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• Tube Surfing: 5 June 2009

  By John Freeman on 5 June 2009

  • Busy racing between secret locations in an effort to find an internet connection that worked, we missed out on wishing Garen Ewing, creator of The Rainbow Orchid, a happy birthday yesterday (4th June) but there’s still time to enter… Read More ›

• 2D Festival Begins in Derry

  By John Freeman on 5 June 2009

  If you’re in Northern Ireland this weekend, then head along to the 2D Festival at the Verbal Arts Centre in Derry, which is now up and running with guests David Lloyd, Liam Sharp, Glenn Fabry, Mike Collins, Bryan Talbot, David… Read More ›

• Dandy Issue 1, Amazing Fantasy #15 Up For Sale

  By John Freeman on 5 June 2009

  There’s still time to bid on items – including a rare copy of the first ever Dandy – from British online auction site Comic Book Auction’s Summer Catalogue. Included in the British section of the catalogue is an extremely rare… Read More ›

• In Memoriam: David Carradine

  By John Freeman on 4 June 2009

  downthetubes is very sorry to report the death of actor David Carradine, star of 1970s cult TV show Kung Fu, whose career saw a huge revival in recent years with an appearance in Quentin Tarrantino’s Kill Bill. As a teen… Read More ›

• Manhwa Galleries, Mixed Media Graduates and Manga Girls…

  By John Freeman on 4 June 2009

  Starting cross cultural comics month on Resonance FM’s Strip! comic show, Dickon Harris introduces the 100 years of Manhwa exhibition at the London Korean Cultural Centre (see our report, here) and talks to a couple of recent illustration graduates this… Read More ›

• New BoJeffries Saga in the Works

  By John Freeman on 4 June 2009

  

  New The Bojeffries Saga stories in the works from Top Shelf

• Time Capsule: The Origin of "Miracleman"

  By Jeremy Briggs on 4 June 2009

  

  Mick Anglo not only created Marvelman, but Miracleman, too…

• "Mystery" 5 By 5 Festival: Details Emerge

  By John Freeman on 3 June 2009 • ( 1 )

  After our recent news story about rumours that ComicCon was coming to London’s 02 venue next year – a report flatly denied by the organisers of the US San Diego ComicCon who have since stated categorically they had not licensed… Read More ›

• Matters of Convention: Something for Everyone

  By John Freeman on 3 June 2009

  Matthew Badham goes behind the scenes of the British International Comics Show (taking place 3-4th October at Birmingham’s ThinkTank) with co-organiser Shane Chebsey This is the second of a series of interviews with British comic convention organisers over the next… Read More ›

• Tube Surfing: 3 June 2009

  By John Freeman on 3 June 2009

  We haven’t done one of these for at least couple of weeks, so hold onto your hats because there’s some folk clamouring for space… • Indie comics creator Sean Azzopardi has a new project – Thumbpaintings: life drawing using his… Read More ›

• Artist Visa System Protest Launched

  By John Freeman on 2 June 2009

  The Manifesto Club, which campaigns against the hyper regulation of everyday life and supports free movement across borders, free expression and free association is co-ordinating a campaign against a new artist visa system introduced by the UK Home Office for… Read More ›

• Roy of the Rovers Print Offer

  By John Freeman on 2 June 2009

  With Father’s Day just a month away – on 21st June 2009 – many people may be racking their brains to think of the perfect present. Well, publishers Egmont may have the solution – the chance for your Dad to… Read More ›

• Alternative Press Festival Ready to Go

  By John Freeman on 1 June 2009

  Comics creator Jimi Gherkin and the team behind the upcoming Alternative Press Festival in London (Wednesday 29th July – Sunday 2nd August 2009, click here for the latest events listing) have been in touch to say that everything’s go for… Read More ›

• In Review: Semiotic Cohesion 4

  By John Freeman on 1 June 2009

  Tom McNally’s beautifully produced small press B&W anthology Semiotic Cohesion reaches issue 4 with a further selection of short strips all written by Tom himself or Sebastian Borckenhagan. If you don’t know what semiotics are then you could try looking… Read More ›

• Promoting Your Comics: Your Ideas Wanted

  By John Freeman on 1 June 2009

  Over on the downthetubes Forum we’ve started a discussion about promoting comics with a view to creating a “resource page” for creators looking for ways to publicise their work. Primarily, at the moment the page with edited info pulled from… Read More ›

• Tripwire Secures Guillermo del Toro Exclusive

  By John Freeman on 1 June 2009

  British comics and genre magazine Tripwire has annouced they have added exciting new features to their already jam-packed 2009 Annual. The magazine has landed an exclusive interview with award-winning genre master Guillermo Del Toro discussing his new novel The Strain… Read More ›

• ComicCon in the UK?

  By John Freeman on 31 May 2009 • ( 5 )

  (Updated, 3 June 2009, see also “Mystery” 5 By 5 Festival: Details Emerge story): Web site ComicRelated reported earlier this week that Liam Fisher, the man behind the upcoming 5 by 5 Festival in East London which starts 18th June,… Read More ›

• Going Dutch for Comics

  By John Freeman on 29 May 2009

  Sandra de Haan, a comic artist from Rotterdam just found downthetubes and writes to let us know that given that the Netherlands is a small country, she’s started translating her comics into English to try and reach more comic fans…. Read More ›

• Manwha 100 Opening Report

  By John Freeman on 29 May 2009 • ( 1 )

  Last week David Baillie was our downthetubes roving reporter lucky enough to be invited to a private view of the new Manwha 100 exhibition in London which, if the name hasn’t already given the game away, celebrates the 100th anniversary… Read More ›

• Anthony Johnston Strips!

  By John Freeman on 28 May 2009

  Concluding adaptation and inspiration month on his Strip! radio show for London’s Resonance FM, Alex Fitch talks to writer and graphic designer Antony Johnston about combining text and image in comics and other media from his illustrated novella Frightening Curves… Read More ›

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