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• Book and Magazine Collector 317

  By John Freeman on 1 February 2010

  The latest issue of the A5 size monthly Book and Magazine Collector is now in the shops with two British comics creators being covered. The magazine includes an interview with artist and writer Garen Ewing on his work on The… Read More ›

• New Starblazer Comic?

  By John Freeman on 1 February 2010

  As much as we would like to tell you that DC Thomson have published issue 282 of their science fiction digest Starblazer, we can’t. However we can show you artist Graeme Neil Reid’s idea of what the cover of Starblazer… Read More ›

• In Review: Clifton – Jade

  By Jeremy Briggs on 31 January 2010

  

  Colonel Sir Harold Wilberforce Clifton, former RAF pilot, former British spy, current Scout leader and not a grumpy person, as he would rather grumpily tell you, first appeared in the Begian edition of Tintin magazine in 1959 with the same… Read More ›

• Latest Production from Time Bomb Comics

  By John Freeman on 31 January 2010

  Congratulations from all here at downthetubes go out to Steve and Suzanne Tanner of Time Bomb comics on the arrival of their very own little bomblette. Sasha Joyce Tanner was born in the early hours of 31st January and weighed… Read More ›

• Bonhams auction house celebrates Doctor Who

  By John Freeman on 31 January 2010

  Marking the upcoming auction of BBC Doctor Who memorabilia at the world-famous auction house later this month (24th February), the latest issue of Bonhams Magazine (Issue 21) features an engaging feature on the series by Benjamin Cook, alongside the publication’s… Read More ›

• Win an original sketch by Graeme Neil Reid

  By John Freeman on 30 January 2010

  Throughout December and January artist Graeme Neil Reid posted up 18 different ink sketches ranging from comic superheroes, sci-fi film and Doctor Who characters on his blog, now you have the chance to pick one of theses sketches and have… Read More ›

• Colchester’s firstsite puts out Call to Comic Artists

  By John Freeman on 29 January 2010

  (with thanks to Smallzone and Bryan Talbot): Colchester-based visual arts organisation firstsite wants to hear from artists working with comic imagery and media, who are interested in undertaking a unique residency as part of their next project… here’s the details… Read More ›

• British FX designer Mike Trim headlines Andersonic Nine

  By John Freeman on 29 January 2010

  The latest issue of the brilliant Gerry Anderson ‘zine Andersonic (Issue 9) is now available and features a new, nine-page interview with designer Mike Trim, who discusses his work on the Anderson series from Thunderbirds through to UFO. His latest… Read More ›

• Crikey! It’s The Cloak!

  By John Freeman on 29 January 2010

  British comic fans heading to their local comic store should ask if they’re stocking Crikey!, the monthly magazine devoted to British comics, if only because the latest issue marks the return of Mike Higgs’ The Cloak. The Cloak first appeared… Read More ›

• Make Your Own Film-Inspired Comic Strip Challenge

  By John Freeman on 29 January 2010 • ( 3 )

  (via Andy Diggle and Creative Review): UK indie film magazine Little White Lies is challenging comic creator to re-imagine your favourite film as a six frame comic book story. The best mini-strips will then be featured in the next issue…. Read More ›

• Comic creators to deliver serial killer talk in Edinburgh

  By John Freeman on 28 January 2010

  Martin Conaghan and Will Pickering, creators ofnew graphic novel Burke & Hare, will be at the Edinburgh Central Library in the Edinburgh Room on 28th January presenting a talk on the history of the serial killers and the production of… Read More ›

• In Memoriam: William Ritchie

  By John Freeman on 28 January 2010

  Willie Ritchie, sitting at DC Thomson editor Morris Heggie’s desk in DCT Meadowside, Dundee with his beloved “Baby Crockett” in October 2009. Photo courtesy Morris Heggie We’re sorry to report the passing of the popular comics artist William Ritchie, who… Read More ›

• Dying to be dead? Forbidden Planet has the answer…

  By John Freeman on 27 January 2010

  The top comics and specialist store Forbidden Planet London is offering horror fans an exclusive opportunity to win your own gruesome demise in John Meaney’s (Thomas Blackthorne’s) next Angry Robot title – or to get your hands on a gorgeous… Read More ›

• Accent’s "Fastest Man" one shot goes on sale

  By John Freeman on 27 January 2010 • ( 1 )

  Accent UK‘s latest one shot, Whatever Happened To The World’s Fastest Man?, which has picked up glowing reviews from all who read review copies, is now available in all those UK comic stores which ordered it. Co-written and created by… Read More ›

• Thunderbirds Aren’t Go: Sylvia Anderson cancels nationwide tour

  By John Freeman on 26 January 2010

  Fans of Gerry Anderson’s 1960s cult puppet show Thunderbirds are downhearted that Lady Penelope, aka Sylvia Anderson, has pulled out of a nationwide tour – citing lack of interest. Sylvia, now in her 80s, was to have been in conversation… Read More ›

• Comics @ Glasgow Film Festival

  By John Freeman on 26 January 2010

  It is a sign of the times in Mark Millar’s career that he has moved from talking to a professional librarian audience in 2008 to the Edinburgh International Book Festival audience in 2009 while in 2010 he will be talking… Read More ›

• ICA threatened with closure?

  By John Freeman on 25 January 2010

  London’s Institute of Contemporary Arts, recently the hub for many brilliant and much-praised ComICA events, could close later this year due to funding cuts. The Guardian reports the ICA, founded in 1947, could fall victim to recession with costs needing… Read More ›

• Doctor Who-inspired Star Tigers returns as animated fan project

  By John Freeman on 25 January 2010

  Altered Vistas, an amateur production company dedicated to creating Doctor Who-related features from the “fringes” of the franchise, has just released its twenty-first animated CGI release – the first chapter of an all-new Star Tigers adventure, plucked from the pages… Read More ›

• Commando celebrates Ian Kennedy anniversary

  By John Freeman on 22 January 2010

  The latest batch of issues of DC Thomson’s long-runing war picture library title Commando includes the first two of four re-issues of classic Ian Kennedy illustrations for the comic. Number 4261 was the first cover he executed and 4262 was… Read More ›

• Bart Simpson tops UK readers poll

  By John Freeman on 21 January 2010

  In a recent poll to mark the twentieth anniversary of The Simpsons, Bart Simpson has been named the nation’s favourite Simpsons character by the official Simpsons Comics, published in the UK by Titan Magazines and the company’s top-selling title. Simpson’s… Read More ›

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