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• Meanwhile… Back with a Bang, features more from David Hine, Mark Stafford, new Krent Able strip

  By John Freeman on 21 January 2015 • ( 1 )

  

    Comics periodicals. They start out great with the first issue, bringing out the big guns to get everybody’s attention, but then run out of steam and splutter out because they just got too ambitious for their own good. Take Soaring… Read More ›

• Tube Surfing: Anne Kirkbride’s cartoon connections, digital Charlie Hebdo launched and a new Joe Decie interview

  By John Freeman on 21 January 2015

  

  Here’s a quick round up of short comics news items that have caught our eye on Twitter and other social media over the past few days… • The Hemel Gazette reports that veteran artist Fred Jefferies, 85, a cartoonist since 1962, has created… Read More ›

• Euro-Cit Spy: Arthur Wyatt exposes the secrets of 2000AD’s “Orlok: Agent of East-Meg One”

  By Matt Badham on 21 January 2015 • ( 1 )

  

    Since 2004, Arthur Wyatt has written fast-paced comic strips for 2000AD and the Judge Dredd Megazine. In this interview, conducted by email, he chats with Matt Badham about his latest strip, “Orlok: Agent of East-Meg-One – Eurozoned”, drawn by  Jake… Read More ›

• 2000AD goes Android! (Phones, that is…)

  By John Freeman on 20 January 2015

  

      2000AD has announced that its app for phones and tablets is now available on Android devices! This week the legendary British anthology comic unveiled the app, available to download through the Google Play store, which means that 2000AD, Judge Dredd Megazine,… Read More ›

• British Comic Shop Releases (21st January 2015) – New Doctor Who, Fables … and Moore!

  By John Freeman on 20 January 2015

  

      Here’s this week’s list of comics – both US and UK releases – on sale in specialist UK comic shops tomorrow, Wednesday 21st January 2015. We’ve picked out the titles published by British publishers in bold below, or titles with… Read More ›

• Gotham renewed, back on Channel 5 later this year

  By John Freeman on 20 January 2015

  

    US network Fox has announced an early renewal for its Batman prequel series Gotham at the Television Critics Association‘s annual  press event highlighting new and returning TV shows over the weekend. The series – one of several successful DC Comics… Read More ›

• In Review: Wrinkles by Paco Roca

  By John Freeman on 20 January 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  Wrinkles by Paco Roca (Arrugas in Spanish) ISBN 9780861662371 Cover Price: £12.99/$19.99 Publication Date: 01-01-2015 Format: 104 pages, full colour, paperback with flaps The Book:  Ernest still imagines himself to be a bank manager but he has been retired for… Read More ›

• Sneak Preview: Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor #7

  By John Freeman on 19 January 2015

  

      Titan Comics launch two new issues of Doctor Who this week (Wednesday 21st January) and we have a sneak preview of both for you…     DOCTOR WHO: THE ELEVENTH DOCTOR #7 STORY BY​: ​Rob Williams ART BY​: ​Warren Pleece COLOR… Read More ›

• True Believers Comic Festival tickets must be won – thanks to Wizards Keep!

  By John Freeman on 19 January 2015

  

    Wizards Keep, publishers of the amazing Worlds End graphic novels, in conjunction with True Believers Comic Festival, have just announced their Grand Worlds End Competition. Entry is free and you can enter as many times as you like. The winning entry will… Read More ›

• Sneak Preview: Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor #4

  By John Freeman on 19 January 2015

  

      Titan Comics launch two new issues of Doctor Who this week (Wednesday 21st January) and we have a sneak preview of both for you… (Call back later for the Eleventh Doctor preview!)     DOCTOR WHO: THE TWELFTH DOCTOR #4 Writer: Robbie… Read More ›

• Cup of O – Small Press Reviews

  By Owen Watts on 19 January 2015

  

    Happy 2015 to all Down the Tubes readers! I’ve got a bumper crop of reviews for you – all of them are comics bought at the tail end of 2013 (this is how big my reading pile is!) at the… Read More ›

• In Review: The Grinning Mask – Issue 4

  By Antony Esmond on 19 January 2015

  

  Written and drawn by Ryan Taylor This is the fourth in a proposed five issue series of a black and white mini-series of a horror story set in a small town by its writer/artist Ryan Taylor. It follows the creepy… Read More ›

• Après Charlie: Was Heath Robinson Really On The Nazi Death List?

  By Jeremy Briggs on 18 January 2015

  

  The day after the Charlie Hebdo attack in Paris, chairman of the British Cartoonists’ Association Martin Rowson wrote in the Daily Mirror of the need for satire and how political cartoonists had been targeted through the years. Part of his… Read More ›

• Rare Star War Figures to be auctioned by Vectis

  By John Freeman on 17 January 2015 • ( 1 )

  

    Auction house Vectis have just announced the auction of an impressive collection of mint on card Star Wars figures, owned by the former Club Chairman of  the UK Star Wars Fan Club, Craig Stevens. The sale – a ‘Double-Bill’ with part one… Read More ›

• In Review: Wolf Country – Issue 3

  By Antony Esmond on 17 January 2015

  

    Written by Jim Alexander Art by Will Pickering Edited by Liz Howarth Production and lettering by Jim Campbell Cover art by Luke Cooper Consultant Elinor Winter “Vampires versus Werewolves in a wild west setting – and a lot more”… Read More ›

• In Review: Descending Outlands – Issue 1

  By Antony Esmond on 17 January 2015 • ( 1 )

  

    Chapter 1 – Introductions Story and Colouring by Shaun Dobie Art by Alvaro De Cossio Lettering by Vince Hunt Chapter 2 – The Heist Story and Colouring by Shaun Dobie Art by Paul Oliveira Lettering by Vince Hunt Chapter… Read More ›

• Crucible: The Quest Episode 15

  By John Freeman on 16 January 2015

  

  Tempers fray in the forest!

• Crucible: The Quest Episode 14

  By John Freeman on 16 January 2015

  

  Attacked by what most thought a mythical beast, a party member pays the ultimate price for such folly…

• New issue of European Comic Art released

  By John Freeman on 16 January 2015

  

  The latest issue of European Comic Art has recently been published by Berghahn Journals, the first English-language scholarly publication devoted to the study of European-language graphic novels, comic strips, comic books and caricature. Published in association with the American Bande Dessinée… Read More ›

• Kirk meets The Clangers!

  By John Freeman on 16 January 2015

  

    It’s a crossover no Star Trek – or indeed no Clangers fan – expected. While Michael Palin will provide the narration for the upcoming Clangers show in the UK, actor, TV producer and writer William Shatner – best known for his… Read More ›

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