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Soaring Penguin catches the Undertow
British indie publisher Soaring Penguin Books has just published its first book of 2012 – Undertow by Ellen Lindner. Set amidst the chaos of a summer weekend at Coney Island, Undertow tells the story of Rhonda, a girl suddenly overwhelmed… Read More ›
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Autism Education Trust creates ‘Awesome’ superheroes
A new set of comic book characters, The 100% Awesomes, has been created by Doctor Who Adventures and Blake’s 7 audio adventures writer Simon Guerrier for the Autism Education Trust to promote awareness of difference and autism. The superhero characters… Read More ›
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Happy Birthday, 2000AD! From script droid Gordon Rennie
Name: Gordon Rennie Currently working on: Dept of Monsterology, Absalom, Aquila, Judge Dredd, Robert Burns: Witch Hunter, Big Finish Doctor Who audio plays. Computer game stuff. First memory of 2000AD?I was there from Prog 1 (minus a wander off into… Read More ›
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Happy Birthday, 2000AD! From art droid Rufus Dayglo
Name: Rufus Dayglo, artdroid Tumblr: http://rufusdayglo.tumblr.com/Blog: http://rufusdayglo.blogspot.com/Web: solidgolddeathmask.com/ Currently working on: I’m working on my new creator owned series Solid Gold Death Mask, which you’ll be able to get free from the website, solidgolddeathmask.com/, so bookmark it now! I’m also… Read More ›
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Classic images captured in new jigsaws
Children of the late 1950s and early 60s who eagerly awaited birthdays and Christmas in the hope of receiving a fast paced Scalextric or iconic Corgi James Bond Aston Martin DB5 are in for a real treat with the launch… Read More ›
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Call for Papers: From Akira to Žižek: Comics and Contemporary Cultural Theory
Papers are now being invited for the academic comics tome Studies in Comics (volume 3.2). Guest editor Tony Venezia tell us this special issue – sub-titled From Akira to Žižek: Comics and Contemporary Cultural Theory – seeks to provide a forum for new articulations between… Read More ›
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The Trial of Dennis the Menace: More Details
We mentioned this before as part of a longer post but it is worth mentioning again by itself. The new children’s musical The Trial of Dennis the Menace will be taking place in London’s Southbank Centre’s Purcell Room over the… Read More ›
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Panel Borders: Searching comics with DJ Food
Starting a month of Panel Borders radio shows about non practitioners’ love for comics, guest presenter Robin Warren talks to musician and 2000AD fan Strictly Kev about collaborating with Henry Flint on the artwork for his new LP The Search… Read More ›
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Happy Birthday, 2000AD! From former Tharg, Andy Diggle
Name:Andy Diggle Web site: www.andydiggle.comTwitter: www.twitter.com/andydiggle Currently working on: Six Guns (for Marvel) with Davide Gianfelice – currently on sale; Rogue Trooper (2000AD) with Colin Wilson – a “What If?” one-off for the 35th birthday prog, February 2012; a creator… Read More ›
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Happy Birthday, 2000AD! From art droid Arthur Ranson
Mazeworld, written by Alan Grant, drawn by Arthur Ranson Name: Arthur Ranson Website, with blogs: www.arthurranson.com/ Present work: Rather recklessly I have recently commenced producing in Paint software a ‘comic’ – Sirius. An Intergalactic Adventure – appearing on my web-site…. Read More ›
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Tartan Bucket Prize Winning Strip In The New Beano
About this time last year the Dundee University Humanities Department, in conjunction with DC Thomson, launched the Tartan Bucket Prize competition to create, write and illustrate a new Beano and Dandy style children’s humour comic strip. At the conclusion of… Read More ›
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Hogan, Parkhouse on regular ‘Resident Alien’ title for Dark Horse
US publisher Dark Horse has commissioned British creative duo Peter Hogan and Steve Parkhouse to bring their epic Dark Horse Presents tale of an alien hero named Harry to a fully fledged series! beginning with Resident Alien #0 in April. In Resident Alien,… Read More ›
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Happy Birthday, 2000AD! From script droid Garth Ennis
Name: Garth Ennis Blog or web site: No blog, no website. Currently working on: Working on The Boys, Battlefields (and other war stories), Nick Fury, Dicks III, Crossed, some more stuff still on the secret list. First memory of 2000AD?… Read More ›
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Happy Birthday, 2000AD! From script droid Alan Grant
Name: Alan Grant Blog or web site: Check out www.2000adonline.com for Alan’s numerous 2000AD creditsCurrently working on: I’ve just finished Part 5 of the new 6-part Cadet Anderson series, Algol; hopefully, the villain of the piece will re-emerge from the… Read More ›
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Happy Birthday, 2000AD!
