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• Something for the Weekend: US Comics On Sale 7th October 2015 – Surface Tension bows out on a High!

  By John Freeman on 9 October 2015

  

  Here’s this week’s run down of new comics on sale in comic shops across the UK. We’re running a bit behind, which is really annoying because there’s a wealth of great stuff now on sale. Top of my pull list… Read More ›

• Lakes Festival Focus 2015: An Interview with Kate Beaton, creator of “Hark, A Vagrant”

  By John Freeman on 9 October 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Last year, in partnership with the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, downthetubes brought you a number of interviews with creators attending the event – and we’re delighted to be able to run a series in the run up to their eagerly… Read More ›

• Titan Comics set for Big Splash in Big Apple at New York Comic Con this weekend

  By John Freeman on 9 October 2015

  

  If you’ve headed to New York for this weekend for New York Comic Con like our lucky correspondent at large Tony Esmond, here’s the line up of signings and events Titan Comics has in store. This year’s New York Comic Con… Read More ›

• Lakes Festival Focus 2015: Michael DeForge, the “Marvin Hagler” of North American “Art Comics”

  By John Freeman on 8 October 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  Last year, in partnership with the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, downthetubes brought you a number of interviews with creators attending the event – and we’re delighted to be able to run a series in the run up to their… Read More ›

• Out Today: New Doctor Who Adventures (with free sonic screwdriver!)

  By John Freeman on 8 October 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  It’s October and Something Wicked This Way Comes… in the form of the wickedest magazine in the universe – Issue 7 of Doctor Who Adventures, out today – and imagine our horror to discover the usual opening letter was not… Read More ›

• Dark Horse confirms Mœbius hard covers project, to delight of his many fans

  By John Freeman on 8 October 2015

  

  US publisher Dark Horse has announced that the library of Mœbius, one of the most influential and respected artists in the history of comics and cartooning, will arrive on store shelves, in English, in a gorgeous series of hardcover volumes… Read More ›

• Posy Simmonds art features in Lakes Festival Auction,’lost’ BROADBAND comic illustrations also offered

  By John Freeman on 8 October 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Top Guardian cartoonist and graphic novelist Posy Simmonds has joined the ranks of artists who have kindly donated art to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival Grand Auction of Original Comic Art, which already features works by the likes of Ian Churchill, Hunt… Read More ›

• Mike Megdalia’s Lakes Festival Poster set to promote Cumbria through comics

  By John Freeman on 8 October 2015

  

  Here’s a wonderful poster by marvellous Mike Medaglia to promote the Lakes International Comic Arts Festival – taking place next weekend – which will be featured in one of the weekend long event’s exhibitions and posted around Kendal. Prints will… Read More ›

• Beyond Lovecraft: An Interview with Jasper Bark and Rob Moran about their new graphic novel

  By John Freeman on 8 October 2015

  

  Comics writer Jasper Bark (who I’ve been privileged to work with in the past on a couple of projects) and artist Rob Moran have just launched a crowdfunding appeal to support their latest project, Beyond Lovecraft – a graphic novel… Read More ›

• Target Books Recalled for the Modern Doctor Who Era in spiffing fan project

  By John Freeman on 8 October 2015

  

  Derby-based designer Andrew-Mark Thompson – one of the organisers of Whooverville, which takes place in Derby every year around September-ish – has created these wonderful homages to the Doctor Who Target books, continuing the range that was once the only… Read More ›

• Daring Escapes and World War One Air War feature in new Commando titles

  By John Freeman on 8 October 2015

  

  Here’s the low down on the latest issues of DC Thomson’s Commando (Issues 4851-4854). on sale today in all good newsagents, 8th October 2015, featuring two all-new stories written by Ferg Handley with interior art from Keith Page and Vila. Commando… Read More ›

• The MASK: Smiling in the Face of Adversity

  By Colin Noble on 7 October 2015

  

  One of my hobby horses has always been that comics have rarely been treated as a serious medium by main stream culture when it has produced such works as Maus, The Tale of One Bad Rat and V for Vendetta…. Read More ›

• One Beat Zines announces third anthology, “Identity” will launch at Thought Bubble

  By John Freeman on 7 October 2015

  

  One Beat Zines, thezine-making collective/distro run by Sarah Broadhurst and Julia Scheele has announced the impending release of their third anthology since they launched almost exactly one year ago. Identity – available for pre-order from the OBZ shop – is a book full of varied and diverse female… Read More ›

• Ten-shun! The new 100% Biodegradable is on sale now!

  By John Freeman on 7 October 2015

  

  Offering its usual entertaining mix of action, visceral black humour and outright savagery and mayhem Issue 10 of the digital anthology 100% Biodegradable has just been released on Drivethru and Comicsy for a measly 69p (that’s 99 cents for our… Read More ›

• Dave Windett’s new web comic “Intergalactic Medical Doctor” launches

  By John Freeman on 7 October 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Dave Windett has a new web comic over at the Webcomic Factory – Intergalactic Medical Doctor, written by Christian Beranek and Tony DiGerolamo (who he worked on with another strip, Comic Book Mafia). “It’s been described as ‘kind of like… Read More ›

• Doctor Who writer Bob Baker and artist Paul Tams signing at Cardiff’s Comic Guru this weekend

  By John Freeman on 7 October 2015

  

  Doctor Who writer Bob Baker will be signing copies of his new book The Essential Book Of K9, alongside the book’s editor and well-known Doctor Who artist artist Paul Tams at Cardiff’s Comic Guru store this Saturday (10th October). Bob is best… Read More ›

• Johnny Red #1: The Video Trailer

  By John Freeman on 6 October 2015

  

  Here’s Titan Comics video trailer for Johnny Red #1, written by Garth Ennis with art by Keith Burns, on sale in November. JOHNNY RED #1 Writer: Garth Ennis Artist: Keith Burns Legendary British fighter ace, Johnny ‘Red’ Redburn, returns once… Read More ›

• Plastichead unleashes Werewolf Press, new graphic novel company, announces “Realm of the Damned”

  By John Freeman on 6 October 2015

  

  Independent entertainment distributor Plastichead has announced the launch of a new graphic novel company – Werewolf Press – and will launch its first title in its four book Realm of the Damned series in early 2016. Realm of the Damned – written… Read More ›

• In Review – Kill Screen Issue 4: Code Red

  By Antony Esmond on 6 October 2015

  

    Written by Mike Garley Art by Joshua Sherwell Letters by Mike Stock “Humanity has reached its Kill Screen. Now only the strongest will survive as computer errors transcend from the digital world into our own, destroying everything in their… Read More ›

• Mags In Bags: comic creator Alexander Matthews call for “VAT on Tat”

  By downthetubes Guests on 6 October 2015 • ( 6 )

  

  Following up on John Freeman’s post expressing joy at seeing a child ignore all the “mag in a bag” comic/ young persons magazines in favour of the cheaper, non-bagged Beano, comic creator Alexander Matthews very kindly gave us permission to re-post… Read More ›

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