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• In Review: The Starblazer Adventures Role-Playing Game

  By John Freeman on 11 July 2009

  

  Rebellion-owned role-playing adventure games and card and board game publisher Cubicle 7 Entertainment recently its new Starblazer Adventures role playing game which avid RPG-er and comics expert Matthew Armitage has kindly reviewed for us… Mention DC Thomson’s Starblazer to some… Read More ›

• Tube Surfing, 11 July 2009: Starblazer Sculptures, Moon Landings and an Oxfam ComicFest

  By John Freeman on 11 July 2009

  • Dundee-based artist Trevor Gordon has been in touch, to let you us of a collaborative art project going ahead in Dundee at the Mills Observatory. “I am working with archival material from DC Thomsons and creating sculptural pieces influenced… Read More ›

• New Prisoner: Sneak preview at Comic Con

  By John Freeman on 9 July 2009

  Stars of ITV’s co-produced mini-series The Prisoner, including Jim Caviezel, Jamie Campbell-Bower and Lennie James will be at the upcoming Comic Con 2009 in San Diego at the end of this month, for a panel event and exclusive sneak preview… Read More ›

• Geek Syndicate Launches first ever 2000AD podcast

  By John Freeman on 9 July 2009

  Top Brit podcast site Geek Syndicate have launched a new podcast on under our banner dedicated to all things 2000AD – possibly the first of its kind devoted solely to Rebellion’s weekly scifi comic. Everything Comes Back To 2000AD is… Read More ›

• Bryan Talbot IS The Doctor

  By John Freeman on 9 July 2009

  (with thanks to Pádraig Ó Méalóid): Congratulations to top comics creator Bryan Talbot, who has been awarded an honorary doctorate for his “outstanding contribution to the Arts as writer and graphic artist” by Sunderland University. The ceremony is on Friday… Read More ›

• Chorion Secure Rights to Dan Dare

  By John Freeman on 8 July 2009

  (Updated 14 July 2009): Media trade magazine Broadcast is reporting that the company Chorion has secured international licensing rights for “classic” Dan Dare, as featured in the original Eagle comic, offering the character for “a broad range of licensing applications.”… Read More ›

• Photo Review: Starblazer Exhibition

  By Jeremy Briggs on 8 July 2009

  

  Opened as part of the Dundee Literary Festival Comics Day on Sunday 28th June 2009, Dundee University’s Lamb Gallery is currently displaying a selection of artwork from DC Thomson’s Starblazer digest in an exhibition curated by Matthew Jarron. Starblazer was… Read More ›

• Eddie Campbell Interviewed

  By John Freeman on 8 July 2009

  The Forbidden Planet International blog has just published a smashing interview by Pádraig Ó Méalóid with Eddie Campbell (From Hell, Alec and much more), just as Top Shelf’s big Alec: the Years Have Pants collection is announced in Previews, due… Read More ›

• New Comics Events Site Launched

  By John Freeman on 8 July 2009 • ( 2 )

  While it’s still largely focused on US events, comics fans and British convention organisers might want to check out UpcomingCons.com, a new web site which hopes to list conventions around the world. Offering a new fan convention resource focused on… Read More ›

• Watchmen on DVD, Blu-Ray

  By John Freeman on 8 July 2009

  The big-screen adaptation of the most celebrated graphic novel of all time, Watchmen, will be released as a Region 2 two-disc DVD and Blu-ray with Digital Copy on 27th July. Directed by Zack Snyder (300), the 2-disc DVD of the… Read More ›

• Tube Surfing 6 July 2009: Scotch Corner, Harker, Tom Baker, Bodysnatchers and Cricket

  By John Freeman on 6 July 2009

  • Those pesky Scottish creators are attempting another coup of downthetubes with a reminder that Scotch Corner, a collection of Scottish artists, is up and running. The fine team from north of the border include Thomas Crielly, Gary Erskine, Andy… Read More ›

• DC Thomson Bids Farewell to former Beano Editor

  By John Freeman on 6 July 2009

  

  Comics artist Lew Stringer picks up on news that broke over at web site Comics UK that Euan Kerr, DC Thomson’s Deputy Manager of Children’s Publishing and former long-standing editor of The Beano and other titles, is to retire. Dismissing… Read More ›

• Apollo 11: Behind the Scenes?

  By John Freeman on 6 July 2009

  Contributions to our 40th Anniversary of the Moon Landing Comics Celebration album on the downthetubes forum are coming in daily, with this latest gem from comics, storyboard artist and illustrator Martin Baines, a tongue-in-cheek tip of the hat to the… Read More ›

• In Review: Torchwood – Rift War

  By John Freeman on 6 July 2009

  When Titan Magazines launched Torchwood The Official Magazine in January 2008, they chose to follow the example of Panini’s Doctor Who Magazine and include a comic strip. While the Doctor Who comic strip is an historical remnant of Doctor Who… Read More ›

• Birmingham Con Helps Realize Creators Dreams

  By John Freeman on 3 July 2009 • ( 1 )

  This year’s British International Comic Show in Birmingham has announced the publication of the first winner of the BICS Got Talent Writing contest. The lucky winner, John Howson, has had his Future Shock story “9 to 5” illustrated by the… Read More ›

• ‘Nana Rocket launched by Forbidden Planet!

  By John Freeman on 3 July 2009

  This is just a bit of Friday fun! In 1988, Forbidden Planet commissioned the young Rian Hughes to create the world famous rocket logo and typeface still used today. Now you can own a piece of history with this vinyl… Read More ›

• BVC’s Shades Enters Spirit World

  By John Freeman on 3 July 2009

  British Web comic publisher Broken Voice Comics has just released Chapter 12 of its flagship title, the online graphic novel Shades online, plus some of the first pages of Chapter 13 have just been launched at its website. For the… Read More ›

• Pasties Are Better Than Comics

  By John Freeman on 3 July 2009

  Oh all right, that’s not really true, but you’d be hard pressed to find more enthusiasm for the pastry-based food, created by the Cornish and whose reputation is frequently ruined by bakeries across the UK who simply have no idea… Read More ›

• Comics International Back for San Diego

  By John Freeman on 3 July 2009

  Prompted by fans questions over on the downthetubes forum, Comics International‘s Barry Renshaw has sent us a short but hopeful message on the future of the much-missed comics news magazine, which has been consigned to scheduling hell for several months…. Read More ›

• Strip!: There’s no time like the present

  By John Freeman on 2 July 2009

  Starting Sci-Fi comics month on the Strip! radio show for London-based arts channel Resonance FM, Alex Fitch talks to small press creator Paul Rainey about his serialised graphic novel There’s no time like the present, which he has been self… Read More ›

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