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• Star Wars invades San Francisco…

  By John Freeman on August 17, 2008

  … literally, it seems. Thanks to Frank Garcia for the link (via Gizmodo, Current – the original source, I think – and presurfer among others)…. Informed by the Bush Administration that a Rebel base is located in the heart of… Read More ›

• Scalpel! Glue! Paint! Coffee?

  By John Freeman on August 14, 2008

  In the last few years the revitalised plastic kit manufacturer Airfix has been re-releasing some of their classic kits in addition to creating new ones on such modern subjects as Wallace And Gromit and new Doctor Who. After some years… Read More ›

• Festival Time In Edinburgh

  By John Freeman on August 13, 2008

  As the Edinburgh Festivals kick into full swing for August 2008, there are several UK comics related items worth mentioning. After gingerly dipping their toes into the flood of graphic novels last year, the Edinburgh International Book Festival have made… Read More ›

• ‘Watchmen’ Races Towards The Top Of The Amazon.Co.Uk Book Chart

  By John Freeman on August 13, 2008

  Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ ground-breaking Watchmen has raced towards the top of the Amazon.co.uk book chart as sales rise by over 3000% and excitement builds around 2009 film release. Its trailer is currently running before screenings of The Dark… Read More ›

• Revamp Vampirella!

  By John Freeman on August 12, 2008

  Get ready to Vamp it up as Project: Rooftop, where cartoonists and illustrators bring their costume design skills to task in tribute to the superheroes and villains they’ve grown up with, joins forces with Harris Comics for their newest drawing… Read More ›

• Rare Anderson Comics up for auction

  By John Freeman on August 12, 2008

  Copies of Lady Penelope — the comic created by the publishers of the best-selling TV Century 21 but aimed at girls — are just some of the rare items up for auction from British company Compalcomics this autumn. Bids will… Read More ›

• Tube Surfing: 12 August 2008

  By John Freeman on August 12, 2008

  • (via Forbidden Planet International): The Observer, ComICA and Jonathan Cape have teamed up again this year for a second graphic short story competition following the success of the first such endeavour last year (which was won by Cathy Brighton’s… Read More ›

• Resonance FM Stands Up for Comics

  By John Freeman on August 12, 2008

  (via Bugpowder): On Thursday 14th August at 5.00pm, Resonance FM will broadcast “Stand Up Comics: Music and Performance by Small Press Artists and Writers” as part of the weekly comics programme, ‘Strip’. Tune in for poetry, stories, music and dialogue,… Read More ›

• IndieReview Revamped

  By John Freeman on August 11, 2008

  IndieReview, the UK indie comics and manga portal has had a new revamp, focusing on sharp dynamic content with lots of great images and up to date news from the world of comics. The team behind the site have also… Read More ›

• Fungus versus Arkwright!

  By John Freeman on August 8, 2008

  Just a quick reminder that this Saturday (9th August) will see the the first ever, truly historical encounter, between Bryan Talbot and Raymond Briggs, two giants of the British graphic novel. The ComICA event starts at 2.30 at London’s ICA… Read More ›

• ROK Comics Launches New Competitions

  By John Freeman on August 8, 2008

  ROK Comics has just announced the launch of not one but two great competitions – open to everyone using the ROK Comics comics-to-mobile service, so pass it on! Both offer the chance to win a top of the range Nokia… Read More ›

• James Bond Theme Spoof

  By John Freeman on August 8, 2008

  Fun parody from one Joe Cornish, who would like to offer this song to the makers of the new James Bond movie ‘The Quantum of Solace’, entirely free, for use over the opening credits of their forthcoming movie. — with… Read More ›

• Doctor Who Part Work in the Offing

  By John Freeman on August 7, 2008

  (with thanks to Jeremy Bentham and Tony Clark): Alerted by a posting on the web site of Blackpool’s Who shop, it seems plans are afoot to release a Doctor Who DVD Files Magazine. Part works publishers GE Fabbri, publishers of… Read More ›

• Doctor Who’s Brief Encounter!

  By John Freeman on August 7, 2008

  Colin Baker, who played the Sixth Doctor Who in the 1980s, is visiting Carnforth, Lancashire for a special bank holiday event. Colin will meet and greet fans of the series at Carnforth Station‘s Doctor Who-themed shop ‘The Tardis’ on Monday,… Read More ›

• Marvel Revenues Double

  By John Freeman on August 7, 2008

  US comics publisher Marvel Entertainment has reported a huge growth in its operating results for its second quarter and six months ended 30th June 2008, with licensing and film revenues helping to swell its coffers – but comic sales have… Read More ›

• Eleventh Hour Vol 1 hits WOWIO!

  By John Freeman on August 7, 2008

  Eleventh Hour Volume 1, the latest installment in the Eagle Award Nominated anthology series produced by Orang Utan Comics Studio and published by AAM/Markosia has joined the digital revolution in comics this week. The full 80-page trade paperback is now… Read More ›

• Moggy in the TARDIS

  By John Freeman on August 6, 2008

  Liking a) Doctor Who and b) cats is obligatory for all downthetubes contributors – and anyone disliking either of these two things is asked to leave pretty quickly, I can tell you. The team was therefore thrilled to see this… Read More ›

• Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Computer Adventure!

  By John Freeman on August 6, 2008

  With Wallace & Gromit creator Nick Park in the news as guest editor of the 70th Birthday Beano, Telltale, Inc., the leader in interactive episodic entertainment, have just released a cinematic teaser trailer and new details about the Wallace &… Read More ›

• Narnia by Night

  By John Freeman on August 6, 2008

  British film fans, families and kids are getting a unique opportunity to relive the magic of The Chronicles of Narnia movies at close quarters at a one-off, Narnia-themed Wow Night on Thursday, 14th August 2008. ‘The Wonderful World of Weta… Read More ›

• Exclusive Hand Made Transformers Figures Up-For-Grabs!

  By John Freeman on August 6, 2008

  Transformers — a robot toy range that has spawned several successful comics across the globe down the years and will see the launch of a new UK comic title from Titan in October — has a massive collector fan base,… Read More ›

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