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• Commando Hits The Beach!

  By John Freeman on May 19, 2009

  Thinking of hitting the beach this summer? Why not go Commando? Nearly 50 years after it first invaded British news-stands, DC Thomson’s pocket digest title Commando celebrates the 65th anniversary of the D-Day landings in June 2009 with the publication… Read More ›

• Is The Dandy the World’s Oldest Comic?

  By John Freeman on May 18, 2009

  Mooching through some piles of old comics over the weekend, one of our readers noticed a 2007 issue of The Dandy (Issue 3007) proudly proclaimed the title was now a “record breaking longest running comic ever!” Thanks to The Dandy‘s… Read More ›

• Original Artwork Competition from Stref

  By John Freeman on May 17, 2009

  Stephen ‘Stref’ White, creator of the upcoming graphic novel Milk is offering his fans the chance to own an original piece of signed artwork from the book. Join the Milk fan group on Facebook then follow the links there to… Read More ›

• Cold Day at Marvel UK: Strip by Strip Feature

  By John Freeman on May 17, 2009

  

  As previously noted, Panini UK has just released A Cold Day in Hell, its first collection of Doctor Who strips featuring the Seventh Doctor, played on TV by Sylvester McCoy, in May 2009. downthetubes has now published an in-depth ‘strip… Read More ›

• Comic Expo 2009: Smaller is Beautiful

  By John Freeman on May 16, 2009

  

  Following up on our publication of Kev Sutherland’s take on this year’s Bristol Comic Expo, which has generated plenty of comment here, on my Facebook page and in the original Quality Communications forum where the former convention organiser posted his… Read More ›

• London Hosts Centenary Manwha Exhibition

  By John Freeman on May 15, 2009

  The Korea Creative Content Agency and Korean Cultural Centre UK have announced a celebration of the centenary of Korean comics, known as manhwa, with a host of interrelated special exhibitions, events and film screenings, starting next week. Manhwa: A Language… Read More ›

• Lorenzo Sketch Books Launched

  By John Freeman on May 15, 2009

  

  The Etherington Brothers are pushing boundaries again, adding another attraction to their StudioBlinkTwice web site which documents their many fab creations – a new online shop selling Blink Twice professional comic board, Malcolm Magic books and more. The launch coincides… Read More ›

• Tube Surfing: Friday 15 May

  By John Freeman on May 15, 2009

  • Occasional downthetubes contributor Matt Badham talks to 2000 AD, Marvel Heroes and Judge Dredd Megazine writer Al Ewing in an interview recently posted at the Forbidden Planet International blog. “I’m probably proudest of the comics I’ve written for kids,”… Read More ›

• Strip! Radio Show News

  By John Freeman on May 14, 2009

  Continuing adaptation and inspiration month on the show, Alex Fitch talks to writers Leah Moore and John Reppion for his latest radio show, Strip!: Sherlock Holmes vs. Dracula, on London’s Resonance FM. He chats to the pair about their two… Read More ›

• Kev’s Comic Expo

  By John Freeman on May 12, 2009 • ( 6 )

  The 2000AD panel at the Expo, which included an appearance by Tharg. Photo: David Baillie (no, not that David Bailey) Kev Sutherland, who began the Bristol Comic Festival back in 1999 but is now better known for his comics workshops… Read More ›

• Marvelman Special from Alter Ego, Film Touted?

  By John Freeman on May 12, 2009

  US publisher TwoMorrows Publishing is to release an issue of Alter Ego magazine dedicated to British 1950s hero Marvelman, a character revived by Alan Moore, Garry Leach and others in Warrior magazine in the 1980s. Since then, the character has… Read More ›

• Bryan’s Badger Detective Trailed

  By John Freeman on May 11, 2009 • ( 2 )

  The official trailer for award-winning comic creator Bryan Talbot’s next graphic novel, Grandville, has just been released. Bryan, probably best known as the author of Britain’s first ever graphic novel, The Adventures of Luther Arkwright but also creator of The… Read More ›

• Tube Surfing: Saturday 9 May

  By John Freeman on May 9, 2009 • ( 1 )

  • During a short interview for an upcoming issue of Star Trek Magazine about his new IDW comic, Alien Spotlight – Romulans, Ian Edginton also gave me a quick run down on his other current projects. As usual, the acclaimed… Read More ›

• Thunderbirds, Project SWORD and More on eBay

  By John Freeman on May 9, 2009

  I’m having another spate of clearing boxes at downthetubes, and the following items are currently being offered on ebay… Sales help keep us going, especially at present. Pictures of all offered items can be found here on Flickr • 1967… Read More ›

• Titan Launches Star Trek Comic

  By John Freeman on May 8, 2009

  Marking significant faith in the success of the new Star Trek film, which has already secured over $7 million in box office takings in the US, Titan Magazines has launched an ongoing Star Trek Comic, initially reprinting the Star Trek:… Read More ›

• Expo "Live Blogging" and More Moore

  By John Freeman on May 8, 2009

  (with thanks to Joe Gordon at FPI): SF fan and 2009 Hugo Nominee Cheryl Morgan who is really active at the science fiction and fantasy conventions but is braving more comics culture to go to Bristol, has set her blog… Read More ›

• Steve Bell in Liverpool

  By John Freeman on May 8, 2009

  Steve Bell, probably Britain’s most recognisable political cartoonist, joins Writing on the Wall festival in Liverpool next week, to explore this year’s theme: The Outsider. Steve’s original strip Maggie’s Farm appeared in Time Out and City Limits magazines from 1979… Read More ›

• Eagle Awards Announced After All!

  By John Freeman on May 8, 2009

  There has been a lot of Internet buzz about the 2009 Eagle Awards, following new Eagle Awards organiser Cassandra Conroy announcing that there wouldn’t be an award ceremony at the 2009 Bristol Comic Expo this coming weekend. Many were of… Read More ›

• New British Comics Gets UK Distribution

  By John Freeman on May 7, 2009

  UK Indie distributor Smallzone is now selling the first issue of New British Comics, an 80-page comics anthology featuring, 13 stories and 17 artists including Dave Thomson, Malcy Duff, Paul O’Connell and Rob Miller. Reviewed by us here last month,… Read More ›

• Muppets, Giant Cuboid Chickens and Other Weird Creatures

  By John Freeman on May 6, 2009

  

  Starting an “adaptation and inspiration” month on the Strip! radio show on ResonanceFM, Alex Fitch and Robin Warren talk to two humour cartoonists – Roger Langridge and Hugh Raine (a.k.a. Shug) – about their work. As we’ve previously reported, Roger… Read More ›

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