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• Comic Christmas Covers

  By John Freeman on 15 December 2008

  Over on his ever-wonderful Blimey! It’s Another Blog About Comics!, Lew Stringer has been running a series of features on British Christmas Comic Covers, offerings samples from a wide range of titles, from Film Fun and TV Express to the… Read More ›

• Full Colour Crikey!

  By John Freeman on 15 December 2008

  

  As reported here last month, Issue 8 is a milestone edition for British comics fan magazine Crikey! with this 52-page issue published in full colour throughout. “So far, the response has been tremendous and the issue has only been on… Read More ›

• Tube Surfing: 15 December 2008

  By John Freeman on 15 December 2008

  

  • Warren Ellis has announced he will be writing a column for Conde Nast’s upcoming Wired UK magazine, edited by David Rowan, which launches next spring. “This attempt involves the services of Ben Hammersley, whose CV is twice as long… Read More ›

• In Review: Dick Turpin And The Restless Dead

  By John Freeman on 15 December 2008

  

  The legendary highwayman rides again – from Time Bomb Comics

• Starscape Comic Turns Magazine

  By John Freeman on 12 December 2008

  For the past seven or so years, Chris Smillie’s Starscape has been a comic then a webcomic, inspired by the idea of the evolution of traditional British comics, such as 2000AD, Mighty World of Marvel, Eagle and the Victor, taking… Read More ›

• Dragons, Duels and Deadly Danger in The DFC!

  By John Freeman on 12 December 2008

  Mirabilis: Year of Wonders is a new ongoing series that starts in Issue 30 of Random House’s comic subsscription-only weekly comic The DFC on 19th December. Written by Dave Morris and illustrated by Leo Hartas, the series tells of a… Read More ›

• Spider-Man Sneek Peek

  By John Freeman on 12 December 2008

  Courtesy of artist John Royle, here’s a sneek peek to the cover of Panini UK’s upcoming Spectacular Spider-Man Issue 180, on sale in February. The issue sees Spidey up against Kraven the Hunter, side by side with Spider-Woman.

• Dan Dare Returns Again!

  By John Freeman on 11 December 2008 • ( 1 )

  US Comics news site Newsarama has reported that Dynamite Entertainment, who also publish titles such as Battlestar Galactia, has picked up the rights to publish new Dan Dare comics based on Garth Ennis’ interpretation of the character, first published by… Read More ›

• Cartoon Days of Christmas!

  By John Freeman on 11 December 2008

  Cartoonist and friend Rich Diesslin came up with this Cartoon 12 Days of Christmas. Enjoy. You can check out more of his work at the-cartoonist.com

• Tube Surfing: Gerry Anderson News

  By John Freeman on 10 December 2008

  

  British publisher Reynolds and Hearn are to release two books reprinting strips from TV Century 21 comic and other titles first published by City Editions in the 1960s such as Joe 90: Top Secret. Scheduled for release early next year and titled Century 21 – Classic Comic… Read More ›

• In Memoriam: Oliver Postgate

  By John Freeman on 9 December 2008 • ( 3 )

  “Once upon a time, not so long ago, there were two overgrown boys called Oliver and Peter. And Peter lived on a farm. It was a rather unusual farm because it didn’t grow any crops and there were no sheep… Read More ›

• New art team tackles villains for BVC’s Shades

  By John Freeman on 9 December 2008

  

  British online comics publisher Broken Voice Comics has just published Chapters 9 and 10 of its flagship title Shades on its website (www.brokenvoice.co.uk). Written by David A J Berner, the new chapters of the comic continue BVC’s timely examination of… Read More ›

• Stormtrooper on a Spacehopper

  By John Freeman on 9 December 2008

  … probably one the dreaded Copyright Police will be jumping on, but what the heck: more madcap pop culture designs can be found on RedBubble. They include a Star Wars Eco-Saber and a Starbucks parody. These guys obviously like to… Read More ›

• Planet of the Apes – Down the Tube!

  By John Freeman on 7 December 2008

  Commuters on the London Underground were amazed last Tuesday when characters from the Planet of the Apes films joined them on the Tube! The apes were in town to celebrate the re-release of the classic film, now 40 years old,… Read More ›

• Will Sci-Fi Star George Be King of the Jungle?

  By John Freeman on 5 December 2008

  Sci-fi icon George Takei, Star Trek‘s Mr Sulu, is one of the finalists in this year’s series of ITV’s hit reality show I’m A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! ITV viewers will discover tomorrow night whether George will beat… Read More ›

• Dark Inheritance by Roberta Leigh

  By John Freeman on 4 December 2008 • ( 1 )

  Over on Bear Alley Steve Holland has put up two previously unrecorded dust jacket illustrations by Frank Bellamy. These are for romance novels, My True Love by Denise Robins and Dark Inheritance by Roberta Leigh, both published by the Valentine… Read More ›

• Martian Tripod Attacks Cardiff!

  By John Freeman on 3 December 2008

  Where are Torchwood when you need them? (Probably at a John Barrowman concert.) The touring version of Jeff Wayne’s album The War Of The Worlds, complete with enormous Martian tripod, returns to British stages in June 2009 and they have… Read More ›

• Tube Surfing: 2 December 2008

  By John Freeman on 2 December 2008

  It is not often we would advertise cars here on downthetubes but take a look at this cutaway of a Honda Accord. The artist is Graham Bleathman, more familiar perhaps for creating cutaways of Thunderbirds or other Gerry Anderson creations…. Read More ›

• Win Some Dave Taylor Art

  By John Freeman on 29 November 2008

  (Via 2000AD artist Dave Taylor’s blog): If you visit the wonderful site run by artist Andrew Glazebrook (bsmbow.blogspot.com) you can win a black and white version of this sketch by Dave Taylor, simply by entering his caption competition and being… Read More ›

• Planet of the Apes Chronology Book Published

  By John Freeman on 28 November 2008

  A new independently-published book about the Planet of the Apes films is now available. The 322-page Timeline of the Planet of the Apes, by Rich Handley, is described as ‘the definitive unauthorised chronology’ and is released to coincide with the… Read More ›

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