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• Lakes International Comic Art Festival 2014: The View from the Twittersphere

  By John Freeman on October 20, 2014

  

    I think everyone who attended is still reeling from the fantastic weekend the 2014 Lakes International Comic Art Festival proved to be, which began with the amazing 24 Hour Comics Marathon organised by Dan Berry and the announcement of… Read More ›

• In Review – Meanwhile Issue One

  By Antony Esmond on October 18, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  Published by Soaring Penguin Press This anthology series has made a return. It’s had a little bit of a rebranding and the first issue offers us some impressive creators and strips. Overall, this first issue offers a mixed bag of stories but with… Read More ›

• Dave Gibbons Named UK’s first Comics Laureate

  By John Freeman on October 17, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  Bestselling graphic novelist Dave Gibbons is to become the first Comics Laureate. The announcement was made by internationally acclaimed comics authority and graphic novelist Scott McCloud at the launch of new charity Comics Literacy Awareness (CLAw) at the Lakes International… Read More ›

• Lakes Festival Focus 2014: Doctor Who Comics and Storyboard Artist Mike Collins

  By John Freeman on October 17, 2014

  

    We round off our “Lakes Bound” interviews to highlight the guest list for this weekend’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival with a very special artist, one who I have worked with many times down the years (and hope at… Read More ›

• In Review – The Kill Screen: Cascade

  By Antony Esmond on October 16, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

    Writer: Mike Garley Art: Josh Sherwell Letters; Mike Stock Web: http://mikegarley.com/the-kill-screen “Humanity has reached its Kill Screen. Now only the strongest will survive as computer errors transcend from the digital world in to our own, destroying everything in their way. Set… Read More ›

• Strangehaven returns in new Meanwhile… anthology from Soaring Penguin Press

  By John Freeman on October 16, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

    This weekend sees the launch of Meanwhile…, a superb-looking new bi-monthly British comics anthology from Soaring Penguin Press. On sale at this weekend’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival, the new magazine features the long-awaited, eagerly-anticipated return of Gary Spencer… Read More ›

• Lakes Festival Focus 2014: Artist Lew Stringer

  By John Freeman on October 16, 2014

  

    The Lakes International Comic Art Festival starts tomorrow and I’m delighted that, despite a punishing work schedule, Beano and Doctor Who cartoonist and writer Lew Stringer found time to answer my questions about his work and creating comics. Lew (who I’ve… Read More ›

• Panel Borders: Pat Mills’ Great War comics

  By John Freeman on October 16, 2014

  

    Continuing a month of shows about war comics, on today’s Panel Borders radio show Alex Fitch talks to Pat Mills, one of the acclaimed masters of the genre. Alex and Pat discuss the completion of Titan Books’ reprints of… Read More ›

• Lakes Festival Focus 2014: Metaphrog

  By John Freeman on October 15, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

    It’s almost here! The Lakes International Comic Art Festival starts on Friday, and we have just three more interviews with guests to run. Metaphrog are writer and illustrator duo John Chalmers and Sandra Marrs. Their Louis graphic novels have… Read More ›

• In Review – Horror Show Issue 1

  By Antony Esmond on October 15, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  All stories written by George Lennox “A Late Night in Royston” – Art by Chris Connolly. Letters by Colin Bell “Lost Souls” – Art and lettering by Jason Mathis “Partyman” – Art by Norrie Millar, Colours by James Devlin and… Read More ›

• Arena: The Crunch is NOW!

  By Colin Noble on October 15, 2014

  

      When I heard that Bear Alley Books had obtained a license to reprint a vintage DC Thomson adventure story, I was beside myself with excitement. When I found out that it was from The Crunch, my inner child… Read More ›

• In Review – Nenetl of the Forgotten Spirits Issues One and Two

  By Antony Esmond on October 14, 2014

  

    Written by Vera Greentea Art by Laura Muller Published by Greentea Publishing The Story: Nenetl of the Forgotten Spirits is a spirited horror story about a ghost searching for her family during the festival of the Day of the… Read More ›

• London Super Comic Convention announces first guests for 2015 event

  By John Freeman on October 14, 2014

  

    British comic creators Charlie Adlard and Ian Churchill are among the first guests to be announced for the 2015 London Super Comic Convention, taking place 14th-15th March at the Excel Centre. Joining them will be Turkish comic book artist… Read More ›

• British Comic Shop Comic Releases (15th October 2014) – Twelfth Doctor #1 Released

  By John Freeman on October 14, 2014

  

    Here’s a list of comics – both US and UK releases – on sale in specialist UK comic shops from today, Wednesday 15th October 2014, courtesy of First Age Comics, Lancaster. We’ve picked out the titles published by British publishers in bold… Read More ›

• In Review: White Death

  By Jeremy Briggs on October 14, 2014

  

  White Death, written by Robbie Morrison and illustrated by Charlie Adlard, covers the little known Italian/Austro-Hungarian mountain conflict during the First World War during which avalanches were used by both sides as a weapon of war. In October 1916 Italian… Read More ›

• British Comic Award judges announced

  By John Freeman on October 13, 2014

  

    The judges for this year’s third British Comic Awards have just been announced and include comics writer and TV chat show host Jonathan Ross, film director Jonathan Entwistle and  Suzy Varty, a comics creator and tutor known for her work in the… Read More ›

• 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 ›

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