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• Lakes International Comic Art Festival Tickets Go On Sale Today

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

  

  Tickets are now on sale for this year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival from the Brewery Arts Centre in Kendal. The Festival, taking place 16th – 18th October, has also detailed three more top names joining this year’s programme: Guardian cartoonists Steven Appleby and Steve Bell, and top… Read More ›

• Wicked + Divine optioned for TV

  By John Freeman on May 31, 2015

  

    Universal Television, the television production subsidiary of the NBCUniversal Television Group whose current shows include Bates Motel and Grimm, has optioned the rights to The Wicked + The Divine comic by Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie and Matt Wilson (and… Read More ›

• The Comic Electric: A Digital Comics Symposium – Call For Participation

  By John Freeman on May 29, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

    Led by renowned comic writers Leah and Alan Moore, The Electricomics project launched in May 2014 with funding from The Digital R&D Fund for the Arts. Now, as the project nears the conclusion of its initial research and development… Read More ›

• SEQUENTIAL releases Free Freak Brothers Guide

  By John Freeman on May 29, 2015

  

    SEQUENTIAL, the digital graphic novel app for iPad, is celebrating the 75th birthday of Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers creator Gilbert Shelton with a free digital guide. For those of you unaware (a doubtful idea!) The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers is a series… Read More ›

• Crucible: The Quest Episode 33

  By John Freeman on May 29, 2015

  

  Reeling from the appearance of one of the world’s gods, our party flee a strange underworld — but there is further danger ahead… By John Freeman & Smuzz, Art by Smuzz, lettered by Jim Campbell

• Crucible: The Quest Episode 32

  By John Freeman on May 29, 2015

  

  So… our party have been attacked by a mysterious and deadly creature, upset metal dwarves and now they seem to have attracted the attention of a god. Can anything else go wrong? By John Freeman & Smuzz, lettered by Jim… Read More ›

• Crucible: The Quest Episode 31

  By John Freeman on May 29, 2015

  

  What horror has Beloc unearthed far below the surface of Shaarn (or wherever the party now are?) … And more to the point, what will It do, now discovered? By John Freeman & Smuzz, lettering by Jim Campbell. See also… Read More ›

• Dennis Publishing launches Minecraft World

  By John Freeman on May 29, 2015

  

  Dennis Publishing, publishers of titles such as VIZ and The Week and owners of the Den of Geek website, has just launched Minecraft World, a non-licensed monthly print magazine based on the hugely popular cross-platform computer game. As downthetubes readers will know, Minecraft… Read More ›

• In Review: David Leach Conquers the Universe # 2

  By downthetubes Guests on May 28, 2015

  

    Review by Dave King Script and Art by David LeachScript Editing by Scott GrayLettering by Peri GodboldPublished by Ian Hine and Dead Universe PublishingOut: Now One of the pleasures of having been a comic book creator, heavily involved in… Read More ›

• Sneak Peek: Doctor Who: Four Doctors #1

  By John Freeman on May 28, 2015 • ( 3 )

  

    Titan Comics has released some preview pages from Issue One of their brand-new five-part weekly Doctor Who comics cross-over series – Doctor Who: Four Doctors , written by Paul Cornell with art by Neil Edwards. Due for to launch 12th August,… Read More ›

• British Star War figures, Action Man and Pippa doll collectibles sell for thousands in Vectis auction

  By John Freeman on May 28, 2015

  

    Vectis Auctions held the first Palitoy Employees sale this week (see earlier news story), and it generated a lot of interest amongst the collecting fraternity – and some huge bids for childhood favourites. Some of the biggest collecting groups… Read More ›

• New Lakes Festival Guests: The Yanks Are Coming!

  By John Freeman on May 28, 2015

  

    Two top US comics creators have joined the already impressive international line-up announced for this year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival in October. From Bambi to Bart Simpson and Mowgli to Moe, Bill Morrison has drawn them all, and almost everything in between. For… Read More ›

• British Comics Recalled: Grange Hill

  By Richard Sheaf on May 28, 2015

  

    The recently announced tragic death of former child actor Terry Sue-Patt, perhaps best known as the football-obsessed Benny Green in the Phil Redmond-created BBC TV school drama Grange Hill, sent me to the back of the archive cupboard to have the… Read More ›

• Lancaster Comics Day Launch Event on Saturday

  By John Freeman on May 27, 2015

  

    A small event to launch Lancaster Comics Day will take place at First Age Comics, Lancaster on Saturday 30th May 2015 from 11.00am. Lancaster Comics Day, taking place Sunday 14th June 2015 in Lancaster Library, is a new event aimed at comic fans of all ages for the… Read More ›

• British Comics Recalled: Tower Magazines “Action Man”

  By Richard Sheaf on May 27, 2015

  

  I used to love Action Man as a kid – and John Freeman’s post last week about the toys being sold by Vectis sent me to the back of the cupboard to dig out my copies of the comic so you could… Read More ›

• Egmont launches “World of Warriors” Magazine

  By John Freeman on May 27, 2015

  

    Continuing its development of computer game-related titles, Egmont Publishing has launched Mind Candy’s World of Warriors in ‘Allabout’ Magazine. In November 2014 Mind Candy, the creators of the renowned online game Moshi Monsters, launched a new adventure and combat strategy game, World of Warriors…. Read More ›

• British Comic Shop Releases (27th May 2015) – Alan Moore’s Providence Launches, Surface Tension debuts

  By John Freeman on May 27, 2015

  

    Here’s our guide to new comics and graphic on sale in British comic shops today (Wednesday 27th May 2015), complementing our monthly list of new British graphic novels and comic collections (May 2015 list here). This week sees the release… Read More ›

• In Review: Surface Tension #1 by Jay Gunn

  By John Freeman on May 27, 2015 • ( 3 )

  

    WRITER/ARTIST: Jay Gunn PUBLISHER: Titan Comics ISSUES IN SERIES:​ ​1 (OF 5) PAGE-COUNT: 40pp PRICE: $3.99 RELEASE DATE: 27th May 2015 ​ORDER CODE: MAR151531​ “W​E ARE ALL MADE OF WATER​”​ ​ Months after mysterious corals drew 99 per cent… Read More ›

• Preview – Wolf Country Issue Four

  By Antony Esmond on May 26, 2015

  

    Written by Jim Alexander Art by Will Pickering Cover art by Luke Cooper Published by Planet Jimbot The Story: Leading on from the cliff-hanger ending of the last installment things come to a head (or even a head-butt) when the… Read More ›

• Rare “Banned” Action Comic reaches £1320 bid on eBay

  By John Freeman on May 26, 2015

  

    An extremely rare copy of Action – a 1970s British comic whose controversial content provoked storms of protest and was eventually banned – is currently being auctioned on eBay and bidding on the adventure comic has reached £1320. (Updated… Read More ›

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