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• Death Sentence Issue 1 Sell Out success for Titan Comics

  By John Freeman on October 22, 2013

  

  It’s a pandemic! Titan Comics tells us that the debut issue of Death Sentence by Jim Montynero and Mike Dowling has sold out at distributor level on its first day of release – and we gather this isn’t the only… Read More ›

• Call for Papers: Bad Signals – Collected Essays on the Work of Warren Ellis

  By John Freeman on October 21, 2013

  

  Papers are invited for the first academic collection dedicated to the work of comics writer, novelist, and pop culture commentator Warren Ellis. Ellis’ renowned comics career stretches back to anthology comic Deadline, but he has also published two novels and… Read More ›

• Gatehouse and Windett launch “Kaci Bell Mysteries”

  By John Freeman on October 21, 2013

  

  Ace creators John Gatehouse and Dave Windett have just launched a web strip, The Kaci Bell Mysteries, set in a Bluewater Cove, California – where life is never quite normal! When high school students turn into super-powered freaks and go on… Read More ›

• Lakes Comic Festival back next year

  By John Freeman on October 21, 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  Buoyed by its undoubted success, the organisers of the first Lakes International Comic Art Festival have confirmed the event will return in October 2014, with some planning already being worked on for key threads to the event. Thousands of comics… Read More ›

• Numbercruncher ends with a bang!

  By John Freeman on October 21, 2013

  

  The shock conclusion of the critically acclaimed temporal afterlife adventure Numbercruncher by Si Spurrier and PJ Holden is fast approaching with Issue 4 on sale in all good comic shops from Wednesday 23rd October. An epic battle of wits, wills… Read More ›

• Egmont scoops Sonic the Hedgehog publishing rights

  By John Freeman on October 19, 2013

  

  Egmont UK will launch an All About Sonic the Hedgehog magazine next month and a range of books in May 2014, aimed at children 6-10 years olds, after securing publishing rights for SEGA’s top games character. The new title includes… Read More ›

• Lakes International Comic Art Festival kicks off in style

  By John Freeman on October 18, 2013

  

  The weather is mixed but far from the howling storms some nay sayers feared when the Lakes International Comic Art Festival came up in conversations earlier in the year. And even despite some rain, the greeting to Kendal could not… Read More ›

• Who’s Coming to London Comic Con? Special Guest Round-Up

  By John Freeman on October 18, 2013

  

  MCM London Comic Con, the biggest event of its kind in Europe, returns to ExCel London on 25-27th October. As well as hosting a galaxy of great sci-fi, movie, games, comics, anime and cosplay content, we’ve also got a brilliant… Read More ›

• From the DC Thomson archives: a tribute to Chick Checkley

  By John Freeman on October 18, 2013 • ( 1 )

  

    Commando editor Calum Laird kindly sent us this tribute to the original editor of the war comic Chick Checkley, which he found in a 1971 edition of the DC Thomson staff magazine. The portrait of Chick above is by… Read More ›

• The Changing Man: An Interview with Jon Haward

  By Matt Badham on October 18, 2013

  

  Lowestoft-based comic book artist Jon Haward has worked on everything from Judge Dredd to Spider-Man. In this chat with Matt Badham, however, the focus is mostly on Tales of the Buddha (Before He Got Enlightened), recently released by Renegade Entertainment,… Read More ›

• ‘Crucible’ released for iPad

  By John Freeman on October 18, 2013

  

  The first issue of a US-comic styled, digital edition of our Crucible comic by John Freeman and Smuzz is is now available for just 69p from Apple’s ‘Newsstand’ store. You can also subscribe to the title – our hope is… Read More ›

• Marvel’s first Revolutionary War titles in the spotlight

  By John Freeman on October 18, 2013

  

  Marvel Comics has begun soliciting orders for its January 2014 titles, including the first Revolutionary War titles featuring characters first created by Marvel UK back in the 1990s. Here are the full details … REVOLUTIONARY WAR: ALPHA #1 ANDY LANNING… Read More ›

• “Neil Gaiman’s Lost Tales” arrives on SEQUENTIAL, raising money for Malaria No More UK

  By John Freeman on October 17, 2013

  

  Neil Gaiman is a phenomenon, with an international fanbase, nearly two million Twitter followers and a string of best-selling books and graphic novels to his name. Today, Knockabout Comics, publishers of comics legends including Gilbert Shelton, Robert Crumb and Alan… Read More ›

• Creating Comics: Some thoughts on selling your comics…

  By Matt Badham on October 17, 2013 • ( 2 )

  

  (This article was first featured on my own blog back in September, and I’ve given John permission to re-publish it here): I hope that esteemed comics historian, journalist and curator Paul Gravett won’t mind me borrowing the above image from… Read More ›

• Creating Comics: Press Release Your Comic!

  By John Freeman on October 17, 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  Here at downthetubes.net we get a lot of press materials from a wide range of comic creators and publishers. Some of it is very good (thank you, 2000AD, Commando, SelfMadeHero, Time Bomb Comics, Titan Comics and others). Some of it… Read More ›

• Team Girl Comic At The Lakes Festival This Weekend

  By Jeremy Briggs on October 17, 2013

  

  “Roll up roll up! Be prepared to be enthralled by our comics collection showcasing women artists from Scotland. Feast your eyes upon our tales of mystery, intrigue, excitement and more!” Glasgow’s Team Girl Comic collective will be decamping to Kendal… Read More ›

• British superheroes heading for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.?

  By John Freeman on October 16, 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  With US network ABC announcing Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has been given a full-season order this week, speculation is raging over which super heroes might appear on the show, following a cameo by Nick Fury (played by Samuel L. Jackson)… Read More ›

• In Review – Missing: Have You Seen The Invisible Man?

  By Jeremy Briggs on October 16, 2013

  

  Missing: Have You Seen The Invisible Man? is the second in publisher Accent UK’s Blessed/Cursed series of one-off short graphic novels packaged externally as “The Accent” newspaper. The previous title in the series was the excellent Whatever Happened to the… Read More ›

• There’s no stopping Zombies: US Walking Dead premiere delivers record ratings

  By John Freeman on October 16, 2013

  

  The fourth season of The Walking Dead delivered the highest ratings of any episode in series history for US network AMC on its debut this week in the US. The season four premiere was watched by 16.1 million total viewers… Read More ›

• “Hello Kitty” goes super-powered…

  By John Freeman on October 15, 2013

  

  It’s a crossover you perhaps never expected to see, but Warner Bros Consumer Products and DC Entertainment have just revealed the first full character creative artwork for the brand collaboration between Hello Kitty and DC Comics Super Heroes. The collaboration… Read More ›

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