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• Lakes Festival Focus 2014: Beano artist Kev F Sutherland

  By John Freeman on October 13, 2014

  

  The Lakes International Comic Art Festival is almost upon us – in fact, it’s next weekend (17th – 19th October 2014). In the run up to the event, which has already taken over the Cumbrian town of Kendal with comics exhibitions, warm… Read More ›

• In Review: Plagued – The Miranda Chronicles 1

  By Jeremy Briggs on October 13, 2014

  

  Plagued: The Miranda Chronicles Chapter One is the beginning of a new science-fiction comic book series from Scottish creators writer Gary Chudleigh and artist Tanya Roberts. Scotland in the future is a plague-stricken wasteland where witches are real albeit not… Read More ›

• In Review: Butterfly Gate

  By Jeremy Briggs on October 12, 2014

  

  How do you review an ‘unreviewable’ book? Be quick about it? Buy Butterfly Gate – you won’t regret it because it is remarkably good. Of course that is not the way we do reviews on downthetubes. We normally try to… Read More ›

• Captain America writer Jonathan Maberry to make UK comics festival debut in Birmingham in 2015

  By John Freeman on October 11, 2014

  

  The recently-announced 2015 Birmingham Comic Festival, whose line-up already includes the UK debut of top artist Lucio Parrillo, has just announced another exclusive: the first UK comic event appearance of New York Times bestselling and multiple Bram Stoker Award-winning author… Read More ›

• Lakes Festival Focus 2014: Manga and Games artist and designer Kate Holden

  By John Freeman on October 11, 2014

  

    In the run up to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival (17th – 19th October), we’re aiming to run a number of interviews spotlighting at least a few of the huge number of guests and comic creators who will be at the… Read More ›

• In Review: Red Baron – Rain Of Blood

  By Jeremy Briggs on October 11, 2014

  

  Writer Carlos Puerta and artist Pierre Veys continue their slight twist on the life of World War One fighter ace Manfred Von Richthofen in the second part of their Red Baron series, Rain Of Blood. Von Richthofen’s heightened ability to know… Read More ›

• IDW Publishing To Bring Douglas Adams’ Dirk Gently to Comics

  By John Freeman on October 10, 2014

  

      IDW Publishing has announced that Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy author Douglas Adams’ Dirk Gently will be appearing in his first-ever comic-book series in 2015, helping to prove the interconnectedness of all things, the precept by which this… Read More ›

• Garth Ennis to pen new Johnny Red story for Titan Comics, Rivers of London artist revealed

  By John Freeman on October 10, 2014 • ( 10 )

  

  Titan Comics has announced its 2015 slate at the New York Comic Con Diamond Retailer Presentation, including the eagerly-anticipated, official, canon continuation of the Rivers of London saga written by Ben Aaronovitch and Andrew Cartmel, joined by Doctor Who and… Read More ›

• Comic Creators Get Cross, launch appeal to fund new British satire comic

  By John Freeman on October 10, 2014

  

    An impressive group of British comic creators have joined forces to launch a Kickstarter campaign for CROSS, a 64-page anthology of satire, born from a group of people who wish Spitting Image was still around to keep us all… Read More ›

• In Review: Wisher – Nigel

  By Jeremy Briggs on October 10, 2014

  

  As Cinebook complete or catch up with the French publication of many of their ongoing series they have been introducing new titles to their line-up. The latest of these new titles is Wisher which begins its ongoing story with Nigel… Read More ›

• Air Aces and Communist Sympathisers in new Commandos

  By John Freeman on October 9, 2014

  

  Here’s the low down on the latest issues of DC Thomson’s Commando (Issues 4747-4750), on sale today in all good newsagents and digitally for iPad and iPhone…     Commando No 4747 – In Flanders Sky… Story: George Low Art: Keith… Read More ›

• The Beano YouTube Channel revamp announced as part of new digital plans for title

  By John Freeman on October 9, 2014

  

        As we indicated in earlier reports, DC Thomson has revealed extensive plans to launch The Beano still further into the the digital realm, introducing a roster of new  interactive content for its official website and social media platforms. “These… Read More ›

• Lakes Festival Focus 2014: Comic Artist Rob Davis

  By John Freeman on October 9, 2014

  

  In the run up to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival (17th – 19th October), we’re aiming to run a number of interviews spotlighting at least a few of the huge number of guests and comic creators who will be at the event,… Read More ›

• British Comic Shop Comic Releases (8th October 2014) – Doctor Who, and Wytches, too!

  By downthetubes Guests on October 8, 2014

  

    Here’s a list of comics – both US and UK releases – on sale in specialist UK comic shops from today, Wednesday 8th October 2014, courtesy of First Age Comics, Lancaster. We’ve picked out the titles published by British publishers in bold… Read More ›

• DC Thomson snags rights to Thunderbirds Are Go Comic and Annual

  By John Freeman on October 8, 2014

  

  ITV Studios Global Entertainment  has announced its first licensing partners for Thunderbirds Are Go, with products set to debut in 2015, and on the list is DC Thomson, who will publish the official Thunderbirds Are Go annual and monthly magazine. Other… Read More ›

• In Review – Dirty Rotten Comics issue 3

  By Antony Esmond on October 8, 2014 • ( 3 )

  

    Edited by Gary Clap and Kirk Campbell The full creative line-up for Dirty Rotten Comics Issue Three is: Elizabeth Querstret (Querstret.co.uk , @querstret) Jey Levang (Jeylevang.com , @levangj) The Happy Ghetto (The Happy Ghetto , @thehappyghetto , @murorga) Claude… Read More ›

• James Bond returns to comics in 2015, top British comic artists involved

  By John Freeman on October 8, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

    James Bond is returning to comics. US publisher Dynamite Entertainment, has announced their partnership with Ian Fleming Publications Ltd., the company that owns and administers the literary copyright of Ian Fleming’s published works, including his fourteen James Bond books. Under… Read More ›

• In Review – Think Up

  By Antony Esmond on October 8, 2014

  

    Written and drawn by Amanda Elanor Tribble Think Up is a book that mixes the genres of Slice of Life comics with Scanners/Tomorrow People style psychic/political thriller stories. Clem, Victor and Adelaide are psychics of varying experience and abilities who find… Read More ›

• The Beano, Dennis and Gnasher, calling at St Pancras and… St Pancras!

  By John Freeman on October 7, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  Echoing the hugely successful promotion for the The Beano on London’s South Bank last year, DC Thomson’s most famous comic characters will be taking over London’s iconic St Pancras International in the run up to Christmas, as part of an ongoing… Read More ›

• Lakes Festival Focus 2014: Rian Hughes

  By John Freeman on October 7, 2014

  

  In the run up to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival (17th – 19th October), we’re aiming to run a number of interviews spotlighting at least a few of the huge number of guests and comic creators who will be at the event,… Read More ›

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