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Robin Hood Joins Accent UK
Accent UK are very pleased to announce that by special arrangement with Geoff West of The Book Palace, they’ll have a supply of the newly released Frank Bellamy’s Robin Hood the Complete Adventures book at both the International Comic Expo… Read More ›
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Bond on the Radio, New Titan Collection
Ian Fleming, renowned author and creator of iconic spy James Bond, was born 100 years ago and to mark this special anniversary, BBC Radio 4 is joining in the celebrations – which include the release of more James Bond comics… Read More ›
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Friday Fun: The Legion of Super Potatoes
With all the interest in potatoes as a potentially better crop than rice in terms of round the year food source (last August, Chinese farmers were being urged to grow spuds instead of rice, for example), what better time for… Read More ›
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Borderliners Launched
Salford-based writer and artist Brian Gorman is launching a brand new comic book this month, and his work, employing some of the techniques used by Dan Dare creator Frank Hampson and featuring the likeness of Sir Ian McKellen in a… Read More ›
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New Elephantmen On Sale Now
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Free Comic Book day
Tomorrow is Free Conic Book Day worldwide and your local comic shop may well be supporting it. A free comic featuring Dan Dare from Virgin Comics is just one of the many offerings. Find out if your ocal comic shop… Read More ›
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Join Stargate
You can keep your Grand Theft Auto, people. Stargate Worlds, the massively multiplayer online role playing game from new publisher FireSky, is now taking registrations for closed beta at www.StargateWorlds.com. The closed beta is an invitation-only test of the upcoming… Read More ›
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Daily Mirror’s Jane on DVD
One of the more obscure titles in our British Comics on Film list has just been released on DVD. Odeon Entertainment have released the 1949 B-movie The Adventures of Jane which is based on the Daily Mirror ‘s Jane comic… Read More ›
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downthetubes upgraded!
The main downthetubes site featuring comic creator interviews, a guide to writing comics, comics links, a comics events guide, the Really Heavy Greatcoat archive and more has just switched to a new server and the transfer may take a few… Read More ›
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Comics on My Radio
How do cartoonists choose the words for their speech bubbles? And – although we call them “speech” bubbles or balloons – how close are they to real speech? The language of cartoons, comics and graphic novels was the subject of… Read More ›
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Bulletproof Launches!
New UK-based comic book publisher Bulletproof Comics has announced the launch of its updated website and the release of its first issue # 0. “It’s certainly taken longer than we expected,” said Editor-in-Chief and Publisher, Matt Yeo, “but it’s great… Read More ›
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BBC’s Comedy Map Of Britain – Dundee
The BBC2 programme The Comedy Map Of Britain turned its attention to Scotland for the second programme of the second series. As well as taking Johnny Vegas back to the ruins of the Gilded Balloon in Edinburgh and Doon Mackichan… Read More ›
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Comic Creation As It Happens
Website NewTeeVee reports that the hugely popular online comics Penny Arcade and PVP have begun live-casting their cartoon artists as they create the sites’ Web comics. Webcams pointed at computer desktops follow the process through the completed script. Each live… Read More ›
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Milligan on Mobile
The work of writer, poet, musician and comic genius Spike Milligan, who revolutionised comedy after the Second World War, is now available on the web and for mobile phone users through ROK Entertainment, the global mobile entertainment group, owners of… Read More ›
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Being Human To Return
BBC Three has ordered a six-part series of the popular one-off drama, Being Human from Touchpaper Television, part of the RDF Media Group. The intriguing pilot screened in February (as reported on downthetubes at the time), as part of the… Read More ›
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Prince Caspian Game: Special Scenes Filmed
Although there may well be no more Narnia films after Dawn Treader is released in 2010, there certainly seems to be enough being filmed when it comes to the upcoming Prince Caspian, with ans of The Chronicles of Narnia will… Read More ›
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Missing Believed Wiped
I don’t know if anyone caught ITV3’s affectionate documentary Those Were The Days about the Apollo 11 Moon Landing last night, with interviews and footage about the momentous event. (It’s currently available on ITV’s CatchUp service and to be repeated… Read More ›
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Dan Dare at the Science Museum
Good news for Frank Hampson fans. The upcoming Dan Dare and the Birth of High Tech Britain exhibition at London’s Science Museum, which opens next week, now includes murals drawn by Dan Dare creator Hampson back in 1977. Talking of… Read More ›
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Ewing and Holden Interviewed
Matthew Badham has just posted a great interview with 2000AD and small press creators Al Ewing and PJ Holden (who has also worked for Image Comics and Fantagraphics) on his Overspill blog. “We were supposed to be talking about Dead… Read More ›
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Saint Johns Church Edinburgh Easter Sign
Saint Johns church Edinburgh Easter sign – China and OlympicsOriginally uploaded by byronv2 Following up on our earlier post about Chinese piracy, Forbidden Planet’s Joe Gordon recently published this photograph of a thought-provoking poster outside Saint John’s church on the… Read More ›
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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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Scrooge McDuck comic creator Don Rosa confirms 2026 European tour
November 2, 2025
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In Memoriam: Author, illustrator and comic artist John Farrelly
November 2, 2025
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Dan Dare’s “Mission to the Stars” Recalled
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Events ›
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Oni Press goes big promoting “First Freedom”
November 1, 2025
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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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Time to book a Christmas treat? My Neighbor Totoro awaits
October 25, 2025
2000AD ›
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In Memoriam: Artist and Writer Ron Tiner
October 30, 2025
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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
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
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Exhibitions ›
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Commando and British Comics celebrated at Colchester Swap Meet, and an investigation into “comics ballast”!
October 23, 2025
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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
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
