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• Lille Comic Festival features strong British line up in December

  By John Freeman on November 13, 2014

  

    Aiming to promote US and British comics in France, this year’s Lille Comic Festival  (6th – 7th December 2014) has an impressive line up of guests, with Greg Rucka headlining as Guest of Honour. British guests include Ian Gibson,… Read More ›

• Jessica Martin’s “Vivacity” Debuts At Thought Bubble

  By Jeremy Briggs on November 13, 2014

  

  This time last year actress, impressionist and singer Jessica Martin took her debut comic It Girl to Thought Bubble in Leeds. This was a biographical vignette of the silent movie star Clara Bow, star of the 1927 film It who… Read More ›

• Malta Comic Con 2014 announces final guests for a stellar show

  By John Freeman on November 13, 2014

  

  Wicked Comics has just announced the final comic creators and comics industry professionals for the 2014 Malta Comic Con which will be held on Saturday  29th and Sunday 30th November at St. James Cavalier (all floors), Valletta. Joining an already incredible line up are pop… Read More ›

• Comics and Literacy, Part 4: Comics For 7-Year-Olds by Neill Cameron

  By downthetubes Guests on November 13, 2014

  

  In September 2014, comic creator Neill Cameron published a series of articles on the British comics industry which he has very kindly given us permission to cross post here, as part of wider efforts by both him and many others to promote… Read More ›

• Hamster Punk – Pets, Drugs and Rock’n’Roll at Thought Bubble

  By Jeremy Briggs on November 13, 2014

  

  Star Wars: Clone Wars and How To Train Your Dragon artist Tanya Roberts will be at Thought Bubble in Leeds promoting her brand new comic Hamster Punk. This came out of a meeting between Tanya and writer Anthony Jones at… Read More ›

• In Review: Leap Issue 1

  By Jeremy Briggs on November 13, 2014

  

  Uproar Comic’s collectively created science fiction comic Leap returns after Issue Zero for the first part of the main story. The sleeper ship Vanguard was sent out from Earth eighty years ago as the first in a fleet of 13… Read More ›

• Panel Borders: Ricky Rouse has a Gun

  By John Freeman on November 12, 2014

  

    Continuing a month of shows about the work of comic book creators who mix together different cultures and mediums in their work, on this week’s Panel Borders radio show Alex Fitch talks to playwright and film maker Jörg Tittel… Read More ›

• Sneak Preview: 13 Coins #2 by Simon Bisley, Martin Brennan & Michael B. Jackson

  By John Freeman on November 12, 2014

  

    Next Wednesday (19th November) sees the release of second instalment to the supernatural series 13 Coins by Simon Bisley, Martin Brennan & Michael B. Jackson – and we have a little sneak peek of some of the fantastic interior art by… Read More ›

• Manly Boys and Comely Girls: British Annuals of Yesteryear Parodied

  By Antony Esmond on November 12, 2014

  

    Avery Hill Publishing have announced the publication of Manly Boys and Comely Girls, two delightful ‘zines from Gareth Brookes and Steve Tillotson, just in time for Thought Bubble. Manly Boys was first released by the creators back in 2009 as… Read More ›

• Something Wicked for Thought Bubble

  By downthetubes Guests on November 12, 2014

  

    Have you ordered your copy of FutureQuake Press’s Something Wicked #10 yet? Wrapped in a cover from Jon Taylor, here’s the full line up of this ace horror comic anthology… “Graveyard Shift” (writer) David McCluskey, (art) Sam Weller, (letters)… Read More ›

• Charley’s War exhibition continues at Musée de la Grande Guerre

  By John Freeman on November 12, 2014

  

      The grand sounding Musée de la Grande Guerre (The Museum of the Great War) in Pays de Meaux, France is hosting an exhibition of art by Joe Colquhoun from the Battle story “Charley’s War” written by Pat Mills… Read More ›

• British Comic Shop Comic Releases (12th November 2014) – Dogs Fighting and Kung-Fu Cheesecake!

  By John Freeman on November 12, 2014

  

  Here’s a list of comics – both US and UK releases – on sale in specialist UK comic shops today, Wednesday 12th November 2014, courtesy of First Age Comics, Lancaster. We’ve picked out the titles published by British publishers in bold below, or… Read More ›

• Comics and Literacy, Part 3: Things You Can Do by Neill Cameron

  By downthetubes Guests on November 12, 2014

  

    In September 2014, comic creator Neill Cameron published a series of articles on the British comics industry which he has very kindly given us permission to cross post here, as part of wider efforts by both him and many others to… Read More ›

• The Old West comes to Thought Bubble with “Tales Of WesterNoir”

  By Jeremy Briggs on November 12, 2014

  

  One of our favourite small press series here on downthetubes over the last couple of years has been writer Dave West and artist Gary Crutchley’s WesterNoir. The series tells the tale Josiah Black who hunts supernatural creatures in the Old… Read More ›

• In Review: Yoko Tsuno – The Forge Of Vulcan

  By Jeremy Briggs on November 12, 2014

  

  Roger Leloup’s Yoko Tsuno returns in the ninth of her books to be translated into English by Cinebook, The Forge Of Vulcan, which is a sequel to the very first Yoko story The Curious Trio. In The Curious Trio Yoko… Read More ›

• Knockabout to release “The Magic Pen” by Dylan Horrocks

  By John Freeman on November 11, 2014

  

    Sam Zabel a husband, father and a cartoonist once renowned for his series Pickle; in the last few years his career has come to a stand still suffering from a bad case of writer’s block and depression. He now spends his… Read More ›

• In Review: Goddamn This War! – Tardi with Pat Mills

  By Antony Esmond on November 11, 2014

  

        Goddamn this war!: Tardi with Pat Mills Monday 10th November 2014 7.00pm – Foyles Bookshop My anticipation of the meeting of minds between Pat Mills and Jacques Tardi is so combustible that they should really advertise this… Read More ›

• Sotheby’s to auction E.H. Shepard’s original Christopher Robin and Piglet on the ‘Poohsticks’ Bridge

  By John Freeman on November 11, 2014

  

  London auction house Sotheby’s has announced the auction of arguably the most famous and evocative book illustration of the twentieth century: E.H. Shepard’s original ink drawing of Christopher Robin, Piglet and Pooh on the famous ‘poohsticks’ bridge, first published in A.A…. Read More ›

• Comics and Literacy, Part Two: The (New) Golden Age of Children’s Comics by Neill Cameron

  By downthetubes Guests on November 11, 2014

  

  In September 2014, comic creator Neill Cameron published a series of articles on the British comics industry which he has very kindly given us permission to cross post here, as part of wider efforts by both him and many others to promote… Read More ›

• In Review: To End All Wars

  By Jeremy Briggs on November 11, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  There have already been quite a few Great War comics and graphic novels published this year in commemoration of the one hundredth anniversary of the start of the conflict and no doubt there will be many more to come as… Read More ›

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