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• 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 ›

• 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 ›

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