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• In Review: The Salon of Rejects

  By John Freeman on February 15, 2016

  

  Six short stories from Mhairi Braden, Myfanwy Tristram, Ross Mackintosh, Sarah Ushurhe, Michael Lomon and Tom Plant Out: Now The Book: Edited and published by Tom Plant, the idea behind The Salon of Rejects is to collect and celebrate some of the… Read More ›

• Robots on the march — Vectis tinplate toys auction announced, includes Flash Gordon rarity

  By John Freeman on February 15, 2016

  

  Next month, on Tuesday 15th March, Vectis Auctions will present an ‘Out of this World’ collection of robots, space vehicles, flying saucers and rockets — almost 1000 pieces of tinplate, metal and plastic pieces from European, Japanese, Asian and American manufacturers, including a… Read More ›

• Striker dropped from The Sun’s print edition, goes online only

  By John Freeman on February 15, 2016 • ( 111 )

  

  The Sun has unexpectedly dropped the print version of its popular football comic, Striker, moving the strip online – much to the disappointment of its many fans – and the surprise of its creator, Pete Nash. “I was told on… Read More ›

• Tonight on Gotham on Channel 5: By Fire

  By John Freeman on February 15, 2016

  

  In “By Fire”, tonight’s episode of Gotham airing on Channel 5 in the UK, while Penguin and Galavan battle for control of the Gotham underworld, another new villain is the focus of the police. Here’s some teaser pics… Gotham stars  Ben McKenzie as James Gordon, David… Read More ›

• Three Weeks To The Inaugural Dunfermline Comic Con

  By Jeremy Briggs on February 13, 2016

  

  The comic convention calendar has become very busy over the last few years with new events springing up all over the place and one of the newest is the Dunfermline Comic Con which is being held on Saturday 5 March… Read More ›

• Eagle Daze: The Life and Times of Leonard James Matthews – Part Seven

  By Roger Perry on February 13, 2016

  

  Leonard Matthews, General Managing Editor of Fleetway and the Eagle Group of Comics, was a Creative Visionary… but that, Roger Perry argues in his extensive biography of the man which continues here on downthetubes, is only due to him having utilised the ideas… Read More ›

• Comics @ Aye Write! Glasgow’s Book Festival 2016

  By Jeremy Briggs on February 13, 2016

  

  This year’s Glasgow Book Festival, Aye Write, will be taking place in the City’s Mitchell Library from 10 to 20 March. Claiming to be the third largest literary festival in the UK, presumably after the Edinburgh International Book Festival and… Read More ›

• San Diego Comic Con 2016: Open Online Badge Registration announced for Saturday 20th February

  By downthetubes Guests on February 13, 2016

  

  Report by Leonard Sultana of An Englishman in San Diego So it is, and so it shall be – Comic-Con International have announced that San Diego Comic-Con badges will go on sale to the general public next Saturday, 20th February at… Read More ›

• Laura Howell on the comic guest line up for MCM Midlands Comic Con

  By John Freeman on February 12, 2016

  

  MCM Midlands Comic Con is back in Telford tomorrow, Saturday 13th February, with, as you’d expect, some comic creators on board for the day, including Beano contributor Laura Howell. Laura is a Birmingham-based comic artist, writer and occasional educator who turned pro in 2006 after eight years working… Read More ›

• SEQUENTIAL offers new, expanded digital edition of Posy Simmonds’ “True Love” in time for Valentine’s Day

  By John Freeman on February 12, 2016

  

  There’s a special Valentine’s Day treat for fans of Posy Simmonds this weekend with the news that the previously-announced digital edition of her story True Love is being released on SEQUENTIAL, the iPad app for digital graphic novels. Announced last year, this is… Read More ›

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