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• In Memoriam: Adrian Kermode

  By John Freeman on 3 May 2009

  

  We’re sorry to report the death of British journalist and comics writer Adrian Kermode

• Comic Expo Countdown…

  By John Freeman on 3 May 2009

  There’s just one week to go until the 2009 Bristol International Comic Expo (featuring the Small Press Expo) at the Ramada Plaza Hotel on 9th and 10th May 2009 (and Mercure Holland House Hotel (Sat 9th only) and whilst the… Read More ›

• Watchmen Gets DVD, Blu-Ray Date

  By John Freeman on 1 May 2009

  Paramount Home Entertainment has announced that Watchmen will be available to purchase on DVD and Blu-ray in the UK on 27th July 2009. Directed by Zack Snyder (300), Watchmen is a based on the 1986-1987 comic book limited series Watchmen… Read More ›

• Who Gazes Upon The Watchmen? Chapter Two

  By John Freeman on 30 April 2009

  At the beginning of April we reported that four pages of original Watchmen artwork by artist Dave Gibbons that had just sold on eBay, selling for between £4,058 and £5,600. Since then, three more pages have been sold. The first… Read More ›

• Strip!: Publishing a Blank Slate

  By John Freeman on 30 April 2009

  

  Concluding comic book publishing month on radio show and podcast Strip!, Alex Fitch interviews Kenny Penman who runs Blank Slate Books, a new British publishing company that has been around for just under a year and have four books to… Read More ›

• Stand By for Action!

  By John Freeman on 29 April 2009

  Producers Ralph Titterton and Tim Mallett have assembled 40 tracks representing the best of TV and film music genius Barry Gray, capturing some of the very best of his theme work that graced many classic 1960s shows produced in the… Read More ›

• Tube Surfing: 28 April 2009

  By John Freeman on 28 April 2009

  • In his latest Lyin in the Gutters column, Rich Johnston reports Mark Millar and Bryan Hitch‘s Fantastic Four run for Marvel has had an altered schedule due to personal issues for both creators. The last double-sized edition, #569, has… Read More ›

• As Rainbow Orchid Preps for Print, Parts go Offline…

  By John Freeman on 27 April 2009

  Garen Ewing’s full web version of his comic strip The Rainbow Orchid, is going to remain online for just one more week. “Book publication of volume one (Egmont UK) is set for 4 August 2009, so after the bank holiday… Read More ›

• Hi-Ex Comics Convention Returns In 2010

  By Jeremy Briggs on 26 April 2009 • ( 1 )

  After the successful second Hi-Ex comics convention held in Inverness on Valentine’s weekend this year, organisers Vicky Stonebridge and Rich Clements have been in touch to let us know that Hi-Ex will return in 2010. After heavy snowfall prevented many… Read More ›

• Orang Utan Moves to Light Speed

  By John Freeman on 25 April 2009

  British indie publisher Orang Utan Comics have just released two new comics, both available to order online – and which will be on sale at the Comics Expo in Bristol next month. FTL#1, available from Indyplanet, is the first issue… Read More ›

• Cold Day on Sale!

  By John Freeman on 24 April 2009

  … Well, almost. I’ve just received an advance copy of Panini’s Doctor Who: A Cold Day in Hell collection which features strips from my period working on Doctor Who Magazine, as designer then editor. The Panini team have done the… Read More ›

• Mirabalis Continues Online

  By John Freeman on 24 April 2009

  New episodes of Mirabilis, which ran in the dead-but-just-resting The DFC, have just been posted online: www.mirabilis-yearofwonders.com/Episodes.html The creation of Dave Morris and Leo Hartas, Mirabilis was originally intended to appear in episodic form in Random House’s weekly comic, before… Read More ›

• You Are The Law!

  By John Freeman on 24 April 2009

  Licensed Judge Dredd belt buckles are now available to pre-order from Termight Replicas. This heavy buckle has been cast in zinc alloy and then gold plated with an enamelled flag on the front, and the results look impressive. The buckle… Read More ›

• Diggle’s Free Comic Book Day

  By John Freeman on 23 April 2009

  Thunderbolts and Green Arrow writer Andy Diggle will be signing comics at Lancaster’s First Age Comics in the Assembly Rooms, King Street on Free Comic Book Day (Saturday 2nd May). The signing starts at 2.00pm. Andy’s credits also include Hellblazer,… Read More ›

• Strip!: Ed Pinsent and Fast Fiction

  By John Freeman on 23 April 2009

  Continuing comic book publishing month on his Strip! radio show on London-based art radio station Resonance FM, Alex Fitch talks to comics creator Ed Pinsent, the second editor of the 1980s small press anthology Fast Fiction which was a ground… Read More ›

• In Review: New British Comics

  By John Freeman on 23 April 2009 • ( 3 )

  Last month we gave a quick plug for the first issue of New British Comics, an 80-page comics anthology featuring, 13 stories and 17 artists including Dave Thomson, Malcy Duff, Paul O’Connell and Rob Miller. The book has been self-published… Read More ›

• Dave McKean Retrospective in Scotland

  By John Freeman on 22 April 2009

  Dalmuir Library, Scotland is hosting a retrospective of artist Dave McKean’s work until 30th May. This free exhibition in the Library’s Backdoor Gallery, part of the Booked! Festival which inclues appearances by SF writers Ian McLeod and Iain M. Banks,… Read More ›

• Smart Wins TOXIC Poll

  By John Freeman on 22 April 2009 • ( 1 )

  

  Jamie Smart has won the TOXIC Crazy Comic Poll

• Tube Surfing: 22 April 2009

  By John Freeman on 22 April 2009

  

  It’s been a busy couple of weeks so our quick round ups of British comics news here have been a bit lacking. My apologies. • The reason things have been scant here is down to the soft launch of weirdandbeard.com,… Read More ›

• Adlard, Reppion and Moore Interviewed

  By John Freeman on 21 April 2009

  

  Along with its usual mix of great comic strips, the new issue of Judge Dredd Megazine (Issue 283) contains two articles by downthetubes contributor Matthew Badham

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