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• 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 ›

• Webcomic Spotlight: Vanguard by Dan Butcher

  By Antony Esmond on May 25, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

    Written by Dan Butcher & Gary Cohen Drawn and created by Dan Butcher View it at: www.VanguardComic.com     The Story: Vanguard is the story of a team of genetically enhanced meta-humans employed by the British government to protect… Read More ›

• New Doctor Who design book out later this year

  By John Freeman on May 25, 2015

  

  Mike Tucker, one of the most dedicated and inventive visual effects artists to work on the Doctor Who TV series – and the author of several Who-related books – has co-authored a new title about the making of the show… Read More ›

• Dirty Rotten Comics Wants You! (For their next anthology, that is)

  By John Freeman on May 25, 2015

  

    British indie publisher Dirty Rotten Comics are now taking submissions for their summer anthology. the final deadline is 30th June 2015. Regular readers will recall that downthetubes team member Antony Esmond enthused about their most recent edition, noting issue three of this anothology series was pretty… Read More ›

• Wallace Wood omitted from Netflix Daredevil credits, estate and US creators protest

  By John Freeman on May 25, 2015

  

    Over on Bleeding Cool, an article about the brilliant US artist Wallace “Wally” Wood and his integral part in the creation of the Marvel superhero character Daredevil appears to have been mined from posts on the Wallace Wood Estate Facebook… Read More ›

• Tonight’s Gotham on Channel 5: All Happy Families Are Alike

  By John Freeman on May 25, 2015

  

    The first season of Gotham comes to a close on Channel 5 tonight, as Gotham City’s gang war reaches its boiling point. Fish Mooney goes head-to-head with Maroni and Penguin in an attempt to re-stake her claim on the city…. Read More ›

• In Photos: A Day in Comics Village at MCM Expo London Comic Con

  By Antony Esmond on May 25, 2015

  

    On Saturday morning at about 11.00am, I was sat on a packed Docklands Light Railway train on my way to The Excel Centre at Custom House in London’s industrial East End for the MCM Expo London Comic Con Summer… Read More ›

• Rummages in the attic! Classic Marvel UK titles, Scream and other British comics up for sale

  By John Freeman on May 24, 2015

  

    British comics collector Steven Holder dropped us a line at downthetubes to tell us he was “having a bit of a clear out” that we think will interest our readers, as it includes some fab Marvel UK goodies including… Read More ›

• First Age Comics Top Ten Titles This Week (w/e 22nd May 2015)

  By John Freeman on May 24, 2015

  

      Diamond has its top selling US comic lists, and so do the big London comic shops and many others. So here at downthetubes, we thought it high time we had our own Top Ten Comics chart documenting top… Read More ›

• In Review: 24 By 7 – A Collection of 24 Hour Marathon Comics

  By John Freeman on May 22, 2015 • ( 3 )

  

    Editor: Dan Berry Creators: Dan Berry, Sarah McIntyre, Joe Decie, Kristyna Baczynski, Fumio Obata, Jack Teagle, Warwick Johnson-Cadwell and Dan Berry Publisher: Fanfare Press/Lakes International Comic Art Festival ISBN: 0993211208 Out: Now (available at various comics events, online and in… Read More ›

• Brighton Illustration Fair debuts next weekend

  By John Freeman on May 22, 2015

  

  The first Brighton Illustration Fair – for illustrators from Brighton and beyond – takes place at the end of this month (30th – 31st May 2015). The event, which features guests including comic artists Boo Cook, Jack Teagle, Donya Todd and Chris… Read More ›

• Comics Are for Kids! A Quick Chat with “Funny Monsters Comic” publisher Joe Matthews

  By John Freeman on May 22, 2015

  

    Fed up with the lack of new British humour comics being published by the major publishers, Rochdale-based comics creator Joe Matthews decided to publish his own. As we previously reported, Issue Three of his wonderful Funny Monsters Comic is… Read More ›

• Ramsey’s Raiders re-run in Commando heralds all-new stories to come

  By John Freeman on May 22, 2015

  

    Here’s the run down on the latest issues of DC Thomson’s Commando (Issues 4811-4814), on sale now in all good newsagents and digital editions. Sorry for the delayed intel this week.     This batch sees a much-demanded re-run for the very… Read More ›

• In Review: Doctor Who and the City of Death

  By downthetubes Guests on May 22, 2015

  

  Not quite 42 reasons to buy this book, but take a look anyway!

• Rare Beanos, Dalek Swapits, Dan Dare and Adam Eterno art in latest ComPal Comics Auction

  By John Freeman on May 21, 2015

  

  The catalogue for the latest ComPal Comics auction is online, which ends on 14th June 2015. The company now works with the-saleroom.com to provide  real time bidding, viewable online, as bids are placed by the company’s customers who have registered their details…. Read More ›

• Is it A Bird? Is it A Plane? No, it’s… Action Man?

  By John Freeman on May 21, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

    Palitoy’s Action Man doll – a licensed version of Hasbro’s G.I. Joe which was launched in 1966 – went through a lot of permutations down the years, most of them armed services related. But in the late 1970s, the range added… Read More ›

• David Hine: Why You should Back the Broken Frontier Anthology

  By John Freeman on May 21, 2015

  

    With less than two days to go before the Broken Frontier Kickstarter campaign for its proposed comics anthology to reach its target of  $58,000, comics writer and artist David Hine, one of the creators involved in the project, reveals why he feels it could be… Read More ›

• Panel Borders: TorsoBear, Cogs & Claws

  By John Freeman on May 20, 2015

  

    Continuing a month of shows about creators whose work sits in the middle ground between ‘mainstream’ and independent comics on Britain’s only over the air regular show about comics, Alex Fitch talks to creator Brett Uren about his graphic novel series TorsoBear, a… Read More ›

• Joe Matthews “Funny Monsters Comic” for kids continues

  By John Freeman on May 20, 2015

  

    Fed up with the lack of new British humour comics being published by the major publishers, Joe Matthews decided to publish his own. Issue Three of Funny Monsters Comic is on sale now, featuring the  “Zackster – Kid Zombie” (this… Read More ›

• In Review: Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency #1

  By John Freeman on May 20, 2015

  

    Writer: Chris Ryall Artist: Tony Atkins Inks: John Livesay Colour: Leonard O’Grady Letters: Robbie Robins & Shawn Lee Publisher: IDW Out: Wednesday 20th May 2015 The Book: After writing all the many and conflicting versions of the legendary Hitchhiker’s Guide… Read More ›

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