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• Commando – Wall Of Death

  By John Freeman on March 1, 2008 • ( 1 )

  The Commando website is continuing their on-line adaptation of Commando issue 221 Wall of Death. This was first published on 26 July 1966 and was then priced at one shilling. The electronic version is free and is currently up to… Read More ›

• Edinburgh Is Reading Jekyll And Hyde

  By John Freeman on March 1, 2008

  Previously mentioned here on Down The Tubes, the 2008 One Book – One Edinburgh citywide reading campaign is now in full swing. After the success of Kidnapped in 2007, this year’s book is Robert Louis Stevenson’s Strange Case Of Dr… Read More ›

• TV21 Dalek Art Up For Sale

  By John Freeman on March 1, 2008

  Among the many British comics-related lots on offer in the current Comic Book Auction, which ends next week, is a real gem for Doctor Who and artist Ron Turner fans alike — a page of artwork from The Daleks, which… Read More ›

• Let’s Do the Timewarp…

  By John Freeman on February 29, 2008

  Now it can be told… Attendees at the UK indie comic press event Caption 2007: Dreams & Nightmares were given a prophetic dream of the theme for Caption 2008. And the dream came true. Caption 2008 is Caption Timewarp. It… Read More ›

• Women in Comics

  By John Freeman on February 29, 2008

  (with thanks to Matthew Badham): With the opening of the Live Lines Exhibtion in Richmond, Bridgeen Gillespie has an article in the PDF-delivered Verbal Magazine this week, revealing why comics aren’t just for boys anymore – if they ever were,… Read More ›

• Make Mine Marvel UK!

  By John Freeman on February 29, 2008

  

  Great news about an exciting book for a Marvel UK fans!

• ¿Hay vida en Marte?

  By John Freeman on February 29, 2008

  Or, is there Life on Mars? BBC Worldwide inked its first scripted format sale ever in Spain in a new agreement for Life on Mars, with television and media company Antena 3. The Spanish version will be produced as an… Read More ›

• Here come the Robots…

  By John Freeman on February 29, 2008

  British independent publisher Accent Press are about to launch Robots, another beast of a book in the tradition of their previous anthology, Zombies, released last year. At 204 pages it features many new, emerging and established talents including Paul Harrison… Read More ›

• Zombies – Review by David Hailwood

  By John Freeman on February 29, 2008

  With the rapidly-approaching arrival of Accent Press Robots anthology (see news story), David Hailwood kindly provides downthetubes with a review of last year’s collection, Zombies… As a good friend of mine once said ‘Zombies are in many ways like skinheads…. Read More ›

• Subscribe to a … T-Shirt?

  By John Freeman on February 28, 2008

  Here’s a weird one, but so wacky it’s worthy of mention. Subscriptions, it seems, are no longer limited to comics and magazines – you can now subscribe to a t-shirt. And over 2500 people already have. T-post is described by… Read More ›

• China Now! Comics Exhibition

  By John Freeman on February 28, 2008

  China Now, the UK’s largest ever festival of Chinese culture, has announced the first ever major exhibition in Britain to explore Manhua – the powerful narrative art form of comics and graphic novels in China – and will include the… Read More ›

• House of Usher Sale

  By John Freeman on February 28, 2008

  Brilliant comics artist Shane Oakley is currently selling; three pages from The Fall of the House of Usher at £55 each, which includes p&p and a signed print. More details and imagery on his blog, where you can also find… Read More ›

• Steve Whitaker: Online Memorial Site Launched

  By John Freeman on February 28, 2008

  

  A livejournal gommunity and a flickr group devoted to the late, already-much missed artist and colourist Steve Whitaker, who died last week (see related story), have now been launched. “If you were a pal or admirer of Steve and his… Read More ›

• Doctor Who Experiment

  By John Freeman on February 27, 2008 • ( 2 )

  Purely for research purposes of course, given that ROK Comics, which I edit, has a comic creator too, I had a go at using the BBC’s Doctor Who Comic Maker. Have to say I wasn’t 100 per cent impressed: the… Read More ›

• DFC – Ask The Editor

  By John Freeman on February 27, 2008

  I’m interviewing the editor of new, originated, British comic DFC for downthetubes.net to tie in with the launch of the title, so if you have any questions you’d like to ask, fire them my way asap. Needless to say, this… Read More ›

• Phoo Action gets series order

  By John Freeman on February 25, 2008

  Almost passing me by, just a quick note that BBC3 has ordered a full run of tongue-in-cheek kung-fu drama PPhoo Action. Series creator Jamie (Tank Girl) Hewlett is working on six sixty minute episodes (which will hopefully be a lot… Read More ›

• The Flash Gordon story retold

  By John Freeman on February 25, 2008

  Comics International editor Mike Conroy is one of many contributors to a Flash Gordon documentary being screened on the the UK Sci-Fi Channel tonight (Monday 25 February) at 8.00pm. Scheduled to air ahead of the series pilot, the programme provides… Read More ›

• Aye Write!

  By John Freeman on February 24, 2008

  The third Aye Write! Book Festival takes place in Glasgow’s Mitchell Library from 7 to 15 March 2008. Included this year in the programme are talks by Scottish science fiction authors Iain M Banks and Ken MacLeod who will be… Read More ›

• In Memoriam: Comic Artist and Colourist Steve Whitaker

  By John Freeman on February 24, 2008 • ( 1 )

  

  British artist and colourist Steve Whitaker is, I am deeply sorry to report, no longer with us. Steve died on Thursday after becoming unwell on the way to his doctor’s. The loss has left family, friends and the comics fans… Read More ›

• Spaceship Away #14 counting down

  By John Freeman on February 23, 2008

  Spaceship Away, the glossy magazine that is home to new Dan Dare adventures as well as reprints of classic sci-fi strip Journey Into Space and Sydney Jordan’s new Hal Starr strip, is nearly out again. Issue 14 (cover seen left,… Read More ›

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