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• Behind The Scenes: Stref’s Adaptation Of Peter Pan

  By Jeremy Briggs on 15 October 2015

  

  Earlier this year BC Books, Birlinn’s childrens imprint, released the first ‘official’ UK graphic novel of JM Barrie’s beloved book Peter Pan. The book was the work of artist Stephen White, also known as Stref, a long-time fan of Barrie’s… Read More ›

• Gale Force Nine, Battlefront and BBC to produce Doctor Who board game

  By John Freeman on 15 October 2015

  

  For over fifty years, the Doctor and his companions have taken viewers on a journey into the unknown in Doctor Who. Now, US company Gale Force Nine is partnering with BBC Worldwide North America to bring the Time Lord’s adventures… Read More ›

• Truugationary: The Wit and Wisdom of Truuglub Vanderpatz The Daunting

  By John Freeman on 15 October 2015

  

  Please note, these are the only the terms known to date employed by the Chk’Rath, Truug, who features prominently in Crucible.  It will, over time, expand. Bellingly: Ironically. With thundering yet much-avoided inevitability. Bathetically. Chk’Rath: Truug’s species (see Episode One) Frentling: Pantomiming… Read More ›

• London’s Barbican Library gets S.M.A.S.H.ed!

  By John Freeman on 14 October 2015

  

  S.M.A.S.H. is a one-day all ages event at the Barbican Library on Saturday 7th November, produced in association with CityRead, Comica and the London Graphic Novel Network. The event has a great line up of creators, including author and comics writer Ben… Read More ›

• Wonderfully weird: John Robbins “A Hand of Fingers”

  By John Freeman on 14 October 2015

  

  He has lettered hundreds of pages of comics by other creators, and for years plugged and reviewed Irish and British publications on defunct small press-centric website Bugpowder. Now, Dubliner John Robbins has released A Hand Of Fingers, a terrific anthology of… Read More ›

• In Review: Kenya – Aberrations

  By Jeremy Briggs on 14 October 2015

  

  Kenya – Aberrations is the third book in Cinebook’s translation of Leo (Luiz Eduardo de Oliveira) and Rodolphe’s (Rodolphe Daniel Jacquette) ongoing series of spies, extinct beasts and strange flying lights that is set in post war-Kenya. After reporting to London,… Read More ›

• Dundee Literary Festival 2015 features comics guests, opening of Dundee Creative Comics Space

  By Colin Noble on 14 October 2015

  

  If you’re a comics fan and in the vicinity of Dundee from 21st October until 25th October 2015, then an attempt needs to be made to attend the Dundee Literary Festival. Most of the events are aimed at the bibliophiles… Read More ›

• New Cartoon Network magazine launches this week

  By John Freeman on 13 October 2015

  

  Panini UK is to launch a new, monthly Cartoon Network magazine on Thursday (15th October), featuring Adventure Time, The Amazing World of Gumball and Ben 10 – related content, as well as the channel’s many other shows. The first issue of the… Read More ›

• Comic Heroes returns to the News Stand

  By John Freeman on 13 October 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Some 18 months after Comic Heroes magazine was cancelled, the title has take an leaf from The X-Men and risen like a Phoenix from the ashes. Brought to you again by Future Publishing, the 148-page quarterly Comic Heroes is back with… Read More ›

• Lakes Festival Focus 2015: An interview with Author and Comics Writer Antony Johnston

  By John Freeman on 13 October 2015

  

  Last year, in partnership with the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, downthetubes brought you a number of interviews with creators attending the event. We’ve run a series in the run up to their eagerly anticipated 2015 event this coming weekend (16th –… Read More ›

• Sneak Peek: MULP – Sceptre Of The Sun Issue 2

  By Jeremy Briggs on 13 October 2015

  

  It is just over a year since the first issue of writer Matt Gibbs and artist Sara Dunkerton’s MULP: Sceptre Of The Sun appeared. This full colour anthropomorphic adventure comic was a mousey take on an Indiana Jones style story as… Read More ›

• In Review: The Red Shoes And Other Tales by metaphrog

  By Jeremy Briggs on 13 October 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Today sees the official release of metaphrog’s latest hardback, The Red Shoes And Other Tales, by American publisher Papercutz. metaphrog, writer John Chalmers and artist Sandra Marrs, have adapted Hans Christian Anderson’s The Red Shoes and The Little Match Girl,… Read More ›

• Lakes Festival Focus 2015: An Interview with Comics Editor and Writer John Freeman

  By downthetubes Guests on 13 October 2015

  

  Last year, in partnership with the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, downthetubes brought you a number of interviews with creators attending the event. We’re delighted to be able to run a series in the run up to their eagerly anticipated 2015… Read More ›

• Eagle Daze: On Artists’ Agents (and may God bless their cotton socks!)

  By Roger Perry on 12 October 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Part Five of the memories of Roger Perry – memories of now more than half-a-century ago – of his days at Fleetway Publications and beyond

• Lakes Festival Focus 2015: An Interview with Comics Writer Si Spencer

  By John Freeman on 12 October 2015

  

  Last year, in partnership with the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, downthetubes brought you a number of interviews with creators attending the event. We’re delighted to be able to run a series in the run up to their eagerly anticipated 2015… Read More ›

• Panel Borders: Local Anthologies

  By John Freeman on 12 October 2015

  

  Continuing the new series of Panel Borders as an hour long monthly show, Alex Fitch talks to a quartet of young comic book creators and an editor / graphic designer, about anthology titles that utilise local talent. Cartoonist Erica Smith… Read More ›

• Awesome Comics Podcast Episode 15: Comics Editor and Writer John Freeman

  By downthetubes Guests on 12 October 2015

  

  It’s a real history lesson this week as John Freeman of downthetubes, Crucible, ROK Comics and many more joins Vince Hunt, Dan Butcher and Tony Esmond to talk about all things comics. There’s talk about the latest webcomic site Tapastic… Read More ›

• Aimee Lockwood Debuts Her First Titles At Lakes Festival 2015

  By Jeremy Briggs on 12 October 2015

  

  Edinburgh based artist/writer Aimee Lockwood will be debuting her work at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival (LICAF) this coming weekend. She works mostly in pen and ink, and in full colour where possible, and is inspired by the rugged north coast… Read More ›

• Crowdfunding Spotlight: Iapetus Rising by Glenn B Fleming

  By John Freeman on 11 October 2015

  

  British comic creator Glenn B Fleming‘s Kickstarter for his SF epic, Iapetus Rising has just launched and he needs your support to get the book published, in your hands, on the shelves and to the top of the bestseller lists! Iapetus Rising is a… Read More ›

• In Review: Yoko Tsuno – Message For Eternity

  By Jeremy Briggs on 10 October 2015

  

  Roger Leloup’s Japanese electrical engineer Yoko Tsuno returns in the tenth of her books to be translated into English by Cinebook, Message For Eternity. Yoko Tsuno books tend to alternate between contemporary stories and more overtly science-fiction stories and, while… Read More ›

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