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• Happy Fifth Birthday, Panel Borders!

  By John Freeman on February 24, 2011

  We plugged the latest Panel Borders show earlier today, but presenter and producer Alex Fitch has just let us know that yesterday marked his 5th anniversary of making programmes for Resonance FM in London, so here’s a look back at… Read More ›

• Panel Borders: Women of Caption

  By John Freeman on February 24, 2011

  Concluding Women in Comics month on Panel Borders, Alex Fitch presents three interviews conducted at the small press comics convention Caption, held in Oxford last Summer. Selina Lock and Jeremy Day discuss the history of the convention, how it has… Read More ›

• 2000AD Mongrol Figure on sale next week

  By John Freeman on February 23, 2011 • ( 1 )

  

  (Updated 24/2/11): The first of a series of seven A.B.C Warriors action figures, Mongrol, goes on sale next Monday and should be available from your local classy toy retailer. Produced by 3A Toys, Mongrol is just one figure in a… Read More ›

• Farewell, Brigadier: Nicholas Courtney passes

  By John Freeman on February 23, 2011

  We’re sorry to report the death of Nicholas Courtney, an actor probably best known to downthetubes readers as Brigadier Lethbridge Stewart in Doctor Who, after a long illness. He was 81. I met Nicholas Courtney many times during my editorship… Read More ›

• IDW’s Doctor Who Classics reaches Seventh Doctor era

  By John Freeman on February 22, 2011

  The first issue of US comics publisher’s latest Doctor Who Classics volume went on sale earlier this month across the pond, featuring re-coloured Seventh Doctor stories by a slew of creators I’ve worked with down the years. The Seventh Doctor’s… Read More ›

• MCM Expo Reveals X-Men First Class Panel

  By John Freeman on February 22, 2011

  X-Men: First Class writers Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz are to appear on a panel at the next MCM Expo London Comic Con at ExCel London on 27-29 May, show organisers have announced. A prequel to the popular superhero franchise… Read More ›

• Garth returns to the Mirror

  By John Freeman on February 19, 2011

  

  (Updated, 23/2/11): National newspaper The Mirror has announced it will be reprinting some of the best of Garth stories featuring the time-travelling British hero who featured on its pages for over 50 years, and whose creators included Frank Bellamy and… Read More ›

• Andrew Wildman charts a new Horizon, seeking crowdfunding for comics project

  By John Freeman on February 19, 2011

  

  After many months of preparation and deliberation, comic creator Andrew Wildman‘s official fundraising and pre-order campaign for his Horizon project has begun, using the crowdfunding web site indiegogo.com. The project focuses on the story of Ali, a 15 year old… Read More ›

• Broken Voice Comics ‘Shades’ jumps from digital to print edition

  By John Freeman on February 19, 2011

  

  Comics creator David Berner has been publishing pages from his graphic novel Shades for some time as a webcomic, both at his own Broken Voice Comics website and at a number of other hosting sites. Last year, the artists, who include… Read More ›

• Writer seeks help on new British Horror Comics

  By John Freeman on February 19, 2011 • ( 2 )

  Writer Philip Buchan is preparing an article about British horror comics for Scream horror magazine (not to be confused with the 1980s Fleetway comic of the same name) and is hoping comic creators will let him know about some of… Read More ›

• Comics NI: The 2D Collective

  By John Freeman on February 19, 2011

  When we mentioned the date and guests details for the 2011 2D Comics Festival in Londonderry’s Verbal Arts Centre at the start of June, we also mentioned the group of small press creators from the city that go by the… Read More ›

• Crucible Design Work – Zingamy

  By John Freeman on February 18, 2011

  

  Smuzz has just delivered some stunning colour guides for the main ‘Quest’ cast: I’ll post them here over the next few days or so. Here’s the first… © 2011 John Freeman and Smuzz

• A Decade Of Irish Comics Events

  By John Freeman on February 18, 2011

  Having recently featured posts both on Comics In Northern Ireland and Scottish Comics Events, Belfast Comics organiser Paddy Brown has been in touch to effectively combine the two by pointing us in the direction of the Irish Comics Wiki. This… Read More ›

• Commando comic goes digital for 50th anniversary

  By John Freeman on February 16, 2011

  Commando – now available on iPad and iPhone Along with the latest issues of Commando – which includes a reprint of an issue from 1970 drawn by now top 2000AD artist Cam Kennedy – comes news from DC Thomson that… Read More ›

• Comica Conversation: Lorenzo Mattotti and Dave McKean

  By John Freeman on February 16, 2011

  On Saturday March 12th, mesmerising Italian maestro Lorenzo Mattotti makes a rare visit to London to discuss his career in comics and beyond, including his latest graphic novel Stigmata, translated by Fantagraphics, and his collaborations, from his animated terrors in… Read More ›

• Jody MacGregor’s ‘100 Comics to Read Before You Die’ reaches Top Ten

  By John Freeman on February 16, 2011 • ( 1 )

  (with thanks to Dez Skinn for the tip off): Over the last few years, there has been a plethora of rushed and badly researched books on the top graphic novels, often too tightly focused onUS product. But writer Jody MacGregor… Read More ›

• Leeds Alternative Comics Fair back in March

  By John Freeman on February 15, 2011

  The second Leeds Alternative Comics Fair takes place on the 19th March 2011, 12 noon-6pm, at A Nation of Shopkeepers bar (behind Leeds City Art Gallery). Steve Tillotson (banal pig comics) and Hugh “Shug” Raine (REET! Comics) are again to… Read More ›

• Manga @ Glasgow Film Festival

  By John Freeman on February 15, 2011

  The Glasgow Film Festival has a considerable comics strand this year due to the presence of Mark Millar as a GFF Ambassador. The details of workshops, talks and screenings were originally mentioned on downthetubes here. One of the events listed… Read More ›

• Investigating the dark comedy of comics – a call for papers

  By John Freeman on February 14, 2011

  A call has gone out for papers investigating the dark humour of comics, which will be presented at a one day event, the Bath Spa University Postgraduate Symposium in May at Corsham Court, Wiltshire, whose guests will include both academics… Read More ›

• Markosia to publish Henry Fint art book

  By John Freeman on February 13, 2011 • ( 1 )

  (via ECBT2000AD and Cy Dethan): Markosia will be publishing Broadcast, The TV Doodles of Henry Flint later this year. The book will contain about 100 pieces of all new artwork from Henry, best known for his work on 2000AD, Vertigo… Read More ›

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