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• In Memoriam: My Hero Director John Stroud

  By John Freeman on 26 August 2009

  We’re very sorry to report that My Hero and producer and director John Stroud has died aged 54 of a brain tumour. John, who was also co-founder of Big Bear Films with Marcus Mortimer and is probably best known for… Read More ›

• Beano Revamp announced, New Look for Dennis

  By John Freeman on 26 August 2009 • ( 2 )

  DC Thomson has announced plans to revamp its remaining weekly comic, The Beano. Contrary to our earlier report they’ve also given Dennis the Menace a makeover in the comic as well as the re-design planned for his new CBBC animated… Read More ›

• Nostalgia and Comics Opens Doors to Small Press

  By John Freeman on 25 August 2009 • ( 3 )

  Some good news for British small press publishers – another store wants your comics. The Manchester Comix Collective reports that part of a major makeover for the Nostalgia and Comics shop in Birmingham – which is owned by Forbidden Planet… Read More ›

• Comic Piracy on the Net: New Clamp Down Plans Announced

  By John Freeman on 25 August 2009

  British fans sharing e-versions of comics via the Internet could soon come under the spotlight of anti-piracy organisations, after the government announced further measures to tackle digital piracy, mid-way through the consultation period on its Digital Britain report. The Guardian… Read More ›

• Dennis De-Menacing Denounced

  By John Freeman on 24 August 2009 • ( 1 )

  (Updated 24/8/09): CCBC’s revamp of The Beano‘s Dennis the Menace, which launches next month on the TV channel, has been given the big thumbs down by his creator’s family. The Daily Telegraph reports that Rosemary Moffat and Alison Gardiner, the… Read More ›

• Artist Spotlight: SciFi Heroes of the 1970s

  By John Freeman on 24 August 2009

  What’s not to love about this labour of love by illustrator Dusty Abell we just found over on deviantart? We don’t think Dusty’s missed out many of TV’s 1970s heroes, including those from British series such as Space: 1999. “This… Read More ›

• Adventures in Wonderland

  By John Freeman on 24 August 2009

  downthetubes is pleased to announce an interview by Matt Badham with Dracula and Sherlock Holmes writers Leah Moore and John Reppion. Leah and John are the husband and wife writing team behind Doctor Who: The Whispering Gallery, The Complete Dracula,… Read More ›

• WexWorlds Sci Fi and Fantasy Fiction Festival Invades Wexford

  By John Freeman on 24 August 2009

  Artemis Fowl creator Eoin Colfer, Darren Shan (The Saga of Darren Shan) and Hugo Award-winning author Ian McDonald (Brasyl, Desolation Road) are among the many creators who will be attending the first WexWorlds Festival, in Wexford, Ireland from Friday 20th… Read More ›

• Gaiman And Rankin On BBC2 On Wednesday

  By Jeremy Briggs on 24 August 2009

  As the Edinburgh International Book Festival continues this week under canvas in the Scottish capital’s Charlotte Square Gardens, BBC2’s Edinburgh Festival Show will feature a taster of what was one of the best BookFest events of last week. Fantasy author… Read More ›

• Tube Surfing: Eternal Warrior, Enid Blyton and Kit Williams

  By John Freeman on 23 August 2009 • ( 1 )

  

  • It’s about time we re-plugged the Eternal Warrior, Paul Grist’s pastiche on British comics hero Adam Eterno, who first appeared in Thunder back in the early 1970s. Over on the Bleeding Cool forum, some Americans have started screaming that… Read More ›

• Omnivistascope 5 Now Available

  By John Freeman on 23 August 2009

  “Omni-Vista-Scope” 1. A device upon which all things may be viewed.2. The Omnivistascope Corporation, a universal broadcaster.3. A high quality science fiction comic anthology written by Paul Scott. The latest issue of Paul Scott’s excellent annual Omnivistascope has been released…. Read More ›

• Take A Dump For 99p

  By John Freeman on 23 August 2009

  David Robertson has sent us details of his new small press title Dump which follows on from the two issues of Berserkotron, his previous title. Dump is a 24 page US size anthology with colour covers and black & white… Read More ›

• Garth in Colour for Spaceship Away: Exclusive Sneek Peek!

  By John Freeman on 21 August 2009 • ( 2 )

  

  Spaceship Away, the British science fiction comic anthology publishing all-new adventures of the original Dan Dare, adds Daily Mirror action hero Garth to its line up next issue. First published in 1943, Garth’s time-travelling adventures lasted for over 50 years… Read More ›

• GI Handley: Rise of the Writer

  By John Freeman on 21 August 2009

• CBBC Revamps Short Form Animation Portal

  By John Freeman on 21 August 2009

  The award-winning British channel CBBC has reinforced its commitment to British animation, announcing its online portal Cartoon Works is expanding to become a new destination to premiere short-form content from the UK animation industry. CBBC has also commissioned brand new… Read More ›

• Jonathan Ross Reveals His New Comic Title

  By John Freeman on 21 August 2009

  In a podcast for top cult news site Geek Syndciate, the often controversial DJ and major celebrity comic fan Jonathan Ross (who has also even appeared in a few, such as The Beano!) has revealed the upcoming four issue mini… Read More ›

• Temple Seeks Drawing, Writing Devotees!

  By John Freeman on 20 August 2009

  Just a quick reminder that there’s just under a month to go until the deadline for contributing to the next Temple (18th September), the e-comic of British small and indie press work that’s the brainchild of the Temple APA. Everyone’s… Read More ›

• Amazon, Uclick, Launch International Comic Strip Superstar Competition!

  By John Freeman on 20 August 2009 • ( 1 )

  Amazon.com and Andrews McMeel Universal have announced the launch of the first Comic Strip Superstar, the international competition in search of the next popular comic strip artist. The winner will receive a publishing contract from Andrews McMeel Publishing, a $5,000… Read More ›

• In Review: Scarlattine Teatro’s Manolibera

  By Jeremy Briggs on 20 August 2009

  Clare Walters, the original director of The Ballad of Halo Jones stage play, reviews Manolibera, a comics-inpsired show at this year’s Edinburgh Fringe… Manolibera is a very charming and ingenious show. A technician is called in to operate a slideshow… Read More ›

• Who Wants To Be A Zombie?

  By John Freeman on 19 August 2009

  Rich McAuliffe and Mark Chilcott, the slightly unhinged creators of Insomnia Publications’ Damaged Goods, are currently on the prowl for victims… umm…I mean willing volunteers… to immortalise within the pages of the dark and twisted story The Bride. All you… Read More ›

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