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• Is it a Bird? Is it a Plane? No, it’s Kek-W and Shaky Kane’s “Cap’n Dinosaur”!

  By John Freeman on June 11, 2014

  

    Writer Kek-W (2000AD, Rudy Rucker’s FLURB) and artist Shaky Kane (Bulletproof Coffin) take the law into their own hands and bring readers a complete, all-new, Cap’n Dinosaur tale in a one-shot comic published by US publisher Image Comics. An homage to the classic… Read More ›

• Peter Capaldi goes global to launch his reign as the Doctor

  By John Freeman on June 11, 2014

  

  BBC Worldwide has announced that for the first time, the long-running series will hit the road to introduce Peter Capaldi as the new Doctor. On-screen companion Jenna Coleman and series Executive producer Steven Moffatt will be along for the ride (Steven only… Read More ›

• Doctor Who Adventures 347 – on sale now

  By John Freeman on June 10, 2014

  

    The latest issue of Immediate Media’s BBC Doctor Who Adventures magazine is out now and comes with a free glow-in-the-dark Slitheen. It’s perfect for frights in the night! Inside the magazine there’s a Top 10 of Cyber scares –… Read More ›

• Doctor Who’s “Uncharted Journeys” mapped in new guide from Hasslein Books

  By John Freeman on June 10, 2014

  

  Hasslein Books has announced the release of Lost in Time and Space: An Unofficial Guide to the Uncharted Journeys of Doctor Who, written by Matthew J Elliott. Doctor Who  is a significant part of British pop-culture and a cult favourite worldwide…. Read More ›

• True Believers Awards Launched as revamped “Eagle Award” site vanishes

  By John Freeman on June 9, 2014

  

    It looks like plans to revive the Eagle Awards have hit a snag, because an all-new comic award has just been announced – with the ceremony scheduled at the exactly same time at London Film and Comic Con as… Read More ›

• Panel Borders: Graphic Lives

  By John Freeman on June 9, 2014

  

  Continuing a month looking at work of female comic book creators on British radio show Panel Borders, Alex Fitch talks to writers Sarah Laing and Dr. Mary Talbot about their graphic novels which mix biography and autobiography in an extract… Read More ›

• Lakes International Comic Art Festival Promotional Film released

  By John Freeman on June 8, 2014

  

    Digital Story Engine, the company behind the terrific “Graphic Novel Man” documentary series about Bryan Talbot, have released a fantastic promotional video for Kendal’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival. The short film includes comments from Charlie Adlard, Bryan Talbot,… Read More ›

• Sneek Peek: Great War in Comics Exhibition, featuring “Charley’s War”, “White Death”

  By John Freeman on June 7, 2014

  

    Marking the centenary of the outbreak of the First World War, Kendal’s Abbot Hall Art Gallery (currently exhibiting an incredible exhibition on British Surrealism) and the Lakes International Comic Art Festival are bringing together for the first time the work… Read More ›

• Spinning strange and creepy yarns: Torsobear Kickstarter launched

  By John Freeman on June 6, 2014

  

    Brett Uren and over twenty other comic creators, including Hal Laren, Cy Dethan and Kieran Squires have been beavering away on an intriguing-looking toy-on-toy crime anthology book the Aylesbury-based creator has conceived and is now seeking crowdfunding – Torsobear: Yarns… Read More ›

• Channel 5’s Milkshake! and Signature Publishing sign Magazine Deal

  By John Freeman on June 6, 2014

  

  Channel 5 has awarded Signature Publishing the license to publish a magazine for the hugely popular and award winning children’s strand, Milkshake! This new and exciting monthly title, whose launch date has yet to be announced, will feature content and… Read More ›

• Creating Comics: Writer Rob Williams on ‘Ordinary’ and ‘The Royals’

  By John Freeman on June 5, 2014

  

  Ian Cullen recently interviewed British comics writer Rob Williams for SciFiPulse.net and has kindly given us permission to re-post the interview here on downthetubes… British comic book writer Rob Williams latest endeavour is the creator-owned series Ordinary, drawn by D’Israeli… Read More ›

• Skyjack to launch new 100% Magazine next week

  By John Freeman on June 5, 2014

  

  Skyjack Publishing, the company behind the hugely successful Moshi Monsters Magazine, launch a new title, 100% Magazine next week. Aimed at pre-teen children, every issue of 100% Magazine will be devoted to a single entertainment brand, TV show, or the… Read More ›

• Thunderbirds at 50 celebrations to kick off at Glastonbury Festival next year

  By John Freeman on June 5, 2014

  

  ITV Studios Global Entertainment has announced it is launching the countdown to the 50th anniversary of Thunderbirds at next year’s Glastonbury Festival, where Charles Hazlewood’s All Star Collective will perform a set written by Barry Gray, the man behind much of the… Read More ›

• British Museum to host British Film Institute Science Fiction event

  By John Freeman on June 5, 2014

  

    The British Film Institute’s science fiction blockbuster project “Days of Fear and Wonder” will blast off from the forecourt of the British Museum in spectacular style in August, with a trilogy of science fiction classics screening over three successive… Read More ›

• D-Day marked in new Commando tale

  By John Freeman on June 4, 2014

  

  Here’s details on the latest issues of DC Thomson’s Commando, on sale from Thursday 5th June in UK newsagents and for digital devices. There’s another great-looking World War One story from Keith Page, while D-Day – which sees its 70th… Read More ›

• Creator Profile: Ken Barr

  By John Freeman on June 4, 2014

  

  Artist Ken Barr, born in Scotland in 1933, is perhaps best known to downthetubes readers for his Commando covers, and has been working continuously for many years in the British graphics art industry. His innovative style and fresh perspective make… Read More ›

• Thunderbirds Tabletop Game in the works from Modiphius Entertainment

  By John Freeman on June 4, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

    Game publishers Modiphius Entertainment, who recently took over the running of the long-running DragonMeet convention, have just announced a licensing deal with ITV Studios Global Entertainment to develop a co-operative tabletop board game based on the classic 1960s’ television… Read More ›

• Manchester Children’s Book Festival announces Neville Johnson Comic Strip Competition

  By John Freeman on June 4, 2014

  

  A trailblazer event for the biennial Manchester Children’s Book Festival (which takes place at the end of the month) will take place at Manchester Central Library tomorrow (Thursday 5th June), when novelist Curtis Jobling, creator of the globally successful Wereworld series, will be launching the… Read More ›

• Sun-soaked, free Temple APA Issue 16 available now, free

  By John Freeman on June 3, 2014

  

    The sizzling Temple APA Issue Sixteen is now available to download as a totally free PDF file, containing contributions from the likes of British comic creators Dave Hailwood, Simon Mackie, Tony Suleri, Paul Eldridge, Malcolm Kirk and Ben Peter Johnson, (who also provides the… Read More ›

• Beano-branded guitars and Brewers Fayre “Menacing Meals” on their way

  By John Freeman on June 3, 2014

  

  DC Thomson has announced to new Beano-related licensing deals in the past week, one for musical instruments and the other with restaurant chain Brewers Fayre, which will include the release of a limited edition Beano comic on Father’s Day. The… Read More ›

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