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• Robot Steel Alien

  By John Freeman on 20 April 2009

  Robot Steel Alien Originally uploaded by JohnFreeman. This was just one of several stunning steel sculptures created by the folk at RobotSteel.com on view at The Gadget Show at the NEC Birmingham this weekend. Based in Ireland, RoboSteel designs and… Read More ›

• Ackerman Auction in May

  By John Freeman on 20 April 2009

  Hot on the heels of the upcoming Battlestar Galactica auction (see this news story I wrote for weirdand beard.com) comes news of another major scifi and fantasy auction event, this time from Profiles in History who will offer over 1100… Read More ›

• 2nd Leeds Zombie Film Festival Approaches

  By John Freeman on 19 April 2009

  Sunday 26 April sees the second Leeds Zombie Film Festival. Held at the Cottage Road Cinema in the Headingly region of the city from 12 noon to 12 midnight, full day passes (available from the box office on the day… Read More ›

• Comic Boom on Panel Borders

  By John Freeman on 16 April 2009

  Continuing their month long look at comic book publishing Panel Borders Alex Fitch and Duncan Nott talk to Mark Waid, the editor-in-chief of US publisher Boom! Studios for this week’s Strip! radio show on Resonance FM. A relatively new comic… Read More ›

• Tripwire’s Wild Adventure

  By John Freeman on 16 April 2009

  2009 is a banner year for the publishers of British comics and fantasy magazine Tripwire. Following hot on the heels of the success of its Superhero Special in March (reviewed here on downthtubes), they’re now locked and loaded with the… Read More ›

• Keith Page: Raiding the Past and Future

  By John Freeman on 16 April 2009

  Comics artist Keith Page, co-creator of the mobile strip Charlotte Corday, is one of the regular interior and cover artists on British publisher DC Thomson’s Commando as well as writing and illustrating the Dan Dare prequel Rocket Pilot in comics… Read More ›

• Salmon’s Spot on the Net

  By John Freeman on 15 April 2009

  (via Kasterborous): Comics artist Adrian Salmon, whose credits include work for Judge Dredd: The Megazine, Doctor Who Magazine and the graphic novel The Faceless: A Terry Sharp Story has recently begun a blog, which includes many samples of his recent… Read More ›

• Tube Surfing: 15 April 2009

  By John Freeman on 15 April 2009

  • Insomnia Publications publisher Crawford Coutts has just done an interview on Jazma which covers how he came to found the company, his views on the comics industry and his big plans for the future. Read it here. The company… Read More ›

• Vote Misty!

  By John Freeman on 12 April 2009

  As we previously reported, Egmont UK will be publishing a ‘classic collection’ of strips from the ground-breaking girls comic, Misty, in December, distributed exclusively through WH Smiths. It will be the last of four collections of classic comic strips planned… Read More ›

• Commando Webbing: 11 April 2009

  By John Freeman on 11 April 2009

  Commando issue 4187, Raiders: The Reckoning, is one of the current batch of four Commandos on sale now and brings to a close the current run of Ramsey’s Raiders stories. Created by writer Ferg Handley, the Special Raiding Force of… Read More ›

• Tube Surfing: 11 April 2009

  By John Freeman on 11 April 2009

  • ComX publisher Eddie Deighton has just been interviewed for a new article, published here on comicon, giving a little insight into the company and his thoughts on the industry, offering advice for small publishers and comments on viral marketing…. Read More ›

• Bristol Expo Sells Out, No Tickets on Door

  By John Freeman on 11 April 2009

  With four weeks still to go, tickets for this May’s 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) have completely… Read More ›

• Torchwood Gets the Golden Touch

  By John Freeman on 9 April 2009

  Here’s a ‘sneak peek’ at the new Torchwood Magazine #16 Diamond Exclusive comic-artwork cover drawn by fan-favourite artist Michael Golden! On sale from 25th June in the UK, this is a specially commissioned illustration by comic artist Michael Golden and… Read More ›

• Cancertown To Get Expo Launch

  By John Freeman on 9 April 2009

  When Bryan Talbot, multi-Eisner award winning creator of The Adventures of Luther Arkwright, the first British graphic novel, reads the first ever creator-owned work from a new creative team and says its the first outing of creators “will make their… Read More ›

• Winter and Shalvey: Lewd, Rude But Very Funny

  By John Freeman on 8 April 2009

  We’ve missed this title from the combined talents of award-winners Andy Winter and Declan Shalvey via Moonface Press, so we’ll make up for it now. Check out Tim Skinner, Total Scumbag, described over on the Forbidden Planet International blog as… Read More ›

• Temple’s Third Outing Online

  By John Freeman on 6 April 2009

  The third Temple APA anthology, a collection of work from one of Britain’s longest-running Amateur Press Associations, is available for download (PDF format). Featuring work by Adam Grose, Dave Hailwood, Malcolm Kirk, Simon Mackie, Tony Suleri, Paul Eldridge and Jim… Read More ›

• Rich Johnston scripts Doctor Who one-shot from IDW

  By John Freeman on 6 April 2009

  (with thanks to Matthew Badham): A new Doctor Who one shot from US publisher IDW, Room With A Deja View, is in the pipeline, written by British comics columnist Rich Johnston and drawn by Rex Mundi artist EricJ, with a… Read More ›

• Tube Surfing: 6 April 2009

  By John Freeman on 6 April 2009

  • We’re sorry to report US comics artist Frank Springer died at his home in Damariscotta, Maine on Thursday aged 79. His credits include work for Marvel, including issues of Thundercats and Transformers – reprinted by Marvel UK – and… Read More ›

• Time Bomb’s Talent Search Announced

  By John Freeman on 5 April 2009

  British indie Time Bomb Comics has announced it is looking for new talent – and will be on the hunt for creators at the upcoming Bristol Comics Small Press Expo next month. Formed two years ago, Time Bomb’s latest one-shot… Read More ›

• Tube Surfing: 5 April 2009

  By John Freeman on 5 April 2009

  • The Independent on Sunday carried a two-page ‘interview’ with Roy “Roy of the Rovers” Race today, a splendid piece of well-researched work about the character and his history by writer Cole Morton. The piece not only promoted the new… Read More ›

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