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• Phoenix launches digital edition on first birthday

  By John Freeman on January 6, 2013

  If you haven’t sampled The Phoenix – the lively weekly childrens comic aimed at 8-12 year olds that sprang from the ashes of The DFC – then those of you who have or were given shiny iPads for Christmas are… Read More ›

• World War One comics anthology plan mooted

  By John Freeman on January 6, 2013

  

    British comics fan Jonathan Clode has launched an appeal for contributions to an anthology to mark the outbreak of World War One next year – and has already got creators on board willing to contribute. In a posting to… Read More ›

• Strontium Dog and Sweeney Todd nominated for Stan Lee-backed award

  By John Freeman on January 5, 2013

  The shortlist for the 2013 Stan Lee Excelsior Awards has been announced and includes two British titles – Strontium Dog : The Life and Death of Johnny Alpha and Classical Comics’ Sweeney Todd – alongside several overeseas projects. Created by… Read More ›

• Talbots scoop Costa Award for “Dotter of Her Father’s Eyes”

  By John Freeman on January 3, 2013

  

  Mary Talbot‘s Dotter of Her Father’s Eyes has won the biography section in the 2012 Costa Book Awards. Drawn by husband Bryan Talbot, the award has delighted the couple, who The Guardian reports have known about their win for some… Read More ›

• IDW celebrates 50 years of Who with ‘Prisoners of Time’ maxi series

  By John Freeman on January 3, 2013

  British comic creators look set to be heavily involved in US publisher IDW’s Doctor Who at 50 celebrations with Simon Fraser and Lee Sullivan among the artists involved in their ‘Prisoners of Time’ maxi series, which launches this month. ‘Prisoners… Read More ›

• Sun drops “Shadows”, “Striker” return rumoured

  By John Freeman on January 2, 2013

  

  (Updated 9th January) In a story that echoes the final days of Pete Nash’s Striker comic strip, The Sun newspaper has decided to drop its vampire-inspired Shadows saga on Friday, leaving creator Kevin Richter little time to wrap the current… Read More ›

• Eagle Times reaches 100th issue (Volume 25, Number Four)

  By John Freeman on December 31, 2012

  

  The 100th issue of  Eagle Times, the journal of the Eagle Society, is available now. In the issue: PC49 and the Case of the Christmas Ornament – a seasonal short-story featuring radios (and Eagle‘s) police hero, from the radio stories by Alan… Read More ›

• Gerry Anderson: A Tribute by Shaqui le Vesconte

  By John Freeman on December 30, 2012

  This week, a scant eighth of the way into the 21st century that had already been mapped out for many children – and adults – we lost a true icon of British television and film. The hallmark of Gerry Anderson’s… Read More ›

• Doctor Who Adventures arrives on iPad, iPhone

  By John Freeman on December 28, 2012

  (Updated, #300 info corrected): Immediate Media has just released Doctor Who Adventures for iPad and iPhone, bringing the junior Who comic magazine to digital devices. The title reaches its landmark 300th issue this week. Described as “the ultimate magazine for… Read More ›

• Gerry Anderson: A Tribute by Peter Greenwood

  By John Freeman on December 27, 2012

  When we lose a personality of any kind, there is always a outcry for this loss, but in this case the loss is so much more personal to an entire generation of adults and children alike. Gerry Anderson, who passed… Read More ›

• Gerry Anderson: A Tribute by Marcus Hearn

  By John Freeman on December 27, 2012

  My sorrow at the passing of Gerry Anderson has been eased a little by the glowing tributes that appeared across the British media. The television and newspaper obituaries presented a warm, if understandably reductive, view of his remarkable career. However,… Read More ›

• In Memoriam: Gerry Anderson

  By John Freeman on December 27, 2012

  

  Everybody has heroes. Some people create them. One man who created them for me as I grew up as a kid in the 1960s was Gerry Anderson, aided by his not inconsiderable team behind the Supermarionation shows such as Captain… Read More ›

• Comicbook Creators Interpret ‘Magic Mike’ in Male Stripper App

  By John Freeman on December 26, 2012

  Comicbook artist Stephen Downey (Torchwood, Jennifer Wilde) draws hunky muscly men, and this time they’re not superheroes, but males strippers. Together with comic podcaster Scott Grandison (Comicbook Outsiders), they designed, developed and published Magic Mike: The Moves app through their… Read More ›

• A Crucible Vignette: The Taking of Borderpost 456

  By downthetubes Guests on December 25, 2012

  

  File: 680-8234-8950 B. Pomorele. Sharn 045 60°22′N 5°24′E Pom-Shoo-1995-AC File: Sylvana Rija (No further name given). Origin: Dimor Family: Possibly related to the known criminal Enteva Rija? Investigation pending. Note to Records: This is supposition at best. Age: About 22… Read More ›

• Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from downthetubes!

  By John Freeman on December 24, 2012

  Have a great holiday, folks!

• Kapow convention cancelled, but back in 2014

  By John Freeman on December 23, 2012 • ( 1 )

  A busy workload for Millarworld Productions that included the upcoming ‘Pavillion of Dreams’ for BBC Scotland has led to the cancellation of Kapow next year Bad news for fans of the Mark Millar-initiated Kapow Comic convention, which has been held… Read More ›

• Spotlight: Patrick James Woodroffe

  By John Freeman on December 22, 2012

  

  Not to be confused with the amazing lighting designer of the same name, Patrick James Woodroffe is an English artist, etcher and drawer, who specialises in fantasy science-fiction artwork, with images that border on the surreal. His achievements include several… Read More ›

• Last Commandos of the year troop to the news stand

  By John Freeman on December 21, 2012

  Here’s the info on the final issues of DC Thomson’s Commando for 2012 – a total of 104  stories, tucked away. It’s been a good year for the title, helped, we’re told by our coverage and plugs on other sites… Read More ›

• SelfMadeHero’s HP Lovecraft titles get Kindle-fied

  By John Freeman on December 21, 2012

  Fancy a slice of the macabre alongside your Christmas turkey this year? Just in time for the Yuletide festivities, SelfMadeHero – a quirky British independent publishing house committed to producing ground-breaking work in the graphic novel medium – has announced… Read More ›

• Just Dandy TV Documentary On 75 Years Of The Comic

  By Jeremy Briggs on December 21, 2012 • ( 1 )

  

  Don’t miss this celebration of The Dandy

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