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• In Review: Garth Ennis presents… Battle Classics

  By John Freeman on 3 January 2014

  

  Publisher: Titan Books Out: 9th January 2014 The Book: New York Times bestselling writer Garth Ennis, writer of The Boys, Preacher and Battlefields, selects his favourite stories from the seminal 1970s British boys comic Battle. Included here for the very… Read More ›

• Lost in Translation: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

  By John Freeman on 3 January 2014

  

  Ships are disappearing all over the world and it believed to be caused by a sea monster. Professor Pierre Aronnax, author of the book The Mysteries of the Ocean Deep, his companion Conseil and Canadian harpooner Ned Land are hired… Read More ›

• Doctor Who Adventures offers chance to win a full-size Dalek

  By John Freeman on 3 January 2014

  

  Doctor Who Adventures magazine, the biggest-selling UK pre-teen title for young boys and girls who love Doctor Who, is running a competition for readers to win their very own life-size Dalek worth over £3,000, to keep in their home or… Read More ›

• Cats as Humans: “Playing Out” by Jim Medway

  By John Freeman on 3 January 2014

  

  Released last year, Playing Out by Jim Medway is a 48-page story about Connor, Kieran and Jamal mooching around Manchester City Centre – but these youths are cats portrayed as humans. downthetubes contributor Matt Badham has just re-plugged the title,… Read More ›

• Don’t miss the Comicraft New Year’s Day Font Sale!

  By John Freeman on 1 January 2014

  

  Comicraft fonts are created by Comic Book Letterers for Comic Book Lettering. Every New Year, the US company created by British lettering supremo and Elephantmen creator Richard Starkings give their faithful customers – and even casual browsers who stumbled into… Read More ›

• Veteran ilustrator, TV21 artist Jon Davis awarded MBE

  By John Freeman on 31 December 2013

  

  We’re delighted to report that science fiction illustrator Jon Davis – best known to British comics fans for his work on TV Century 21, Lady Penelope and Countdown comics in the 1960s and 70s – has been awarded an MBE… Read More ›

• The Really Heavy Greatcoat Review of the Year 2013

  By John Freeman on 31 December 2013

  

  The Really Heavy Greatcoat by myself and Lancaster-based artist Nick Miller was published fairly regularly for about 20 years, last featuring regularly in print in Comics International (yes – it was that long ago, now!). The strip was published for… Read More ›

• Bristol Comic Expo back in May at new venue

  By John Freeman on 30 December 2013

  

  With Bristol’s Temple Meads Station undergoing a massive £100m re-development over the next four years as the hub of the governments new high speed electric rail link, the 2014 Bristol Comic Expo (BCExpo) has had to seek a new home, since the… Read More ›

• aniManga goes Pop – in Plymouth

  By John Freeman on 30 December 2013

  

  The South West will kick start the 2014 convention season with a special one day celebration of anime, manga and pop culture in February. The Comic Expo team has just announced it is teaming up with Kawaii store Keep it… Read More ›

• In Memoriam: José Ortiz Moya

  By John Freeman on 27 December 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  We’re sorry to report the passing of veteran Spanish artist José Ortiz Moya (best known in the UK as José Ortiz), whose work British comic fans will recall from comics such as Scream, the 1980s Eagle and 2000AD. Reporting his… Read More ›

• Happy Christmas to all Charley’s War fans

  By John Freeman on 24 December 2013

  

• Panel Borders: Designing Comics

  By John Freeman on 24 December 2013

  

  Designing comics: In a coda to a trio of shows about the use of fine art in comics, Alex Fitch looks at graphic design in comics, in a panel discussion with Rian Hughes (2000AD), Karen Rubins (V and A artist… Read More ›

• Merry Christmas from 2000AD!

  By John Freeman on 24 December 2013

  

  Merry Christmas Eve! It’s Pro Day on the 2000AD Advent Calendar – a thread for one and all to post some fextive cheer and fun and the droids have really knocked it out of the park this year, with artworks… Read More ›

• In Review: Long John Silver – Guiana-Capac

  By Jeremy Briggs on 21 December 2013

  

  With three books already translated from French to English, writer Xavier Dorison and artist Mathieu Lauffray’s on-going tale of Robert Louis Stevenson’s pirate Long John Silver reaches its fourth and final book, Guiana-Capac. In the South American rainforest, with their… Read More ›

• 2000AD Free Comic Book Day details emerge

  By John Freeman on 20 December 2013

  

  2000AD are in the advance stages of putting together their Free Comic Book Day title for 2014 – a 48 page Free Comic Book Day edition with a cover by Henry Flint. The line up includes work from writers John… Read More ›

• Official Star Wars Fact File launches in January in the UK

  By John Freeman on 20 December 2013

  

  The Official Star Wars Fact File, a new national partwork for the UK from part work publishers De Agostini, launches on sale 1st January 2014, initially priced at 50p. Aimed at fans of all ages, The Official Star Wars Fact… Read More ›

• Looking back on 2013: A Good Year for British Comics?

  By John Freeman on 20 December 2013

  

  Here at downthetubes.net we think it’s been a great year that’s included the 100th issue of The Phoenix and has been named one of the top comics of 2013 by TIME Magazine, and we’ve been able to enjoy a growing… Read More ›

• ‘Caught Unaware’, an exhibition by Doctor Who illustrator Paul Vyse, opens in January

  By John Freeman on 19 December 2013

  

  Back in my days as editor of Marvel UK’s Doctor Who Magazine, I commissioned a number of illustrations to accompany a plethora of text stories that formed part of the title, new tales of the Doctor and companions to keep… Read More ›

• Simpsons Comics UK goes digital

  By John Freeman on 19 December 2013

  

  Titan Comics has partnered with Comixology to bring its licensed Simpsons Comics the comic to tablets and smartphones in the UK and Eire for the first time. Featuring both classic and new issues, the Titan Comics range is now available… Read More ›

• Latest Commandos bring you War Dogs and Nazi Raiders!

  By John Freeman on 19 December 2013

  

  Here’s the details of the last of DC Thomson’s Commando titles of 2013, on sale from today, 19th December 2013, in all good newsagents and digitally for iPad and other mobile devices. Commando No 4663 – The Eagles Return Story:… Read More ›

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