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• Hi Ex Tickets now on sale

  By Jeremy Briggs on December 8, 2009

  Ace Scottish comics event Hi-Ex, which will take place in Inverness over Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th March 2010, are now offering advance weekend and day tickets through the website at discounted prices, via Paypal. Guests at the event (subject… Read More ›

• Buster Busts into WH Smith

  By John Freeman on December 7, 2009

  

  Egmont’s latest Classic Comic collection – this time bringing Buster back to the shelves of WH Smith – goes on sale soon, just in time to be a Christmas stocking filler. This is the final special of four released this… Read More ›

• Hard Working ‘Phrogs

  By John Freeman on December 5, 2009

  For Glasgow based graphic novelists Metaphrog, who are artist Sandra Marrs and writer John Chalmers, 2009 has been a busy year. As part of National Poetry Day in October they adapted the poem The First Men on Mercury by Edwin… Read More ›

• Wallace & Gromit are a Digital Comic Hit

  By John Freeman on December 4, 2009

  Titan Publishing are reporting a huge success for their Wallace & Gromit digital comic, which launched last month (see news story). The strip is taking the iPhone app charts by storm and is currently ranked number one in the UK… Read More ›

• Mohawk Media issues call for Comic Art Samples

  By John Freeman on December 4, 2009

  Publisher Mohawk Media has announced that it is in search of artists for upcoming comic book and graphic novel projects. Having had success with its Mr. T graphic novels, the publisher is readying to get new projects underway in 2010…. Read More ›

• Sixth Tele! – Beano and Dandy In The Belfast Telegraph

  By John Freeman on December 4, 2009

  Not so much news as “olds” but it is worth mentioning that the Belfast Telegraph gave away modern reprints of old Beano and Dandy comics during the week beginning 23 November 2009. The six issues were reprints of the Beanos… Read More ›

• In Review: Lucky Luke – The Oklahoma Land Rush

  By Jeremy Briggs on December 3, 2009

  Lucky Luke is the cowboy who can shoot faster than his own shadow and, in the French speaking world, is probably third in bande dessinees character popularity behind the behemoths of Tintin and Asterix with over 70 titles published –… Read More ›

• Tube Surfing: Comics Academia

  By John Freeman on December 2, 2009

  In the aftermath of Thought Bubble and its associated academic conference on comics, Possibilities and Perspectives, here is round up of what is happening comics-wise in the hallowed halls of academia. We have recently mentioned on downthetubes the Fractured Images,… Read More ›

• Latest Jeff Hawke’s Cosmos Now Available

  By John Freeman on December 1, 2009

  Has it really been five years since Bill Rudling started publishing Cosmos? Titan’s series of Jeff Hawke books may have stopped after two titles but Bill’s 84 page, A4 sized zine which reprints complete stories from the Daily Express’ daily… Read More ›

• In Review: Charley’s War – Underground And Over The Top

  By John Freeman on November 30, 2009 • ( 1 )

  Underground And Over The Top is the latest in Titan’s annual Charley’s War reprint series and it follows the story of First World War soldier Charley Bourne from May to September 1917. The book covers two full stories with the… Read More ›

• Commando Webbing: New Issue Gen

  By John Freeman on November 29, 2009

  The latest issues of Commando are now available – Commando 4247Raiders from the Sea Story: Ian Clark Art/Cover Gordon Livingstone Previously published as Commando 2550 Tommy Bell was heartbroken when he was evacuated from his blitzed home city of Glasgow…. Read More ›

• C For Cartoon Classroom

  By John Freeman on November 28, 2009

  Cartoon Classroom is a free resource website set up by David Lloyd, Steve Marchant and Paul Gravett which aims to centralise all the information available on the study of cartooning and sequential art in the UK and the Republic Of… Read More ›

• Commando Webbing: 27 November 2009

  By John Freeman on November 27, 2009

  Carlton’s seventh and latest Commando reprint book Battle Of Britain: Scramble!, with its air combat theme, is being promoted in the RAF’s newspaper the RAF News. Commando editor Calum Laird is interviewed in the newspaper where he talks about the… Read More ›

• In Review: Spirou And Fantasio – Adventure Down Under

  By Jeremy Briggs on November 27, 2009

  The weekly comic magazine that is now known as Spirou began as Le Journal Du Spirou in April 1938 in the French speaking Belgian region of Wallonia and the character of Spirou has been in it since that first issue…. Read More ›

• In Review: Thought Bubble 2009

  By Jeremy Briggs on November 24, 2009 • ( 1 )

  The weather gods seem to have it in for comics conventions. Hi-Ex is already infamous for its snow while this year, despite the rains that brought misery to Cumbria, Leeds was dry on the morning of Saturday 21 November but… Read More ›

• Oh,Oh,Oh,Oh,Oh! Happy Birthday Mr Freeman!

  By John Freeman on November 23, 2009 • ( 1 )

  

  It’s a significant birthday for our publisher…

• Happy Birthday, Mr Freeman – Other Voices

  By John Freeman on November 23, 2009

  

  Others wish our publisher a Happy Birthday

• Alan Martin and Rufus Dayglo Signing at Forbidden Planet

  By John Freeman on November 20, 2009

  Alan Martin and Rufus Dayglo (pictured), creators of Tank Girl Skidmarks, will be signing Skidmarks #2 at the Forbidden Planet Megastore, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8JR, on Saturday 5th December 1 – 2pm. Alan and artist Jamie Hewlett created… Read More ›

• Strip! for Savage Messiahs, Doctor Who and Al Davison…

  By John Freeman on November 19, 2009

  Here’s some info about the shows ace podcaster Alex Fitch is involved with that will be broadcast over the next 7 days: On air: Strip! – Ctrl Alt Shift: Lightspeed Champion and Savage Messiah Continuing ‘British Mavericks’ month on the… Read More ›

• Tube Surfing: Awards, Thought Bubble Signings and Hi-Ex

  By John Freeman on November 18, 2009

  • Leonie O’Moore, Tony Hitchman and WJC from the “New British Comics” anthology will be present at Thought Bubble convention (Saturday, November 21st) and they will be happy to sign your NBC copies. Signing will be available throughout pretty much… Read More ›

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