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• Darkie’s Mob joins Titan’s ‘Battle’ line-up

  By John Freeman on 15 April 2011

  

  After a long wait, Titan Books has published a full, uncensored collection of Darkie’s Mob, John Wagner and Mike Western’s hard-hitting Far East World War 2 adventure, first published in Battle Picture Weekly. In the hellish, humid jungles of Burma,… Read More ›

• Commando crunches up sales, revamps digital app

  By John Freeman on 14 April 2011

  The latest issues of Commando are on sale in all good newsagents and includes a tale written by occasional downthetubes contributor Matthew Badham. Editor Calum Laird tells us the Commando iPad and iPhone app has just been updated and improved… Read More ›

• Panel Borders: Spring Conventions – revealing nore about Sprit of Hope

  By John Freeman on 14 April 2011

  Continuing radio show and podcast Panel Borders‘ month of shows about anthologies and collectives, they have a trio of interviews recorded at two recent comic book conventions in London. Recorded at Kapow!, Islington Design Centre (April 2011): Alex Fitch talks… Read More ›

• Myriad Editions announces First Graphic Novel Competition

  By John Freeman on 13 April 2011

  Scouting through the large number of graphic novel publishers at the London Book Fair, I came across news of a graphic novel competition being run by Brighton-based publisher Myriad Editions, publishers of the brilliant Rumblestrip album by Woodrow Phoenix some… Read More ›

• London Book Fair maintains interest in graphic novels

  By John Freeman on 12 April 2011 • ( 1 )

  The London Book Fair will again be promoting graphic novels tomorrow (13th April) with a seminar entield The Graphic Novel Renaissance, chaired by Paul Gravett. Has a “tipping point” been reached for graphic novels? Leading editors and publishers from the… Read More ›

• Kapow breaks world records, announces 2012 return

  By John Freeman on 12 April 2011

  Kapow ComicCon. Photo: Stereo @rtist. See Original on flickr Guinness World Records, the official authority on record-breaking, has confirmed that two new Guinness World Records were set at the Kapow Comic Convention over the past weekend. Comic book artists from… Read More ›

• It’s a ¿@#!*$ exhibition and comics events thing in Belfast, innit…

  By John Freeman on 11 April 2011

  ¿@#!*$  What this unpronounceable series of symbols stands for is; ‘an exhibition and series of events incorporating the artistic mediums of Comics, Illustration and Zine making’. Exhibiting Artists are Malcy Duff, who will also be appearing, Travis Millard, Tom Gauld,… Read More ›

• Al Davison signs aboard for Blood and Light

  By John Freeman on 11 April 2011

  Renegade Entertainment has announced Al (The Spiral Cage, Doctor Who) Davison will draw Blood and Light, a new project from the publisher run by Alan Grant, Alexander Finbow and Doug Bradley.“Blood and Light is a story I’m very passionate about,… Read More ›

• Kapow 2011: A Round Up

  By John Freeman on 11 April 2011

  Kapow ComicCon. Photo: Stereo @rtist. See Original on flickr (with thanks to Dave Stokes for letting us re-publish his Round Up – original version, with swearing, on his blog here; and Stero @rtist Ketan Majmudar for permission to use some… Read More ›

• Cartoon Museum to exhibit ‘Doctor Who in Comics’

  By John Freeman on 7 April 2011 • ( 1 )

  (Updated with thanks to Anita O’Brien): London’s Cartoon Museum has announced it will host an exhibition of art charting Doctor Who’s career in comics, from his very first appearances in TV Comic in 1964 through to the present day. Doctor… Read More ›

• The Strange Attractions of Alan Moore

  By John Freeman on 7 April 2011

  (with thanks to Pádraig Ó Méalóid): The most recent issue of Strange Attractor Journal contains, amongst much else, the text for Alan Moore’s unfinished John Dee opera, focusing on the life of the well known English mage, which he was… Read More ›

• Panel Borders: Newspaper Comics

  By Alex Fitch on 7 April 2011

  This week’s Panel Borders radio show begins a month about anthologies and collectives; Alex Fitch talks to the editors of two comic book anthologies which are printed in newspaper form; Richard Cowdry about his anthology, The Comix Reader, a new… Read More ›

• MCM Expo London Comic Con Records Best Ever Ticket Sales

  By John Freeman on 5 April 2011

  Advance ticket sales for next month’s MCM Expo London Comic Con – which includes the presentation of the Eagle Awards – have just topped an incredible 15,000, the highest recorded at this stage in the show’s decade-long history. The event’s… Read More ›

• Stately Hunt Emerson releases CD

  By John Freeman on 5 April 2011 • ( 1 )

  

  Birmingham-based cartoonist Hunt Emerson is to release a single, Josephine, on May Day 2011. Released on the new Spritely Records label, Josephine is a song by legendary singer-songwriter John Otway and described by Hunt as “an epic tale of  innocence… Read More ›

• Foyles exhibits Pinocchio art from new Knockabout graphic novel

  By John Freeman on 5 April 2011

  Foyles London is currently hosting an exhibition of original artwork from Pinocchio, the award-winning graphic novel by French comic artist Winshluss, which will be published by Knockabout Comics later this month. Winshluss is best known for co-writing and co-directing the… Read More ›

• International Alternative Press Festival announces final events line up, benefit gig

  By John Freeman on 4 April 2011

  Here’s the full, final rundown of events at the International Alternative Press Festival in London, which begins at the end of  May. We’ve mentioned some of this before but the project deserves as many plugs as it can get… The… Read More ›

• Comic creators rally to help Japanese disaster victims

  By John Freeman on 3 April 2011

  (with thanks to The Emperor over on the downthetubes Forum): Regular readers will recall our announcement about a Charity Comic organised by the Comic Book Alliance to raise funds for the victims of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami (see news… Read More ›

• New Issue of Who Fanzine Panic Moon On Sale

  By John Freeman on 2 April 2011

  There’s a mini-revival of Doctor Who fanzines at the moment (something dtb welcomes) with many Who fans still enjoying the experience of reading something on paper rather than just looking at all the assorted Doctor Who websites that are around… Read More ›

• Forbidden Planet announces Doctor Who Fun Days and competition

  By John Freeman on 2 April 2011

  Forbidden Planet has announced a series of Doctor Who Fun Days in the run up to the return of Doctor Who to BBC1 – and a competition to win tie-in merchandise. There will be an in-store competiton to win a… Read More ›

• Neill Cameron’s ‘Awesome Japan’ project begins to raise funds for tsunami victims

  By John Freeman on 31 March 2011

  Top comics artist Neill Cameron has begun a comics project on his blog to help raise money for Japanese earthquake and tsunami victims. Describing the ‘Awesome Japan‘ as “my small bit to help”, Neill will be drawing and posting a… Read More ›

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