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• Fish finger sandwiches draw in fans of Sean Phillips art!

  By John Freeman on August 13, 2014

  

    A selection of images from last year’s fantastic The Art of Sean Phillips exhibition has just opened in a Kendal café, to help raise local awareness of this year’s upcoming Lakes International Comic Art Festival (17th – 19th October) Festival… Read More ›

• Deadly Mines, Jungle Dangers and a shipboard traitor in new Commando titles

  By John Freeman on August 13, 2014

  

  Here’s the intel on Commando Issues 4731-4734, on sale from today, 14th August 2014 in all good newsagents and for iPad and iPhone via iTunes. The 12-month World War One saga, every story drawn by Keith Page, continues with a… Read More ›

• In Review: Antares – Episode 5

  By Jeremy Briggs on August 13, 2014

  

    Brazilian artist and writer Leo (Luiz Eduardo de Oliveira) continues his Worlds of Aldebaran saga with Antares Episode 5, the continuation of the third series of his incredibly alien tales of 22nd century interplanetary settlers and the beasts and… Read More ›

• British Comic Shop Comic Releases (13th August 2014) – Carl Critchlow on IDW’s “Judge Anderson”

  By John Freeman on August 12, 2014

  

    Here’s a list of comics – both US and UK releases – on sale in specialist UK comic shops from tomorrow, Wednesday 13th August 2014, courtesy of First Age Comics, Lancaster. We’ve picked out the titles published by British publishers in bold… Read More ›

• Misty artist Shirley Bellwood makes first ever comic convention appearance

  By John Freeman on August 11, 2014

  

  Calling All Misty Fans! This Sunday is your first ever chance to meet Shirley Bellwood, the amazing illustrator of the long-running British girls’ comic Misty‘s spooky hostess at Comica Festival at the British Library Book it! A painter, illustrator and… Read More ›

• Taschen’s mammoth “75 Years of Marvel” book by Roy Thomas on its way

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

  

    Taschen, the well known “art book” publisher which has a slew of fantastic high quality titles to its name, recently announced the upcoming release of the 720-page 75 Years of Marvel: From the Golden Age to the Silver Screen by Marvel writer… Read More ›

• Rollerskating Bears? Oh my!

  By John Freeman on August 11, 2014

  

    Glasgow-based cartoonist MJ Wallace, a regular submitter to Team Girl Comic, has a collection of her light-heared and funny comic Rollerskates and Breakfast Dates on sale now.         Rollerskates and Breakfast Dates comprises some wonderful autobiographical… Read More ›

• In Review: Red Baron – The Machine Gunners’ Ball

  By Jeremy Briggs on August 11, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  Cinebook present a new series, Red Baron, set during the First World War and “loosely inspired” by the life of German fighter ace Manfred Von Richthofen, written by Pierre Veys and illustrated by Carlos Puerta. This isn’t the Luftwaffe against the… Read More ›

• New AAIIEEE!! horror anthology on sale now

  By John Freeman on August 10, 2014

  

    The latest issue of the British indie horror anthology comic AAIIEEE!!! is on sale now, an issue that includes a great story from writer Si Spencer. Inspired by the 1970s Amicus portmanteau horrors films, this collection of tales, edited… Read More ›

• Northern Irish myth inspires new comic project from Daniel de Sosa

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

  

      Oi! Tales of Bardic Fury is a fantasy slice-of-life comic from London-based comic creator Daniel de Sosa, set in ancient Ireland that follows Bryan the Bard, a fresh graduate from the Great Academy in Tara, as he undertakes… Read More ›

• Madefire Motion Book Tool offers digital comic creators new vistas

  By John Freeman on August 9, 2014

  

    With abject apologies to my old friend, artist Liam Sharp who is integral part of the project team (it’s been a busy old month), the launch of the Madefire Motion Book Tool to create digital comics with added animation and… Read More ›

• Amazon issues statement on eBook pricing

  By John Freeman on August 9, 2014 • ( 2 )

  

    The online bookseller Amazon has issued the following statement about their aim to reduce eBook prices, and comment on their ongoing dispute with publisher Hatchette, who have resisted price drop requests from the multinational company . We’re running it… Read More ›

• Plok! From video game star to comic strip hero!

  By John Freeman on August 8, 2014

  

    Veteran video game designers The Pickford Bros have released an eBook of the first volume of their weekly webcomic, Plok The Exploding Man, starring the hero of their 1993 SNES game. At the end of his Super Nintendo game… Read More ›

• Titan Magazines bites into “Wolfblood” magazine rights

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

  

    Titan Magazines is to publish a one-off Wolfblood magazine to tie in with the return of the cult werewolf teen drama to CBBC in the autumn. Created by Debbie Moon, the BAFTA-nominated supernatural series, a co-production between CBBC and ZDF/ZDFE,… Read More ›

• Tartan Squirrel release official Thunderbirds pins

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

  

    Tartan Squirrel, an official licensees to ITV and have produced a range of impressive-looking Classic Thunderbirds limited edition collectable pins to celebrate the 50th anniversary in 2015. The company has released a range of eight pins including the Classic… Read More ›

• All-New Thunderbirds Revealed

  By John Freeman on August 8, 2014 • ( 4 )

  

    Pictures of all five of the new Thunderbirds vehicles from ITV Studios new Thunderbirds Are Go!  have appeared online, revealing most have, in the main, retained the iconic design of the originals, apart from Thunderbird 5. ITV previously released images… Read More ›

• Comic Creators set to invade LonCon 3

  By John Freeman on August 8, 2014

  

    London’s Excel Centre will host Loncon 3 – the 72nd World Science Fiction Convention from Thursday 14th – Monday 18th August and there are a number of comic creators on the guest list over the long, busy weekend to… Read More ›

• Creating Comics is No Disaster for Alex Potts

  By John Freeman on August 7, 2014

  

    South London-based Avery Hill Publishing will be releasing A Quiet Disaster by Alex Potts later this month and we’re delighted to be able to publish this short interview with him on downthetubes. Alex Potts – Animation Showreel from Alex Potts… Read More ›

• 2000AD’s John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra headline first Preston Comic Con

  By John Freeman on August 7, 2014

  

  Lancashire city Preston will host its first ever major comic con event, Preston Comic Con, on Saturday 25th October, a one day event Preston’s Guild Hall, with comic artist Carlos Ezquerra and 2000AD writer John Wagner heading up the guest… Read More ›

• HOAX cross media project nominated for £10,000 Medicine Unboxed Creative Prize 2014

  By John Freeman on August 7, 2014

  

    Seven artists have been shortlisted for the inaugural Medicine Unboxed Creative Prize 2014, a single £10,000 prize for a creative work that explores the interface between art and medicine, including Manchester-based graphic novel author and cross-media writer Ravi Thornton…. Read More ›

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