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• Lakes International Comic Art Festival kicks off in style

  By John Freeman on 18 October 2013

  

  The weather is mixed but far from the howling storms some nay sayers feared when the Lakes International Comic Art Festival came up in conversations earlier in the year. And even despite some rain, the greeting to Kendal could not… Read More ›

• Who’s Coming to London Comic Con? Special Guest Round-Up

  By John Freeman on 18 October 2013

  

  MCM London Comic Con, the biggest event of its kind in Europe, returns to ExCel London on 25-27th October. As well as hosting a galaxy of great sci-fi, movie, games, comics, anime and cosplay content, we’ve also got a brilliant… Read More ›

• From the DC Thomson archives: a tribute to Chick Checkley

  By John Freeman on 18 October 2013 • ( 1 )

  

    Commando editor Calum Laird kindly sent us this tribute to the original editor of the war comic Chick Checkley, which he found in a 1971 edition of the DC Thomson staff magazine. The portrait of Chick above is by… Read More ›

• The Changing Man: An Interview with Jon Haward

  By Matt Badham on 18 October 2013

  

  Lowestoft-based comic book artist Jon Haward has worked on everything from Judge Dredd to Spider-Man. In this chat with Matt Badham, however, the focus is mostly on Tales of the Buddha (Before He Got Enlightened), recently released by Renegade Entertainment,… Read More ›

• ‘Crucible’ released for iPad

  By John Freeman on 18 October 2013

  

  The first issue of a US-comic styled, digital edition of our Crucible comic by John Freeman and Smuzz is is now available for just 69p from Apple’s ‘Newsstand’ store. You can also subscribe to the title – our hope is… Read More ›

• Marvel’s first Revolutionary War titles in the spotlight

  By John Freeman on 18 October 2013

  

  Marvel Comics has begun soliciting orders for its January 2014 titles, including the first Revolutionary War titles featuring characters first created by Marvel UK back in the 1990s. Here are the full details … REVOLUTIONARY WAR: ALPHA #1 ANDY LANNING… Read More ›

• “Neil Gaiman’s Lost Tales” arrives on SEQUENTIAL, raising money for Malaria No More UK

  By John Freeman on 17 October 2013

  

  Neil Gaiman is a phenomenon, with an international fanbase, nearly two million Twitter followers and a string of best-selling books and graphic novels to his name. Today, Knockabout Comics, publishers of comics legends including Gilbert Shelton, Robert Crumb and Alan… Read More ›

• Creating Comics: Some thoughts on selling your comics…

  By Matt Badham on 17 October 2013 • ( 2 )

  

  (This article was first featured on my own blog back in September, and I’ve given John permission to re-publish it here): I hope that esteemed comics historian, journalist and curator Paul Gravett won’t mind me borrowing the above image from… Read More ›

• Creating Comics: Press Release Your Comic!

  By John Freeman on 17 October 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  Here at downthetubes.net we get a lot of press materials from a wide range of comic creators and publishers. Some of it is very good (thank you, 2000AD, Commando, SelfMadeHero, Time Bomb Comics, Titan Comics and others). Some of it… Read More ›

• Team Girl Comic At The Lakes Festival This Weekend

  By Jeremy Briggs on 17 October 2013

  

  “Roll up roll up! Be prepared to be enthralled by our comics collection showcasing women artists from Scotland. Feast your eyes upon our tales of mystery, intrigue, excitement and more!” Glasgow’s Team Girl Comic collective will be decamping to Kendal… Read More ›

• British superheroes heading for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.?

  By John Freeman on 16 October 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  With US network ABC announcing Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has been given a full-season order this week, speculation is raging over which super heroes might appear on the show, following a cameo by Nick Fury (played by Samuel L. Jackson)… Read More ›

• In Review – Missing: Have You Seen The Invisible Man?

  By Jeremy Briggs on 16 October 2013

  

  Missing: Have You Seen The Invisible Man? is the second in publisher Accent UK’s Blessed/Cursed series of one-off short graphic novels packaged externally as “The Accent” newspaper. The previous title in the series was the excellent Whatever Happened to the… Read More ›

• There’s no stopping Zombies: US Walking Dead premiere delivers record ratings

  By John Freeman on 16 October 2013

  

  The fourth season of The Walking Dead delivered the highest ratings of any episode in series history for US network AMC on its debut this week in the US. The season four premiere was watched by 16.1 million total viewers… Read More ›

• “Hello Kitty” goes super-powered…

  By John Freeman on 15 October 2013

  

  It’s a crossover you perhaps never expected to see, but Warner Bros Consumer Products and DC Entertainment have just revealed the first full character creative artwork for the brand collaboration between Hello Kitty and DC Comics Super Heroes. The collaboration… Read More ›

• Eaglemoss launches Gerry Anderson Vintage Comic Collection

  By John Freeman on 15 October 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  Great news for Gerry Anderson comic fans?

• Marvelman – sorry, Miracleman – back in print next year, all new stories planned

  By John Freeman on 15 October 2013

  

  Marvel Comics has announced it will finally begin reprinting the Miracleman stories initially published in Dez Skinn’s Warrior from January next year – and finish the run with stories by Neil Gaiman and Mark Buckingham that have never been published…. Read More ›

• James Hudnall releases ‘Age of Heroes’ short story collection

  By John Freeman on 15 October 2013

  

  US comics creator James Hudnall has just released his first novel – a collection of Age of Heroes short stories based on the comic strips created with John Ridgway, initially published by James in the 1990s under his own Halloween… Read More ›

• In Review: Egmont Classic Comics new Postcard Collections

  By John Freeman on 15 October 2013 • ( 1 )

  

  A stack of goodies from Egmont arrived at our secret base yesterday: the first print products from the Egmont Classic Comics range and their new Thunderbirds comic collection, comprising strips from TV Century 21 and TV21, along with cutaways by… Read More ›

• Lakes Festival: Opening Night Tickets to be Grabbed!

  By John Freeman on 14 October 2013

  

  Thanks to those fine folk at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, we have FIVE tickets for each opening night event on Friday to give away! The first people to email us at johnfreeman6-downthetubes@yahoo.co.uk to request a ticket and ask… Read More ›

• Andy Diggle, Angela Cruickshank take ‘Control’ to Dynamite

  By John Freeman on 14 October 2013

  

  US publisher Dynamite Entertainment has announced husband and wife team Andy Diggle (2000AD, The Losers, Snapshot) and partner Angela Cruickshank will pen their new police procedural Control, which will feature art from Ben Oliver. The latest title in Dynamite’s stable… Read More ›

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