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• Striptacular New Comic at The Thing…

  By John Freeman on 25 March 2009

  We plugged the UK Web and Minicomix Thing 2009 in Mile End, London this weekend earlier this week, but one comic to look out for there will be Francesca Cassavetti‘s Striptacular, a 36-page comic featuring nine brand spanking new strips,… Read More ›

• Grand Adventures from Wallace & Gromit

  By John Freeman on 24 March 2009

  Model citizens Wallace & Gromit have appeared on screen and in comics, and now they’re back once again in a game: this time in Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Adventures, a new game series debuting today at www.telltalegames.com. “Fright of the… Read More ›

• Egmont Revives Summer Special Tradition

  By John Freeman on 24 March 2009

  (Updated 30 March) Back in the good old days of British comics, eager readers of titles such as Valiant, Battle, Buster, Roy of the Rovers and others didn’t just enjoy their weekly publication; sales and distribution models of one off… Read More ›

• Comix Web Thing This Week

  By John Freeman on 23 March 2009

  A quick reminder that the UK Comix Web Thing takes place this coming Saturday (28th March ) at the Great Hall, Queen Mary University, Mile End, London. The event, which has been running since 2004, includes panel discussions, a drawing… Read More ›

• Smuggling Vacation Sequel Live

  By John Freeman on 23 March 2009

  

  Day of the Deal, Jason Wilson‘s follow up to his enjoyable but controversial drug smuggling adventure Smuggling Vacation, is now being serialised online. The story will be published in print in October. Between now and print day, the entire new… Read More ›

• Tube Surfing: 23 March 2009

  By John Freeman on 23 March 2009

  • Artist Rob Davis recently posted an interesting article about his work for Roy of the Rovers Monthly when it relaunched in late 1993. Davis had previously worked on the short-lived comic Glory Glory for Tundra UK with Stuart Green,… Read More ›

• TOXIC Comic Supplement Cover: Sneek Peek!

  By John Freeman on 23 March 2009

  The TOXIC Comic Supplement we trailed back in February, featuring work from a host of great creators, will go on sale in the UK news stand title on sale 1 April: here’s the cover, courtesy of Egmont, who have also… Read More ›

• More Moore: Book and Magazine Collector 306

  By John Freeman on 22 March 2009

  Just as the hullabaloo over the Watchmen movie was dying down and you thought that you could take a breather from it, the latest issue of Book and Magazine Collector jumps back on the band wagon. Well almost. To tie-in… Read More ›

• Can DFC Readers Save Their Comic?

  By John Freeman on 21 March 2009

  A group of readers of the Random House subscription-only comic The DFC are trying to raise funds to stage a ‘subscriber’ buy-out of the title and have launched a blog to chart the progress of the campaign at: savethedfc.blogspot.com If… Read More ›

• How to Paint Rorschach

  By John Freeman on 20 March 2009

  A bit late to the table with this one, but what with trips to London and the ramping up of the first of several new web sites during the day, I’ve been a bit sidetracked – apologies! The April issue… Read More ›

• Tharg’s Head Revisited

  By John Freeman on 19 March 2009

  In October 2008, occasional downthetubes contributor Matthew Badham interviewed freelance writer Andy Diggle (who is also the ex-editor of 2000AD). An edited 2000 word version of that interview was published in the February edition of the Judge Dredd Megazine. Now,… Read More ›

• Newspaper Cull in Manchester: Fighting Back

  By John Freeman on 18 March 2009 • ( 1 )

  All right, this isn’t quite comics, but it’s definitely not good news if you’re a comics creator who’s ever used your local papers to promote events or projects like I have (our Morecambe Visitor kindly ran a two-page spread on… Read More ›

• Daleks Series That Never Was

  By John Freeman on 18 March 2009 • ( 1 )

  

  The latest issue of Panini UK’s Doctor Who Magazine — alongside its usual as ever excellent coverage of the ongoing TV series — features some cracking illustrations by comics artist Brian Williamson that accompany a feature on a series spin-off… Read More ›

• In Review: Tripwire Superhero Special 2009

  By John Freeman on 18 March 2009

  Editor and publisher Joel Meadows kindly sent us a copy of the Tripwire Superhero Special, which is now on sale in all good comic shops, Borders UK and Barnes & Noble in the US. Building on the fine work that… Read More ›

• The Last Word on Watchmen?

  By John Freeman on 18 March 2009

  • Cartoon by Mal Clark

• ‘Watchmensch’ Ships This Week

  By John Freeman on 16 March 2009

  Rich Johnston and Simon Rohrmuller’s Watchmensch — a parody of a certain legendary graphic novel and recent blockbuster movie, as well as a trip through time to the beginnings of superhero comics — ships Wednesday 18th March in the USA… Read More ›

• Talbot Praises Insomnia’s CancerTown

  By John Freeman on 16 March 2009

  To the delight of new British indie comics company Insomnia Publications, top British comics creator Bryan Talbot (The Adventures of Luther Arkwright, Alice in Sunderland) has written the foreword for their upcoming title Cancertown, written by Cy Dethan with art… Read More ›

• More Commandos Officially Available Online

  By John Freeman on 16 March 2009

  (With thanks to Jeremy Briggs): DC Thomson’s official Commando web site has been updated again with another free to read strip and more giveaways to promote the popular digest title. Our sources at DC Thomson indicate the Commando web site… Read More ›

• Happy 50th Birthday, Mighty Moth!

  By John Freeman on 15 March 2009 • ( 2 )

  

  (with thanks to “Ian”): The first appearance of “Mighty Moth”, the longest-running strip in Britain’s TV Comic was in Issue 384, dated week ending 14th March 1959. The strip ran every week until the title was cancelled in June 1984… Read More ›

• Alan Davis Expo Print Revealed

  By John Freeman on 15 March 2009

  The Alan Davis DR and Quinch Britsol EXpo EXclusive Limited Very Edition Print can now be ordered via the Expo site: www.fantasyevents.org Produced only for Expo, which runs from 9-10 May in Bristol, this signed A3 Full Colour Print on… Read More ›

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