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• Nigel Parkinson on Dennis the Menace’s enduring success

  By John Freeman on July 22, 2013

  

  The Daily Telegraph has interviewed artist Nigel Parkinson about drawing Dennis the Menace and the enduring popularity of the mischievous character as The Beano celebrates its 75th anniversary this week. You can view the video here (for some reason the… Read More ›

• Egmont launches Classic Comics archive site

  By John Freeman on July 22, 2013

  

  Egmont has just launched a dedicated web site for its Classic Comics –  a vast and cherished archive of retro comics housed in one of their London warehouses, that the company has been working on digitising since 2005. The Classic… Read More ›

• Doctor Who: Prisoners of Time – An Interview with Kev Hopgood

  By John Freeman on July 22, 2013

  

  British comic creators are heavily involved in US publisher IDW’s Doctor Who at 50 celebrations for their ‘Prisoners of Time’ maxi series, which will feature every incarnation of the Doctor, as well as a long list of villains, some new,… Read More ›

• Marvel UK characters return en masse in new series

  By John Freeman on July 20, 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  Marvel has announced the return of many Marvel UK characters in Revolutionary War, a new comic from Alan Cowsill and Andy Lanning, launching next year. The series will feature many characters first created back in 1992 in a line of… Read More ›

• Rough Cut Comics collects Jim Alexander’s Good Cop, Bad Cop

  By John Freeman on July 20, 2013

  

  Rough Cut Comics will collect Jim Alexander’s GoodCopBadCop series into a prestige trade paperback for worldwide release at the end of the year. The Glasgow-based publisher will re-package the Marvel/DC writer’s off-beat Jekyll and Hyde revision of the Scottish crime… Read More ›

• Pat Mills “Accident Man” collected by Titan Comics, more new titles announced

  By John Freeman on July 20, 2013

  

  Titan Comics has revealed another  wave of titles by a host of stellar writers and artists at San Diego Comic Con 2013, including Pat Mills‘ Accident Man and strips drawn by Britain’s Paul McCaffrey – along with a new chapter… Read More ›

• Cliff Robinson covers latest Judge Dredd Megazine

  By John Freeman on July 19, 2013

  

  Cliff Robinson has provided a stonking cover to the latest Judge Dredd Megazine (Issue 313) on sale now in all good newsagents and digital platforms. In this issue: Judge Dredd // Downside (Part 1) Mega-City One, 2130 AD. This vast… Read More ›

• Rutu Modan in Comica Conversation with Hannah Berry

  By John Freeman on July 19, 2013

  

  The Comica Festival, in association with Foyles and Jonathan Cape, brings you the rare opportunity to hear Rutu Modan, the award-winning author of Exit Wounds, discussing her new book The Property – perhaps the most hotly anticipated “literary comic” of… Read More ›

• Raygun Roads ashcan released, stunning-looking multimedia project

  By John Freeman on July 19, 2013

  

  The 22-page limited edition ashcan copies of Raygun Roads, the creation of Owen Michael Johnson, have only gone and knocked this fella’s boots off! Madness. For those of you who haven’t heard of this indie book yet, or indeed the… Read More ›

• Want to be immortalized in comics? Audio comics publisher ROK offers the chance

  By John Freeman on July 19, 2013

  

  ROK Comics – publishers of the audio comics Team MOBILE, Houdini Adventures, Master Merlini and more – is offering the chance for you to be drawn into an upcoming ROK Comic as a supporting character! All you have to do… Read More ›

• Guardian Masterclass announced: How to Write a Graphic Novel

  By John Freeman on July 19, 2013

  

  (with thanks to Kenny Penman for the heads up): The Guardian newspaper is running a masterclass titled How to Write A Graphic novel in September, curated by graphic novel publisher SelfMadeHero with tutors including Pat Mills, Audrey Niffenegger, author of… Read More ›

• LICAF Guest Spotlight: Jose Muñoz

  By John Freeman on July 19, 2013

  

  The Lakes International Comic Art Festival has over 70 guests lined up for its first out in October. As the event is on our doorstep (downthetubes is based in Lancaster), we thought we’d try and spotlight as many as we… Read More ›

• Dave Shelton, editor David Fickling win 2013 Branford Boase Award

  By John Freeman on July 18, 2013

  

  Cartoonist Dave Shelton and his editor David Fickling have won the 2013 Branford Boase Award given annually to the author and editor of the most outstanding debut novel for children for A Boy and a Bear in a Boat published… Read More ›

• IDW’s Doctor Who comics license ends with 50th anniversary special

  By John Freeman on July 18, 2013

  

  IDW Publishing and BBC Worldwide will conclude their joint celebration of Doctor Who’s 50th anniversary with the release of a Doctor Who Special in the final week of 2013. This oversize issue will be written by Doctor Who writer Paul… Read More ›

• Temple APA Issue 14 spotlights work by Simon Mackie and more

  By John Freeman on July 18, 2013

  

  The Temple APA Issue Fourteen – a fine assembly of creative talent – is now available to download as a totally free PDF file, containing contributions from the likes of Dave Hailwood, Paul Eldridge, Simon Mackie, Tony Suleri, and Malcolm… Read More ›

• Gosh to host Blank Slate’s New British Comics Launch Party

  By John Freeman on July 18, 2013

  

  Blank Slate have published so many books by new British talent in the last month that London comic shop Gosh! has decided to throw a launch party for a bunch of them all at once. All at once. They’re having… Read More ›

• San Diego Comic Con: From One Side of the Show to — the other

  By John Freeman on July 18, 2013

  Undaunted by the size of the event, Rich Johnston, he of Bleeding Cool, explores the Sand Diego Comic Con in living colour… Brave man!

• Lakes Festival Guest List grows again, competition for accommodation, tickets announced

  By John Freeman on July 18, 2013

  

  Media eyes may be turned toward San Diego Comic Con right now, the biggest comics convention in the United States – but in Kendal, Cumbria, the organisers of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival (18th – 20th October 2013) know… Read More ›

• Gosh! It’s Adventure Time in Berwick Street!

  By John Freeman on July 18, 2013

  

  If you’ve been lucky enough to catch one of the Free Comic Book Day activity days at Gosh! London, you’ll know how great it is, that thing they do where they sit a bunch of cartoonists at the same table… Read More ›

• Comic ConQuest game, spoofing comics events, revealed

  By John Freeman on July 17, 2013

  

  Those of you who can’t afford to shell out for the flight and hotel to attend San Diego Comic Con (save your money for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival or Thought Bubble!) can soon enjoy all the fun of… Read More ›

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