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• Matters of Convention – The Bristol Expo

  By John Freeman on 14 August 2009

  Continuing our series of interviews with British comic convention organisers, for this fifth instalment Matthew Badham talks to longtime convention organizer Mike Allwood, the man tasked with the unenviable job of keeping Britain’s perhaps highest-profile annual comic convention, the Bristol… Read More ›

• Panel Borders: Octopi, dogs and bears, oh my!

  By Alex Fitch on 14 August 2009

  

  Originally broadcast on 13th August 2009 as an episode of Strip! on Resonance 104.4 FM, Panel Borders continues its month devoted to childrens’ comics with an interview with artists Henri Goldsmann and Richy K. Chandler about their work. Henri is… Read More ›

• In Review: The Rainbow Orchid

  By John Freeman on 13 August 2009

  We plugged The Rainbow Orchid enthusiastically after its Foyles launch (see news story), but David Hailwood has just sent us this review, so here’s another plug for the book! The Plot: The Rainbow Orchid is an ambitious blend of classic… Read More ›

• Brits in Baltimore!

  By John Freeman on 13 August 2009

  A small contingent British comic creators – including Wolverine: Origins artist Dougie Braithwaite – will be in Baltimore for the Baltimore Comic Con in October. The Baltimore Comic-Con staff tell us they’ve been busily working on arranging the Harvey Awards… Read More ›

• Alan Moore’s Hip Hop Collaboration

  By John Freeman on 13 August 2009

  Watchmen and League of Extraordinary Gentlemen writer and co-creator Alan Moore is collaborating on a new graphic novel project with art rap musician Doseone. Partly inspired by Radiohead’s deluxe version of In Rainbows, the Moore project, tentatively titled Unearthing, tries… Read More ›

• In Review: Bryan Talbot’s Grandville

  By John Freeman on 12 August 2009 • ( 1 )

  

  by Bryan Talbot Publisher: Jonathan Cape Out: 15th October 2009 The Plot: Bryan Talbot’s most recent book, Alice in Sunderland, was hailed by The Guardian as one of the ten best graphic novels ever and acclaimed by critics all over… Read More ›

• Darabont Takes on The Walking Dead?

  By John Freeman on 12 August 2009

  Writer director Frank Darabont – whose impressive credits include The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile – looks about to take on zombies currently being drawn by British artist Charlie Adlard for a new TV project. Variety reports cable network… Read More ›

• Unmask Corruption competition Launched

  By John Freeman on 11 August 2009 • ( 1 )

  Corruption is both a cause of poverty and a barrier to overcoming it, and one of the most serious obstacles to eradicating poverty. Now, experimental youth initiative Ctrl.Alt.Shift – a community of self proclaimed “outspoken” individuals working to highlight corruption… Read More ›

• Review Round Up: Pasties, Khaki Shorts and Thief Takers!

  By John Freeman on 11 August 2009

  Over the past couple of months several indie press folk have sent us comics for review and I have to apologize for being slow at publishing reviews of them. downthetubes remains a site created in spare time between paid work… Read More ›

• Warren Ellis’ Supergod debuts in October

  By John Freeman on 10 August 2009

  Warren Ellis has been talking about his new Supergod project for Avatar Press, which launches in October. “I think of it as the third leg of a superhero-fiction trilogy, following Black Summer and No Hero,” he reveals on his web… Read More ›

• DC Thomson buys Friends Reunited

  By John Freeman on 10 August 2009

  Via Forbidden Planet International and others: : Scottish publishing empire DC Thomson, home to long-loved titles like the Beano, Sunday Post and the Dandy among many other publications, has bought the Friends Reunited website through its subsidiary Brightsolid Limited. DCT… Read More ›

• Pat Mills Signing Announced

  By John Freeman on 10 August 2009

  Top British comic writer Pat Mills will be signing copies of the English language release of the first volume of his Requiem Chevalier Vampire series at Forbidden Planet London next month. One of the founding fathers of 2000AD and a… Read More ›

• Titan Books Announce Bond Omnibus

  By John Freeman on 10 August 2009

  Titan Books has put together an omnibus collection of some of James Bond newspapers strips they originally released in shorter albums. On sale next month, The James Bond Omnibus Vol.1 collects the first time eleven of the Bond strips first… Read More ›

• London Alternative Press Festival Report

  By John Freeman on 10 August 2009 • ( 2 )

  Comic creator Gareth Brookes reports on the Alternative Press Festival, which took place in London earlier this month… The Alternative Press Festival took place between the 29th of July and the 2nd of August. The idea was to try to… Read More ›

• FindComicApps Site Launched

  By John Freeman on 9 August 2009

  (Crossposted from the downthetubes mobile comics blog): A new website, findcomicapps.com, offering a guide to the increasing number of digital comic applications for iPhone has been launched recently. It’s no secret that the App Store can be overwhelming and titles… Read More ›

• Comics @ Edinburgh BookFest

  By Jeremy Briggs on 7 August 2009

  With only a week to go before the start of this year’s Edinburgh International Book Festival it seems that the comics related events have proved to be exceedingly popular. So popular in fact that the majority of them are already… Read More ›

• Comic Strip at The Fringe: Two Shows to Catch

  By John Freeman on 7 August 2009

  With the Edinburgh Fringe on now, our readers may already be aware that the Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre, stars of BBC 3’s Comedy Shuffle and Upstaged, whose number includes comic creator Kev F. Sutherland, will be back at this… Read More ›

• In Review: Tripwire 2009 Annual… Simply Awesome!

  By John Freeman on 7 August 2009

  Regular readers of downthetubes will recall that as a result of distributor Diamond’s recently-introduced minimum order levels, this latest edition of ace comics and genre magazine Tripwire is not being distributed in the US. (See news story). While not the… Read More ›

• Children’s Comics Fortnight for Resonance FM

  By John Freeman on 6 August 2009

  Starting children’s comics fortnight on London-based radio station Resonance FM, Alex Fitch talks to writer Terry Deary and cartoonist Martin Brown for his Strip! radio show this week. It’s a chance to find out more about their hugely successful Horrible… Read More ›

• Sharp Advice on Breaking Into Comics

  By John Freeman on 6 August 2009

  British comics artist Liam Sharp (publisher of MamTor, artist on Gears of War and, many moons ago, Death’s Head II) has just posted a revamped version of his excellent guide to breaking into comics over on DeviantArt. The post is… Read More ›

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