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• New Discworld-inpsired game, Clacks, on sale now from Backspindle Games

  By John Freeman on 4 November 2015

  

  Backspindle Games – the Northern Ireland-based games design company, the creators of fun and strategy board games such as Guards! Guards!, the pocket strategy game Codinca and the award-winning Luchador! Mexican Wrestling Dice – have begun shipping their new Discworld-inspired game, Clacks, featuring art… Read More ›

• Art by Darwyn Cooke, Stuart Immonen and Charlie Adlard added to Lakes Festival fund-raising auction

  By John Freeman on 4 November 2015

  

  Art from the Walking Dead comic by Charlie Adlard, superhero drawings by Darwyn Cooke and Stuart Immonen and cartoons by Guardian cartoonist Steve Bell and VIZ artist Graham Dury have been added to the catalogue for Lakes International Comic Art Festival Grand Auction of Original Comic Art, which will take place live and online from London’s Orbital… Read More ›

• Crowdfunding Spotlight: Breaking the mould with Save Our Souls magazine

  By John Freeman on 3 November 2015

  

  Save Our Souls is a stunning looking new British magazine currently seeking crowdfunding of £3000 to launch, which will feature written articles by brilliant writers and journalists, alongside some of the best short comics and illustration you can find. The… Read More ›

• Crucible: The Walking-Notes of Truuug Vanderplatz ‘The Daunting’

  By John Freeman on 3 November 2015

  

  Here’s another “Crucible” extra from co-creator Smuzz, focusing on our resident medical expert, Truug Vanderplatz, set before the first adventure. There’s more about Crucible here, and you can read the strip on Tapastic (publisher interest welcome). Truug’s notes are presented… Read More ›

• Crowdfunding Spotlight: Lloyd and the Bear by Gibson Grey

  By John Freeman on 3 November 2015

  

  It’s already hit its target, but there’s still time to back Gibson Grey‘s planned trade paperback of his terrific Lloyd and the the Bear strip, collecting the first four issues of Lloyd comic adventures with updated artwork and a whole… Read More ›

• In Review: Lew Stringer’s Brickman Returns

  By John Freeman on 3 November 2015

  

  By Lew Stringer Out: Now! The Story: Lew Stringer’s seriously-stupid superhero Brickman is back after an equally stupidly-long absence from comics – and his creator has finally realised a long-held ambition to bring the character’s many fans a new comic… Read More ›

• Great British Comic Characters Reinvented: Adam Eterno

  By John Freeman on 2 November 2015

  

  We launched our British Comic Characters Made New Competition earlier this week and we’ve just received our first entry – Adam Eterno by Graham Hill. First published in Thunder in 1970, Adam was an immortal time traveller, vulnerable only to… Read More ›

• Simon Bisley delivers 2000AD variant Christmas cover – and Jesus Redondo is back in same Prog!

  By John Freeman on 2 November 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  2000AD is bidding UK comics retailers a merry Christmas this year as superstar artist Simon Bisley returns to the comic that launched his career with a special cover. The legendary weekly anthology has teamed up with Diamond UK to offer comic… Read More ›

• Remember, Remember… Doctor Who Adventures on the 5th of November!

  By John Freeman on 2 November 2015

  

  November… a time of fireworks… and the biggest lightshow in the galaxy is at your fingertips! Prepare to be blown away as you settle down to Doctor Who Adventures #8, the most exciting magazine this side of the Medusa Cascade!… Read More ›

• Sneak Preview – Random Trials issue 3

  By Antony Esmond on 2 November 2015

  

  Written, Illustrated and Lettered by Dean Beattie “A big, shady, International pharmaceutical company has been testing experimental drugs on the general public.  Of course, the general public know nothing about these tests – and are unwittingly filling themselves with all… Read More ›

• In Review: Curveball by Jeremy Sorese

  By Antony Esmond on 2 November 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Created by Jeremy Sorese A graphic novel in 420 pages Published by NoBrow Press www.nobrow.net “After years of technological advancement, the relationships between humans and robots is changing. Reduced energy stores mean that humans can no longer rely on the… Read More ›

• Awesome Comics Podcast Episode 18: A Chat With “Night Post” Artist Laura Trinder

  By John Freeman on 2 November 2015

  

  The boys of The Awesome Comics Podcast try their best to behave and, let’s be honest, fail miserably whilst talking to super talented artist Laura Trinder. The artist on the Improper Books release Night Post, written by Benjamin Read, Laura… Read More ›

• Meet Arni – Star of The First 5-Second Comic Strip for People On The Move, created by Garen Ewing

  By John Freeman on 2 November 2015

  

  The story of a small Norwegian bird called Arni is set to add enchantment to the Christmas rush this year, as digital screens across the UK will be transformed into a giant comic strip, the work of Garen Ewing, bringing… Read More ›

• Bomb Scares Anthology Out In Time for Hallowe’en, First Annual Event for Project

  By John Freeman on 31 October 2015

  

  Hallowe’ens are going to be just that little bit different from now on… Birmingham based comic book publisher Time Bomb Comics has announced the release of what will be an annually released horror anthology going under the title of Bomb… Read More ›

• Avengers artist Guillermo Ortego joins Malta Comic Con Line Up for 2015

  By John Freeman on 31 October 2015

  

  As the excitement leading to the seventh edition of the Malta Comic Con in December continues to build Wicked Comics have announced that internationally renowned creators Guillermo Ortego (Avengers), Sean Azzopardi (Necessary Monsters), and Simon “Pye” Parr (Judge Dredd Megazine) as well… Read More ›

• Sapphire & Steel Art Competition Winners – and a New Competition For Our Readers!

  By John Freeman on 30 October 2015

  

  Earlier in the year we announced a challenge for downthetubes readers to come up with their interpretation of 1970s spooky ITV show Sapphire & Steeel, after it was revealed that Luther creator and Doctor Who script writer Neil Cross is, hopefully, to re-make the show. Sadly, we didn’t get… Read More ›

• “Dandridge” Goes Digital First in new 2000AD collection

  By John Freeman on 30 October 2015

  

    2000AD has announced its latest digital-first release – the paranormal action comedy, Dandridge, collecting the adventures of Spartacus Dandridge, the comic’s best-dressed ghostfinder and the world’s first ‘spookpunk’ action hero, for the first time. It is the next digital-first… Read More ›

• ‘Banned’ Judge Dredd episodes mocking McDonalds, Burger King and more to be reprinted for first time

  By John Freeman on 30 October 2015

  

  For the very first time since their first publication in 2000AD, the ‘banned’ episodes of Judge Dredd from the late 1970s are to be reprinted as Judge Dredd: The Cursed Earth Uncensored. Published in the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic in 1978,… Read More ›

• Praise for Madefire’s Digital Comics Debut on Apple TV

  By John Freeman on 29 October 2015

  

  We previously reported on the inclusion of a TV-screen friendly version of the Madefire comics on the revamped Apple TV platform, and it’s getting a lot of love from Technology critics on its full debut. International computer giant Apple – the makers… Read More ›

• Landmark British Comics: Looking Back on TV21 Issue 200

  By John Freeman on 29 October 2015 • ( 4 )

  

  Yesterday’s news that The Phoenix had reached its 200th issue has certainly gone down well among British comic fans, but the publisher’s carefully worded claim that it was the first “independently-published weekly” comic to reach that landmark since 1969 has… Read More ›

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