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• Dan Boultwood comes to Forbidden Planet

  By John Freeman on August 6, 2013

  

  Comic creator Dan Boultwood will be launching Issue #1 of Titan Comics It Came! at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore on Thursday 15th August. Fans of cult film will love this hilarious B-movie romp, a knowing throwback to the heyday… Read More ›

• Thunder Brother: Soap Division hits a Six

  By John Freeman on August 6, 2013

  

  The latest issue of Paul Rainey‘s glorious Thunder Brother: Soap Division is now available. Issue six features “House of Tiny Tearaways” which is the concluding half to last issue’s story “Mind Your Language”. Can Thunder Brother extract some unwelcome visitors… Read More ›

• Hogan and Parkhouse’s “Resident Alien” returns

  By John Freeman on August 6, 2013

  

  Peter Hogan and Steve Parkhouse‘s Resident Alien saga for US publisher Dark Horse resumes on 14th August with The Suicide Blonde #0, on sale in all good comic shps on both sides of the Atlantic and as a digital edition…. Read More ›

• Dundee investment firm uses Beano characters in anniversary celebrations

  By John Freeman on August 6, 2013

  

  The Dundee-based investment company the Alliance Trust celebrates 125 years of operations in 2013, and as part of its festivities, has commissioned DC Thomson to provide a number of bespoke Beano cartoons for them to use throughout their communications. These… Read More ›

• Northern Ways: Julie Tait reveals Lakes Festival long term plans

  By John Freeman on August 6, 2013

  

  Britain is buzzing with comics festivals and conventions up and down the land and throughout the year. Across the spectrum of scale and longevity, Oxford’s determinedly human-scale small press weekend Caption is the longest one still running, while the MCM… Read More ›

• Fringeworks releases Chrissie Harper’s “Hard Luck City”

  By John Freeman on August 5, 2013

  

  British publisher Fringeworks has just released Hard Luck City – a mixture of prose and comics that introduces a new world of characters and ideas that addresses human themes along with the supernatural. The book Written by Chrissie Harper and… Read More ›

• In Review: The Last Ever Dandy Summer Special

  By downthetubes Guests on August 5, 2013

  

  I finally received a copy of The Last Ever Dandy Summer Special, and thoroughly enjoyed it. As I’ve said before over on Wacky Comics, I’m not sure about the “Last Ever” part of the title: I can’t help but think… Read More ›

• Into the Crawl Hole, new indie horror comic released

  By John Freeman on August 5, 2013

  

  Crawl Hole is a new horror comic by Craig Collins and Iain Laurie, and the spiritual cousin of sorts to the pair’s other project, Roachwell.… “It’s a collection of short surreal comedic horror strips, some of which you may have… Read More ›

• Twelfth Doctor Challenge!

  By John Freeman on August 5, 2013

  

  With the confirmation that Peter Capaldi is to be Doctor Who‘s Twelfth Doctor, we’re sure some of you will be racing to draw him. Artist David Roach – one of the regular creators involved in Doctor Who Magazine‘s comic strip… Read More ›

• In Review: The Silver Darlings

  By Jeremy Briggs on August 5, 2013

  

  The Silver Darlings is the debut graphic novel by writer/artist Will Morris and is published by Blank Slate Books. It is 1967 and in the port of Dunure on Scotland’s Firth Of Clyde the small family-owned fishing boat The Silver… Read More ›

• Jeff Hawke’s Cosmos Begins Eighth Volume

  By Jeremy Briggs on August 4, 2013

  

  We’re pleased to report that Jeff Hawke’s Cosmos, the magazine Jeff Hawke Club run by Bill Rudling, has reached its eighth volume and tenth year of publication. The tales of (more or less) contemporary air and space pilot Jeff Hawke,… Read More ›

• Doctor Who projects with Down the Tubes Connections!

  By Ian Wheeler on August 4, 2013

  

  As we await the announcement of the new Doctor Who with great anticipation, a quick heads-up for a couple of currently available Who publications with downthetubes connections. Volumes 1 and 2 of You and Who: Contact Has Been Made  edited… Read More ›

• New Doctor Who to be revealed tonight

  By John Freeman on August 4, 2013

  

  (Updated): Here’s the full text of the press release about the show which will announce the next actor to play the Doctor in Doctor Who tonight on BBC1 and BBC America: here at downthetubes we are also wondering if this… Read More ›

• Spaceship Away’s Tenth Anniversary Issue

  By Jeremy Briggs on August 4, 2013

  

  Spaceship Away has reached it 30th issue with which it celebrates its 10th anniversary. Originally begun in 2003 as a purely original 1950s version Dan Dare-based magazine it has expanded its interest over the years with comic strip reprints of… Read More ›

• 22 Panels Art Show – Cornwall’s first comic book convention

  By John Freeman on August 3, 2013

  

  Cornwall’s first comic book convention – the 22 Panels Comic Art Show – will be running from 26-27 October 2013 in the coastal town of Falmouth. Celebrating comics as art in a weekend convention hosted by the town’s independent arts… Read More ›

• Egmont’s “Disney Stars” to cover Disney old and new

  By John Freeman on August 3, 2013

  

  Egmont UK has expanded its Disney magazine portfolio with a new monthly title: Disney Stars. The first issue, which focuses on the new Monsters University film, was released on 17th July and is still on sale. The title will be… Read More ›

• Adapting Lovecraft: An Interview with Ian Culbard

  By John Freeman on August 2, 2013 • ( 2 )

  

  Jon Turner caught up with him to talk about his latest project, the graphic adaptation of HP Lovecraft’s Shadow Our Of Time, released in June by SelfMadeHero, for the comic newspaper Your Days Are Numbered, which the title has kindly… Read More ›

• Limited edition “Heros the Spartan” – Sneak Peek

  By John Freeman on August 2, 2013

  

  Book Palace Books release their limited edition collection of Heros the Spartan, the work of the late Tom Tully and Frank Bellamy, on 10th August – and we’re delighted to offer you this sneek peek of some of the features… Read More ›

• Dublin International Comics Expo headlines Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo

  By John Freeman on August 2, 2013

  

  The Dublin International Comics Expo (DICE) 2013 takes place 28th-29th September and has lined up an impressive list of both US and homegrown talent. Run by the award-winning comic shop Big Bang, the two-day event in Dundrum, Dublin will offer a… Read More ›

• In Review: 3 Seconds by Marc-Antoine Mathieu

  By downthetubes Guests on August 2, 2013 • ( 3 )

  

  by Marc-Antoine Mathieu Publisher: Jonathan Cape Out: 22nd August 2013 Reviewed by Steve Walsh The Book: This is a detective mystery. It lasts only 3 seconds. Which is enough time for a particle of light to travel 900,000 kilometres. And… Read More ›

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