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• Tharg the Mighty meets Dragons’ Den!

  By John Freeman on 28 September 2011

  2000AD has just announced its first official  convention portfolio session in years – culminating in a Dragons’ Den-style show off! 2000AD has teamed up with the annual Thought Bubble convention , which takes place in Leeds in November, to create… Read More ›

• Commando Classics out this week – by Special Request of loyal readers

  By John Freeman on 28 September 2011

  Four new Commandos go on sale tomorrow (Thursday) – a quartet chosen by readers as their best-remembered stories. “There were more than these ‘By Special Request’ suggested (far more!),” editor Calum Laird tells us, “but these came up again and… Read More ›

• In Review: Yakari And The White Fleece

  By Jeremy Briggs on 28 September 2011

  Cinebook publish a wide range of Franco-Belgian bandes dessinees adventure albums that they have translated into English, from the adult themed XIII and Largo Winch to the more “all ages” Clifton and Yoko Tsuno. One of their most junior series… Read More ›

• Forbidden Planet lines up comic signings for October

  By John Freeman on 27 September 2011

  Paul Cornell is part of a triplesigning at FP Bristolon Friday 21st October Forbidden Planet London has lined up a month of great signings for October that includes a number of comic creators. Here’s the gen. All the events below… Read More ›

• Classical Comics goes Chinese!

  By John Freeman on 27 September 2011

  

  (with thanks to Clive Bryant and Jon Haward): Classical Comics adaptation of Shakespeare’s tragedy, Macbeth, is to be re-published in China by its Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press, along with a number of other titles from the successful range…. Read More ›

• Will the new Moshi Monsters online channel give magazine further sales boost?

  By John Freeman on 27 September 2011

  Moshi Monsters Magazine – produced by Britain’s Skyjack Publishing for the brand’s owners, Mind Candy – will get a further boost to its already-phenomenal sales with the arrival of Moshi TV, a new online channel. Describing the new channel as… Read More ›

• Adult comic Poot back on the stands

  By John Freeman on 26 September 2011 • ( 1 )

  If you want a magazine that comes out with clockwork regularity but doesn’t have many jokes, buy The Economist. If you want an irregularly-appearing magazine with jokes about flatulence, genitalia, going to the lavatory and other “grown-up” topics, buy Poot! … Read More ›

• Web FInds: Someone Old, Some New

  By John Freeman on 26 September 2011

  Art by Cliff Robinson (with thanks to Matt Badham): Many British comic characters may not be getting the exposure these days – who wouldn’t want to see new adventures of Steel Claw or Adam Eterno? – but thanks to the… Read More ›

• In Review: Valerian & Laureline – Empire Of A Thousand Planets

  By Jeremy Briggs on 26 September 2011

  

  Writer Pierre Christin and artist Jean-Claude Mézières’ spatio-temporal agents Valerian and Laureline return in the second book of their series to be published by Cinebook, The Empire Of A Thousand Planets. It is the 28th century and the two agents… Read More ›

• SICBA Awards Exhibition In Glasgow

  By John Freeman on 25 September 2011

  The successful first Glasgow Comic Convention, held at the Mackintosh Church Arts And Heritage Centre in Maryhill, Glasgow in June 2011, featured the presentation of the first Scottish Independent Comic Book Awards (SICBA) during its evening party. Winners included the… Read More ›

• Rian Hughes brings British science fiction comics to Image

  By John Freeman on 24 September 2011

  US publisher Image Comics will present Tales from Beyond Science, an outrageously pulpy collection of science fiction short stories in December in one hardcover volume, all drawn by Rian Hughes and written by some of Britain’s finest comic writers, including… Read More ›

• STRIP Magazine Issue 1 Sneak Preview Online

  By John Freeman on 23 September 2011 • ( 11 )

  Read Strip MagazineIssue 1 – Sneak Preview I’m delighted to let downthetubes readers know that a special sampler of STRIP Magazine Issue 1, Print Media Productions new British comics anthology, on sale from 20th October 2011 in all good UK… Read More ›

• Panel Borders: War – The Human Cost

  By John Freeman on 22 September 2011

  

  Continuing radio show Panel Borders month about War Comics, they will broadcast a final panel discussion recorded at the ‘Comics and Conflicts’ conference at the Imperial War Museum in August tonight. Alex Fitch chairs a discussion on ‘The personal and… Read More ›

• Sci-Fi and Superheroes at next month’s London Comic Con

  By John Freeman on 19 September 2011

  A record number of artists and writers will be flocking to MCM Expo London Comic Con’s Comic Village next month – and the organisers have just announced that acclaimed American comic book writer Gail Simone and best-selling British science fiction… Read More ›

• British comics on the UK news stand – where next?

  By John Freeman on 16 September 2011 • ( 5 )

  Last week, I was contacted by two newspapers, the Sunday Times and the Independent on Sunday, to offer my views on the state of the British comic industry. Specifically, comics on sale in UK newsagents. The requests were prompted by… Read More ›

• Tube Surfing: Three-panel Comics, Interviews, Reviews, Birthday Greetings and Fan Art!

  By John Freeman on 16 September 2011

  (Above: a piece of fan art for Garen Ewing’s Rainbow Orchid by Sarah McIntyre.) Tube surf time again… • The Forbidden Planet International blog has really gone to town with their reviews of the DC Comics ‘52‘ re-boot (re-launch?) Here’s… Read More ›

• Panel Borders: Children of the Atom

  By Alex Fitch on 15 September 2011

  

  For this week’s Panel Borders show, in a panel discussion recorded at last month’s Comics and Conflicts conference at the Imperial War Museum, London, Paul Gravett talks to Mikkel Sommer about his graphic novella Obsolete, to publisher Adrian Searle and… Read More ›

• Commando: Bumper Rations For September

  By John Freeman on 15 September 2011

  As other British comics titles struggle to survive with some, like CLiNT, reducing their frequency, Commando increased its frequency this year from eight issues a month to four every two weeks. This means there are now 104 Commandos published in… Read More ›

• Commando Webbing: Comics History, Interviews & Downloads

  By John Freeman on 14 September 2011

  DC Thomson’s official Commando website has recently added a lot of content inspired by the Draw Your Weapons exhibition of Commando artwork at the National Army Museum in Chelsea. The entire section of the website is indexed here and, while… Read More ›

• MCM Expo Expands Comic Village as Tables Sell Out In Record Time

  By John Freeman on 13 September 2011

  MCM Expo London Comic Con is expanding its Comic Village area after tables for the 28-30 October show sold out in record time. Due to the massive demand, the Comic Village will now be enlarged by 50 per cent to… Read More ›

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