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• Starblazer remembered by legendary comic artist Enrique “Quique” Alcatena

  By John Freeman on 30 December 2015

  

    DC Thomson’s 1970’s Starblazer – “Science Fiction Adventure in Pictures” – is remembered by Enrique “Quique” Alcatena in a new Spanish-language documentary titled, simply, Alacatena, directed by Diego Arandojo. Enrique “Quique” Alcatena is regarded as one of Argentina’s most prestigious cartoonists who also drew several… Read More ›

• Missing in Action: Marvel UK’s “Just William” Project

  By John Freeman on 30 December 2015

  

  A comics company lives or dies by its catalogue, and back in the 1980s and 1990s Marvel UK, like others, was always considering new ideas from editors. Some fell at outline stage, such as my proposed roleplaying game magazine (suggested following… Read More ›

• Commando Closes 2015 With Four Cracking Comics

  By John Freeman on 30 December 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  Closing out 2015, here are the last issues of DC Thomson’s Commando (Issues 4875 – 4978) for the year, with the next release scheduled for 14th January 2016. These four issues are on sale in all good newsagents on Thursday 31st… Read More ›

• Comic Creator Spotlight: The Art of Ron Smith, Part Two – The Hotspur Mark II 1959 to 1969

  By Colin Noble on 28 December 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  My first article regarding the work of Ron Smith acted as a introduction, to remind us how great this veteran artist, now retired, has been over the course of his career. This next pair of articles will focus on one aspect of Ron’s… Read More ›

• Hachette Launches “Draw The Marvel Way” Part Work in January

  By John Freeman on 28 December 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Hachette, the British publisher of titles such as Doctor Who: The Complete History and Judge Dredd: The Mega Collection is to launch How To Draw The Marvel Way on 6th January in all good newsagents. The part work – evocative… Read More ›

• Artists Wanted to help bring “Oor Wullie’s Bucket Trail” to Dundee

  By John Freeman on 26 December 2015

  

  A major art project inspired by the Sunday Post‘s “Oor Wullie” will take over Dundee next summer – and the project is still looking for artists to be involved. Oor Wullie’s Bucket Trail is a major public arts event that… Read More ›

• In Review: Asterix and the Missing Scroll

  By John Freeman on 26 December 2015

  

    Written by Jean-Yves Ferri Art by Didier Conrad Original title: Le Papyrus de César Published by: Les Éditions Albert René UK Publisher: Orion Children’s Books Out: Now The Book: Julius Caesar has finished writing the history of his campaigns in Gaul. His publisher, Libellus… Read More ›

• Eagle Daze: The Life and Times of Leonard James Matthews – Part Three

  By Roger Perry on 24 December 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Leonard Matthews, General Managing Editor of Fleetway and the Eagle Group of Comics, was a “Creative Visionary”… but that, Roger Perry argues in his extensive biography of the man which continues here on downthetubes, is only due to him having utilised… Read More ›

• Christmas Fun’n’Games From Tesco

  By Jeremy Briggs on 24 December 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Over on his Blimey comics history blog, Lew Stringer has been running his now traditional Christmas Comics feature showing the Christmas covers from the comics of yesteryear. We aren’t about to try to compete with Lew but did think that… Read More ›

• The British Comics Industry: Looking Back on 2015, Looking Forward to 2016

  By John Freeman on 24 December 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  With the festive season upon us and 2015 racing to a close, over on Comic Book Resources, staff writer and comics retailer Brian Hibbs, in an article titled “Tilting at Windmills: Trouble on the Horizon?“notes we’re in an extremely odd… Read More ›

• Something for the Weekend: US Comics (and more) on sale 23rd December 2015

  By John Freeman on 23 December 2015

  

  It’s Christmas, so time to dash out for some last-minute stocking fillers for the comic fans in your family! This week, my top pick this week, along with the latest issues of 2000AD, Arcadia, Batman 66 Meets The Man From U.N.C.L.E. #1,… Read More ›

• Marvel UK Heroes Lost in Action: Officer Outbody by Glenn Dakin and Ross Dearsley

  By John Freeman on 23 December 2015

  

  A Marvel UK character that fell foul of the company’s implosion in the 1990s

• Doctor Who creators recall their “Embarrassing Moments” for Paul Cornell

  By John Freeman on 23 December 2015

  

  Ace author Paul Cornell has a terrific blog packed not only with news about his work – a new episode (#7) of his podcast, The Cornell Collective is out now, for example – but some wonderful posts on things Doctor Who and more…. Read More ›

• Pitch In for Perlin! GoFundMe Appeal Launched for veteran Marvel artist

  By John Freeman on 23 December 2015

  

  Veteran US artist Don Perlin – perhaps best known for his work on Marvel’s Ghost Rider, The Defenders and Transformers – recently had surgery to stop bleeding in his head. Writer and editor Clifford Meth, who has previously led successful… Read More ›

• Titan Comics Reveals Heroes Reborn “Godsend” mini-series variant covers

  By John Freeman on 22 December 2015

  

  Titan Comics have just revealed their variant covers from their all-new forthcoming mini-series Heroes: Godsend written by Heroes Reborn scriptwriter Joey Falco and with art from Roy Allan Martinez (Immortal Iron Fist). This five-part story arc, launching in March 2016,… Read More ›

• Comic Crowdfunding Spotlight: Joe Matthews “A Christmas Carol”

  By John Freeman on 22 December 2015

  

  Christmas 2015 may be fast approaching, but cartoonist Joe Matthews is already planning for 2016 – by trying raise funds to publish a very personal graphic novel; his own adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, working with David McCluskey… Read More ›

• An All-New “Garth” Story Continues the Mirror Hero’s Original Adventures

  By John Freeman on 22 December 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  It’s been many years since the last official new Garth adventure appeared in the Britain’s national Daily Mirror but his many fans still hanker for his return – and now an unofficial continuation of the character, written and drawn by Bill Storie,… Read More ›

• Celebrating the Genius of Ken Reid at Christmas

  By John Freeman on 22 December 2015

  

  Over on this always-entertaining blog about British comics, cartoonist Lew Stringer has posted a number of terrific Christmas strips drawn by the wonderful Ken Reid. You’ll have seen some of the pages before on Lew’s blog over the years but others… Read More ›

• Awesome Comics Podcast Episode 25: A Creating Comics Adventure!

  By John Freeman on 21 December 2015

  

  As Tony Esmond couldn’t make it this week (he’s busy helping Santa’s elves, apparently), it’s just Vince Hunt and Dan Butcher holding the fort on this week’s Amazing Comics Podcast, and they spend it cooking up a storm with lots of… Read More ›

• IDW announces Al Williamson’s Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Artist’s Edition

  By John Freeman on 21 December 2015

  

  The legendary late artist Al Williamson’s Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back stories have been collected in the award-winning Artist’s Edition format by US publisher IDW, to be released in April 2016. Al Williamson is an artist much admired by comic creators worldwide and, back… Read More ›

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