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• 2000 AD website revamped, digital editions get another boost

  By John Freeman on 11 July 2011

  The online home of the Galaxy’s Greatest Comic, 2000 AD, has undergone a dramatic transformation – and sees publisher Rebellion crank up its digital offering of 2000 AD several more notches. The legendary British anthology comic, due to celebrate its… Read More ›

• Fifth year for Observer, Cape and Comica Graphic Short Story Comp

  By John Freeman on 11 July 2011

  

  (via Paul Gravett): Back for For its fifth year, The Observer/Cape/Comica Graphic Short Story Prize has just been announced, inviting UK residents to submit a four-page comic on any theme, with the winner receiving £1,000 (the runner-up £250) and getting… Read More ›

• Rose Black: Demon Seed Due In August

  By John Freeman on 10 July 2011

  We reviewed Rose Black, the graphic novel published by Rough Cut Comics, recently and teased that the second book was due soon. Courtesy of Rose Black co-creator Ed Murphy we now have the impressive cover by Joel Carpenter to the… Read More ›

• Tripwire spotlights Slaine, Blueberry and X-Men in latest free digital edition

  By John Freeman on 9 July 2011

  The July 2011 digital issue of ace comics and other media magazine Tripwire features a host of goodies – and you can download it free from the official web site (www.tripwire-magazine.com). The  Eagle Award-nominated and acclaimed magazine launched a digital… Read More ›

• Harvey Award Nom for Sean Michael Wilson and Mitsuhiro Asakawa’s ‘Ax’

  By John Freeman on 8 July 2011

  Ax: Alternate Manga edited by Sean Michael Wilson and Mitsuhiro Asakawa and published by Top Shelf Publishing, has been nominated for a Harvey Award for Best American Edition of Foreign Material. “The Harvey Awards are one of the comic book… Read More ›

• FutureQuake blasts from the hip with three 2000AD-inspired titles

  By John Freeman on 8 July 2011

  Ace Eagle Award finalist publisher FutureQuake Press have just released the latest issues of of their superb comics featuring a host of raw British talent, both new and established – including the likes of Liam Sharp – yes, Liam Sharp!… Read More ›

• V for Vendetta Original Art on eBay

  By John Freeman on 8 July 2011 • ( 1 )

  The artwork for V for Vendettaoffered on eBay I’m selling an original piece of art from Alan Moore and David Lloyd‘s classic story V for Vendetta on eBay. With the byline “We shouldn’t have to live like this” – a… Read More ›

• Draw Your Weapons: New Commandos On Sale Now

  By John Freeman on 8 July 2011

  The latest Commandos are on sale now in all good newsagents and we have the full lowdown on the titles below. There’s now than two months to go before Draw Your Weapons: Art Of Commando starts at the National Army… Read More ›

• More Oxfam Edinburgh Comic Event Guests Announced

  By Jeremy Briggs on 8 July 2011

  The 2011 Oxfam Edinburgh Comic Event will take place at the MacDonald Road Library on Edinburgh’s Leith Walk on Saturday 23 July. This year’s theme will be war comics and, as in its two previous years, this will be a… Read More ›

• Skyboat artist Ian McQue to lead Pro Concept Art Course in Dundee

  By John Freeman on 7 July 2011

  Ian McQue, Lead Concept Artist and Assistant Art Director at Rockstar North, will be teaching a Professional Concept Art Course over the weekend of 6-7 August 2011 in Scotland, UK. The course offers a rare opportunity for game and concept… Read More ›

• Skyboat artist Ian McQue to lead Pro Concept Art Course in Dundee

  By John Freeman on 7 July 2011

  

  Ian McQue, Lead Concept Artist and Assistant Art Director at Rockstar North, will be teaching a Professional Concept Art Course over the weekend of 6-7 August 2011 in Scotland, UK. The course offers a rare opportunity for game and concept… Read More ›

• Panel Borders: Interactive Comics

  By John Freeman on 7 July 2011

  Jack’s Abstraction by Daniel Merlin Goodbrey, available on Android devices Starting a month of shows about the cross-over between comic books and video games on the Panel Borders radio show that first airs on ResonanceFM, Alex Fitch talks to web… Read More ›

• John Higgins to launch Watchmen print sets at SDCC

  By John Freeman on 7 July 2011

  To celebrate 25 years of Watchmen, the book’s original colourist John Higgins has created a brand-new limited-edition Watchmen portfolio exclusively for San Diego Comic-Con 2011. The new portfolio comes in two flavours, each containing a set of three individual prints… Read More ›

• Tube Surfing: Two, Four, Nine, Fifty

  By John Freeman on 7 July 2011

  BBC2 Scotland Only: Monday 11 July 2011 10pm will see the broadcast of the BBC Artworks Scotland documentary about Scottish comics and comic writers which, unsurprisingly, will feature Alan Grant, Mark Millar and Grant Morrison talking about their work. While… Read More ›

• Sneek Peek: Century 21 books return

  By John Freeman on 6 July 2011

  

  Thunderbirds set to blast back onto bookshelves!

• Bryan Talbot exposes comic legends with ‘engorged’ book

  By John Freeman on 6 July 2011

  The Naked Artist, comic creator Bryan Talbot‘s prose book documenting the outrageous, daft and occasionally educational tales of the comic industry is now available in Kindle, iBook and several other formats including PDF. If on the night of a comics… Read More ›

• In Review: Yoko Tsuno – The Morning Of The World

  By Jeremy Briggs on 6 July 2011

  Roger Leloup’s adventurous electrical engineer returns in the latest Yoko Tsuno offering from Cinebook, The Morning Of The World. The previous Yoko book reviewed here on downthetubes was The Dragon Of Hong Kong which had Godzilla overtones however with The… Read More ›

• Simon Spurrier uncoils at Forbidden Planet London

  By John Freeman on 5 July 2011 • ( 1 )

  Forbidden Planet has announced a signing by Simon Spurrier for his novel A Serpent Uncoiled at the Forbidden Planet Megastore, London in August. Dan Sharper’s sins are a sickness. Sharper is a former underworld enforcer who now scrapes a living… Read More ›

• Pulpfest 2011 celebrates classic magazine art

  By John Freeman on 5 July 2011

  

  Doc Savage cover (January 1939) by Emery ClarkeVia www.pulpartists.com PulpFest 2011 will be celebrating the 100th anniversaries of the births of illustrators Emery Clarke, Robert Harris, and Milton Luros on Friday, 29th July in Columbus, Ohio. Clarke and Harris are… Read More ›

• In Review: Rose Black

  By John Freeman on 5 July 2011

  She is a vampire who is 600 years old and doesn’t know why her lonely, endless life began. Such is the character of Rose Black created by Edward Murphy and Tom Campbell in Rough Cut Comics’ Rose Black graphic novel,… Read More ›

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