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• Beanotown comes to life on the South Bank, London

  By John Freeman on June 7, 2013 • ( 1 )

  

    The Beano is celebrating 75 wonderful years of rebellious fun, farts and laughter at Southbank Centre’s Festival of Neighbourhood in London – and you can join in the party at Beanotown, a recreation of the fictional home of the… Read More ›

• In Review: Dan Dare – Spacefleet Operations Manual (John Freeman’s take)

  By John Freeman on June 7, 2013

  

  by Rod Barzilay; Illustrated by Graham BleathmanPublisher: HaynesOut: Now The Book: Dan Dare is easily the most famous British comic hero. His adventures appeared in the original Eagle comic during the 1950s and 1960s, but he also featured briefly in… Read More ›

• Dan Dare: Six Questions For Writer Rod Barzilay

  By Jeremy Briggs on June 7, 2013

  

  In the 1990s Rod Barzilay had the idea to bring Eagle comic’s best known character, Dan Dare, back into print, not updated for a Star Wars audience as in 2000AD or as a political commentary as in Revolver, but rather… Read More ›

• In Review: The Complete Flash Gordon Library – The Fall of Ming

  By John Freeman on June 6, 2013

  

  by Alex Raymond Publisher: Titan Books Out: Now The Book: Continuing the comprehensive library of the greatest science fiction hero of all time, this brand new collection of library editions feature all new restorations that will preserve these legendary adventures… Read More ›

• Gromit gets ‘Beano-fied’ in a good cause!

  By John Freeman on June 6, 2013

  

    The Beano is letting loose Dennis the Menace’s trusty sidekick Gnasher, to raise funds for the Bristol Children’s Hospital this summer, as the famous cartoon dog joins forces with Aardman’s triple Oscar-winning character Gromit, for charity initiative Gromit Unleashed…. Read More ›

• In Review: Dan Dare – Spacefleet Operations Manual (Steve Winders Take)

  By Steve Winders on June 6, 2013

  

  by Rod Barzilay. Illustrated by Graham BleathmanPublished by Haynes Publishing at £16.99Hardback 128 pages, with colour on every page Review by Steve Winders The Book: A technical manual devoted to the Space Fleet organization featured in the famous Dan Dare… Read More ›

• Dan Dare: Six Questions For Artist Graham Bleathman

  By Jeremy Briggs on June 6, 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  For most comics readers Graham Bleathman’s name is synonymous with large detailed cutaway paintings of buildings, vehicles and flying craft both real and fictional. It was not surprising then that he is now the artist behind four of the new… Read More ›

• downthetubes: Back in Action

  By John Freeman on June 5, 2013

  

  As you can see, downthetubes.net – your dedicated British comics news and views site – is back up and running after a temporary hiatus, and will now be the main point of focus for our delivering of British comic news… Read More ›

• Pirates of Pangea Checklist

  By John Freeman on June 5, 2013

  

  The third series of Pirates of Pangaea recently drew to a close in The Phoenix – one of the title’s most popular strips – and Neill Cameron reports work is proceeding apace on the next chapter (“and indeed the next… Read More ›

• DC Comics vamps up its digital titles, will British publishers follow their lead?

  By John Freeman on June 5, 2013

  

  DC Entertainment has just unveiled two new digital innovations today that the company says will take its comics to “the next level of interactivity” – DC2, a new initiative that layers dynamic artwork onto digital comic panels, adding a new level… Read More ›

• Rainbow Orchid Prequel In The Phoenix This Friday

  By Jeremy Briggs on June 5, 2013

  

  Artist and writer Garen Ewing’s latest adventure of Julius Chancer, The Secret of the Samurai, a prequel to his three book Rainbow Orchid saga, is starting a four week run in The Phoenix beginning this weekend. The twenty page adventure… Read More ›

• Manga Jiman Competition returns

  By John Freeman on June 4, 2013

  

  The Embassy of Japan in the UK is once again launching their manga-writing competition, MANGA JIMAN 2013, with fantastic prizes up for grabs. Now in its 7th year, MANGA-JIMAN can be translated as ‘having pride in manga’ and the Embassy… Read More ›

• Don’t Panic! It’s All Change for Commando

  By John Freeman on June 4, 2013

  

  It's all change for Commando as DC Thomson unveil the first set to feature new-style gatefold-out covers, as the title's price rises to £2 per issue. “Over the last two years we've been listening to our readers’ thoughts about Commando… Read More ›

• Commando Cover Prelims – Aerial Warfare

  By Jeremy Briggs on June 3, 2013

  The Commando team, as well as managing to publish 104 issues of the comic each year, have been using the official Commando Comics Facebook page to give some behind the scenes info on their titles. This includes some of the… Read More ›

• Beware of Dinosaurs: Forbidden Planet Chronos Commandos Signing announced

  By John Freeman on June 2, 2013 • ( 1 )

  Comic creator and illustrator Stuart Jennett will be launching his new comic Chronos Commandos #1 at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore on Wednesday 10th July (6 – 7.00pm) When the Allies and Nazis develop time-diving technology that could see the… Read More ›

• Commando Cover Prelims – Convict Commandos

  By Jeremy Briggs on June 2, 2013

  The Commando team, as well as managing to publish 104 issues of the comic each year, have been using the official Commando Comics Facebook page to give some behind the scenes info on their titles. This includes some of the… Read More ›

• Rough Cut Comics brings Freedom Collective to book

  By John Freeman on June 1, 2013

  Rough Cut Comics will release its long-awaited new volume of Freedom Collective stories through the June edition of Diamond Previews. The original one-shot title – which re-imagined the type of comic-books that Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, could have created… Read More ›

• In Review: Largo Winch – 3 Eyes Of The Guardians Of The Tao/The Way And The Virtue

  By Jeremy Briggs on June 1, 2013

  Largo Winch, writer Jean Van Hamme and artist Philippe Francq's James Bond-like billionaire businessman adventurer, returns in his latest two part adventure in Cinebook's The Three Eyes Of The Guardians Of The Tao and The Way And The Virtue. An… Read More ›

• Digital Dandy Issue 9 Now Available

  By John Freeman on June 1, 2013

  Bertie Buncle’s Chemical Uncle has uncovered a new scientific formula! It’s… DD9 (D + D + D x C + G + DtvV) x iTAS + GP + d.com = FUN For any non-mad scientists out there, that means… Digital… Read More ›

• Fight My Monster joins BeanoMax – Beano strip to follow in August

  By John Freeman on June 1, 2013

  DC Thomson has announced that a strip based on digital trading card game Fight My Monster will appear in The Beano for the first time in its Saturday 3rd August issue, alongside Dennis and Gnasher, The Bash Street Kids and… Read More ›

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