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• Avery Hill Publishing – A Great Year

  By Antony Esmond on December 5, 2014

  

      Remember those days of the small press scene when you would turn up at Bristol and it would be the same small press and indie comics for sale year in and out? Well, “No more!” shout the mighty… Read More ›

• New Commandos take you down “Doom River” and into a deadly desert!

  By John Freeman on December 5, 2014

  

  Here’s the details of the latest issues of Commando (Issues 4763 – 4766) from DC Thomson, on sale now in all good newsagents across the UK and digitally for iPad and iPhone. Commando No 4763 – Ambush In The Ardennes… Read More ›

• First Ever British Comic sells at auction for over £2000

  By John Freeman on December 5, 2014

  

    Potentially Britain’s first ever comic title, a rare offering of the Glasgow/Northern Looking Glass Issues 1-13 in the latest Comic Book Auctions in a bound volume have sold for £2,350 – well over the estimated sale price of of £400-500. “To… Read More ›

• Voting begins for Peters Book of the Year 2015 – more kudos for Phoenix creators

  By John Freeman on December 5, 2014

  

    Hot on the heels of the good news for Adam Murphy and his Blue Peter Book Award nomination for Corpse Talk comes more good news for the creators whose work has also featured in The Phoenix. Von Doogan and the… Read More ›

• Blackpool to host one day Comic Con in September 2015

  By John Freeman on December 5, 2014

  

  Blackpool Comic Con is to take place on 12th September 2015 at the northern seaside town’s world famous Winter Gardens. “Like never before Blackpool will play host to the brightest and best Comic Con that the UK has to offer,” say… Read More ›

• Paul Magrs Doctor Who story “Stuff of Nightmares” on Radio 4Extra over Christmas

  By John Freeman on December 5, 2014

  

  Hornets’ Nest: The Stuff of Nightmares, a Doctor Who audio drama written by Paul Magrs starring Tom Baker, Susan Jameson and Richard Franklin is being broadcast on Radio 4Extra starting on 16th December. You could sit down and listen to it… Read More ›

• Adam Murphy’s “Corpse Talk” nominated for Blue Peter Book Award

  By John Freeman on December 5, 2014

  

    Adam Murphy’s Corpse Talk, published by David Fickling Books, is one of six titles nominated for the Blue Peter Book Awards 2015, announced yesterday. It’s the first time a book using comic strips to tell real-life stories has been nominated… Read More ›

• ROK Comics revamps ‘Aggregator’ App for its audio comics

  By John Freeman on December 4, 2014

  

  Wolverhampton-based audio comics publisher ROK Comics has revamped its ‘aggregator’ app, which brings together all its ROK Comics – and titles from a number of independent publishers – in one place for iPad and iPhone users. The app is the… Read More ›

• Scottish Comics Unconference Meet-up announced for February 2015, participants wanted

  By John Freeman on December 4, 2014

  

    The Scottish Comics Unconference Meet-up – open to any and all with an interest in engaging seriously with the medium – will take place on Saturday 28th February 2015 in Glasgow, Scotland and a call has just gone out for participants. An unconference is… Read More ›

• Cogs & Claws: An Interview with Creator and Artist Brian ‘Clank’ Bennett

  By Antony Esmond on December 4, 2014

  

      We at downthetubes were lucky enough to be sent a preview copy of the excellent Cogs & Claws published by Markosia, an anthropomorphic space saga of astounding attention to detail and design from Brian ‘Clank’ Bennett and Jimmy Pearson. It’s… Read More ›

• In Review: This Was The Wizard

  By Colin Noble on December 4, 2014

  

  Colin Noble’s review of a cracking DC Thomson reference work

• Production team on new Preacher pilot “unbelievably psyched”, filming next year

  By John Freeman on December 4, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

    US cable TV network AMC has announced it has ordered a pilot for a series based on the comic Preacher, originally created in the 1990s by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon for DC Comics Vertigo imprint, which may see… Read More ›

• Creators join forces to raise funds for Bill Mantlo with “Transformers 100” signed issue

  By John Freeman on December 3, 2014

  

    Key comic creators involved in bringing Transformers to the comic book page, some over the past three decades, have banded together to offer a special Transformers #100 very limited multi-signed issue, to raise funds to aid US comic author Bill Mantlo…. Read More ›

• Ian Edginton signing Brass Sun at Forbidden Planet

  By John Freeman on December 3, 2014

  

    Writer Ian Edginton will be signing copies of Brass Sun at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore on Thursday 4th December from 6 – 7.00pm. Unfortunately, artist Ian Culbard is unable to attend. Described as “Exquisite” by major comics web… Read More ›

• British Comic Shop Releases (3rd December 2014) – Marshal Law, “Brass Sun” Zenith and “Soppy” love!

  By John Freeman on December 2, 2014

  

    Here’s a list of comics – both US and UK releases – on sale in specialist UK comic shops today, Wednesday 3rd December 2014, courtesy of First Age Comics, Lancaster. We’ve picked out the titles published by British publishers in bold… Read More ›

• Sneak Peek: Titan Comics/Madefire Partnership Kicks-off With Two New Series

  By John Freeman on December 2, 2014

  

    17th December 2014 will see the kick-off for the Titan Comics/Madefire partnership beginning in two new series: historical action/adventure Mono #1 by Liam Sharp & Ben Wolstenholme and superhero adventure Cap Stone #1 by Christina McCormack & Liam Sharp – and we have sneak peeks of both comics. Madefire (www.madefire.com) has… Read More ›

• British comic creators join protest over #VATMOSS (Updated 8th December 2014)

  By John Freeman on December 2, 2014 • ( 2 )

  

    (Updated 8th December 2014 to include new links): We don’t normally dip our toes into the murky world of politics, but Europe-wide changes to the way VAT is charged for services set to be introduced in January 2015, agreed… Read More ›

• Exclusive digital version of Bran Talbot’s Metronome now on SEQUENTIAL

  By John Freeman on December 1, 2014 • ( 2 )

  

    SEQUENTIAL, the boutique graphic novel app for iPad, has announced the digital release of Metronome, the 64-page experimental graphic novel by comics legend Bryan Talbot. Metronome was created by Bryan in 2008 under the pseudonym of Véronique Tanaka. It… Read More ›

• Tonight’s Gotham on Channel 5: The Mask

  By John Freeman on December 1, 2014

  

    James Gordon and Harvey Bullock investigate a Gothamite who runs a deadly fight club for candidates applying for a job at his financial firm. Meanwhile, Bruce returns to school and gets a visit from a new friend in Gotham – ‘The… Read More ›

• The Beano comes to Minecraft

  By John Freeman on December 1, 2014 • ( 3 )

  

      The Beano‘s Dennis the Menace and Gnasher have launched in Minecraft today, enabling players to add the comic’s most mischievous characters to PC versions of the game. The Dennis and Gnasher Minecraft modification (mod) was developed in a… Read More ›

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