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• Happy Birthday Beano Event

  By John Freeman on July 12, 2008

  As previously mentioned here, Happy Birthday Beano, the official 70th anniversary exhibition will be running in the Tower Building of the University of Dundee from from 18th July to 20th September 2008. The display will include original artwork from the… Read More ›

• 2000AD Extreme Edition: R.I.P.

  By Jeremy Briggs on July 11, 2008 • ( 2 )

  

  2000AD’s reprint title is no more

• Indiana Interview On Geek Syndicate

  By John Freeman on July 11, 2008

  The latest episode of the fab podcast Geek Syndicate features an interview with Rob Williams, the writer of the new Indiana Jones (Indiana Jones and the Tomb of the Gods) comic from Dark Horse. Direct Link: http://comicspodcastsuk.wordpress.com/2008/07/11/geek-syndicate-episode-88/

• Crime Writer in the making

  By John Freeman on July 11, 2008

  Our congratulations to downthetubes contributor and former editor of the critically-acclaimed fanzine Eagle Flies Again Ian Wheeler, who has just been announced as the winner of this year’s Theakston’s Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival competition, which takes place in his… Read More ›

• Commando Shop – Summer Offer

  By John Freeman on July 10, 2008

  DC Thomson’s official Commando shop is currently offering free postage on all its orders. The Commando Gear shop offers T-shirts and mugs in a variety of different colours and designs with the Commando logo and the familiar F-S fighting knife… Read More ›

• Stealing Dilbert

  By John Freeman on July 10, 2008

  When the G8 governments met in Japan this week, one of the items on the agenda that has been discussed in secret for months was signing an agreement that could enable customs officers and others to search your laptop or… Read More ›

• Tube Surfing: 9 July 2008

  By John Freeman on July 9, 2008

  

  • Jason Wilson has sent me a copy of Smuggling Vacation, now available in all good bookshops. I’ll post a longer review later in the week as I’ve only had chance to flick through it today, but I love the… Read More ›

• Science in Education — or is it…

  By John Freeman on July 9, 2008 • ( 1 )

  New Scientist has published a worrying feature focusing on the news that on 28th June, The Science Education Act was passed as law in the State of Louisiana in the US. This piece of legislature now allows teachers in this… Read More ›

• NetFinds: SF in Six Words

  By John Freeman on July 9, 2008

  A nice little find this evening… back in November 2006, Wired Magazine published the results of an appeal for some very short SF stories – six word stories to be precise. The challenge to sci-fi, fantasy, and horror writers from… Read More ›

• Beano Birthday Publicity Ramps Up

  By John Freeman on July 9, 2008

  DC Thomson is pulling no punches when it comes to promoting the Beano‘s upcoming 70th issue, running a two page feature in this week’s Sunday Post to promote Wallace & Gromit creator Nick Park’s upcoming guest editorship of the birthday… Read More ›

• Eagle Times Volume 21 Number 2 – Summer 2008

  By John Freeman on July 9, 2008

  

  The latest issue of the Eagle Society‘s magazine Eagle Times (Volume 21 Number 2, Summer 2008) is now available by mail order. The magazine includes features on the artists who worked on the “Riders of the Range” strip, a look… Read More ›

• Forbidden Planet Polls its Punters

  By John Freeman on July 9, 2008

  In 1978, Forbidden Planet opened its first store in London’s Denmark Street (better known to some as “Tin Pan Alley”) and has been at the forefront of all things science fiction, Fantasy, Cult TV and Film, including books, comics, DVDs… Read More ›

• The DFC – Single Issues Now Available

  By John Freeman on July 8, 2008

  Much has been said over the last few months on the subject of the new British children’s comic, The DFC, and a lot of it has to do with its distribution method. The only way to get hold of it… Read More ›

• Music From The 21st Century

  By John Freeman on July 6, 2008

  

  Stand by for musical action!

• The Moment Has Been Prepared For…

  By John Freeman on July 5, 2008 • ( 2 )

  It’s tonight. Pull on your Dalek slippers. Get the Doctor Who chocolate from the fridge. Take the phone off the hook because, believe it or not, there may be some people not watching it. And enjoy. 65 minutes of new… Read More ›

• Tube Surfing: 3 July 2008

  By John Freeman on July 3, 2008

  Steve Holland of Bear Alley reviews Paul Gravett’s Mammoth Book of Best Crime Comics here. He dubs it a ‘must-have collection.’ Over at the Forbidden Planet Blog, Alex Fitch gives us the lowdown on many of the neat podcasts coming… Read More ›

• 2000AD Playing Cards For Free

  By John Freeman on June 30, 2008

  The August issue of SFX, number 172, comes with a nice little freebie of a set of 2000AD playing cards. Nicolai Dante is, appropriately, the Jack of Hearts while Halo Jones is the Queen of Hearts, although that perhaps should… Read More ›

• British Comic Sales

  By John Freeman on June 30, 2008

  

  The latest public news stand comic sales figures

• Tube Surfing: Remembering Michael Turner, Virgin’s Dan Dare Collection

  By John Freeman on June 29, 2008

  

  Scurrying around the web for comic related news, so you don’t have to

• Manchester Zinefest Returns

  By John Freeman on June 29, 2008

  Manchester Zinefest returns in 2008 on the 30th August. The venue will be Urbis, slap bang in the city centre. The Zinefest last ran in 2006, the work of a loosely organized group whic attracted some 200 people who viewed… Read More ›

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