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• Tube Surfing: 27 November 2008

  By John Freeman on 27 November 2008

  • Forbidden Planet International is running a competition to win a thousand pound shopping dash in its Belfast store – a three minutes to dash around grabbing up to a grand’s worth of goodies. It’s only open to residents of… Read More ›

• British Comics on the Rise?

  By John Freeman on 27 November 2008 • ( 2 )

  Regular readers of downthetubes already know the British comics industry is far from dead, but now that gut feeling is backed by new figures which reveal sales are booming, up more than 70 per cent in the past five years…. Read More ›

• Eagle in Portugal

  By John Freeman on 27 November 2008

  … well, sort of. Thanks to a friend on a message board, we’ve come across information on this Portuguese comic, Foguetao, published in 1961, which includes strips from Eagle such as Dan Dare. The Portuguese web site notes the title,… Read More ›

• Doomlord’s Credit Crunch Deal

  By John Freeman on 26 November 2008

  

  All evil must go!

• New Football Comic Launches

  By John Freeman on 25 November 2008

  Rammie, the first issue of an all-new football humour comic for children will go on sale in UK newsagents tomorrow (26th November) featuring work by Duncan Scott, Nick Brennan, Nick Miller, Lee Healey, and Lew Stringer. With a cover price… Read More ›

• Jim Krueger scripts Stand In for Ardden

  By John Freeman on 25 November 2008

  

  A new project from best-selling writer Jim Krueger

• Pens, Pencils and Photocopiers: Alternative Press Fair 2009

  By John Freeman on 25 November 2008

  The Alternative Press Fair 2009 in London has just been announced, bringing together the worlds of alternative comics, zines, self-produced art-books, poetry and diy/punk culture for one amazing day, like a great colourful blacmange that you can’t eat. It’s a… Read More ›

• Commando – as you’ve never seen it before!

  By John Freeman on 24 November 2008

  Here’s a bit of comics-related fun from a recent edition of FHM magazine (not that we here at downthetubes read such things, cough, cough). To illustrate a piece about common men’s problems (cancer, bereavement, being dumped by a woman etc),… Read More ›

• Tube Surfing: 24 November 2008

  By John Freeman on 24 November 2008

  • Kieron Gillen talks about writing the new Warhammer Crown of Destruction comic series from Boom Studios over on comiccon.com, the series inspired by on Nottingham-based Games Workshop’s hugely popular gaming system and figures. “It’s a world that lives on… Read More ›

• Captain Eager comes to DVD

  By John Freeman on 24 November 2008

  Anyone who’s a fan of Dan Dare, Rick Random, Flash Gordon and perhaps even Captain Scarlet might not want to check out the new DVD Captain Eager and the Mark of the Voth, unless of course they’re prepared to enjoy… Read More ›

• Review: The Most Natural Thing in the World by Frances Cassavetti

  By John Freeman on 23 November 2008

  Right, time to review cartoonist Francesca Cassavetti’s The Most Natural Thing in the World (hereafter referred to as The Most Natural Thing). Ok, here goes… The Most Natural Thing is a joy. One of the best comics I’ve read all… Read More ›

• Tube Surfing: 23 November 2008

  By John Freeman on 23 November 2008

  “It’s a cracking read, Gromit”. Having appeared on the cover of the 70th anniversary Beano and with their next adventure due to be broadcast on BBC1 this Christmas, Wallace and Gromit’s popularity is being used to give a boost to… Read More ›

• Tube Surfing: A Thought Bubble Comic Con Special

  By John Freeman on 22 November 2008

  It’s been a week since the Thought Bubble comic con’ in Leeds and it seems that the fuss is only just beginning to die down, with many exhibitors and punters naming it as their con of the year! “There was… Read More ›

• British Zombies Boom!

  By John Freeman on 21 November 2008

  A few months ago, up and coming British comics artist Paul Harrison-Davies promised a sneak peak of a comic he was working on before finding out sneak peaks were not allowed. “Well, I’m told the comic’s out so I guess… Read More ›

• Tube Surfing: 21 November 2008

  By John Freeman on 21 November 2008

  • King Features Syndicate, the world’s premier distributor of comics (including Hagar the Horrible, Popeye and more), columns, editorial cartoons, puzzles and games to newspapers worldwide, is launching Comics Kingdom, a first-of-its-kind digital platform it says provides a revenue-driving business… Read More ›

• Hine, Braithwaite on Brave and Bold

  By John Freeman on 21 November 2008

  British creators David Hine and Dougie Braithwaite team up on DC Comics Brave and the Bold title for the next four issues, delivering a story which begins with a strange child channeling the Green Lantern oath and scrawls it on… Read More ›

• Commando Webbing

  By John Freeman on 20 November 2008

  The backroom boffins on the Commando Mag website have been adding to the site and trying a few new tactics to entice readers to enter on a regular basis. The ongoing series of Commando cover wallpapers chosen by editor Calum… Read More ›

• Name, Rank and Issue Number!

  By John Freeman on 20 November 2008

  In 1992, Scott Montgomery was at the Glasgow Comics Convention listening to writer Alan Grant as he gave advice on how to get into comics. Today, Scott is chief sub-editor on DC Thomson’s Commando comic, having previously worked on The… Read More ›

• Cartoon Art Trust Award Winners Announced

  By John Freeman on 20 November 2008

  The 14th Cartoon Art Trust Awards were presented at an entertaining fundraising dinner at The Mall Galleries in London yesterday, an event which celebrates and coincides with the opening of Giles – One of the Family exhibition at The Cartoon… Read More ›

• Oliver Frey at ComICA

  By John Freeman on 19 November 2008

  Exciting news just in: outstanding illustrator Oliver Frey, whose work includes The Trigan Empire has agreed to join the Great British Comics panel at ComICA next Sunday (23rd November), London to discuss his work, which is featured in David Roach’s… Read More ›

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