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• Every Letter Printed Wins A T-Shirt!

  By John Freeman on April 7, 2008

  …is how the editor of The Victor, James Halley, enticed his readers to write into the comic’s letters page, Tupper’s Talk-In. The Tough Of The Track was runner Alf Tupper who of course mixed competitive running with eating fish and… Read More ›

• Leicester Has A Hero

  By John Freeman on April 7, 2008

  The winner of the Hero for Leicester competition – part of the Blam! comics season organised by Leicester library earlier this year which included appearances by Bryan Talbot and others – was Fox Spirit by Giles Meakin. Eight entries were… Read More ›

• Live Star Wars Art and Competition

  By John Freeman on April 7, 2008

  It’s the biggest team-up in UK SF: Forbidden Planet and the Sci-Fi-London Film Festival are joining forces with the 501st UK Garrison to bring you live Star Wars Urban Art, from the Forbidden Planet Megastore, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London between… Read More ›

• ITV seeks Sanctuary

  By John Freeman on April 7, 2008

  

  Trade magazine Broadcast reports ITV4 has secured broadcasting rights to the first season of Sanctuary, a new show starring Stargate-SG1 and Stargate: Atlantis star Amanda Tapping, which started life recently as Internet webisodes. The 20-minute web pilot gained more than… Read More ›

• Blogging Till You Drop…

  By John Freeman on April 7, 2008 • ( 1 )

  The New York Times reports some professional bloggers complain of physical and emotional strain created by an Internet economy that demands a constant stream of news and comment. It’s worst, apparently, for tech bloggers but let’s be honest, sedentary jobs… Read More ›

• London Comics Exhibition

  By John Freeman on April 7, 2008

  London’s independent book distributor bookartbookshop is hosting an exhibition of comics this month from London Underground Comics and the Camden Comics Stall. Regular titles such as Modern Monstrosity, Summer Ball Tongue of the Dead, Monkeys might Puke, Ninja Bunny and… Read More ›

• Alan Davis’ new CI Cover

  By John Freeman on April 6, 2008

  Courtesy of Comics International editor Mike Conroy, downthetubes is one of the first sites to be able to post a sneak peek of Alan Davis’ stunning cover for Issue 206 of the comics news magazine. The issue includes a competition… Read More ›

• Solar Wind Collected

  By John Freeman on April 6, 2008

  The Bumper Book of Solar Wind, a two-volume collection of all of the issues of the award-winning and very funny Solar Wind and its equally madcap companion titles, are now available from Lulu.com thanks to publisher and editor Paul Scott…. Read More ›

• Sound of Drowning #11 On Sale Now

  By John Freeman on April 6, 2008

  The Sound of Drowning #11 from creator Paul O’Connell is out now and available from eponymous web site priced just £3. The issue includes strips such as ‘The Optician’, ‘Mexican Surgery’ and Daze: The Post Apocalyptic Avon Lady in Happy… Read More ›

• The Kitten Problem

  By John Freeman on April 6, 2008

  Garfield animated cartoon writer Mark Evanier (also writer of the brilliant Groo comic and more) is having a hard time trapping a stray cat he’s (sort of) adopted — as much as you can adopt any cat. His aim is… Read More ›

• Woo Who! Another Hugo?

  By John Freeman on April 6, 2008 • ( 1 )

  Can we drag you away from last night’s interminably cute Adipose (and how much do you want to bet that a few of them missed getting picked up by the mother ship and will turn up on Sarah Jane Adventures?)… Read More ›

• Diamond Dan

  By John Freeman on April 6, 2008

  He may remain sartorially challenged but at least the Grand Orange Lodge’s superhero character now has a name. Back in November 2007 downthetubes reported on the nameless character who was being introduced via a competition to name him. Seven year… Read More ›

• Comics International back in favour

  By John Freeman on April 5, 2008

  After many behind the scenes problems too tiresome to detail here, there’s some good news for Cosmic Publications, the publishers of comics news magazine Comics International, with the Famous StarStore blog the latest to offer a positive review of the… Read More ›

• In Review: Britten & Brülightly

  By John Freeman on April 5, 2008

  (Updated 5/6/08): Just published by Jonathan Cape is Britten & Brülightly, a film noir-styled debut graphic novel by Brigton-based Hannah Berry, a graduate of the illustration course at Brighton University. This dark, unsettling but often funny tale centres on ‘Private… Read More ›

• Smuggling Vacation Serialised

  By John Freeman on April 5, 2008

  

  The independent comic Smuggling Vacation, which we reported last month, is beginning a two year serialisation as part of Weedworld Magazine starting this month, prior to print publication. The magazine sells some 50,00 copies an issue. , the result of… Read More ›

• "The Prison" Trailer

  By John Freeman on April 5, 2008

  Clown Press have just released this trailer for The Prison, a new colection of stories, prose, poetry and soapbox ramblings based on the observations of Adam R. Grose, writer of Adam R. Grose, Cosmogenesis: The Chronicles of Quongo. Grose writes… Read More ›

• Who’s the Best Who?

  By John Freeman on April 5, 2008

  … the answer, I’ve always believed, is that the best Doctor Who is almost always the one you grew up with. It’s no surprise then that, given the modern show’s target audience (a recent Broadcast feature indicated this is anyone… Read More ›

• How not to get ripped off in the creative industries

  By John Freeman on April 4, 2008

  A one day seminar takes place later this month offering a basic guide to the law, covering the steps a creative professional should take in order to stop your work being stolen. Being copied and someone else ripping off your… Read More ›

• In Memoriam: Johnny Byrne

  By John Freeman on April 4, 2008

  downthetubes is sad to report the death of writer and script editor Johnny Byrne. Byrne, born in Dublin in 1935, worked on many British television shows including Heartbeat, Tales of the Unexpected and the two BBC One vets series All… Read More ›

• Ex Astris heads to Spaceship Away

  By John Freeman on April 4, 2008

  

  A bit of self-promotion: artist Bill Stories (aka Mike Nicoll) is at work on a ten page Ex Astris strip of mine, “Homecoming” which will appear in black and white in UK Indie title Bulletproof #2, which is edited by… Read More ›

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