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• Brit indie announces Thief-Taker General

  By John Freeman on 21 January 2009

  British independent comics line Storm Comics (www.stormcomics.com), the brainchild of writer and artist Michael Crouch, was launched last May with a one-off sci-fi comic, Afterlife. Although interest has been good, judging by feedback from readers, sales have been slow. Not… Read More ›

• Bloomsbury publishes Twilight Zone in the UK

  By John Freeman on 20 January 2009

  Due for release from Bloomsbury next month are the first four graphic novels in a series adapting episodes of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. The work of artists from the Savannah College of… Read More ›

• ZineFest Focuses on Comics

  By John Freeman on 20 January 2009 • ( 2 )

  Zine Fest, which takes place this Saturday in London, will include a new exhibition of women zinester’s comics, curated by Melanie Maddison, editor of the Leeds-based ‘zine Colouring Outside the Lines, which features interviews with contemporary female artists and illuminates… Read More ›

• Tube Surfing: 20 January 2009

  By John Freeman on 20 January 2009

  • On the eve of Barack Obama’s inauguration as 44th president of the United States, surely only a warped mind like The Guardian‘s Steve Bell could come up with a cartoon like this, published in yesterday’s paper. Well, it made… Read More ›

• Sleeze Brothers Owes Much to Archie Goodwin

  By John Freeman on 20 January 2009

  

  Over on his Elephantmen blog, Active Images’ Richard Starkings has posted a fascinating insight into the history of Marvel UK’s early attempts to publish US-style comics, which led to publication of titles such as Dragon’s Claws and the about-to-be-remastered The… Read More ›

• Marvel UK Book Author seekes final imagery

  By John Freeman on 19 January 2009

  Author Rob Kirby, who has been working on a history of Marvel UK since, well, the company folded back in the 1990s if not earlier (all right, I’m probably exaggerating but that’s how it feels!), is on the hunt for… Read More ›

• Bristol Comics Expo News

  By John Freeman on 19 January 2009

  Michael Allwood, organiser of the Bristol Comics Expo, has been in touch to update downthetubes on this year’s event, which takes place at the Ramada Plaza Hotel on Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th May 2009. The event, which features the… Read More ›

• The Sleeze Brothers Return!

  By John Freeman on 18 January 2009 • ( 1 )

  

  The Sleeze Brothers are back! Those anarchic, lunatic and downright shady PIs, the creation of John Carnell and Andy Lanning back in the 1980s, are being given a brush up (and probably, a good spanking) just in time for their… Read More ›

• Grant Talks Church of Hell

  By John Freeman on 16 January 2009

  It seems to have been a day for demons and devilry, because just as we plug Cy Dethan’s Falk project (see news story), Alan Grant pops up, talking about his new comic Church of Hell, which is on sale this… Read More ›

• Good News on Comic Sales?

  By John Freeman on 16 January 2009

  While this report primarily concerns US comics, news that the US comic book industry, boosted by the success of films such as The Dark Knight has helped maintain growth for graphic novel sales is welcome with 2009 looking otherwise gloomy…. Read More ›

• Tube Surfing: 16 January 2009

  By John Freeman on 16 January 2009

  • The Cybermen have taken over and ‘upgraded’ Doctor Who Adventures. Issue 98, out now in newsagents, features an extra-tall cover, a free set of Cyberman figures and the second part of a double-sided poster. There’s plenty more Cyber-stuff inside,… Read More ›

• Watching the Watchmensch

  By John Freeman on 16 January 2009

  Lying in the Gutters’ Rich Johnston’s parody of — well, you can guess from the cover — is to be be published by Brain Scan Studios, an alternative media company based out of Boston in the US that publishes a… Read More ›

• Fox, Warner Cut Watchmen Deal

  By John Freeman on 16 January 2009

  Warner Bros. and Fox have settled their very public battle over upcoming movie adaptation of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ Watchmen, which means its planned 6 March release will now proceed. Variety reports a deal following a legal dispute over… Read More ›

• Dealing with the Devil

  By John Freeman on 16 January 2009

  Comic book writer Cy Dethan reports that work is well underway on his latest project, The Case Files of Harlan Falk, the story of a man who, literally, makes deals with devils. Whether you’re involved in a territorial dispute with… Read More ›

• Keith Page Interview Planned – Your Questions Wanted

  By John Freeman on 16 January 2009

  We will soon be interviewing British Comics artist Keith Page for a feature on downthetubes and would welcome questions about his career and work from fans. Please send any questions to us by 31st January 2009 johnfreeman6-downthetubes@yahoo.co.uk – do not… Read More ›

• One Month To Hi-Ex

  By Jeremy Briggs on 15 January 2009

  With one month to go to the Hi-Ex comics convention in Inverness details of what will be happening over the course of the weekend are being released. One of the most popular events last year was the charity auction with… Read More ›

• Wilson Talks Dredd

  By John Freeman on 15 January 2009

  Artist Colin Wilson looks set for a busy year, with a new, still secret, Star Wars project in the works, along with his new Judge Dredd strip, his first Dredd work for nearly ten years. We previously reported on writer… Read More ›

• Temple APA Issue 2 Online

  By John Freeman on 15 January 2009

  A team of indie British creators, banded together for some time now as the Temple APA, has just released a second issue of comics with the same name, available free in both low and hi-res PDF format. The collection, which… Read More ›

• In Review: Thomas Wogan is Dead

  By John Freeman on 15 January 2009

  

  Back in 2004 British indie creator Dave Hughes, who hails from Barrow but in now based in Lancaster, self-published his first comic story, The Immeasurable Adventures of Gorky Park (see news story). Reaction was positive but sales were not what… Read More ›

• The (Comic) Art of War

  By John Freeman on 14 January 2009

  Last year, Matthew Badham interviewed Christian Dunn, ex-editor of Warhammer Monthly, for an article about the comic published in the Judge Dredd Megazine. Although he used several quotes from Christian in the finished article, there was still a lot of… Read More ›

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