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• Review Of Scottish Comics Events In 2011

  By Jeremy Briggs on 26 March 2012

  Over the last few years downthetubes contributor Jeremy Briggs has collated a Scottish Comics Events Review Of The Year. These articles originally came about after discussions at the first Hi-Ex comics convention in Inverness in 2008 showed that many people… Read More ›

• Latest Spaceship Away features new Don Harley paintings

  By John Freeman on 26 March 2012

  Issue 26 of the Dan Dare-inspired Spaceship Away is now at the printers and will soon be winging its way to subscribers and stockists. Along with the regular strips the issue features three new Don Harley paintings, including a fabulous… Read More ›

• Eagle Times Reaches Its Quarter Century (Volume 25, Number One)

  By John Freeman on 25 March 2012 • ( 1 )

  

  Eagle Times, the quarterly journal of the Eagle Society, has reached its twenty-fifth year of publication. By far the longest running British comics fanzine, Eagle Times has now been published some six years longer than the weekly comic that it… Read More ›

• Treating Comics Seriously: Six Questions For Lecturer Phillip Vaughan

  By Jeremy Briggs on 25 March 2012 • ( 1 )

  Phillip Vaughan is a lecturer at the University of Dundee’s Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art And Design (DJCAD) with a background in 3D animation for the television, film and games industry. At DJCAD he teaches graphic design and has… Read More ›

• British Comic Stamps: 2000AD

  By John Freeman on 24 March 2012

  

  Here’s the final post to mark the release of the Royal Mail’s Comic Collection, celebrating 75 years of British comics. The Royal Mail have kindly sent us large versions of each stamp, so we thought we’d show them off in… Read More ›

• CamCon 2012 lines up its guests

  By John Freeman on 24 March 2012

  A new British comic convention will take place in May and has an impressive line-up of guests that includes longtime indie creator Glenn Dakin, 2000AD artist Leigh Gallagher and many others. The brainchild of Ziggy Newman, CamCon – Cambridge’s new… Read More ›

• British Comic Stamps: Twinkle

  By John Freeman on 24 March 2012

  

  Here’s the ninth of our ten posts to mark the release of the Royal Mail’s Comic Collection, celebrating 75 years of British comics. The Royal Mail have kindly sent us large versions of each stamp, so we thought we’d show… Read More ›

• Good Cop, Bad Cop checks into High-Ex

  By Jeremy Briggs on 24 March 2012

  If you’re planning a trip to the Highlands for the Hi-Ex Comic Expo next weekend, then be sure to track down the latest comics from Black Hearted Press, run by Jim Alexander, David Brayher, John Farman and Sha Nazir. Black… Read More ›

• In Review: Jennifer Wilde Issue 1

  By John Freeman on 24 March 2012

  Set in 1921 Jennifer Wilde is the Eagle Award nominated lightly supernatural title from Atomic Diner, written by Maura McHugh, illustrated by Stephen Downey and based on a plot by Maura McHugh and Robert Curley. Jennifer Chevalier is an artist… Read More ›

• British Comic Stamps: Valiant

  By John Freeman on 23 March 2012

  

  Here’s the eighth of our ten posts to mark the release of the Royal Mail’s Comic Collection, celebrating 75 years of British comics. The Royal Mail have kindly sent us large versions of each stamp, so we thought we’d show… Read More ›

• Panel Borders: Gods and Monsters by Bernie Wrightson and Rebekah Isaacs

  By John Freeman on 23 March 2012

  Concluding radio show Panel Borders month of shows about iconoclastic American comic book artists, Alex Fitch talks to a master of horror comics, Bernie Wrightson, and a relative newcomer, Rebekah Isaacs who has made a name for herself in deftly… Read More ›

• British Comic Stamps: Buster

  By John Freeman on 23 March 2012

  

  Here’s the seventh of our ten posts to mark the release of the Royal Mail’s Comic Collection, celebrating 75 years of British comics. The Royal Mail have kindly sent us large versions of each stamp, so we thought we’d show… Read More ›

• British Comic Stamps: Bunty

  By John Freeman on 22 March 2012

  

  Here’s the sixth of our ten posts to mark the release of the Royal Mail’s Comic Collection, celebrating 75 years of British comics. The Royal Mail have kindly sent us large versions of each stamp, so we thought we’d show… Read More ›

• British Comic Stamps: Tiger

  By John Freeman on 22 March 2012 • ( 2 )

  

  Here’s the fifth of our ten posts to mark the release of the Royal Mail’s Comic Collection, celebrating 75 years of British comics. The Royal Mail have kindly sent us large versions of each stamp, so we thought we’d show… Read More ›

• British Comic Stamps: The Topper

  By John Freeman on 21 March 2012

  

  Here’s the fourth of our ten posts to mark the release of the Royal Mail’s Comic Collection, celebrating 75 years of British comics. The Royal Mail have kindly sent us large versions of each stamp, so we thought we’d show… Read More ›

• Stephen Downey guest artist on STRIP’s ‘Black Ops Extreme’

  By John Freeman on 21 March 2012

  A sketch of BOX characters Karlita and Neroby Stephen Downey Print Media Productions has announced that Stephen Downey will be joining the STRIP – The Comic Magazine creative team – as a guest artist on two upcoming episodes of Black… Read More ›

• Andrew Wildman talks HORIZON and Transformers at Literary Festival

  By John Freeman on 21 March 2012

  

  If you’re in the Chipping Norton area on the 21st April, then get along to the Chipping Norton Literary Festival.   Andrew Wildman, co-creator of the recently-published weird western Frontier and artist on the new IDW Transformers title will be… Read More ›

• British Comic Stamps: The Eagle

  By John Freeman on 21 March 2012

  

  Here’s the third of our ten posts to mark the release of the Royal Mail’s Comic Collection, celebrating 75 years of British comics. The Royal Mail have kindly sent us large versions of each stamp, so we thought we’d show… Read More ›

• ThunderCats, Ho! Cartoon Network’s heroes head for newsagents

  By John Freeman on 20 March 2012

  Panini UK’s new ThunderCats Magazine will be hitting the shelves on 22nd March 2012, a four-weekly magazine based on the brand new series of ThunderCats currently being shown on Channel 5 and Cartoon Network. The new title features stunning strips… Read More ›

• British Comic Stamps: The Beano

  By John Freeman on 20 March 2012

  

  Here’s the second of our ten posts to mark the release of the Royal Mail’s Comic Collection, celebrating 75 years of British comics. The Royal Mail have kindly sent us large versions of each stamp, so we thought we’d show… Read More ›

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