about the British comics industry and how things were so much… Read More ›

• Hello, HAL… Taschen re-releases 2001: Space Odyssey “behind-the-scenes” boook

  By John Freeman on July 28, 2015

  

  Taschen have announced the impending re-release of The Making of Stanley Kubrick’s ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ by science and technology writer Piers Bizony, designed by the M/M partnership. 2001 is one of those films that has has had a lasting impression on me… Read More ›

• Annuals now arriving thick and fast in bookshops, including Rupert the Bear

  By John Freeman on July 28, 2015

  

    We’re clearly heading for Christmas – and yes, we know it’s only the end of July! – with a further round of annuals set to hit book shops and online stores across the UK over the next few days, including… Read More ›

• “The Broons” enlisted for £10K Sunday Post giveaway competition 

  By John Freeman on July 28, 2015

  

  Publisher DC Thomson enlisted their long-running comic characters The Broons in a ground-breaking £10,000 competition for readers of The Sunday Post utilising cutting-edge digital printing. Using new technology from DC Thomson’s Discovery Print arm in Dundee, an instant giveaway voucher… Read More ›

• Guardian newspaper launches #OpenComics project

  By John Freeman on July 27, 2015

  

  The Guardian Witness has launched its #OpenComics call out, which aims is to get creators of all skill levels to share comics you’ve created that reveal the personal and political untold stories from around the world. Here’s the details in full from… Read More ›

• Free “Spineless” Comic released with 20,000 copy print run

  By John Freeman on July 27, 2015

  

    I recently received a copy of Spineless comic from Lydia Wysocki at Applied Comics – a  free comic put out under the Newcastle Science Comic banner about invertebrates published in partnership with the Spineless exhibition at Great North Museum: Hancock in Newcastle this summer.  The exhibition and comic… Read More ›

• Jim Alexander, Will Pickering signing at Forbidden Planet Glasgow

  By John Freeman on July 27, 2015

  

  Comics writer and publisher Jim Alexander and artist Will Pickering are signing at Forbidden Planet Glasgow this Thursday. Jim is a stalwart of DC, Marvel, 2000AD and many more and of course runs the Planet Jimbot independent comics publishing house. Two of his strips, “King’s… Read More ›

• Sneak Preview – Descending Outlands Issue Two

  By Antony Esmond on July 26, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Written and Coloured by Shaun Dobie Art by Samir Simao Letters by Vincent Hunt Cover art by Chris Imber Published by Evil Kat Studios The Story: “Get in. Get out. Get paid”. That was the phrase that Nate Avery and… Read More ›

• In Review: Futurequake Issue 27

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

  

  Creators: Various Publisher: Futurequake Press Out: Now The Book: FutureQuake is back! The finest talents in the small press are here again to save you from boredom. Where else in the printed world can you get this much variety for… Read More ›

• In Review: App-1 Issue One

  By Antony Esmond on July 25, 2015

  

  Written by Jim Alexander Art by Eva Holder, Conor Boyle and iella Published by Planet Jimbot The Story: The world has gone to pot after the disappearance of their super-hero and protector, a superman style hero called ‘App’. The surviving… Read More ›

• First official Roald Dahl story-inspired app launched: Twit or Miss

  By John Freeman on July 24, 2015

  

    Children’s writer Roald Dahl‘s disgustingly memorable The Twits are the first of his characters to star in a new app – and their habits are just as yucky as ever. Today sees the launch of  Roald Dahl’s Twit or Miss,… Read More ›

• Sneak Peek: Surface Tension Issue Three

  By John Freeman on July 24, 2015

  

  Next Wednesday (29th July 2015) sees the release of Surface Tension #3: the defining chapter of the new creator-owned eco-horror fable from writer/artist Jay Gunn, who we interviewed here recently about the book and his career in games and comics. The corals activate… Read More ›

• Incoming: Episode 4 of The Awesome Comics Podcast, featuring artist Christian Wildgoose

  By Antony Esmond on July 24, 2015

  

  Episode four of the new UK small press Awesome Comics Podcast will be coming at you this Monday. The hosts Vince Hunt (The Red Mask from Mars), Dan Butcher (Vanguard) and downthetubes contributor Tony Esmond will be chatting to artist… Read More ›

• “Wish You Were Here” – comic artists re-imagine the Lake District – ahead of Comic Art Festival

  By John Freeman on July 24, 2015

  

  The Lake District National Park is England’s largest covering 229,200 hectares of land with 16 large lakes and more than 200 fells. Beatrix Potter, Alfred Heaton Cooper, Arthur Ransome, JMW Turner, and William Wordsworth were just a few of the famous names inspired… Read More ›

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