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• Lew Stringer’s Brickman is Back!

  By John Freeman on 12 September 2015

  

  Lew Stringer‘s seriously-stupid superhero Brickman is back after an equally stupidly-long absence from comics – and his creator has finally realised a long-held ambition to bring the character’s many fans a new comic packed with his wacky adventures. Brickman Returns!,… Read More ›

• Lakes Festival Focus 2015: An Interview with Visionary Storyteller Frank Santoro

  By John Freeman on 11 September 2015

  

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

• Abstract comic art re-interprets the work of 2000AD writer John Smith

  By John Freeman on 11 September 2015

  

  ‘After Smith’  is a new exhibition work opening in Germany today that re-interprets 10 pages of comics originally written by John Smith, and drawn by eight different artists as abstract works, as part of the ongoing ‘Intercorstal’ project created by Gareth A… Read More ›

• London’s Illustration Cupboard’s 3rd Annual Political Cartoon Exhibition open

  By John Freeman on 10 September 2015

  

  Based in Bury Street, London, The Illustration Cupboard Gallery is hosting an exhibition of some of Britain’s finest political cartoonists: the Daily Telegraph’s Christian Adams, the late Punch cartoonist Albert Edgar Beard, the Financial Times cartoonist Jeremy Banks (better known as BANX) , The Week’s… Read More ›

• In Revew: Saltire Invasion Deluxe Edition

  By Colin Noble on 10 September 2015

  

    Writer: John Ferguson Artists: Claire Roe, Gary Welsh, Tone Julskjaer and Lauren Knight Letterer: Phillip Vaughan Publisher: Diamond Steel Comics Released: 27th August 2015 When Saltire: Invasion was first launched in 2013 and reviewed by downthetubes, Diamond Steel Comics… Read More ›

• Something For The Weekend: British Comic Shop Releases (9th September 2015)

  By John Freeman on 10 September 2015

  

  Here’s  this week’s list of comics on sale now in comic shops across the UK. As usual, our list highlights the work of British creators and publishers. What’s not to like about Judge Dredd storming out of the latest cover… Read More ›

• Sneak Preview: Dead Vengeance #1 by Bill Morrison and Keith Champagne

  By John Freeman on 10 September 2015

  

  Bill Morrison, Disney artist and cofounder of Bongo Comics with Matt Groening, and a headline guest at this year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival in October, has teamed with Dark Horse Comics and artist Keith Champagne for his first creator-owned… Read More ›

• Egmont launches new look Bob the Builder magazine

  By John Freeman on 10 September 2015

  

  Egmont UK has just launched a new 32-page magazine reflecting the new-look Bob the Builder TV show which launches on Channel 5’s Milkshake slot in September. The new-look Bob the Builder magazine aimed at preschoolers aged 3-5 is packed with… Read More ›

• Preacher TV series launch date announced

  By John Freeman on 10 September 2015

  

  AMC’s live-action adaptation of Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon’s Vertigo comics series Preacher will launch in May 2016, Seth Rogan, the show’s executive producer has announced. AMC announced it had ordered a pilot for a series based on the comic Preacher back… Read More ›

• Hurricane Aces and terror on the streets of Georgian Manchester in Commando

  By John Freeman on 10 September 2015

  

  Here’s the intel on the latest issues of DC Thomson’s war comic Commando (Issues 4843-4846) on sale today, 10th September 2015, in all good newsagents and for various mobile devices. Commando 4843 – Peterloo! Story: Ferg Handley Art: Carlos Pino… Read More ›

• We Do Love to be Beside the Seaside: First Blackpool Comic Con on Saturday

  By John Freeman on 10 September 2015

  

  A quick reminder that Blackpool Comic Con takes place this Saturday 12th September 2015, at the northern seaside town’s world famous Winter Gardens. The event is heavy on media guests, including Doctor Who‘s Jenna Coleman (who was born in Blackpool), Game of Thrones‘… Read More ›

• Madefire comics part of Apple TV revamp, gets launch slot in new App Store

  By John Freeman on 9 September 2015

  

  International computer giant Apple – the makers of iPads, iPones and more – has  just announced an App Store for its new Apple TV 4, and its launch partners not only include a lot of games, content readers and video viewers… Read More ›

• 2000AD to publish Goldtiger, marking tentative step into comics publishing beyond own titles

  By John Freeman on 9 September 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  It’s the secret history of the greatest comic of the 1960s that you’ve never heard of… and you’ll end up wondering if it’s a true story or gloriously put together hoax. But it’s also a Kickstarter success story, a time-capsule of… Read More ›

• Want to be in the comics industry? Lifting the Lid on Comics Uncovered 2015

  By John Freeman on 9 September 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Birmingham had barely caught its breath from all the excitement of the International Comic Expo (read our review here) the day before when more comic enthusiasts and professionals descended on The Studio venue for Comics Uncovered 2015. Jon Laight reports… The sister event… Read More ›

• Joe Sugg’s “Username: Evie”, drawn by Amrit Birdi, out this week

  By John Freeman on 9 September 2015

  

  Regular readers will recall our report earlier this year that Hodder & Stoughton had acquired the rights to a graphic novel from Joe Sugg, best known for his channel ‘ThatcherJoe‘ on YouTube. Well, Username: Evie – featuring art by the hugely-talented Amrit Birdi, coloured by… Read More ›

• Lakes Festival Focus 2015: An Interview with Simon Grennan, writer of Dispossession

  By John Freeman on 9 September 2015

  

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

• “Doctor Who: The Complete History” launches today

  By John Freeman on 9 September 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  Some British retailers may be getting Doctor Who exhaustion right now given the number of different titles based on the show now available – but that hasn’t stopped Panini from launching what is surely one of its most ambitious tie-ins yet… Read More ›

• Eagle Daze Part Four: Pop Stars, Knickers and a Dodgy Cup of Coffee

  By Roger Perry on 9 September 2015

  

  We are pleased to publish Part Four of the memories of Roger Perry – memories of now more than half-a-century ago – of his days at Fleetway Publications working on Girl, Eagle, WHAM! and other titles… Of Braces and Bin Fires… Read More ›

• Cool as ICE! A Review of the International Comic Expo, Birmingham, 2015

  By downthetubes Guests on 8 September 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  England’s second city was the location for the latest and possibly the coolest comic convention on the circuit and Jon Laight was there for downthetubes… The International Comic Expo is held in the centre of Birmingham and organised by Shane Chebsey,… Read More ›

• Carlos Ezquerra delivers “Johnny Red” variant cover for new Titan Comics title by Garth Ennis

  By John Freeman on 8 September 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  The new Johnny Red title from Titan Comics written by Garth Ennis – launching in November – looks like it will be terrific, simply based on what artist Keith Burns has already done in comics. That include ERKS for Volume 11… Read More ›

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