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• The Really Heavy Greatcoat Review of the Year 2013

  By John Freeman on December 31, 2013

  

  The Really Heavy Greatcoat by myself and Lancaster-based artist Nick Miller was published fairly regularly for about 20 years, last featuring regularly in print in Comics International (yes – it was that long ago, now!). The strip was published for… Read More ›

• Bristol Comic Expo back in May at new venue

  By John Freeman on December 30, 2013

  

  With Bristol’s Temple Meads Station undergoing a massive £100m re-development over the next four years as the hub of the governments new high speed electric rail link, the 2014 Bristol Comic Expo (BCExpo) has had to seek a new home, since the… Read More ›

• aniManga goes Pop – in Plymouth

  By John Freeman on December 30, 2013

  

  The South West will kick start the 2014 convention season with a special one day celebration of anime, manga and pop culture in February. The Comic Expo team has just announced it is teaming up with Kawaii store Keep it… Read More ›

• In Memoriam: José Ortiz Moya

  By John Freeman on December 27, 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  We’re sorry to report the passing of veteran Spanish artist José Ortiz Moya (best known in the UK as José Ortiz), whose work British comic fans will recall from comics such as Scream, the 1980s Eagle and 2000AD. Reporting his… Read More ›

• Happy Christmas to all Charley’s War fans

  By John Freeman on December 24, 2013

  

• Panel Borders: Designing Comics

  By John Freeman on December 24, 2013

  

  Designing comics: In a coda to a trio of shows about the use of fine art in comics, Alex Fitch looks at graphic design in comics, in a panel discussion with Rian Hughes (2000AD), Karen Rubins (V and A artist… Read More ›

• Merry Christmas from 2000AD!

  By John Freeman on December 24, 2013

  

  Merry Christmas Eve! It’s Pro Day on the 2000AD Advent Calendar – a thread for one and all to post some fextive cheer and fun and the droids have really knocked it out of the park this year, with artworks… Read More ›

• In Review: Long John Silver – Guiana-Capac

  By Jeremy Briggs on December 21, 2013

  

  With three books already translated from French to English, writer Xavier Dorison and artist Mathieu Lauffray’s on-going tale of Robert Louis Stevenson’s pirate Long John Silver reaches its fourth and final book, Guiana-Capac. In the South American rainforest, with their… Read More ›

• 2000AD Free Comic Book Day details emerge

  By John Freeman on December 20, 2013

  

  2000AD are in the advance stages of putting together their Free Comic Book Day title for 2014 – a 48 page Free Comic Book Day edition with a cover by Henry Flint. The line up includes work from writers John… Read More ›

• Official Star Wars Fact File launches in January in the UK

  By John Freeman on December 20, 2013

  

  The Official Star Wars Fact File, a new national partwork for the UK from part work publishers De Agostini, launches on sale 1st January 2014, initially priced at 50p. Aimed at fans of all ages, The Official Star Wars Fact… Read More ›

• Looking back on 2013: A Good Year for British Comics?

  By John Freeman on December 20, 2013

  

  Here at downthetubes.net we think it’s been a great year that’s included the 100th issue of The Phoenix and has been named one of the top comics of 2013 by TIME Magazine, and we’ve been able to enjoy a growing… Read More ›

• ‘Caught Unaware’, an exhibition by Doctor Who illustrator Paul Vyse, opens in January

  By John Freeman on December 19, 2013

  

  Back in my days as editor of Marvel UK’s Doctor Who Magazine, I commissioned a number of illustrations to accompany a plethora of text stories that formed part of the title, new tales of the Doctor and companions to keep… Read More ›

• Simpsons Comics UK goes digital

  By John Freeman on December 19, 2013

  

  Titan Comics has partnered with Comixology to bring its licensed Simpsons Comics the comic to tablets and smartphones in the UK and Eire for the first time. Featuring both classic and new issues, the Titan Comics range is now available… Read More ›

• Latest Commandos bring you War Dogs and Nazi Raiders!

  By John Freeman on December 19, 2013

  

  Here’s the details of the last of DC Thomson’s Commando titles of 2013, on sale from today, 19th December 2013, in all good newsagents and digitally for iPad and other mobile devices. Commando No 4663 – The Eagles Return Story:… Read More ›

• Horizon: The Fear continues Andrew Wildman’s rite of passage adventure

  By John Freeman on December 18, 2013

  

  ‘We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are’ – Anais Nin Comic creator Andrew Wildman very kindly sent me a copy of Horizon: The Fear, the second book in his HORIZON trilogy recently – what… Read More ›

• Accent UK’s “Thaddeus Mist” gains wider distribution

  By John Freeman on December 18, 2013

  

  (With thanks to Owen Michael Johnson): Who On Earth Was Thaddeus Mist?, a terrific anthology book published by AccentUK to much praise last year, is now available on Amazon. At the funeral of her mysterious and eccentric husband, widow Zelda… Read More ›

• Angry Candy release new ‘West’ strip as part of “The Newspaper Strip Collection of Oscar Charles Drayton’

  By John Freeman on December 18, 2013

  

  The Newspaper Strip Collection of Oscar Charles Drayton – featuring the latest West story The Train Leaves at Noon, alongside other faux-1970s newspaper strip-style stories from John Maybury, Colin Stanford, Arthur Goodman, and David Goodman – is now available to buy… Read More ›

• “Neil Gaiman’s Lost Tales” digital comic raises over £1200 for Malaria No More

  By John Freeman on December 18, 2013

  

  Last week, SEQUENTIAL‘s Editorial Director, Chloe Pursey, was delighted to hand over a cheque for $2,000 to Malaria No More UK to help them fight malaria. This was the first tranche of the money publishers Panel Nine are raising by… Read More ›

• Jamie Hewlett backs Greenpeace Arctic campaign’s Christmas eCard promotion

  By John Freeman on December 17, 2013

  

  It may be Christmas, but Santa’s worried about his home. With oil companies like Shell and Gazprom moving in to drill in the Arctic Ocean, his home at the North Pole is rapidly disappearing from under his feet. Soon, it… Read More ›

• Psylocke joins Marvel Heroes game line up, so where’s Captain Britain?

  By John Freeman on December 17, 2013

  

  Psylocke – Captain Britain’s sister – is to join the line up of playable characters in the Marvel Heroes game in the near future, prompting many British fans to ask if Captain Britain is far behind. News of Betsy Braddock’s… Read More ›

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