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• Dee-Con in Dundee: Four weeks to go

  By Jeremy Briggs on 7 March 2015

  

  There are only four weeks to go until this year’s Dee-Con event at the Dundee University Student’s Association (DUSA). It is being held on Saturday 4 April and doors open at Noon for the all ages daytime programme of sales… Read More ›

• Are You Ready for Neroy?

  By John Freeman on 6 March 2015

  

    Celebrating 10 years of publishing, FutureQuake Press, publishers of the terrific zines FutureQuake (Issue 26 on sale now) and Zarjaz (Issue 23 on sale now)has just released its first trade paperback  – Neroy Sphinx – Back in the Game. This great-looking… Read More ›

• Imaginings: How The Twelfth Doctor Got His Costume

  By John Freeman on 5 March 2015

  

      The latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine, Issue 484, is on sale now in the UK. Along with its usual mix of news and features – and a fun one part comic strip involving a hungry tentacled beast… Read More ›

• Charlotte Corday heads into space in new 1950s-comic inspired adventure

  By John Freeman on 5 March 2015

  

    Writer Stephen Walsh and Dan Dare and Commando artist Keith Page are beavering away on their next and perhaps most ambitious Charlotte Corday project yet – Cat Corday of the RSF. We have a sneak peek of just a… Read More ›

• FutureQuake returns, bursting with talent and great stories

  By John Freeman on 5 March 2015 • ( 1 )

  

    FutureQuake is back! Wrapped in a stunning cover by Matt Soffe, the finest talents in the British small press are here again to save you from the boredom of a miserable March as we wait for some sign of… Read More ›

• Anderson Covers latest Zarjaz, the 2000AD-inspired comics zine

  By John Freeman on 5 March 2015 • ( 1 )

  

    Psi Judge Anderson claims her first Zarjaz cover since the ‘Zero’ issue back in 2005 and brings Mark Harrison to the pages of the comic with its lastest release. His gorgeous work makes the comic worth the price of admission… Read More ›

• This Saturday: Comics, So What? at London’s Cartoon Museum – and Beyond!

  By John Freeman on 5 March 2015

  

    London’s Cartoon Museum “Comics, So What?” project – also being run at the University of Dundee and at Staffordshire University, as Jeremy Briggs reported last month – kicks off this Saturday (7th March 2015), celebrating comics and graphic novels. Take along your… Read More ›

• UnPearable, a fruity comic from Lydia Wysocki

  By John Freeman on 5 March 2015

  

    Applied Comics Etc founder Lydia Wysocki, whose report on UnConference 2015 features here on DownTheTubes, kindly sent us her latest fun comic, UNpearABLE. It’s a quirky and fun thing she’s created in different ways that I’m sure you’ll be… Read More ›

• Sneak Peek: Abominable Glory set to launch at London SuperCon

  By John Freeman on 5 March 2015 • ( 1 )

  

    A new graphic novel by Martin Hayes and Chris Askham – Abominable Glory – is a gut-ripping yarn of blood and bullets, monsters and madmen, and bravery beyond belief – and we have a sneak peek… The Himalayas, 1943…. Read More ›

• ComPalComics offers Dalek Playsuit, Dandy Number One in latest auction

  By John Freeman on 5 March 2015

  

    The latest Compalcomics March catalogue closes on on Sunday 8th March 2015 starting at 2.00pm, featuring a huge number of both early and modern Dandy comics, artwork including “Oor Wullie” and various IPC/Fleetway covers – and a rare Dalek Playsuit!… Read More ›

• Comics UnConference 2015: A Report by Applied Comics Etc founder Lydia Wysocki

  By John Freeman on 5 March 2015 • ( 1 )

  

    Comics creator Lydia Wysocki recently blogged about the Comics Unconference in Glasgow on 28th February 2015, what reads like a fascinating day devoted to Comic Studies, including developements in digital comics, and has kindly permitted us to repost her report here. It… Read More ›

• Matthew Simpson to star as Johnny Alpha, Kevin Horsham as Wulf in Strontium Dog Fan Film

  By John Freeman on 5 March 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  The team behind the eagerly-anticipated not-for-profit Strontium Dog fan film have released a few photos from their costume test day, and introduce actors Matthew Simpson, who has kindly agreed to play the part of Johnny Alpha in the film, and Kevin… Read More ›

• March into Madness with 100% Biodegradable, new digital edition on sale now!

  By John Freeman on 4 March 2015

  

    The latest issue of the digital anthology 100% Biodegradable (Issue 8) is available now for download, featuring a host of British talent and sporting a smashing cover by Dan Cornwell, recently announced as the artist on the new John… Read More ›

• Free OFF LIFE #11 anthology features new talent, Jack Teagle and much more

  By John Freeman on 4 March 2015

  

    OFF LIFE Issue 11 – the latest edition of the free street comic – is available now in all the usual stockists and in digital from via the title’s official web site. Wrapped in a cover by Sébastien Thibault, editor… Read More ›

• Alan Moore & Kevin O’Neill’s “Nemo: River of Ghosts” Out This Week

  By John Freeman on 4 March 2015 • ( 2 )

  

    Knockabout Comics have just dropped us a line to say that River of Ghosts, the new Nemo story from Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill, will be released this week, a little ahead of the originally-announced  schedule. With the stunning conclusion of Century, the top-selling third volume… Read More ›

• East London Comic Art Festival returns in June for two day celebration of the form

  By John Freeman on 4 March 2015

  

      British publisher Nobrow has just announced the dates for the fourth East London Comic & Arts Festival (ELCAF), dedicated to showcasing the most exciting talent in illustration, design and small press publications – and has announced Jillian Tamaki as… Read More ›

• British Comic Shop Releases (4th March 2015) – Vomiting Projectiles and Doctor Who!

  By John Freeman on 3 March 2015

  

    Here’s our weekly list of both British and US comics on sale this week in comic shops (Wednesday 4th March 2015). It complements our monthly lost of new graphic novel releases which you can find here for March 2015. Titan Comics have… Read More ›

• Breaking into Comics: Escaping Despondency

  By John Freeman on 3 March 2015

  

    As many regular readers know, by day I’m a comic book editor as well as writer. I’ve been in the business a long time and seen it change down the years, with fewer and fewer openings for young creators… Read More ›

• Gotham back on Channel 5 later this month with “feature-length episode”

  By John Freeman on 3 March 2015

  

    (Updated 9th March) Gotham will return to Channel 5 in the UK with what the station is calling a “special feature-length episode” in the week beginning 14th March 2015, with C5 promising to reveal the exact return date “soon” on Facebook and… Read More ›

• French Creators Set to Storm Kendal again for 2015 Comic Festival

  By John Freeman on 3 March 2015 • ( 1 )

  

    Following up on the popularity of several Continental guests in 2014, the Lakes International Comic Art Festival  has just announced the appearance of its first four French artists coming to this year’s weekend-long event in Kendal, backed by support from the Institut Francais the Wallonie Brussels… Read More ›

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