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• 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

• Horizon: The Falling on sale now

  By John Freeman on December 20, 2012

  Signed copies of Andrew Wildman’s amazing looking HORIZON – the falling are now available from his online shop – go on, gift yourself a copy. For those who don’t already know, HORIZON – which we’re told now looks like being… Read More ›

• UK Comics Creative launches indie comic catalogue

  By John Freeman on December 20, 2012

  Print services folk UK Comics Creative has announced the completion and launch of UK On Display, their new catalogue available to purchase from www.ukondisplay.com. Featuring the publications of many British comics creators, the Catalogue will be making its way into… Read More ›

• WebFind: Original War of the Worlds illustrations revealed

  By John Freeman on December 20, 2012

  

  Exploring War of the Worlds art by Warwick Goble…

• Eco Comics wins Green Apple Award

  By John Freeman on December 19, 2012

  British digital comics publisher Eco Comics, whose titles include Mr T, Green Man and Dick Turpin, is a winner of a 2012 Green Apple Award. The award was presented to the comic book and graphic novel publisher during a carbon-neutral… Read More ›

• Adventures in Comics competition returns for 2013

  By John Freeman on December 19, 2012

  Celebrating illustration, writing, making, sequential narrative, and all that is Comics, Margate-based Marine Studios has just announced the launch of its 2013 Adventures in Comics comic competition. AIC3 is inviting UK-based creators to respond to their annual two-page-comic challenge. Simply… Read More ›

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