downthetubes.net

Recent Posts - page 701

• Team Girl Comic Are Kickstarting Issue 5

  By John Freeman on May 6, 2012

  The Glasgow-based Team Girl Comic collective have been active in Scotland for the last couple of years selling their main Team Girl Comic title, as well as the individual contributors own titles, around the various comic shops and events in… Read More ›

• Illustrators: A New Quarterly Journal About Brit and Euro Artists

  By John Freeman on May 5, 2012

  In the last few years London’s Illustration Art Gallery have been releasing a series of books about, and reprinting older, British comics via their Book Palace Books imprint. These include The Modesty Blaise Companion reference book, a series of reprints… Read More ›

• Drokk’s Debut Gig at Orbital Comics announced

  By John Freeman on May 4, 2012

  Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury will be performing extracts from the new record, Drokk – Music Inspired By Mega-City One, released on Invada UK, at Orbital Comics on the 16th May. As we’ve previously reported, this project kicked off when… Read More ›

• Commando Comic Art – The Show Goes On!

  By John Freeman on May 3, 2012

  The exhibition of Commando cover art at the National Army Museum in London may have just finished, but fear not if you missed it. The Commando team have just informed us they’re working with another museum to put on a… Read More ›

• The Scarifyers jumps from audio adventure to comics

  By John Freeman on May 3, 2012

  (with thanks to Matt Badham): Artist and illustrator Simon Gurr, whose credits include 2000AD and Brunel: A Graphic Biography, has announced he is working on The Scarifyers, a brand new comic based on the audio series aired by on BBC… Read More ›

• Creator-owned Improper Books launches, two titles announced

  By John Freeman on May 3, 2012

  Just launched in time for the impending British comic convention season is Improper Books, a small collective of comic creators formed by writer Benjamin Read and artists Laura Trinder and Chris Wildgoose. On offer at the Bristol Comic Expo will… Read More ›

• Dark Judges make their mark on 2000AD web site

  By John Freeman on April 30, 2012

  Fear. Fire. Mortis. The Dark Judges have returned to 2000AD. The countdown, which has been running at www.2000adonline.com, came to an end earlier today and the site has closed (although you can still get to the site’s online shop –… Read More ›

• Time Bomb announces ‘Kronos City’ graphic novel launch

  By John Freeman on April 30, 2012

  Time Bomb Comics has announced their latest graphic novel, Kronos City, will be launched at the Bristol Comics Expo. Written by Andrew Croskery, with artwork by Alex Willmore, coloured by Lauren Willmore and lettered by Jim Campbell, Kronos City is… Read More ›

• Unofficial ‘City of Dredd’ guide goes on sale

  By John Freeman on April 29, 2012 • ( 1 )

  The critically-acclaimed unofficial guide to Judge Dredd’s Mega-City One, City of Dredd 2134, is now available from lulu.com.  City of Dredd 2134, by John Caliber, collects all the locations to have featured in official Judge Dredd and Dreddworld literature (comics,… Read More ›

• The Sloperian: A New Fanzine About Old Comics

  By Jeremy Briggs on April 28, 2012

  

  The style of British comics has changed many times over the years. The type that we grew up with were the picture strip weeklies which were heavy on comic strip pages and light on non-strip pages, while today many British… Read More ›

• Immediate Media grabs Rastamouse for new magazine

  By John Freeman on April 27, 2012

  Rastamouse© The Rastamouse Company Ltd Immediate Media, the publishers of Doctor Who Adventures and more, is to launch Rastamouse magazine, a lively children’s title aimed at pre-schoolers, based on the popular CBeebies TV programme and books of the same name…. Read More ›

• All change for look and feel of Commando comic

  By John Freeman on April 27, 2012 • ( 1 )

  

  With news on the latest issues of DC Thomson’s war comic Commando comes news of another change to its format

• Win Avengers Assemble merchandise

  By John Freeman on April 26, 2012

  Marvel licensee Colantotte are giving UK comic fans the chance to win six of their limited edition Neo Legend wristbands, as featured in the new Avengers Assemble film. Colantotte created the exclusive limited edition MagTitan Neo Legend bracelet as worn… Read More ›

• Alan Grant pens War of 1812 for Renegade

  By John Freeman on April 25, 2012

  Renegade Arts Entertainment has just announced another Alan Grant-scribed project – this time with a historical setting rather than, perhaps, the horror and futuristic themes he might be better known for. Due for release in June, The Loxley’s and the… Read More ›

• Forbidden Planet announces Free Comic Book Day plans

  By John Freeman on April 25, 2012

  Want to discover comics and need a place to start? Then visit any branch of Forbidden Planet on 5th May – Free Comic Book Day. Free Comic Book Day is perfect for fans and newcomers alike – if you love… Read More ›

• Comic costume call for Kendal Calling Music Festival

  By John Freeman on April 23, 2012

  Image via Happy Slap Boutique The massive music event Kendal Calling has just announced its the fancy dress theme for 2012 will be Fairy Tales and Comic Books, a magical all encompassing theme that will see the site transform on… Read More ›

• London’s Birbeck college announces new comic courses

  By John Freeman on April 23, 2012

  (With thanks to Norman Boyd): New certificate level comics courses are starting at Birkbeck, University of London from this autumn.Comics, Comix and Graphic Novels: IntroductionThis module introduces you to a range of comics in a variety of forms and invites… Read More ›

• Comics documentary maker faces funding threat

  By John Freeman on April 23, 2012

  The Invisible Artist from Northern Visions NvTv on Vimeo. (with thanks to Andrew Luke): Northern Visions TV (NVTV), Greater Belfast’s community TV station which backed the comics-related film The Invisible Artist last year, is under threat of closure because of… Read More ›

• Can you help support DownTheTubes?

  By John Freeman on April 22, 2012

  It’s that time of year again when our domain provider seeks to extract a fair chunk of change from my wallet for hosting the main DTT site (www.downtetubes.net). Put together by volunteers to promote the British comic industy since 1999,… Read More ›

• Transformers return, Marvel UK style!

  By John Freeman on April 22, 2012 • ( 1 )

  Picking up the story 21 years later, IDW Publishing, in association with Hasbro, has released more information about Transformers: Regeneration One, an all-new monthly series continuing from the original Generation One Transformers comics originally published by Marvel UK.   IDW… Read More ›

• ‹ Older Entries
• Newer Entries ›