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• Beano Club to be revamped into online community

  By John Freeman on September 9, 2010

  BBC News reports that The Beano Club, launched in 1976 as the Dennis the Menace Fan Club, is to be replaced with a website in a bid to attract more members. The official web site for the Club – probably… Read More ›

• Rian Hughes ‘Yesterday’s Tomorrows’ collection gets US publishing

  By John Freeman on September 9, 2010

  

  Yesterday’s Tomorrows, a collection of comics by “luminescent pop culture demon” and SciFi Art Now contributor Rian Hughes spanning over two decades of his career, is being re-published in the US by Image Comics in November. Previously published by Knockabout… Read More ›

• Image publishes US edition of Rian Hughes Yesterday’s Tomorrows

  By John Freeman on September 9, 2010

  Yesterday’s Tomorrows, a collection of comics by “luminescent pop culture demon” Rian Hughes spanning over two decades of his career, is being re-published in the US by Image Comics in November. Previously published by Knockabout Comics in the UK in… Read More ›

• In Review: Paragon Issue 6

  By John Freeman on September 8, 2010

  The latest issue of indie comic zine Paragon is out now, an anthology title featuring the work of creators Mark Howard, Dave Candlish, the Emperor and Stephen Prestwood. There’s also a fab ‘guest pin up – a gruesome demon by… Read More ›

• CLiNT #1 sales strong, says Mark Millar

  By John Freeman on September 8, 2010 • ( 3 )

  (Updated 1430, 9th September): Sales of CLiNT #1 and reaction to the new British comic magazine have been very positive, according to its creator Mark Millar – and he says more retail outlets are seeking copies, including supermarkets, which account… Read More ›

• Tube Surfing: Dr Strange and Spider Man, zines in Birmingham , a misunderstood shark and more CLiNT reviews

  By John Freeman on September 8, 2010

  Right, what’s out there today: There’s an excellent interview with artist Brendan McCarthy over at Mark Kardwell’s Bad Librarianship blog. In it, Brendan gives us the inside track on various projects past and present, as well as discussing his new… Read More ›

• Hi-Ex 2011 Cancelled

  By Jeremy Briggs on September 7, 2010

  Bad news from Scotland this evening: the organisers of the popular annual Highlands comics convention Hi-Ex have announced that there will not be one in 2011. “There’s no easy way of saying this, so we’ll just come right out with… Read More ›

• Showcasing Liam Sharp on YouTube

  By John Freeman on September 7, 2010 • ( 2 )

  SciFi Art Now contributor Liam Sharp – whose credits across many comics and publishing projects – including Gears of War and Death’s Head II, which I was editor of – are legion. Now, Liam’s put together an impressive showcase of… Read More ›

• Sci-Fi Art Now Creator Interview: Bill McConkey

  By John Freeman on September 6, 2010

  

  Mechanical Heart by Bill McConkey The format of SciFi Art Now – out this October – is such that it promotes the art of the creators, but there’s not much room to tell you more about them and their work…. Read More ›

• Dave Hughes Morecambe-based Comic published for iPad

  By John Freeman on September 6, 2010

  

  Lancaster cartoonist Dave Hughes comic story Thomas Wogan is Dead (reviewed here on British comics news site downthetubes) is now available to read on Apple’s iPad. Set in Morecambe and the hereafter, this quirky comic tale from one of our… Read More ›

• Aces High! Commando celebrates the Battle of Britain

  By John Freeman on September 6, 2010 • ( 1 )

  The latest batch of titles from DC Thomson features the first three books in Commando’s six-book ‘Aces High’ salute to the RAF on the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. Editor Calum Laird commissioned two brand new stories and… Read More ›

• Morecambe-based Comic published for iPad

  By John Freeman on September 6, 2010

  We’re pleased to report that Lancaster cartoonist David Hughes comic story Thomas Wogan is Dead, first reviewed on downthetubes last year, is now available to read on Apple’s iPad. This is British publishers Tabella Publishing‘s first ebook on Apple’s iPad… Read More ›

• Space Robots and Zombie Robots take over Peter Scott Gallery

  By John Freeman on September 6, 2010

  As a comic artist, games designer and animator, it’s logical that when Lancaster-based Adam York Gregory was given some gallery space at Lancaster University’s Peter Scott Gallery, he’d dissect and reanimate a dead computer as part of an interactive installation…. Read More ›

• 2011 British Comic Events Update

  By John Freeman on September 5, 2010

  As the British International Comic Show and London MCM Expo draw ever nearer, a quick reminder that Britain’s longest-running comics event – the Bristol International Comic and Small Press Expo – has also started to promote its next gathering. Again… Read More ›

• Dutch Don Lawrence Art Exhibition Announced

  By John Freeman on September 3, 2010 • ( 1 )

  Nothing is more beautiful than the original, and the art of Trigan Empire artist Don Lawrence is certainly that. Now, there’s a rare chance to view a huge range of his work, all offered for sale, coming up – but… Read More ›

• Panel Borders Live: Gleaming the Silver Surfer

  By John Freeman on September 2, 2010

  As part of a fund raising night to support London radio station Resonance FM, themed around the subject of silver, Alex Fitch will be talking to comic book writer and novelist Simon Spurrier about the Marvel comics character the Silver… Read More ›

• Violent Reaches 18 – and is still kicking

  By John Freeman on September 2, 2010

  Issue 18 of Longtime indie comics publisher Jay Eales anthology Violent! is now available to download here for absolutely nothing. “There are no celebrities on the cover, I’m afraid,” warns Jay, “Unless you count artist Kev Levell’s homage to Carlos… Read More ›

• Panel Borders Pins down Chris Claremont on creating Captain Britain

  By John Freeman on September 1, 2010

  Comic book creator Chris Claremont at the November 2008 Big Apple Convention in Manhattan. Photo: Luigi Novi Starting a new series of the UK’s only weekly radio show about comics, now under a new (old) name, Panel Borders has a… Read More ›

• STRIP Magazine publishers at British International Comic Show

  By John Freeman on September 1, 2010 • ( 3 )

  Print Media Productions, publishers of the upcoming monthly STRIP Magazine, have confirmed they will be exhibiting at the British International Comic Show. Publisher Ivo Milicevic, whose Bosnian comic titles include Strip, Metal Hurlant and science fiction title Plavi, will be… Read More ›

• Tube Surfing: 2000 AD, Posy Simmonds, Radio 4 and comics events too!

  By John Freeman on September 1, 2010

  To celebrate the release of Prog 1700 of 2000AD, fan Jason Garrattley is posting ‘…a week of rare bits and pieces from the archives (well, some old fanzines from the loft) from some of the cornerstone creators of the magazines’… Read More ›

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