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• Broken Frontier Awards 2014 launched, Warren Ellis, Darryl Cunningham, SelfMadeHero among the chosen

  By John Freeman on 6 December 2014

  

  The top comics site Broken Frontier has announced the nominees for its 11th annual Broken Frontier Awards. The site’s staff has selected five nominees for each of the 13 categories that comprise the BF Awards, their way to honour the… Read More ›

• Wart Horror Comic team launch a “Cosmic” Kickstarter

  By John Freeman on 6 December 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  Writer Chris Welsh and artist Ammar Al-Chalabi, the team behind the fun, long-running and much-praised “cosmic horror web comic” WART have just launched a Kickstarter to raise funds to publish a print edition. For those that need reminding, the crowd funding site Kickstarter is… Read More ›

• Crucible: The Quest – Episode Ten

  By John Freeman on 6 December 2014

  

  Beyond the ‘safety’ of Pomorele, our Taskers meet with the Tanners Guild guides… but tough as they are, they’re about to encounter something much tougher…

• Crucible: The Quest – Episode Nine

  By John Freeman on 6 December 2014

  

  Our first look at the world outside the gates of Pomorele, and no, the perspective is meant to look that odd…

• Crucible: The Quest: Episode Eight

  By John Freeman on 6 December 2014

  

  Time to mount up and head out of Pomorele… but are there some things best left unsaid?

• Crucible: The Quest – Episode Seven

  By John Freeman on 6 December 2014

  

  Fisticuffs on the streets of Pomorele! But no-one messes with Zingamy’s chosen few…

• Avery Hill Publishing – A Great Year

  By Antony Esmond on 5 December 2014

  

      Remember those days of the small press scene when you would turn up at Bristol and it would be the same small press and indie comics for sale year in and out? Well, “No more!” shout the mighty… Read More ›

• New Commandos take you down “Doom River” and into a deadly desert!

  By John Freeman on 5 December 2014

  

  Here’s the details of the latest issues of Commando (Issues 4763 – 4766) from DC Thomson, on sale now in all good newsagents across the UK and digitally for iPad and iPhone. Commando No 4763 – Ambush In The Ardennes… Read More ›

• First Ever British Comic sells at auction for over £2000

  By John Freeman on 5 December 2014

  

    Potentially Britain’s first ever comic title, a rare offering of the Glasgow/Northern Looking Glass Issues 1-13 in the latest Comic Book Auctions in a bound volume have sold for £2,350 – well over the estimated sale price of of £400-500. “To… Read More ›

• Voting begins for Peters Book of the Year 2015 – more kudos for Phoenix creators

  By John Freeman on 5 December 2014

  

    Hot on the heels of the good news for Adam Murphy and his Blue Peter Book Award nomination for Corpse Talk comes more good news for the creators whose work has also featured in The Phoenix. Von Doogan and the… Read More ›

• Blackpool to host one day Comic Con in September 2015

  By John Freeman on 5 December 2014

  

  Blackpool Comic Con is to take place on 12th September 2015 at the northern seaside town’s world famous Winter Gardens. “Like never before Blackpool will play host to the brightest and best Comic Con that the UK has to offer,” say… Read More ›

• Paul Magrs Doctor Who story “Stuff of Nightmares” on Radio 4Extra over Christmas

  By John Freeman on 5 December 2014

  

  Hornets’ Nest: The Stuff of Nightmares, a Doctor Who audio drama written by Paul Magrs starring Tom Baker, Susan Jameson and Richard Franklin is being broadcast on Radio 4Extra starting on 16th December. You could sit down and listen to it… Read More ›

• Adam Murphy’s “Corpse Talk” nominated for Blue Peter Book Award

  By John Freeman on 5 December 2014

  

    Adam Murphy’s Corpse Talk, published by David Fickling Books, is one of six titles nominated for the Blue Peter Book Awards 2015, announced yesterday. It’s the first time a book using comic strips to tell real-life stories has been nominated… Read More ›

• ROK Comics revamps ‘Aggregator’ App for its audio comics

  By John Freeman on 4 December 2014

  

  Wolverhampton-based audio comics publisher ROK Comics has revamped its ‘aggregator’ app, which brings together all its ROK Comics – and titles from a number of independent publishers – in one place for iPad and iPhone users. The app is the… Read More ›

• Scottish Comics Unconference Meet-up announced for February 2015, participants wanted

  By John Freeman on 4 December 2014

  

    The Scottish Comics Unconference Meet-up – open to any and all with an interest in engaging seriously with the medium – will take place on Saturday 28th February 2015 in Glasgow, Scotland and a call has just gone out for participants. An unconference is… Read More ›

• Cogs & Claws: An Interview with Creator and Artist Brian ‘Clank’ Bennett

  By Antony Esmond on 4 December 2014

  

      We at downthetubes were lucky enough to be sent a preview copy of the excellent Cogs & Claws published by Markosia, an anthropomorphic space saga of astounding attention to detail and design from Brian ‘Clank’ Bennett and Jimmy Pearson. It’s… Read More ›

• In Review: This Was The Wizard

  By Colin Noble on 4 December 2014

  

  Colin Noble’s review of a cracking DC Thomson reference work

• Production team on new Preacher pilot “unbelievably psyched”, filming next year

  By John Freeman on 4 December 2014 • ( 1 )

  

    US cable TV network AMC has announced it has ordered a pilot for a series based on the comic Preacher, originally created in the 1990s by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon for DC Comics Vertigo imprint, which may see… Read More ›

• Creators join forces to raise funds for Bill Mantlo with “Transformers 100” signed issue

  By John Freeman on 3 December 2014

  

    Key comic creators involved in bringing Transformers to the comic book page, some over the past three decades, have banded together to offer a special Transformers #100 very limited multi-signed issue, to raise funds to aid US comic author Bill Mantlo…. Read More ›

• Ian Edginton signing Brass Sun at Forbidden Planet

  By John Freeman on 3 December 2014

  

    Writer Ian Edginton will be signing copies of Brass Sun at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore on Thursday 4th December from 6 – 7.00pm. Unfortunately, artist Ian Culbard is unable to attend. Described as “Exquisite” by major comics web… Read More ›

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