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• Unexpected Delights from a British Comics Meme

  By John Freeman on June 15, 2015

  

  So on Monday morning, Christopher Muscat, one of the team who run the highly-regarded Malta Comic Convention, involved me in a comics meme… Which led to some great artists drawing new versions of some wonderful, if obscure, British comic characters. As… Read More ›

• New Eagle editor Barrie Tomlinson on the mend

  By John Freeman on June 15, 2015 • ( 3 )

  

  We’re pleased to report that former British comics editor Barrie Tomlinson, whose credits include Tiger and New Eagle, is on the mend after his stroke in February and, touched by comments he received via social media, has asked downthetubes to publisher this quick… Read More ›

• Lancaster Comics Day 2015: In Photos

  By downthetubes Guests on June 15, 2015

  

  Despite some patchy rain, over two hundred comic fans happily attended the inaugural Lancaster Comics Day at Lancaster Library on Sunday, organised by Friends of Lancaster Library. The event – promoted with art by local cartoonist Nick Miller – was a success for… Read More ›

• Lancaster Comics Day 2015: A Grand Day Out

  By Antony Esmond on June 15, 2015 • ( 4 )

  

    The first annual Lancaster Comics Day was a huge success, proving that a comics centric event can draw healthy crowd sizes, have comics professionals mingling with small press and retailers and talk intelligently about the medium. Held on a… Read More ›

• Family Zone Fun for All promised at this year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival

  By John Freeman on June 15, 2015

  

  Children (of all ages) will find the amazing world of comics to discover and explore at the Family Zone, part of this year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival  (Saturday 17th – Sunday 18th October 2015). Special events and workshops will offer a… Read More ›

• Birmingham Comics Festival – back by popular demand in 2016

  By John Freeman on June 15, 2015

  

  Debuting earlier this year, the Birmingham Comics Festival made good on its promise: to put the second city fairly and squarely back on the UK comic convention map, placing comics and their fans at the absolute heart of all its events…. Read More ›

• Lakes Festival’s “Lost in Space” anthology winners announced at Lancaster Comics Day

  By downthetubes Guests on June 14, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

    Last year, the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, in conjunction with Titan Comics, ran a competition to find undiscovered talent with a “Lost in Space” theme – and the winners were announced today at Lancaster Comics Day by the… Read More ›

• It’s Lancaster Comics Day! 

  By John Freeman on June 14, 2015

  

  Typically, of course, it’s raining cats and dogs, but Britain’s finest weather casters inform us things will improve later – and everything is now indoors. The fun starts at 1100 at Lancaster Library with a “Breaking Into Comics” panel with… Read More ›

• Lancaster Comics Day: A Really Heavy Greatcoat Special

  By John Freeman on June 13, 2015

  

  With Lancaster Comics Day tomorrow, what better way to celebrate than with a special Really Heavy Greatcoat special, which will also feature in a special “Jam” comic, Frankenzine, on sale on the day? The strip sees current Greatcoat owner Kevin… Read More ›

• Doctor Who hits San Diego Comic Con – Literally, in Titan Comics Special

  By John Freeman on June 13, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Cavan Scott and George Mann are among the creators involved in  a special issue of Titan Comics Twelfth Doctor Doctor Who comic, which will be on sale at San Diego Comic-Con next month. Drawn by Rachael Stott and coloured by Ivan Nunes,… Read More ›

• Glenn Fabry Sketch Book in the works after successful Kickstarter campaign, other projects hinted at

  By John Freeman on June 12, 2015

  

    Top comics artist Glenn Fabry has easily secured funding for his planned Sketchbook 3 book project, which will feature over 40 full colour pages of never seen before exciting images by the artist perhaps best known for his work… Read More ›

• Toronto Comic Art Festival confirms Lakes Festival guests, adds Estelle Bachelard and Samuel LeBlanc

  By John Freeman on June 12, 2015

  

  The Toronto Comic Arts Festival has announced the outline of its 2015 trips to England and Japan, to exhibit at festivals in both countries and fulfil their mandate of promoting Canadian comics culture on the world stage. As we previously reported, TCAF have partnered… Read More ›

• Dave Gibbons Copyist Protest Art up for auction in aid of Hero Initiative

  By John Freeman on June 11, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Up for auction with proceeds being paid to Hero Initiative now is Dave Gibbons one off diptych artwork entitled ‘Whaat??’, commissioned for the Image Duplicator exhibition in 2013 in London to coincide with the Roy Lichtenstein exhibition at the Tate Modern… Read More ›

• Sneak Peek: The Blacklist #1

  By John Freeman on June 11, 2015 • ( 3 )

  

  Out next month from Titan Comics is the brand-new original official comic series to the critically acclaimed NBC crime drama The Blacklist, starring James Spader. When the FBI is framed for the public killing of a political activitist at an… Read More ›

• James Bond, Thunderbirds and other rarities offered in latest Bonhams Entertainment Memorabilia Sale

  By John Freeman on June 11, 2015

  

  Bonhams Entertainment Memorabilia Sale, taking place on 24 June at Bonhams Knightsbridge, features a varied selection of lots with interesting connections to the silver screen and television, including James Bond and Doctor Who items, as well as some Gerry Anderson-related… Read More ›

• Titan Comics set to publish “Heroes Reborn” tie-in comics

  By John Freeman on June 11, 2015

  

  Titan Comics has announced that the company has been granted rights to publish comics based on US TV network NBC’s upcoming event series Heroes Reborn, which launches in the autumn. The licensing agreement awarded by Universal Partnerships & Licensing begins with… Read More ›

• ASHCAN Awards: Writer nominations include Tom Ward, Jasper Bark

  By John Freeman on June 10, 2015

  

  Hearty congratulations to Tom Ward, creator of the excellent indie comic Merrick: The Elephantman, a title we’ve been enthusing about on downthetubes for quite a while now. Along with others that include the equally talented Jasper Bark (whose new book, Bloodfellas,… Read More ›

• Panel Borders: My So-Called Secret Identity

  By John Freeman on June 10, 2015

  

  Continuing a month of shows about comic book creators who have used crowd funding to launch various titles on Britain’s only regularly radio broadcast comics show, Alex Fitch, with the help of guest presenter Nicola Streeten, discusses the crowd-funding campaign for the… Read More ›

• Phoenix Comic now on sale in selected Waterstones

  By John Freeman on June 10, 2015

  

    The Phoenix Comic – the brilliant children’s comic published by David Fickling Comics – has extended its distribution a step further and is now on sale in selected Waterstones bookshops. The Phoenix is a weekly story comic for children, packed… Read More ›

• TorsoBear – Back in the Game with new Kickstarter target

  By John Freeman on June 10, 2015

  

  Brett Uren, the creator of the acclaimed Torsobear project, has re-launched his bid for funding a second volume of stories on Kickstarter, his enthusiasm undimmed after an ambitious bid to secure £13,500 earlier in the year fell short of target, despite… Read More ›

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