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• 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 ›

• Something For The Weekend: Jessica Martin’s DC Comics Debut! (US Comics On Sale 28th October 2015)

  By John Freeman on 29 October 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Here’s this week’s run down of new comics on sale in comic shops across the UK, with the emphasis, as ever, on titles that are the work of British creators and published by British publishers, and my, aren’t we spoilt… Read More ›

• Phoenix Comic Reaches Issue 200, Heads For WH Smiths This Week

  By John Freeman on 28 October 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Weekly British children’s comic The Phoenix is celebrating its 200th issue this week by becoming the first independent weekly comic in the UK to reach this milestone since 1969 – and will now be on sale in selected WH Smiths stores across… Read More ›

• Thought Bubble Festival reveals full 2015 line up

  By John Freeman on 28 October 2015

  

  As we mentioned last week, Thought Bubble, the UK’s largest annual comic art festival which is now in its ninth year, takes place in Leeds from 9 – 15 November 2015. Supported by Leeds Dock, Leeds Inspired and Travelling Man… Read More ›

• Sneak Peek: Beast Wagon #2

  By John Freeman on 28 October 2015

  

  The second chapter of Beast Wagon, the British Comic Award nominated black comedy from writer Owen Michael Johnson (Raygun Roads, Reel Love) and artist John Pearson, with letters by Colin Bell (Curb Stomp, The Fiction, And Then Emily Was Gone) goes… Read More ›

• Origins of 2000AD’s Dan Dare Revealed in new Thrillcast with Pat Mills and Dave Gibbons

  By John Freeman on 28 October 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  To celebrate the imminent release of Dan Dare: The 2000 AD Years Volume One, Michael Molcher talks to Pat Mills and Dave Gibbons about 2000AD‘s reboot of the British character, which began in the first Prog in 1977 in a new Thrillcast from… Read More ›

• Fright Night on Radio 4 with Nigel Kneale’s “Stone Tape” and more

  By John Freeman on 28 October 2015

  

     This Saturday (31st October 2015), BBC Radio 4 is broadcasting new radio adaptations of Nigel Kneale’s The Stone Tape and Koji Suzuki’s  Ring as part of its Hallowe’en inspired “Fright Night“. Directed by top British filmmakers of his generation… Read More ›

• Awesome Comic Podcast Episode 17 Hallowe’en Special: Redshift Press

  By John Freeman on 26 October 2015

  

  Vince Hunt, Dan Butcher and Tony Esmond are joined by the guys from Redshift Press this week for their latest and hugely-popular small press podcast. Chris Sides and Chris Travell are marking out a big old creepy cave in the… Read More ›

• Martin Eden’s acclaimed “O Men” Return!

  By John Freeman on 26 October 2015

  

  After a six-year hiatus, O Men creator Martin Eden is bringing the series back to finally complete the story. The O Men – an epic superhero soap opera – began in 1997 and was one of the most prominent UK… Read More ›

• Online Classic UK Comic Zines Archive Repository Launched

  By John Freeman on 26 October 2015

  

  After months of hard work scanning and contacting their original creators for permission to publish them online, David Hathaway-Price has launched his much-anticpated archive of British comics zines – a fascinating online repository of classic print fan magazines devoted to comics, spanning… Read More ›

• In Photos: Nottingham Comic Con 2015

  By Antony Esmond on 26 October 2015

  

  OK, ladies and gentlemen the time has come. Start your engines. And you! Yes, you, Chris Sides from Redshift Press! You will never silence me! Now fully part of the UK Comic Convention scene, Nottingham Comic Con is in its third… Read More ›

• Haggarty and Brockbank’s “Mezolith” to get US publication, new adventure in works

  By John Freeman on 26 October 2015

  

  Mezolith, the much-praised, award-winning graphic adventure created by performance storyteller Ben Haggarty and storyboard artist Adam Brockbank, first published in The DFC comic, is to get a US publication through Boom! Studios imprint Archaia – and Ben tells us this new edition… Read More ›

• Carlisle’s EdenCon Returns in April

  By John Freeman on 26 October 2015

  

  Carlisle’s EdenCon returns for its second year on 23rd April 2016, raising money for cash4kids. Guests have yet to be announced (last year they included myself, Gary Erskine, Mal Earl and a very rare convention appearance by Steve and Annie Parkhouse) and  but… Read More ›

• Creators @ Lakes International Comic Art Festival 2015

  By Jeremy Briggs on 25 October 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  The remarkably warm and dry weekend of 16-18 October 2015 saw the third Lakes International Comic Art Festival take place in the Lake District town of Kendal. LICAF, or more simply Lakes, has grown in stature and visitor numbers over the… Read More ›

• First Impressions: A Beginner’s Guide to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival

  By John Freeman on 25 October 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  As a newbie to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival (LICAF) Norman Boyd wondered how he was supposed to tackle a big event like this. Some of you will think “what’s he on about?” but experience tells me Norman’s not the… Read More ›

• Something For The Weekend: Wild’s End Collected (US Comics On Sale 21st October 2015)

  By John Freeman on 24 October 2015

  

  Here’s this week’s run down of new comics on sale in comic shops across the UK, with the emphasis, as ever, on titles that are the work of British creators and published by British publishers. If you missed the monthly… Read More ›

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