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• Mad Science Theme for Caption 2010

  By John Freeman on 12 March 2010

  Independent comic creators festival Caption has been confirmed for Saturday 31st July and Sunday 1st August at the East Oxford Community Centre, Oxford. The theme is Mad Science and all ideas based around the theme welcome, so get those pencils… Read More ›

• Small Press Creators: Badham wants to hear from you!

  By John Freeman on 12 March 2010

  Matthew Badham, a contributor to downthetubes, perhaps best known as a feature writer for Judge Dredd: The Megazine (and other outlets), is writing a 4000 word piece about the British indie/small press comics scene – and wants views from small… Read More ›

• More Carol Day newspaper strip stories online

  By John Freeman on 12 March 2010

  

  Fans of the classic  Carol Day newspaper strip may be interested to hear that the strip’s official web site,  www.carol-day. com has recently updated with new stories and art. The new stories are “Money Matters” and “Jimmy Hayes“. Carol Day ran from 1956-1967, and was… Read More ›

• Dan Dare Movie in the works?

  By John Freeman on 12 March 2010 • ( 2 )

  

  Dan Dare movie rumours…

• Unmasking Corruption with Comics in Liverpool

  By John Freeman on 10 March 2010

  Ctrl.Alt.Shift Unmasks Corruption comes to Liverpool this month, with an exhibition of political comic work to coincide with the release of their new comic book anthology. The free exhibition, at the Contemporary Urban Centre in Greenland Street, will take a… Read More ›

• WebFinds: Cliff Robinson’s Captain Britain

  By John Freeman on 10 March 2010 • ( 2 )

  Regular readers of downthetubes will remember artist Cliff Robinson – one of many great creators on 2000AD down the years. He began his own blog some time ago, and has been posting some fantastic art, including this brilliant ‘faux’ Captain… Read More ›

• Troops to get a boost from King Kong and Friends

  By John Freeman on 9 March 2010

  This month Britain’s Comic Book Alliance will be joining with the ‘Support Our Soldiers‘ charity to send thousands of comic books and graphic novels to troops stationed around the world and many miles from home. The CBA spoke to troops… Read More ›

• New Doctor And Companion To Visit Their Hometowns

  By John Freeman on 9 March 2010 • ( 1 )

  As part of the pre-publicity for the new series of Doctor Who due to start on BBC1 at Easter, new Doctor, Matt Smith, and Karen Gillan, who plays new companion Amy Pond, will be undertaking a short publicity tour. As… Read More ›

• Scottish superhero film in the works from Mark Millar

  By John Freeman on 9 March 2010

  Wanted and Kick-Ass writer Mark Millar has told Scottish TV network STV he is aiming big for his first directorial outing which will shoot later this year, taking his cues from the South African feature District 9. In a video… Read More ›

• Robot Archie Needs You!

  By John Freeman on 5 March 2010

  (with thanks to Leah Moore and John Reppion): Back in 2005 and 2006, British comic creators Leah Moore, John Reppion and artist Shane Oakley had the opportunity to resurrect a big gang of classic UK comics characters in their dad/father-in-law… Read More ›

• Hi-Ex Hell Trek!

  By Jeremy Briggs on 4 March 2010

  How far would you go to read comics? Maybe a trip to the local shops? Well, comics fan John Burdis has gone a few steps further than that and organised a marathon bus journey from the South of England to… Read More ›

• thingNY’s Call for Comic Artists

  By John Freeman on 3 March 2010

  We don’t normally circulate much non-British news, but this US-based music project posted their international appeal for artists on our events page, so we thought we’d repost the information here. A New York-based xxperimental music ensemble, thingNY is looking for… Read More ›

• Macbeth – The Interactive Motion Comic!

  By John Freeman on 2 March 2010

  (With thanks to Birmingham Mail‘s “Speech Balloons”): British publisher Classical Comics has just launched a series of interactive motion comics, starting with its award-winning Macbeth. “It’s been nearly a year in the making — and still isn’t quite finished!” say… Read More ›

• Transformers assume iPhone disguise

  By John Freeman on 27 February 2010

  After the global success of their Wallace & Gromit iPhone comic app (see news story), Titan Publishing has announce the arrival of its first Transformers iPhone comic. Based on Hasbro’s Transformers brand, each comic download includes an awesome action packed… Read More ›

• Skyjack Publishing launches Megaton magazine

  By John Freeman on 26 February 2010

  Skyjack Publishing, run by Matt Yeo, the brains behind Egmont’s TOXIC title and producers of The Official Ben 10 Magazine have just launched Megaton – an all-new video game magazine for kids aged 8–12. Priced at £2.99, the magazine features… Read More ›

• Ron Embleton’s Wulf the Briton

  By John Freeman on 26 February 2010

  

  Express Weekly’s “Wulf the Briton” in the spotlight

• In Review: Classics from the Comics 167

  By John Freeman on 26 February 2010

  DC Thomson’s Classics from the Comics title is a gem of a reprint title, combining a range of cracking humour and adventure strips from comics such as The Beano, The Dandy and other, no longer published titles, into one bumper… Read More ›

• Into Action with new Commandos

  By John Freeman on 25 February 2010

  Attention, troops! the latest Commandos from DC Thomson are on sale now, as follow… Commando 4271: An Inch from DeathStory: Ian Clark Inside artwork: Ricardo Garijo Cover: Ian KennedyOriginally No 2592 from 1992 In the shadows of the old sawmill… Read More ›

• Necessary Monsters storm the airwaves

  By John Freeman on 25 February 2010

  Concluding webcomics month on his Strip! radio show, Alex Fitch catches up with immensely talented comics duo artist Sean Azzopardi and writer Daniel Merlin Goodbrey as the first series of their epic spy-thriller-horror webcomic Necessary Monsters comes to its conclusion… Read More ›

• British Comics Shop turns Comics Maker!

  By John Freeman on 25 February 2010

  Lancaster based comics retailer First Age Comics isn’t just selling comics – its making them. Earlier today, shop owner Mark Braithwaite announced via Twitter that he’s looking looking for 1-5 page stories over the coming weeks for First Age Comics… Read More ›

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