2000AD celebrates its 35th birthday this month its official birthday is 26th February, with Judge Dredd following one week later. Here at downthetubes we would like to wish the title – and everyone who has worked on it down the… Read More ›
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londonprintstudio Comic Workshops continue
Comics interns at the londonprintstudio, funded by the John Lyon’s Charity are still running free comic workshops tailored towards 16-20 year olds, as a youth project. Working under the mentor-ship of artist Karrie Fransman, the project is also offering the… Read More ›
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Crucible debuts in May in STRIP Magazine
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STRIP Magazine overseas subscriptions, news stand plans
Non-UK subscriptions to Strip Magazine are now available online at www.printmediaproductions.com. Previously, the only ways for non-UK comic fans to get the Print Media Productions-published title was via mail order from comic shops, or by purchasing the iPad edition, co-published… Read More ›
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Comic Village Kicks Off 2012 with Double Midlands Dates
MCM Expo’s acclaimed Comic Village hits the road again this year, giving fans across the country the chance to check out the latest works by home-grown indie comics creators. The first stop of 2012 is the popular Midlands Comic Con… Read More ›
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Comic Creator Interviews ›
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Creating Comics: Half the Picture presents Grant Morrison MBE
October 14, 2025
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Comics Laureate Bobby Joseph on the BBC
October 6, 2025
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Creating Comics: An Interview with “Dan Dare” comic artist Alberto Foche
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Creating Comics ›
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Lakes International Comic Art Festival brings the very best of comic art from across the world back to Kendal in 2026
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Now We Are Six: New How to THINK When You Draw available now
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Comics Laureate Bobby Joseph seeks new graphic novel suggestions for libraries
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Events ›
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Lyndon White’s “After the Fire” comic offers a coming of age story set during the Barrow blitz
October 20, 2025
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Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang’s illustrated story
October 20, 2025
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Rare Russian Star Wars film poster at auction today
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2000AD ›
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Death Awaits You – the Judge Death Mega-Special 2025 that is!
October 21, 2025
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Happy Anniversary, Punks! Judge Dredd Megazine hits 35
October 14, 2025
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101 Collectibles Launches First-Ever 2000AD Pure Silver Collectible Coin
October 13, 2025
Doctor Who ›
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New Doctor Who 1:6 Scale Collector Figures from Master Replicas
October 20, 2025
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New Northern Toy Fair lands in Blackpool next weekend
October 18, 2025
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Doctor Who Appreciation Society’s Celestial Toyroom Annual 2026 set to materialise on 23rd November
October 13, 2025
Exhibitions ›
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The Future Was Then exhibition opens at London’s Cartoon Museum
October 11, 2025
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Bruce McCall: Visions of the Retrofuture opens soon in New York
October 4, 2025
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New Forest Painters exhibition includes equestrian art by 2000AD’s Alan Langford
October 1, 2025
Obituaries ›
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In Memoriam: Drew Struzan, film poster artist exemplar
October 15, 2025
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In Memoriam: American comics writer, artist, editor, and publisher Mort Todd
August 29, 2025
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In Memoriam: Comic Artist Dave Taylor
August 27, 2025
Other Worlds ›
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Jackie – The Best of the 70s out now
October 20, 2025
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In Review: Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein
October 19, 2025
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Let’s Hear it For… the art of Jamie Hernandez, and Love and Rockets
October 18, 2025