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• Tube Surfing: 9 July 2008

  By John Freeman on 9 July 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 9 July 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 9 July 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 9 July 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 9 July 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 9 July 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 8 July 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 6 July 2008

  

  Stand by for musical action!

• The Moment Has Been Prepared For…

  By John Freeman on 5 July 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 3 July 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 30 June 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 30 June 2008

  

  The latest public news stand comic sales figures

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

  By John Freeman on 29 June 2008

  

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

• Manchester Zinefest Returns

  By John Freeman on 29 June 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 ›

• Dredd goes Dynamite

  By John Freeman on 29 June 2008

  US publishers Dynamite Entertainment, whose titles include Red Sonja, Xena and Battlestar Galactica, and who recently announced a new Buck Rogers title, have just secured the rights to produce an all-new Judge Dredd comic for the American market, likely to… Read More ›

• It’s A Girl!

  By John Freeman on 28 June 2008

  Congratulations from all here at downthetubes go to Richard and Alice Sheaf on the safe arrival of their baby daughter. As for her name, well there were plenty to choose from: Bunty, Debbie, Jackie, Jinty, Judy, June, Nikki, Sally, Tina,… Read More ›

• Latest Spaceship Away Now Available

  By John Freeman on 28 June 2008

  The fifteenth issue of ‘Classic’ Dan Dare magazine Spaceship Away is now on sale direct from the official website or from specialist shops. Behind the Tim Booth cover are the regular Dare strips of Green Nemesis with art by Don… Read More ›

• Beano 70th Anniversary Exhibition

  By John Freeman on 27 June 2008

  After their successful Comics Day as part of the Dundee Literary Festival, Dundee University will be hosting Happy Birthday Beano which is described as the official 70th anniversary exhibition for the comic. In association with the Beano’s publishers, DC Thomson,… Read More ›

• Tube Surfing: 27 June 2008

  By John Freeman on 27 June 2008

  Archaeologist and TV presenter Neil Oliver’s latest book, Amazing Tales For Making Men Out Of Boys, tells historical tales for courage and sacrifice from Sparta, through the Second World War to Apollo 13. The book contains reprinted illustrations from Look… Read More ›

• 21st Century Dare Merchandising

  By John Freeman on 27 June 2008

  With the new Virgin version of Dan Dare drawing to a close with issue 7 of the limited series, Virgin have jumped onto the merchandise bandwagon with an item about as far removed from the metal toys and bagatelles of… Read More ›

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