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• Lost in Action: Marvel UK’ s Warhide

  By John Freeman on 10 December 2013

  

  (Updated, added Carles comments): Meet Warhide, the world’s first skinned communist super hero. A Russian captured by the Mujahideen in Afghanistan, skinned, then coated in a liquid carbon skin that’s as strong as diamond, he was the surreal brainchild of… Read More ›

• Happy 60th Birthday, “Minnie the Minx”!

  By John Freeman on 10 December 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  The Beano has dedicated its Christmas cover to the mischievous Minnie the Minx this week, to celebrate 60 years of the world’s wildest tom boy.  Her solo appearance is a first in the comic’s history. The bumper Christmas issue goes… Read More ›

• Sneek Peek – Marvel’s Revolutionary War, reviving Marvel UK characters

  By John Freeman on 10 December 2013

  

  (Updated 14/12/13 to include all issue details): Marvel Comics has just released three tantalising pages, below, from their upcoming Revolutionary War limited series, which re-introduces the Marvel UK characters first created back in the 1990s to the wider Marvel universe…. Read More ›

• Keeping the Flame: thank you, Doctor Who Magazine

  By downthetubes Guests on 9 December 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  While Doctor Who fans across the globe celebrate 50 years of their favourite TV drama this year, Robin Barnard pays tribute to the various media – and one media outlet in particular – that helped keep the Time Lord from… Read More ›

• Creator Talk: 6 Questions For Graphic Novelists metaphrog

  By Jeremy Briggs on 8 December 2013 • ( 4 )

  

  Glasgow based metaphrog are the Franco-Scottish couple, artist Sandra Marrs and writer John Chalmers who have been creating comics graphic novels and illustrations since 1996 to much critical acclaim, including three Eisner Award nominations, and were Highly Commended for the… Read More ›

• In Review: Winter’s Tales by metaphrog

  By Jeremy Briggs on 7 December 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  Graphic novelists metaphrog are writer John Chalmers and artist Sandra Marrs who are best known for the Louis series of GNs that have been nominated for Eisner Awards. Their latest title is a limited edition 20 page, A5 landscape format… Read More ›

• Egmont announces “Disney Infinity” title for 2014

  By John Freeman on 7 December 2013

  

  Egmont UK will launch a monthly magazine based on Disney Infinity in February 2014 – another title tying in with a games brand which is part of the company’s strategy to get boys reading. Launched in August, Disney Infinity is… Read More ›

• London Super Comic Convention adds Max Brooks, Andy Lanning, JK Woodward to guest line up

  By John Freeman on 6 December 2013

  

  The London Super Comic Convention has announced Max Brooks, Jacen Burrows, Neil Edwards, Lee Garbett, Andy Lanning, Yanick Paquette, Jamie Tyndall, John Watson, JK Woodward, and Chrissie Zullo as the third wave of guests for the their 2014 event (15th –… Read More ›

• Haiyan Anthology – crowdfunding appeal launches

  By John Freeman on 5 December 2013

  

  We’re pleased to report that the crowd funding appeal to produce a Haiyan Benefit Anthology to raise funds for victims of the natural disasters in the Philippines is now live. The brainchild of comic creator Phil Woodward and the team… Read More ›

• A Victorian Mystery – Ally Sloper “Funeral Cards” discovered

  By John Freeman on 5 December 2013

  

  The Featherstone Rovers Heritage Project celebrates the history and traditions of a proud northern Rugby League Club and its association with the heritage of coal mining in the West Yorkshire town of Featherstone. The project provides public, quarterly events and… Read More ›

• Check out our Commando Comic Subscription Offer!

  By John Freeman on 5 December 2013

  

  If you’re looking for a Christmas gift for a British comics fan, downthetubes has an EXCLUSIVE discount on a subscription to DC Thomson’s Commando comic, simply by ordering through the DC Thomson Online Shop using our special discount code. •… Read More ›

• WebFind: An Interview with TV21 and Look-In artist Mike Noble

  By John Freeman on 4 December 2013

  

  Back in 2011, artist Chris Thompson interviewed veteran comics artist Mike Noble , best known for his work on TV Century 21 and Look-In (on strips such as Fireball XL5, Zero X, Follyfoot and Timeslip, to name but a few)… Read More ›

• Redan Publishing delivers digital Peppa Pig title

  By John Freeman on 4 December 2013

  

  Redan Publishing – run by former Marvel UK CEO Robert Sutherland – has extended its partnership with Entertainment One to launch its first digital Peppa Pig magazine. The new digital format – based on the company’s top-selling Fun To Learn… Read More ›

• downthetubes Popular Posts – November 2013

  By John Freeman on 4 December 2013

  

  Apart from landings on our home page, here’s a run down of the ten most popular posts on downthetubes over the past 30 days… • The Beano gets a Top Gear makeover thanks to guest editor Richard Hammond This has,… Read More ›

• Convict Commandos take on a U-Boat crew in latest Commando

  By John Freeman on 4 December 2013

  

  Here’s the lowdown on the new issues of DC Thomson’s war comic Commando, on sale from tomorrow in all good newsagents and as digital editions – a batch that includes a new Convict Commando story written by Alan Hebden. Commando… Read More ›

• Gary Spencer Millidge’s Strangehaven to return in new ‘Meanwhile…’ anthology

  By John Freeman on 3 December 2013

  

  No, it’s not a dream! Not a hoax! Not an Imaginary story! Gary Spencer Millidge’s acclaimed comic book series Strangehaven will return in May 2014 – after an eight year hiatus. New episodes, written and drawn by Millidge will appear… Read More ›

• Dan Dare Re-Visited: creators re-imagine Britain’s favourite space hero

  By John Freeman on 3 December 2013

  

  How would Eagle‘s Dan Dare‘s universe look if the series was re-launched today? Taking inspiration from the wonderful Project Rooftop, which often challenges artists to re-design well-known US superheroes, and the success of our “Twelfth Doctor Challenge” (unaware at the… Read More ›

• New Space:1999 Eagle Kits on their way from MPC

  By John Freeman on 2 December 2013

  

  Space:1999, which originally aired in 1975, featured the crew of Moon Base Alpha as they found themselves stranded on our moon as a nuclear disaster knocked it from Earth’s atmosphere. Gerry Anderson fans remember the outstanding special effects and production values of… Read More ›

• SelfMadeHero to publish Pixies frontman’s illustrated book, art by Steven Appleby

  By John Freeman on 2 December 2013

  

  SelfMadeHero has just announced it has acquired the UK and Commonwealth rights to The Good Inn, a book penned by Black Francis from the alternative rock band Pixies and Josh Frank, with art by Steven Appleby. SelfMadeHero’s Managing Director Emma… Read More ›

• Sarah McIntyre’s 20 Top Tips for great Holiday Prezzies!

  By downthetubes Guests on 2 December 2013

  

  (Re-posted with the full permission of ace comic creator Sarah McIntyre): I thought I’d compile a list of some of the yummiest things out there this Christmas – stuff I’ve geeked out over this year – in case it inspires… Read More ›

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