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• downthetubes “Ning” Forum No More

  By John Freeman on 10 November 2014

  

    As a follower of downthetubes.net, you may also know one of the services it included was a comics forum site hosted by Ning. You may even be one of the almost 500 people who was a member. I use the… Read More ›

• Comics and Literacy Part One: Why Reading Comics Matters by Neill Cameron

  By downthetubes Guests on 10 November 2014 • ( 4 )

  

    In September 2014, comic creator Neill Cameron published a series of articles on the British comics industry which he has very kindly given us permission to cross post here, as part of wider efforts by both him and many others to… Read More ›

• Uproar At Thought Bubble!

  By Jeremy Briggs on 10 November 2014

  

  Londonderry’s Uproar Comics will be at Thought Bubble this weekend coming with their award-winning Zombies Hi series and their new science fiction series Leap. Created out of the 2D Collective, a group of creators who got together through Derry’s now… Read More ›

• New Book charts the history of British “Big 5” comic “The Wizard”

  By John Freeman on 9 November 2014

  

  This Was The Wizard, a 264-page, perfect-bound A4 book has just been published by Darsym Press. Written by Derek Marsden (author of Free Gifts in the Big Five) and Ray Moore, their book is a thorough survey of the content… Read More ›

• In Review: Crouch End Comic Art Festival 2014

  By Antony Esmond on 8 November 2014 • ( 2 )

  

  Convention Season really is underway in the UK. It only seems like yesterday I was in Comics Village at MCM London and next weekend is the massive Thought Bubble Comics Festival up in Leeds. Nicely crammed between these two events… Read More ›

• Flash, Constantine, most talked about comics-inspired shows

  By John Freeman on 8 November 2014

  

    As social media continues to exert its influence on television viewing habits, trend tracking site The Wit.com has just reported on what new shows generated buzz on Twitter and Facebook last month. While Tweeting and discussing a show while… Read More ›

• Sneak Preview: Bertie Bear Issue 3

  By Antony Esmond on 8 November 2014

  

  Words and Pictures by Andy W. Clift Lettered by Jon Scrivens Cover layout by Katy Morrison Script Edited by Rachel Barber Published by Bounce Comics With the Thought Bubble Comics Festival in Leeds just around the corner there has been… Read More ›

• Humanoids revives Alexandro Jodorowsky and Mœbius’ Metabaron, back in 2016

  By John Freeman on 8 November 2014

  

  Talk about your advance news. Publisher Humanoids has announced The Metabaron, the seminal character created by Alexandro Jodorowsky and Mœbius in 1980, will return in a powerful new “space opera” in June 2016. The Metabaron was introduced to the world in… Read More ›

• Top European comic artists at SouthKenKidsFest

  By John Freeman on 7 November 2014

  

    Whoosh! South Ken Kids Festival wind is blowing in London with a blizzard of events to choose from! From Monday 17th to Sunday 23rd November, a score of children’s book artists will take over the Institut français and London-based… Read More ›

• Radio Luxembourg Dan Dare Music Find

  By John Freeman on 7 November 2014 • ( 2 )

  

  Regular readers of downthetubes will recall we have featured news items on the The Adventures of Dan Dare radio show produced for Radio Luxembourg on numerous occasions, and that as far as we know, only two episodes of this much sought-after series… Read More ›

• What Makes A Cult Comic? Rob Davis, Ilya and others ponder That Question Tonight

  By John Freeman on 7 November 2014

  

    Comica Festival 2014, the London International Comics Festival, continues its season of events and exhibitions across London with two special Comica Conversations at Foyles’ new bookstore of the future at 107 Charing Cross Road. Tonight, Friday November 7th 7-8.30pm,… Read More ›

• In Review: Foxglove Summer by Ben Aaronovitch

  By John Freeman on 7 November 2014 • ( 2 )

  

    By Ben Aaronovitch Publisher: Gollancz Out: 13th November 2014 The Book: In the anticipated fifth instalment in The Sunday Times bestselling Rivers of London series, Foxglove Summer, Ben Aaronovitch takes Peter Grant out of London – to a small village in Herefordshire where… Read More ›

• New Beano fashion line from N16 announced

  By John Freeman on 6 November 2014

  

  British design firm N16 Vintage has designed a range of Beano-inspired fashions for young men for the Asos.com web site that will be launched later this month, offering  a “mischievous” clothing line featuring the comic’s most known characters. The new Beano clothing… Read More ›

• Sneek Peek: Titan Comics Michael Moorcock Library Series, launching in 2015

  By John Freeman on 6 November 2014

  

  Titan Comics has announced the brand-new Michael Moorcock Library Series in February 2015, beginning with his greatest character – Elric – and released  some tasty preview pages from the first collection. Collecting the first volume of the classic adaptation of Michael Moorcock’s bestselling… Read More ›

• New Commandos Released: Fighter’s Codes and Phobias revealed!

  By John Freeman on 6 November 2014

  

  Here’s the rundown on the latest issues of DC Thomson’s Commando (Issues 4755-4758), on sale now in all good newsagents and digitally for iPad and iPhone. Commando No 4755 – Clash At Cambrai Writer: George Low Artist: Keith Page Cover:… Read More ›

• BBC heads to the frontiers of space and time with new Science Fiction programming

  By John Freeman on 6 November 2014

  

    The BBC has announced a number of science fiction-related programmes, including a new four-part series on BBC Two in which Dominic Sandbrook explores how science fiction has offered a revealing window into our dreams and our nightmares that will… Read More ›

• Run Away to the Psircus with Daniel Bell and company

  By John Freeman on 6 November 2014

  

  One of the things about the Web is that as it’s expanded, more often than not you come across stuff as if it’s new, when it actually isn’t. This is particularly true of social media such as tumblr, where stuff… Read More ›

• EdieOp’s “Maleficium” launches next week from Avery Hill

  By Antony Esmond on 6 November 2014 • ( 1 )

  

    Avery Hill Publishing out of mighty South London are turning into one of the most interesting voices in British comics. It seems that everything they put out is intelligent, beautiful and of the moment. Speaking to those clever people at… Read More ›

• Panel Borders: … there is Joost Swarte

  By John Freeman on 5 November 2014

  

  Starting a month of shows about the work of comic book creators who mix together different cultures and mediums in their work, on Panel Borders this week Alex Fitch talks to acclaimed Dutch cartoonist and graphic designer Joost Swarte about… Read More ›

• Sneak Preview: Bone China from Improper Books

  By Antony Esmond on 5 November 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  Written by Benjamin Read Art by Chris Wildgoose Colour by Andre May Letters by Jim Campbell Published by Improper Books Bone China – out next year – is a book that I have personally been looking forward to since I heard… Read More ›

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