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• Grab the new TOXIC!

  By John Freeman on 7 October 2009

  The latest issue of Egmont’s TOXIC title, featuring humour strips by Lew Stringer and others, is on sale now. As well as strips and features, the issue comes with three free gifts: a Grabbing Hand, Star Wars Magnets and a… Read More ›

• Draw Baby, Draw!

  By John Freeman on 6 October 2009

  As part of Leeds “Light Night” event this month, the Thought Bubble Festival team have organised a special free event encouraging everyone to come along and draw to your heart’s content. On Friday 9th October, Thought Bubble will take part… Read More ›

• Judge Dredd’s Crime Chronicles Released

  By John Freeman on 6 October 2009

  Top audio adventure company Big Finish, perhaps best known for their Doctor Who productions, has just made a long-awaited return to the 2000AD universe with a brand new series of adventures in crime and space. Judge Dredd: Crime Chronicles finds… Read More ›

• Milligan signs For EA Comics Army of Two

  By John Freeman on 6 October 2009

  Electronic Arts Inc. has that it has signed a deal with IDW Publishing to expand two of its intellectual properties, Army of Two and Dragon Age, into comics under a new EA Comics imprint with IDW beginning in January –… Read More ›

• Conservative Leader Cameron Focus of Cartoon Exhibition

  By John Freeman on 6 October 2009

  Brilliant British cartoonists site Bloghorn draws our attention to two political cartoon exhibitions featuring cartoons lampooning Conservative leader David Cameron open in London next week, at the Chris Beetles Gallery and the Political Cartoon Gallery. Peter Brookes: The Best of… Read More ›

• ABC Warriors Animated

  By John Freeman on 5 October 2009

  2000AD ABC Warriors from Firestep Films on Vimeo. Found on Vimeo by Paul Eldridge, this is an animation trailer for ABC Warriors, created by Firestep with the full cooperation of Rebellion Games, the Rights Holders to the 2000AD catalogue. Impossible… Read More ›

• British Comics Creators Storm Birmingham

  By Matt Badham on 5 October 2009 • ( 1 )

  or, Don’t Mention the Launch Party! (I did once, but I think I got away with it) Matthew Badham reports on the British International Comic Show in Birmingham, attended by some 3200 artists, writers, publishers, dealers and fans. All pictures… Read More ›

• New Striker Collection Online

  By John Freeman on 5 October 2009

  

  A new collection of Striker stories has just been published online via MyEbook.com. “Dead Man Walking”, set in Haiti, was a fan favourite, but creator Pete Nash warns that it should not to be read by the politically correct! Pages… Read More ›

• Telegraph’s "Alex" on iPhone, iTouch

  By John Freeman on 5 October 2009

  Celebrating the first anniversary of the Credit Crunch, Alex, the investment banker we all love to hate, whose strip adventures now appear in the Telegraph, has been brought to new life on the iPhone and iPod touch, in an “all-new”… Read More ›

• MistyComic Fan Special Finally Published

  By John Freeman on 5 October 2009

  

  A not-for-profit second Mistycomic.co.uk Special, inspired by the 1970s British girls comic, Misty, is now available from the official Misty Comic web site. Not to be confused with the recent Egmont Misty Classic Comic on sale now in WH Smiths… Read More ›

• London Alternative Press Event Announced

  By John Freeman on 5 October 2009

  Alternative Press are hosting another awesome evening of Zines, comix, book arts and poetry at their second Zine Friendly event at the Foundry in London in November, in order to promote the new project, the Zine Friendly Blog. A resource… Read More ›

• Book and Magazine Collector Issue 313

  By John Freeman on 4 October 2009 • ( 1 )

  The long running series of articles on Great British Comics Artists by David Ashford and Norman Wright in Book and Magazine Collector has reached part 32. This issue’s subject is Alan Philpott. Philpott was the artist who created Robot Archie… Read More ›

• Commando Webbing: New Interview With Editor Calum Laird

  By John Freeman on 2 October 2009 • ( 1 )

  Mike Eriksson of the war digest site Where Eagles Dare has put up a new interview with Commando editor Calum Laird in which Calum updates readers on his first two years as Commanding Officer of Britain’s last traditional war comic…. Read More ›

• Cinebook Hits 100

  By Jeremy Briggs on 1 October 2009

  British publishers of some top class European graphic albums Cinebook have just been celebrating the publication of their 100th book – and not just any book, since it’s the newest instalment of adventure series Blake and Mortimer, published in English… Read More ›

• Spooky Salem Brownstone Promo Released

  By John Freeman on 1 October 2009

  As if it wasn’t quirky and unsettling enough, Walker Books have just released a video on YouTube to promote the new graphic novel Salem Brownstone: All Along the Watchtowers by John Harris Dunning and Nikhil Singh, showing off more of… Read More ›

• Original Comics Art Auction To Benefit Philippines Flood Victims

  By John Freeman on 1 October 2009

  (via Forbidden Planet International and Gerry Alanguilan): Following the terrible floods in the Philippines, which have caused a huge number of deaths and damage to homes and infrastructure, some of comics professionals based there – many of whom have been… Read More ›

• Eagle Times (Volume 22, Number Three) Delivers Danny Dare

  By John Freeman on 1 October 2009

  

  The latest issue of Eagle Times (Volume 22, Number Three) features an article by downthetubes contributor Jeremy Briggs on Danny Dare (“Dan Dare’s Number One fan”), who appeared in Wham! in the 1960s. The cover art illustration for the issue is… Read More ›

• The Script Archive Needs Your Help

  By John Freeman on 1 October 2009

  We’re sorry to report that the fab comic writers resource, the not-for-profit Comic Script Archive might be going down. “It sucks because I know it’s been really helpful to a lot of you – even some pros have emailed me,… Read More ›

• Making the Most of your Self Published New Comic at BICS

  By John Freeman on 1 October 2009

  Comics Worth Reading, a great US indie comics advocate, has featured a recap on some recent posts following last weekend’s Small Press Expo in the US, and offers some useful advice on using possibly duff copies of your new book,… Read More ›

• Tube Surfing: Pitching at Conventions, Classic Tempest and Comic Domination

  By John Freeman on 1 October 2009

  • Anyone planning to attend the British International Comic Show to pitch work might be interested in Insomnia Publications Guide to pitching to them, which they hope will give creators a bit more help and confidence when it comes to… Read More ›

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