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		Panel Borders: Octopi, dogs and bears, oh my!  Originally broadcast on 13th August 2009 as an episode of Strip! on Resonance 104.4 FM, Panel Borders continues its month devoted to childrens’ comics with an interview with artists Henri Goldsmann and Richy K. Chandler about their work. Henri is… Read More › 
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		In Review: The Rainbow OrchidWe plugged The Rainbow Orchid enthusiastically after its Foyles launch (see news story), but David Hailwood has just sent us this review, so here’s another plug for the book! The Plot: The Rainbow Orchid is an ambitious blend of classic… Read More › 
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		Brits in Baltimore!A small contingent British comic creators – including Wolverine: Origins artist Dougie Braithwaite – will be in Baltimore for the Baltimore Comic Con in October. The Baltimore Comic-Con staff tell us they’ve been busily working on arranging the Harvey Awards… Read More › 
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		Alan Moore’s Hip Hop CollaborationWatchmen and League of Extraordinary Gentlemen writer and co-creator Alan Moore is collaborating on a new graphic novel project with art rap musician Doseone. Partly inspired by Radiohead’s deluxe version of In Rainbows, the Moore project, tentatively titled Unearthing, tries… Read More › 
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		In Review: Bryan Talbot’s Grandville  by Bryan Talbot Publisher: Jonathan Cape Out: 15th October 2009 The Plot: Bryan Talbot’s most recent book, Alice in Sunderland, was hailed by The Guardian as one of the ten best graphic novels ever and acclaimed by critics all over… Read More › 
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		Darabont Takes on The Walking Dead?Writer director Frank Darabont – whose impressive credits include The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile – looks about to take on zombies currently being drawn by British artist Charlie Adlard for a new TV project. Variety reports cable network… Read More › 
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		Unmask Corruption competition LaunchedCorruption is both a cause of poverty and a barrier to overcoming it, and one of the most serious obstacles to eradicating poverty. Now, experimental youth initiative Ctrl.Alt.Shift – a community of self proclaimed “outspoken” individuals working to highlight corruption… Read More › 
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		Review Round Up: Pasties, Khaki Shorts and Thief Takers!Over the past couple of months several indie press folk have sent us comics for review and I have to apologize for being slow at publishing reviews of them. downthetubes remains a site created in spare time between paid work… Read More › 
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		Warren Ellis’ Supergod debuts in OctoberWarren Ellis has been talking about his new Supergod project for Avatar Press, which launches in October. “I think of it as the third leg of a superhero-fiction trilogy, following Black Summer and No Hero,” he reveals on his web… Read More › 
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		DC Thomson buys Friends ReunitedVia Forbidden Planet International and others: : Scottish publishing empire DC Thomson, home to long-loved titles like the Beano, Sunday Post and the Dandy among many other publications, has bought the Friends Reunited website through its subsidiary Brightsolid Limited. DCT… Read More › 
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		Pat Mills Signing AnnouncedTop British comic writer Pat Mills will be signing copies of the English language release of the first volume of his Requiem Chevalier Vampire series at Forbidden Planet London next month. One of the founding fathers of 2000AD and a… Read More › 
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		Titan Books Announce Bond OmnibusTitan Books has put together an omnibus collection of some of James Bond newspapers strips they originally released in shorter albums. On sale next month, The James Bond Omnibus Vol.1 collects the first time eleven of the Bond strips first… Read More › 
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		London Alternative Press Festival ReportComic creator Gareth Brookes reports on the Alternative Press Festival, which took place in London earlier this month… The Alternative Press Festival took place between the 29th of July and the 2nd of August. The idea was to try to… Read More › 
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		FindComicApps Site Launched(Crossposted from the downthetubes mobile comics blog): A new website, findcomicapps.com, offering a guide to the increasing number of digital comic applications for iPhone has been launched recently. It’s no secret that the App Store can be overwhelming and titles… Read More › 
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		Comics @ Edinburgh BookFestWith only a week to go before the start of this year’s Edinburgh International Book Festival it seems that the comics related events have proved to be exceedingly popular. So popular in fact that the majority of them are already… Read More › 
