• Comics writer Jason Cobley is a guest on the BBC Radio 4 show The Learning Curve at 8.30pm tonight, Monday 23rd June, discussing using Classical Comics’ Shakespeare books in the classroom with the legendary Libby Purves. “I’m not sure… Read More ›
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Ian Rankin and Alan Grant
(with thanks to Matthew Badham): Author Ian Rankin returns to the Borders Book Festival in Melrose, Scotland later this month, but not, this time, to talk about Inspector Rebus. Instead he will pose questions about Judge Dredd, Batman, The Terminator,… Read More ›
No Barcodes: Sean Azzopardi Interview
In the second of a series of creator interviews to mark the upcoming NoBarCodes event next Saturday in Camden Lock Market, London, David Baillie talks to Sean Azzopardi, creator of Twelve Hour Shift and one of London Underground Comics’ success… Read More ›
Enter the Vort
(with thanks to Matthew Badham): This week’s 2000AD contained an announcement that ‘Israeli’s latest project, The Vort, will be one of the slew of new stories staring next week in the UK’s weekly SF comic. Over on his blog, ‘Israeli… Read More ›
Manga Maniacs Day at Manchester’s Urbis
Crazy about Astro Boy, think you could make it as one of Gwen Stefani’s next Harajuku girls or would just love to star in your own version of Spirited Away? Manchester’s Urbis Centre is inviting manga and cosplay fans to… Read More ›
Review Round Up: Pasties, Khaki Shorts and Thief Takers!
Over the past couple of months several indie press folk have sent us comics for review and I have to apologize for being slow at publishing reviews of them. downthetubes remains a site created in spare time between paid work… Read More ›
Matters of Convention – We are Family: A conversation with Vicky Stonebridge
Continuing our series of interviews with British comic convention organisers, for this fourth instalment, Matthew Badham chatted to Vicky Stonebridge, the co-organiser, alongside Richmond Clements, of Hi-Ex!, a convention held in Inverness, Scotland, regularly reviewed on downthetubes by Jeremy Briggs…. Read More ›
The Adventures of Tank Boy
Based on an interview conducted last year, we’re delighted to present an interview by Matthew Badham with London-based comic book artist and British comics aficionado Rufus Dayglo, whose credits include animation, work for IDW Comics in the US and 2000AD… Read More ›
Tube Surfing: Billy the Cat, Cradlegrave and Cla$$ War for iPhone
• Over on his brilliant site Bronze Age of Blogs, Pete Doree has posted a short article on DC Thomson’s much-loved teen hero Billy the Cat, prompting artist Sean Phillips to respond with this fab drawing of William Grange in… Read More ›
Pasties Are Better Than Comics
Oh all right, that’s not really true, but you’d be hard pressed to find more enthusiasm for the pastry-based food, created by the Cornish and whose reputation is frequently ruined by bakeries across the UK who simply have no idea… Read More ›
Matters of Convention: “We like original voices…”
Matthew Badham goes behind the scenes of the Caption (taking place at the East Oxford Community Centre on August 15-16th) with two of several co-organisers, Jay Eales and Selina Lock. This is the third of a series of interviews with… Read More ›
Tube Surfing: 5 June 2009
• Busy racing between secret locations in an effort to find an internet connection that worked, we missed out on wishing Garen Ewing, creator of The Rainbow Orchid, a happy birthday yesterday (4th June) but there’s still time to enter… Read More ›
Matters of Convention: Something for Everyone
Matthew Badham goes behind the scenes of the British International Comics Show (taking place 3-4th October at Birmingham’s ThinkTank) with co-organiser Shane Chebsey This is the second of a series of interviews with British comic convention organisers over the next… Read More ›
Matters of Convention: And Then We Bought Some Chairs…
Matthew Badham goes behind the scenes with Oli Smith of London Underground Comics fame about their latest event, LUC 176, which will take place on 27th June 2009. This is the first of a series of interviews with comic convention… Read More ›
Blog Notes
Matthew Badham just sent me this link to ‘Nemesis Fleet‘, which he feels is perfect reading for anyone into comics/self-publishing comics. It’s a blog for a comic in development by a cartoonist called Abigail Ryder, who describes herself as “a… Read More ›
Re-visiting childhood
Talk about a labour of love. dtb contributor Matthew Badham’s just passed on a note from 2000AD fan Paul (Book of Lists, There’s No Time Like the Present) Rainey, who’s re-visitng the entire 30 year run of the title, after… Read More ›
Alan Moore talks new League of Gentlemen project
(with thanks to Matthew Badham): Alan Moore has just been interviewed about his League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier project over on World Famous Comics. “There’s an immense amount of stuff in the Dossier,” he outlines, revealing the book spans… Read More ›
Tube Surfing: 4 May 2009
• Over on Comic Book Resources, Brian Cronin has just completed a month of posting reviews of a different self-published comic book each day. Check out the archive of reviews here • Meanwhile, Matthew Badham has perhaps taken a leaf… Read More ›
Diggle’s Free Comic Book Day
Thunderbolts and Green Arrow writer Andy Diggle will be signing comics at Lancaster’s First Age Comics in the Assembly Rooms, King Street on Free Comic Book Day (Saturday 2nd May). The signing starts at 2.00pm. Andy’s credits also include Hellblazer,… Read More ›
Adlard, Reppion and Moore Interviewed
Along with its usual mix of great comic strips, the new issue of Judge Dredd Megazine (Issue 283) contains two articles by downthetubes contributor Matthew Badham
