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• Tube Surfing: Cursitor Doom, Nitro!, More Moon Stuff and Comics in Limbo…

  By John Freeman on July 16, 2009

  • Bear Alley Books has just published the first inked and colour ‘rough’ for their upcoming Cursitor Doom collection. “I’ve put this together from a low-res scan e-mailed by artist John Ridgway, so this isn’t the final version,” says publisher… Read More ›

• The Doctor Lands on the Moon for the BBC

  By John Freeman on July 16, 2009

  

  nderground Comics organiser Oli Smith has penned a new Doctor Who short story for the BBC Doctor Who web site

• Moon Landing: T Minus 4 Days – Launch

  By Jeremy Briggs on July 16, 2009

  

  Forty years ago today, Apollo 11 and its crew of three blasted off from Pad 39A at Cape Canaveral…

• Tripwire Goes to San Diego

  By John Freeman on July 15, 2009

  Fab Brit genre magazine Tripwire continues its yearly San Diego Comic-Con tradition by premiering its third Tripwire Annual at the world’s best-known genre media convention. A stunning Jeff Carlisle full colour original Nick Fury cover sets the tone for the… Read More ›

• Moon Landing Comics Celebration: Andrew Cheverton

  By John Freeman on July 15, 2009

  

  This is Andrew Cheverton’s contribution to the downthetubes “Moon Landing 40th Anniversary: A Comics Celebration”

• Moon Landing: T Minus 5 Days – Predicting The Date

  By Jeremy Briggs on July 15, 2009 • ( 1 )

  

  40 years ago today, the three astronauts making up the crew of Apollo 11 were preparing for launch…

• Comics International Specials Go On Sale

  By John Freeman on July 13, 2009

  Two Comics International Specials are now on sale in comic shops — but the regular magazine is still in limbo, the next announced as not due until August. The Star Trek Special celebrates the recent released JJ Abrams’ Star Trek… Read More ›

• Mike Battle, Back in Action!

  By John Freeman on July 13, 2009

  The latest issue of Graham Pearce’s brilliant self-published comic, Sgt Mike Battle: The Greatest American Hero! has just been released – and it’s another brilliant adventure. Anyone who can’t wait for GI Joe to hit the cinema later this year… Read More ›

• In Review: The Starblazer Adventures Role-Playing Game

  By John Freeman on July 11, 2009

  

  Rebellion-owned role-playing adventure games and card and board game publisher Cubicle 7 Entertainment recently its new Starblazer Adventures role playing game which avid RPG-er and comics expert Matthew Armitage has kindly reviewed for us… Mention DC Thomson’s Starblazer to some… Read More ›

• Tube Surfing, 11 July 2009: Starblazer Sculptures, Moon Landings and an Oxfam ComicFest

  By John Freeman on July 11, 2009

  • Dundee-based artist Trevor Gordon has been in touch, to let you us of a collaborative art project going ahead in Dundee at the Mills Observatory. “I am working with archival material from DC Thomsons and creating sculptural pieces influenced… Read More ›

• New Prisoner: Sneak preview at Comic Con

  By John Freeman on July 9, 2009

  Stars of ITV’s co-produced mini-series The Prisoner, including Jim Caviezel, Jamie Campbell-Bower and Lennie James will be at the upcoming Comic Con 2009 in San Diego at the end of this month, for a panel event and exclusive sneak preview… Read More ›

• Geek Syndicate Launches first ever 2000AD podcast

  By John Freeman on July 9, 2009

  Top Brit podcast site Geek Syndicate have launched a new podcast on under our banner dedicated to all things 2000AD – possibly the first of its kind devoted solely to Rebellion’s weekly scifi comic. Everything Comes Back To 2000AD is… Read More ›

• Bryan Talbot IS The Doctor

  By John Freeman on July 9, 2009

  (with thanks to Pádraig Ó Méalóid): Congratulations to top comics creator Bryan Talbot, who has been awarded an honorary doctorate for his “outstanding contribution to the Arts as writer and graphic artist” by Sunderland University. The ceremony is on Friday… Read More ›

• Chorion Secure Rights to Dan Dare

  By John Freeman on July 8, 2009

  (Updated 14 July 2009): Media trade magazine Broadcast is reporting that the company Chorion has secured international licensing rights for “classic” Dan Dare, as featured in the original Eagle comic, offering the character for “a broad range of licensing applications.”… Read More ›

• Photo Review: Starblazer Exhibition

  By Jeremy Briggs on July 8, 2009

  

  Opened as part of the Dundee Literary Festival Comics Day on Sunday 28th June 2009, Dundee University’s Lamb Gallery is currently displaying a selection of artwork from DC Thomson’s Starblazer digest in an exhibition curated by Matthew Jarron. Starblazer was… Read More ›

• Eddie Campbell Interviewed

  By John Freeman on July 8, 2009

  The Forbidden Planet International blog has just published a smashing interview by Pádraig Ó Méalóid with Eddie Campbell (From Hell, Alec and much more), just as Top Shelf’s big Alec: the Years Have Pants collection is announced in Previews, due… Read More ›

• New Comics Events Site Launched

  By John Freeman on July 8, 2009 • ( 2 )

  While it’s still largely focused on US events, comics fans and British convention organisers might want to check out UpcomingCons.com, a new web site which hopes to list conventions around the world. Offering a new fan convention resource focused on… Read More ›

• Watchmen on DVD, Blu-Ray

  By John Freeman on July 8, 2009

  The big-screen adaptation of the most celebrated graphic novel of all time, Watchmen, will be released as a Region 2 two-disc DVD and Blu-ray with Digital Copy on 27th July. Directed by Zack Snyder (300), the 2-disc DVD of the… Read More ›

• Tube Surfing 6 July 2009: Scotch Corner, Harker, Tom Baker, Bodysnatchers and Cricket

  By John Freeman on July 6, 2009

  • Those pesky Scottish creators are attempting another coup of downthetubes with a reminder that Scotch Corner, a collection of Scottish artists, is up and running. The fine team from north of the border include Thomas Crielly, Gary Erskine, Andy… Read More ›

• DC Thomson Bids Farewell to former Beano Editor

  By John Freeman on July 6, 2009

  

  Comics artist Lew Stringer picks up on news that broke over at web site Comics UK that Euan Kerr, DC Thomson’s Deputy Manager of Children’s Publishing and former long-standing editor of The Beano and other titles, is to retire. Dismissing… Read More ›

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