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• Doctor Strange to be shot in the UK?

  By John Freeman on 18 September 2014

  

    Numerous web sites are reporting that the upcoming Marvel Studios Doctor Strange film, based on one of US comics longest-running magical characters, could be shot at Pinewood, for release on 8th July 2016. Screen Daily led with the news, picked up elsewhere, that Marvel… Read More ›

• Death’s Head versus Hulk? Excellent, yes?

  By John Freeman on 18 September 2014

  

    It’s annual time in UK newsagents and bookshops and one we think downthetubes readers will want to track down is Panini UK’s Marvel Heroes (2015), because in amongst reprints of the Marvel stories the company was once able to… Read More ›

• Abnett and Culbard’s Wild’s End earns critical acclaim

  By John Freeman on 18 September 2014

  

    Released last week by US publisher BOOM! Studios, Wild’s End #1, written by Dan Abnett with art and lettering by INJ Culbard, is gathering plenty of critical acclaim, and I hope it’s resulting in strong sales for this enjoyable anthropomorphic… Read More ›

• Lakes Festival Focus 2014: Comic Creator Nick Abadzis

  By John Freeman on 17 September 2014

  

    In the run up to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival (17th – 19th October), we’re aiming to run a number of interviews spotlighting at least a few of the huge number of guests and comic creators who will be at the… Read More ›

• Panel Borders: Bryan Lee O’Malley’s Seconds

  By John Freeman on 17 September 2014

  

    Opening a new season of radio show Panel Borders, Alex Fitch talks to Canadian cartoonist Bryan Lee O’Malley in the first of a two part interview about his work. This week Fitch and O’Malley discuss his new graphic novel… Read More ›

• Happy Birthday, Mike Noble!

  By downthetubes Guests on 17 September 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  Legendary artist Mike Noble is 84 years old today. He’s one of the giants of British comics, the last survivor of that mighty triumvirate of artists who made Alan Fennell’s TV Century 21 weekly the newspaper of the future for… Read More ›

• Lakes Festival exhibition line-up includes art by Doug Braithwaite, Oliver East, Metaphrog

  By John Freeman on 16 September 2014

  

    With just a month to go before this year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival (17th – 19th October 2014), Kendal is already abuzz about comics as local galleries and businesses host a number of free comic-related exhibitions. While art by Festival… Read More ›

• British Comic Shop Comic Releases (17th September 2014) – Cry freeeeeeedom!!

  By John Freeman on 16 September 2014

  

    Here’s a list of comics – both US and UK releases – on sale in specialist UK comic shops from tomorrow, Wednesday 17th September 2014, courtesy of First Age Comics, Lancaster. We’ve picked out the titles published by British publishers in bold… Read More ›

• Lakes Festival Focus 2014: Comics writer Jörg Tittel

  By John Freeman on 15 September 2014

  

    In the run up to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival (17th – 19th October), we’re aiming to run a number of interviews spotlighting at least a few of the huge number of guests and comic creators who will be at the… Read More ›

• Award-winning cartoonist Steve English “Football Earth” calendar released

  By John Freeman on 14 September 2014

  

    If you’ve been in any branch of WH Smiths or a local supermarket of late it can’t have escaped your attention that retailers have launched their first forays in the 2014 Christmas Offensive – and that includes offerings of… Read More ›

• Cup of O – Melksham Comic Con 2014

  By Owen Watts on 14 September 2014

  

      This year’s Melksham Comic Con was my second as a seller – last year’s single day was easily one of my favourite events of 2013. For 2014, the small indie con expanded into two days and although the Sunday was markedly… Read More ›

• Mauri Kunnas “Beatles with an ‘A'” from Knockabout is a cartoon delight

  By John Freeman on 13 September 2014

  

    Knockabout Comics recently released Beatles With An ‘A’ by Mauri Kunnas, which is a wonderful re-telling the first beats of the Beatles’ career as only this legendary Finnish rock cartoonist could tell them. The book is filled with hilarious… Read More ›

• Creators @ MCM Scotland Comic Con 2014

  By Jeremy Briggs on 13 September 2014

  

   In 2013 the MCM organisation severely underestimated the level of interest in their MCM Scotland Comic Con and the queues to get in on its single day reached near legendary status, as well as the BBC News. This year things… Read More ›

• At-TEN-Shun! Free indie street comic OFFLIFE reaches landmark issue

  By John Freeman on 13 September 2014

  

  The British indie street mag OFFLIFE has reached something of a landmark with the publication of its tenth issue this week, available in print from the usual stockists in London and Bristol, and digitally from their web site. Here’s the… Read More ›

• Star Trek fans urged to back campaign to collect British Star Trek comics

  By John Freeman on 12 September 2014

  

  Star Trek comic fans are being urged to support a campaign to get all the rare British Star Trek comics – with all their wonderful idiosyncracies, such as Captain Kirk teaching gorilla men how to play football – collected. In recent years, IDW‘s Library of American Comics imprint… Read More ›

• Lakes Festival Focus 2014: An Interview with Comic Artist Doug Braithwaite

  By John Freeman on 12 September 2014 • ( 1 )

  

    In the run up to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival (17th – 19th October), we’re planning to run a number of interviews spotlighting at least a few of the huge number of guests and comic creators who will… Read More ›

• IPC Media re-branded as Time Inc. UK

  By John Freeman on 12 September 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  It was the end of an era last week as Time Inc. announced that it is rebranding its wholly-owned UK publishing arm IPC Media – which owns a huge back list of comic characters and comics – to Time Inc…. Read More ›

• Art Heroes announces comic book launch for Endangered and Other Stories

  By John Freeman on 11 September 2014

  

    North East-based comic publisher Art Heroes , the creation of Daniel Clifford and Lee Robinson, a writer and artist team publishing comic books and offering a range of creative workshops, is hosting a comic book launch for its new book… Read More ›

• Nottingham Comic Con guest list expands, huge exhibitor line-up planned

  By John Freeman on 11 September 2014 • ( 2 )

  

    The second ever Nottingham Comic Con (previously known as Nerd Fest) on Saturday 4th October will be double the size of last year’s event, hosting 13 guests, over 150 exhibitor tables and live music. The event will also have the… Read More ›

• ITV Studios talks up Thunderbirds Are Go!, Making of documentary in the works

  By John Freeman on 11 September 2014

  

    Rubbing shoulders with a host of previews for new and continuing drama for a wide range of companies, the latest MIPCOM Preview from World Screen includes a number of comments on the new Thunderbirds Are Go! series, launching next… Read More ›

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