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		Comic Strip at The Fringe: Two Shows to CatchWith the Edinburgh Fringe on now, our readers may already be aware that the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre, stars of BBC 3’s Comedy Shuffle and Upstaged, whose number includes comic creator Kev F. Sutherland, will be back at this… Read More › 
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		In Review: Tripwire 2009 Annual… Simply Awesome!Regular readers of downthetubes will recall that as a result of distributor Diamond’s recently-introduced minimum order levels, this latest edition of ace comics and genre magazine Tripwire is not being distributed in the US. (See news story). While not the… Read More › 
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		Children’s Comics Fortnight for Resonance FMStarting children’s comics fortnight on London-based radio station Resonance FM, Alex Fitch talks to writer Terry Deary and cartoonist Martin Brown for his Strip! radio show this week. It’s a chance to find out more about their hugely successful Horrible… Read More › 
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		Sharp Advice on Breaking Into ComicsBritish comics artist Liam Sharp (publisher of MamTor, artist on Gears of War and, many moons ago, Death’s Head II) has just posted a revamped version of his excellent guide to breaking into comics over on DeviantArt. The post is… Read More › 
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		Nexion Knuckles InNexion is a new anthology showcasing some of the fine underground comics talent of Glasgow and Edinburgh, full to the brim with Sci-Fi treats, Horror meats and myraid acts of unseemly behaviour! Featuring 68 pages of black and white madness,… Read More › 
Featured Categories
Comic Creator Interviews ›
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									Crowdfunding Spotlight : An Interview with Rachael Smith, creator of Nap Comix
									October 24, 2025
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									Creating Comics: Half the Picture presents Grant Morrison MBE
									October 14, 2025
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									Comics Laureate Bobby Joseph on the BBC
									October 6, 2025
Creating Comics ›
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									A Halloween Treat! Markosia celebrates 20 Years of publishing  with launch of year-long Digital Comic Giveaway
									October 31, 2025
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									In Memoriam: Artist and Writer Ron Tiner
									October 30, 2025
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									Italy’s Morellini Editore launches “Shades of Green” project with reprint of Ten Years to Save the World anthology
									October 29, 2025
Events ›
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									Time to book a Christmas treat? My Neighbor Totoro awaits
									October 25, 2025
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									Looking Back at Lakes International Comic Art Festival 2025
									October 23, 2025
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									Commando and British Comics celebrated at Colchester Swap Meet, and an investigation into “comics ballast”!
									October 23, 2025
2000AD ›
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									Banging bumper fun from 2000AD!
									October 28, 2025
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									Death Awaits You – the Judge Death Mega-Special 2025 that is!
									October 21, 2025
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									Happy Anniversary, Punks! Judge Dredd Megazine hits 35
									October 14, 2025
Doctor Who ›
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									Daleks Do Good? “When The Stars Screamed” charity anthology out now
									October 31, 2025
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									BBC confirms future of Doctor Who and a new Christmas Special in 2026
									October 29, 2025
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									New Doctor Who 1:6 Scale Collector Figures from Master Replicas
									October 20, 2025
Exhibitions ›
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									Lyndon White’s “After the Fire” comic offers a  coming of age story set during the Barrow blitz
									October 20, 2025
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									Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang’s illustrated story
									October 20, 2025
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									The Future Was Then exhibition opens at London’s Cartoon Museum
									October 11, 2025
Obituaries ›
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									In Memoriam: Drew Struzan, film poster artist exemplar
									October 15, 2025
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									In Memoriam: American comics writer, artist, editor, and publisher Mort Todd
									August 29, 2025
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									In Memoriam: Comic Artist Dave Taylor
									August 27, 2025
Other Worlds ›
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									New book,  “Schott’s Significa”, features strip by VIZ cartoonist Davey Jones
									October 29, 2025
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									Fantastic Four: First Steps heads to Disney+ next month
									October 27, 2025
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									Bleep and Booster soar into latest Phil-Comics auction
									October 26, 2025