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• Beano Studios Launched, revamp on the way for comic, web site and new Dennis the Menace TV show in the works

  By John Freeman on 8 June 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  DC Thomson – publishers of The Beano, Commando and other comics, as well as newspapers and magazines – has just launched a new creative company called Beano Studios, which aims to become the number one choice for seven to ten year olds… Read More ›

• Comichaus Closes In on Funding for New British Monthly Comic Book Anthology Launch Issue

  By John Freeman on 8 June 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  Comichaus – the web-based comic book market place launched last year which among other services offers independent comic creators the means to sell their books online with no seller fee commission – looks on course to gain funding for its… Read More ›

• Comic Creator Spotlight: The Life and Work of Alberto Breccia – Part One by Ron Tiner

  By John Freeman on 8 June 2016

  

  He’s perhaps best known to British comic fans for his work through the Bardon Press Features office in Barcelona for Fleetway Edtions in the 1960s, first on Super Detective Picture Library Number 172 “Passport to Peril” (an adaptation of the novel, Assignment Helene by Edward… Read More ›

• In Review: Darwin’s Diaries Book One: The Eye of the Celts

  By John Freeman on 8 June 2016

  

  by Sylvain Runberg & Eduardo Ocan Publisher: Cinebook Reviewed by: Paul H. Birch (previously reviewed for downthetubes by Jeremy Briggs here) The Book: Victorian England. In Yorkshire, several men and horses working on a railway line have been killed. The… Read More ›

• Cam Kennedy, John Wagner and more head to Moniaive

  By John Freeman on 8 June 2016

  

  Here’s the details of this year’s Moniaive Comic Festival Weekend (11th – 12th June) – two days of all things related to comic books in Moniaive, a village in the Parish of Glencairn, in Dumfries and Galloway, South-West Scotland. Some… Read More ›

• Dave Gibbons Returns to Doctor Who Magazine

  By John Freeman on 7 June 2016

  

  As we’ve already mentioned, Doctor Who Magazine has just published its 500th issue, and is celebrating with a special 20-page comic strip adventure, “The Stockbridge Showdown” – and writer Scott Gray kindly took time out of his schedule to give… Read More ›

• Lancaster Comics Day 2016 – Comics, Cake and REPAINTED Cybermen!

  By Antony Esmond on 6 June 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  The Second Annual Lancaster Comics Day was a lavish and star studded event (smiley face). Full of eager comics buyers, readers, sellers, creators and cake, lots of cake (thanks, Katie White). Whilst not exactly a red carpet event, it evoked comics… Read More ›

• Awesome Comics Podcast Episode 49 – Gareth A Hopkins and The Intercorstal

  By John Freeman on 6 June 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  This week, the Awesome Comics Podcast gang are joined by Gareth A Hopkins, the creator of the abstract sequential comic book The Intercorstal. He talks about how the creation of this unique book came to be, the creators who have… Read More ›

• Something For the Weekend: Awesome Slaine and Sold Out Rebirths! (New Comics w/c 30/5/16)

  By John Freeman on 4 June 2016

  

  Yes, yes, we know it’s Saturday already and you’re on the way to the comic shop already. We’re a bit busy at this end, getting ready for Lancaster Comics Day on Sunday, revamping the Lakes International Comic Art Festival web… Read More ›

• When Tiny Skulls Attack! Kek-W’s and Lukasz Kowalczuk’s new strip for 100% Biodegradable

  By John Freeman on 4 June 2016

  

  Here’s a sneak preview of “Tiny Skull Attack” – a brand new strip by 2000AD‘s Kek-W and Aces Weekly‘s Lukasz Kowalczuk – coming to Issue 13 of the digital anthology 100% Biodegradable (due out this month). The quarterly sci-fi digital… Read More ›

• Sneak Peek: Ron Turner’s “Space Ace” Volume 6

  By John Freeman on 3 June 2016

  

  Space Ace Volume 6 – re-presenting stories created by Ron Turner (best known, perhaps, for his work on TV Century 21‘s “The Daleks” strip but whose body of work encompasses much, much more) is now available from publisher John Lawrence… Read More ›

• Gordon C. Livingstone, I Presume – An Art Gallery

  By Colin Noble on 3 June 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  [Best_Wordpress_Gallery id=”4″ gal_title=”Gordon Livingstone Art”] When I created my Comic Creator Spotlight for Gordon Livingstone, I had more pictures than I could shake a stick at and as a result, I have pictures that I did not use in the main… Read More ›

• Half Pint Soldiers and Trials by Combat! New Commando comics On Sale Now

  By John Freeman on 3 June 2016 • ( 2 )

  

  Here’s all the intel you need on the latest issues of DC Thomson’s Commando, (Issues 4919 – 4922), on sale now in all good newsagents and available via a number of digital platforms. And what a treat – not one,… Read More ›

• Ian Kennedy’s Dan Dare cover for new 2000AD collection revealed

  By John Freeman on 2 June 2016 • ( 2 )

  

  Here’s Ian Kennedy‘s specially commissioned cover for the second collection of the “Dan Dare” strips from 2000AD, which will be released on 3rd November 2016. Ian drew just one “Dan Dare” strip featuring the 2000AD incarnation, for the 1979 Dan Dare annual, the… Read More ›

• Star Trek: The Exhibition Set to Beam Into Blackpool

  By John Freeman on 2 June 2016

  

  Star Trek: The Exhibition will beam in to Blackpool at the end of June (Thursday 30th June). Designed by the stage designer Andrew Edwards, The Exhibition will be an experience for fans and families to visit, as it takes audiences on… Read More ›

• In Review: Drawing Breath/Argh! by Dicky Howett and Tim Quinn

  By Ian Wheeler on 2 June 2016 • ( 2 )

  

  By Tim Quinn and Dicky Howett Publisher: MIWK Publishing Out: Now The Book: Tim Quinn and Dicky Howett’s work will be known to comic readers everywhere, especially fans of Doctor Who – their strip “Doctor Who?” (also collected by MIWK, reviewed here) featured in Doctor… Read More ›

• downthetubes: Our Top Ten Stories for May 2016

  By John Freeman on 1 June 2016

  

  Halfway into 2016 already and we had another upswing in visitor numbers on downthetubes in May – thank you for your continued support. We have lots of news and features and new projects yet to come! • In Memoriam: Stewart… Read More ›

• In Review: Geis – A Matter of Life and Death by Alexis Deacon

  By Antony Esmond on 1 June 2016

  

  Created by Alexis Deacon Out: Now (1st June 2016) Published by NoBrow – www.noborow.net Hardcover. Full Colour. £15.99 The Story: The ruler of the land has died. During the night fifty possible heirs to his throne are gathered in the palace…. Read More ›

• The Finns Are In! Top Finnish Creators join Lakes Festival Line-Up

  By John Freeman on 31 May 2016

  

  Working in partnership with The Finnish Institute in London, the Lakes International Comic Art Festival is delighted to announce the forthcoming appearance of several top comic creators from Finland – a country steeped in storytelling often inspired by its rich mythology… Read More ›

• In Memoriam: Comic Artist Stephen Prestwood

  By Owen Watts on 31 May 2016 • ( 6 )

  

  Just over a week ago the British small press lost one of its most hardworking and consistent artists – the incredible Stephen Prestwood. I’d worked with him – watched him drawing tirelessly for years, turning in an almost endless stream of… Read More ›

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