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• The Birmingham Comics Festival 2015: A View From the Trenches

  By downthetubes Guests on April 30, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

    The mysterious but thankfully only occasional vagaries of internet communication delayed delivery of this report by Paul H. Birch on the well-received Birmingham Comics Festival, but it’s here now! Enjoy… Walking the fully-glazed curved length of Edgbaston Cricket Stadium’s committee lounge… Read More ›

• A View from Behind The Table: Futurequake at the Birmingham Comics Festival

  By downthetubes Guests on April 30, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

    Last week saw the Birmingham Comic Festival in Birmingham, and FutureQuake Press were there in full force, celebrating 10 years of their publications which include Zarjaz, the 2000AD-inspired zine, and the outstanding anthology title, Futurequake. Here’s editor and publisher Dave… Read More ›

• Lakes International Comic Art Festival “Clock Tower” Line-Up revealed

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

  

    Following up on our reports on the international and British guests attending this year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival in October – which includes Steve Bell, Darwyn Cooke, Dave McKean, Kieron Gillen, Kathryn and Stuart Immonen and many more – the organisation… Read More ›

• ArtZine Tiny Pencil Backs Nepal Charities with limited edition Postcard Sale

  By John Freeman on April 29, 2015

  

    Tiny Pencil, an anthology artzine and blog founded in 2013 by Amber Hsu, a title described as a “safe haven for graphite groupies” have put a number of fabulous-looking art postcards up in their shop in aid of the Emergency Disaster Relief organisations working in Nepal…. Read More ›

• British Comic Shop Releases (29th April 2015) – Free Comic Book Day Looms, Johnny Nemo storms in!

  By John Freeman on April 29, 2015

  

    It’s going to be a busy week for comic shops across the UK, not only due of today’s delivery of new comics but because they’re readying themselves for Free Comic Book Day on Saturday 2nd May 2015 – the day many specialist… Read More ›

• “Superman Lives” documentary to get European debut at MCM London Comic Con

  By John Freeman on April 28, 2015

  

    It’s a bird… It’s a plane… It’s the European debut of The Death of ‘Superman Lives’; What Happened? a documentary about a planned Man of Steel film starring Nicholas Cage, directed by Tim Burton that was on the cards for a… Read More ›

• In Review: The Last Batch

  By Antony Esmond on April 28, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Written by Chris Sides Art by Dan Cornwell Letters by Ken Reynolds The Story: This is a tale of zombies. They are taking over everywhere. Well everywhere that sells a certain type of dark stout, anyway. A worker in a… Read More ›

• In Review: Thread Bear and Other Stories

  By Antony Esmond on April 28, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Created by Alan Henderson “Dedicated to all the old toys we’ve loved, lost or forgotten.” The Story: This comic is a series of short stories about the toys of our childhoods. We see long forgotten and once loved bears, dolls… Read More ›

• Second Terrahawks Audio Series in the works from Big Finish

  By John Freeman on April 27, 2015

  

  Anderson Entertainment has announced a second new audio series of Terrahawks, Gerry Anderson and Christopher Burr’s 1983 cult TV series, with a deal to produce a further eight brand new episodes with production company and publisher Big Finish Productions Ltd,… Read More ›

• In Review: The Unofficial Guide to Doctor Who Novels

  By downthetubes Guests on April 27, 2015

  

    Dedicated fan Christopher Samuel Stone has created The Unofficial Doctor Who Book Guide in aid of the Bobby Moore Cancer Fund, which has been very well received – but will only be on sale for a few more days. Featuring… Read More ›

• Artist Matthew Dow Smith focus of new Doctor Who Panel to Panel Podcast

  By John Freeman on April 27, 2015

  

    US comic writer and artist Matthew Dow Smith is the focus of Jeremy Bement’s latest Doctor Who: Panel to Panel podcast about his Doctor Who work at IDW. While perhaps best known for his Doctor Who work, Matthew, who has been… Read More ›

• Avengers: Age of Ultron Tops UK’s Box Office Charts

  By John Freeman on April 27, 2015

  

    Disney’s Avengers: Age of Ultron has enjoyed the biggest UK debut of 2015 – and the sequel to Avengers Assemble, which was released in 2012, is also the eighth-biggest opening of all time. The films success in the UK has… Read More ›

• Graphic Brighton returns in May, Drawing in the Margins

  By Alex Fitch on April 27, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

    This year’s Graphic Brighton weekend at the University of Brighton City Campus takes place on 1st – 2nd May, presented by the University of Brighton and fine publishers Myriad Editions, and includes panels, discussions and workshops. Following last year’s event which… Read More ›

• More British Comic Creators Wander Lakes-wards in October

  By John Freeman on April 27, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  As the Lakes International Comic Art Festival team get set to fly out to the Toronto Comic Arts Festival with one group of talented British creators, it’s also announced more UK guests for its upcoming October weekend (16th-18th October 2015). Joining an already impressive line… Read More ›

• Tonight’s Gotham on Channel 5: Everyone Has A Cobblepot

  By John Freeman on April 27, 2015

  

  Expect plenty of sparks to fly tonight in “Everyone Has A Cobblepot”, as the imprisoned Fish Mooney makes promises to the institution’s chief doctor that earn her a promotion – but damage her reputation with the other prisoners. Meanwhile, Gordon… Read More ›

• Yesterday’s Tomorrow: Dan Dare at the British Interplanetary Society

  By Richard Sheaf on April 26, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

    To co-incide with the 65th anniversary of seminal British picture strip weekly, Eagle, the British Interplanetary Society held a one day conference on Tuesday 14th April 2015 entitled ‘Yesterday’s Tomorrow’. Richard Sheaf reports… A packed programme introduced by the… Read More ›

• Heckling Hitler: World War Two in Cartoons and Comics at the Cartoon Museum

  By John Freeman on April 26, 2015

  

    It is difficult for those of us living in the 21st century to realise the impact of cartoon art 70 years ago. To a news-hungry public, anxious about world affairs facing possible invasion, the radio was a lifeline, but… Read More ›

• What Have Politicians Ever Done for Comic Creators?

  By John Freeman on April 26, 2015

  

  Beyond the world of comics, Britain is in the grip of election fever – and some election issue have been the subject of a recent Judge Dredd Megazine story “People Like Us”, quite apart from politicians attracting the barbs of political cartoonists such… Read More ›

• Sidekick Books seek creators for ground-breaking Poetry Comics project

  By John Freeman on April 26, 2015

  

  Sidekick Books – the award-winning publishers of collaborative books of poetry and illustration run by Kirsten Irving and Jon Stone – are publishing the UK’s first book of poetry comics, Over The Line, with support from Arts Council England, and want to publish new… Read More ›

• Musical Fantasy: A is for Amos by Daria Hlazatova

  By Antony Esmond on April 26, 2015

  

    While not exactly a comic, A is for Amos  by Daria Hlazatova – launched on Record Day – is a piece of gorgeous art is more than deserving of a plug on DownTheTubes. Released by the machine that is Avery Hill Publishing,… Read More ›

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