downthetubes.net

Recent Posts - page 670

• Reading for pleasure helps kids in the classroom, says study (we know, say scientists)

  By John Freeman on September 14, 2013 • ( 2 )

  

  Children who read for pleasure are likely to do significantly better at school than their peers, according to new research from the London-based Institute of Education. All the more reason to give them a comic, then – an ethos adopted… Read More ›

• Time Bomb announces ‘Squadron of the Screaming Damned’

  By John Freeman on September 13, 2013

  

  Time Bomb Comics have just announced the immenent publication of Squadron of the Screaming Damned by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page, the follow up to London Calling, the critically acclaimed graphic album published by Time Bomb Comics in 2010. This… Read More ›

• Lancaster University goes ‘Beyond Twilight’ with Gothic Fiction Day

  By John Freeman on September 13, 2013

  

  British Education Secretary Michael Gove recently suggested that teenagers should read Middlemarch rather than Twilight. But new research from Lancaster University shows that Gothic fiction aimed at Young Adults can be as rewarding a topic for study as the literary… Read More ›

• Thunderbirds: The Comic Collection details released

  By John Freeman on September 12, 2013 • ( 2 )

  

  Egmont Classic Comics have very kindly sent over more information on their new Thunderbirds Comic Collection, set for release on 10th October, which will feature both early Thunderbirds strips and feature pages from their own 1990s Thunderbirds comic, including cutaways… Read More ›

• MCM Belfast Comic Con To Launch In June 2014

  By John Freeman on September 12, 2013

  

  June 2014 will see MCM bring its celebration of sci-fi, games, comics, anime and cosplay to Northern Ireland for the very first time, with the inaugural MCM Belfast Comic Con. The announcement comes hard on the heels of last week’s… Read More ›

• Cult comic creation Octobriana returns in ‘The New Amazons’

  By John Freeman on September 12, 2013

  

  Kult Creations, run by longtime comics creator John A. Short, has just announced The New Amazons – a new superhero team comic featuring the return of cult underground comic character Octobriana. This public domain Russian superwoman, who some readers may… Read More ›

• 80,000 sign Dredd movie sequel petition, ‘Day of Action’ announced

  By John Freeman on September 12, 2013

  

  More than 80,000 people have now signed a petition calling for a sequel to the DREDD film organised by Judge Dredd fans and backed by 2000AD publishers Rebellion and Judge Dredd actor actor Karl Urban. The response to the petition… Read More ›

• Grants for the Arts: Lakes International Comic Art Festival offers workshop

  By John Freeman on September 12, 2013

  

  The Lakes International Comic Art Festival aims to support creators and the development of comic art in the UK. As part of this, they have announced theywill be presenting a special session at the festival about the support available to… Read More ›

• Panel Borders: Collecting comics in the National Art Library

  By John Freeman on September 12, 2013

  

  Continuing a month of shows looking at the presence of comics in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, on this week’s new podcast and radio show Panel Borders, Alex Fitch talks to Jan van der Wateren (former chief librarian and… Read More ›

• Skin Deep tattoo magazine interviews Gary Erskine, Brian Williamson

  By John Freeman on September 11, 2013

  

  Skin Deep has long been the UK’s best selling tattoo magazine, publishing profiles, interviews and features with the leading tattooists and tattoo artists working in the world today together with exciting new talent. Alongside of this, the magazine focus on… Read More ›

• Suffering Soviets! It’s your new Commandos!

  By John Freeman on September 11, 2013

  

  The latest issues of DC Thomson’s war comic Commando are on sale now in all good Biriths newsagents and available digitally. This batch of pocket library titles includes another episode of the comic’s first ever female war hero, Soviet pilot… Read More ›

• Egmont to release Girls Comics, Battle comic postcard collections

  By John Freeman on September 11, 2013

  

  (with thanks to Marionette at the Tammy Project): Egmont UK are to release a number of postcard sets featuring hundreds of images from their girls comics, Battle and the Thunderbirds TV series on 10th October, presented in special gift boxes…. Read More ›

• Button Man collection on sale next week

  By John Freeman on September 11, 2013

  

  Rebellion has a very special collection of John Wagner and Arthur Ranson’s creator-owned crime thriller Button Man out in the US and Canada next week. Button Man, first published in 2000AD, is deservedly regarded as one of the greatest strips ever… Read More ›

• Lakes International Comic Art Festival gets its own beer!

  By John Freeman on September 11, 2013

  

  The Kendal-based Lakes International Comic Art Festival (18th -20th October) continues to break new ground for UK comic events with the news that the event is to have its own beer, with branding supplied by Furry Freak Brothers creator Gilbert… Read More ›

• Park Leisure Launches new superhero outdoor Play Range

  By John Freeman on September 11, 2013

  

  Imagine a make-believe world brought to life in your local parks and playgrounds which are populated by some of world’s best loved cartoon characters and superheroes. Batman, Superman, Looney Tunes and a whole host of other exciting and long-established children’s… Read More ›

• In Review: Resident Alien – The Suicide Blonde #1

  By John Freeman on September 11, 2013

  

  Peter Hogan and Steve Parkhouse’s Resident Alien is back at Dark Horse Comics today (11th September), with Resident Alien: The Suicide Blond #1 on sale now in all good comic shops. A straightforward suicide . . . or a murder?… Read More ›

• Numbercruncher Issue 3: Beware The Divine Calculator!

  By John Freeman on September 11, 2013

  

  Numbercruncher #3 by Si Spurrier and PJ Holden is on sale today in all good comic shops, from Titan Comics. Bastard Zane is hot on the Mathematician’s heels, as the reincarnating schemer dives back through time and lifetimes to be… Read More ›

• Dan Boultwood’s It Came #2 – Sneek Preview!

  By John Freeman on September 10, 2013

  

  Tomorrow sees the release of Titan Comics It Came! Issue 2 from writer/artist Dan Boultwood – and we’ve got a sneek preview for you, right here! In Issue 2, The alien robot known as GRURK has been temporarily waylaid by… Read More ›

• SelfMadeHero secures award-winning political satire rights

  By John Freeman on September 10, 2013

  

  SelfMadeHero has acquired the English translation rights to the Angoulême award-winning and best-selling French political satire, Quai d’Orsay, based on the life of former PM and Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin, which will be published in English as Weapons of… Read More ›

• Tree Fu Tom Magazine launches this week

  By John Freeman on September 10, 2013 • ( 2 )

  

  Immediate Media has launched Tree Fu Tom magazine, based on the popular CGI CBeebies programme of the same name. On the newsstand from tomorrow, 11th September 2013, the title, produced by the company’s award-winning youth and children’s editorial team, recognises… Read More ›

• ‹ Older Entries
• Newer Entries ›