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• ROK Comics Now Free

  By John Freeman on 12 September 2008

  Marking a major change in its distribution model almost all the comics on the comics-to-mobile service ROK Comics (www.rokcomics.com) are now Free To View on the web. After experimenting with various sales techniques since its launch last year, ROK Comics… Read More ›

• Fighting back against the Internet…

  By John Freeman on 12 September 2008

  Never let it be said that the French lag behind when it comes to technological advances. The Times reports today that instead of turning wholeheartedly to the internet as a way of saving the dwindling popularity of newspapers in Paris,… Read More ›

• New Chernobyl-inspired Game goes on sale

  By John Freeman on 11 September 2008

  S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Clear Sky, a nifty looking First Person Shooter inspired by the 2007 Shadow of Chernobyl release, should now be on sale in your local games shops from Koch Media — and we liked the imagery so much we decided… Read More ›

• Crunch Time for TinTin Fans

  By John Freeman on 11 September 2008

  Fans of Tin Tin, be warned: if you run a a fan site devoted to the Belgian cartoon hero, you could end up receiving a cease and desist letter, similar to the kind of litigious heavy handedness meted out by… Read More ›

• Kick Ass Top 2009 Movie

  By John Freeman on 11 September 2008

  Never mind Watchmen or Wolverine: 2000AD and Marvel Comics writer Mark Millar is convinced that the upoming movie Kick Ass, based on his Marvel comic series, which was drawn by John Romita Jr and is due for a hardcover colection… Read More ›

• In Review: The Prison

  By John Freeman on 11 September 2008 • ( 1 )

  Reviewed by David Hailwood Recently made available to buy at Lulu.com is Adam Grose’ The Prison. As the description on the back of the collection states, ‘The Prison is an array of stories, prose, poetry and soapbox ramblings based on… Read More ›

• No Heroics Creator Interviewed

  By John Freeman on 11 September 2008

  Top comics podcast service Geek Syndicate has just published its interview with Drew Pearce, the creator/writer of the upcoming ITV2 superhero comedy No Heroics, the first ever original sitcom for the channel. The six-part series is brand new for 2008… Read More ›

• Tube Surfing: 10 September 2008

  By John Freeman on 10 September 2008

  • Catching up with comics news after a (very wet) short break, Bryan Talbot’s re-released The Tale of One Bad Rat has just had a rightfully glowing review in The Times, describing it as “an incontrovertible and blazing masterpiece.” There’s… Read More ›

• Masters Of Fun And Thrills

  By John Freeman on 10 September 2008

  Here on downthetubes we regularly promote the articles by Norman Wright and David Ashford which appear in the monthly magazine Book and Magazine Collector. The longest running of the various series that the duo write for the magazine is The… Read More ›

• Tube Surfing: 5 September 2008

  By John Freeman on 5 September 2008

  • There’s an excellent interview with David O’Connell, the writer and artist behind science fiction comic Tozo, over at Garen Ewing’s website. David’s art is very much in the tradition of ligne claire (clear line) artists such as Belgium’s Herge… Read More ›

• Northern Ireland’s Verbal Arts Centre Launches Comic Art Courses

  By John Freeman on 4 September 2008

  The Verbal Arts Centre in Bishop St Within, Derry, has created a series of new, accredited Comic Art courses which will commence in September 2008. These short courses have been developed in response to the success of the various comic… Read More ›

• Elephantmen Joins Clickwheel

  By John Freeman on 4 September 2008

  ipod comic publisher Clickwheel has announced a new addition to its premium roster with the arrival of top British creator Richard Starkings’ Elephantmen. True to its Sci-Fi themes, Elephantmen and Starkings are eager to help Clickwheel, which is owned by… Read More ›

• Complicated Chrome Comic from McCloud

  By John Freeman on 3 September 2008

  (with thanks to Leon Hewitt): This comic by Understanding Comics author Scott McCloud certainly won’t be for everyone, but it’s great to see comics being used in a way to explain the workings of a new product — in this… Read More ›

• Smuggling Vacation creator banned from comic fairs?

  By John Freeman on 3 September 2008 • ( 2 )

  

  (Updated 4/9/08): Jason Wilson’s recently-released graphic novel Smuggling Vacation, a comedy tale of two hopeless accidental drug smugglers and the gang of criminals hot on their tails, has been greeted with calls for it to be banned in prisons from… Read More ›

• Top Shelf Sale!

  By John Freeman on 3 September 2008

  To celebrate The Surrogates movie wrapping principal photography, surviving San Diego ComicCon, and all the cool new summer and fall releases, for the next ten days — through Friday 12th September — Top Shelf, a regular US retailer and publisher… Read More ›

• Derek the Sheep Unleashed!

  By John Freeman on 2 September 2008

  Gary Northfield’s popular Beano (and first creator owned) strip Derek the Sheep is out this week as a fab 64-page hardback from publishers Bloomsbury. A day in the life of Derek the Sheep is no forage in the field. Oh… Read More ›

• Thrill Powered Paperback!

  By John Freeman on 1 September 2008

  Former 2000AD and Judge Dredd: The Megazine editor, author and comics writer David Bishop reports that his massive book about the history of 2000AD, Thrill-Power Overload, will be released in paperback next year. “Steady reorders mean Rebellion is down to… Read More ›

• Win Forbidden Planet T-Shirts!

  By John Freeman on 1 September 2008

  On Saturday and Sunday 6-7 September 2008 Forbidden Planet (London, Birmingham, Bristol, Cambridge, Coventry, Croydon, Liverpool, Newcastle, Southampton) celebrates its 30 years of ‘Geek Chic’ with parties, including giveaways. The fun starts at opening time and the first 30 people… Read More ›

• Goodbye, Ken, and thanks for all the fun…

  By John Freeman on 1 September 2008 • ( 1 )

  

  Farewell to the inspirational improvist

• British Comic Heroes: The Return of Garth

  By John Freeman on 31 August 2008

  

  In August 2008, after a long gestation period, adventure hero Garth returned to British newspaper The Mirror – albeit, for now, only on the publication’s web site. Here, artist Huw-J talks to John Freeman about the new strip and his… Read More ›

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