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• 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 ›

• Accent UK activate “Stephenson’s Robot” at Thought Bubble

  By downthetubes Guests on November 11, 2014

  

  Stephenson’s Robot is a new mini-series from Accent UK, an alternate reality story that asks the question … ‘What if Queen Victoria, saddened by the death of so many of her nation’s young men fighting overseas, had tasked Robert Stephenson… Read More ›

• Lakes Festival backs Joe Decie’s new “Collecting Sticks” project

  By John Freeman on November 11, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

    Continuing its efforts to invest in and promote the comics form, the Lakes International Comic Art Festival has a new project in the works. For 2015, they’re working with Joe Decie, one of the artists who took part in… Read More ›

• SelfMadeHero reveals Spring 2015 slate

  By John Freeman on November 10, 2014

  

  Top independent publisher SelfMadeHero, whose recent titles include the simply brilliant The Motherless Oven by Rob Davis and the stunning AAMA saga by Frederik Peeters (the second volume is out now), have just announced their Spring 2015 slate. February sees the release… Read More ›

• Latest developments for Electricomics to be revealed at Thought Bubble

  By John Freeman on November 10, 2014

  

    #alanmoore #exclusive #TBF14 A photo posted by Electricomics (@electricomics) on Nov 11, 2014 at 2:58pm PST   The new British digital comics venture Electricomics will be in the spotlight at Thought Bubble this coming weekend, a venture whose team includes both… Read More ›

• Pre-orders for Pop Culture Shocks limited edition Judge Dredd diorama open today

  By John Freeman on November 10, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  If there is one lawman keeping Mega-City One in order, It’s Judge Dredd. Charging through the gangs of mutants on his Lawmaster motorbike, he will uphold the code of justice – through violent means if necessary! Now, Pop Culture Shock Collectibles –… Read More ›

• In Review: Jampires by Sarah McIntyre and David O’Connell

  By Jeremy Briggs on November 10, 2014 • ( 2 )

  

  We rarely review children’s books on this blog They are not really what it’s all about, But why should we let groups like MumsNet then hog All the work these creators put out? Jampires is about little creatures who suck… Read More ›

• downthetubes “Ning” Forum No More

  By John Freeman on November 10, 2014

  

    As a follower of downthetubes.net, you may also know one of the services it included was a comics forum site hosted by Ning. You may even be one of the almost 500 people who was a member. I use the… Read More ›

• Comics and Literacy Part One: Why Reading Comics Matters by Neill Cameron

  By downthetubes Guests on November 10, 2014 • ( 4 )

  

    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 ›

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