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• Read More Calvin and Hobbes, Government Urges

  By John Freeman on 23 June 2008

  (with thanks to Matthew Badham for the initial lead): The British government says young boys should be encouraged to read Calvin and Hobbes and comic-book annuals such as the Dandy and Beano to get them into the reading habit young… Read More ›

• Tube Surfing: 23 June 2008

  By John Freeman on 23 June 2008

  • Comics writer Jason Cobley is a guest on the BBC Radio 4 show The Learning Curve at 8.30pm tonight, Monday 23rd June, discussing using Classical Comics’ Shakespeare books in the classroom with the legendary Libby Purves. “I’m not sure… Read More ›

• Creating WebComics: A Brief Guide

  By John Freeman on 19 June 2008

  In 2007, I was part of a panel at the Birmingham International Comic Show and there was plenty of advice offered on web comics creation, and I figured it was high time I shared some of it on downthetubes. Many… Read More ›

• Creating WebComics: A Brief Guide

  By John Freeman on 19 June 2008 • ( 2 )

  

  In 2007, I was part of a panel at the Birmingham International Comic Show and there was plenty of advice offered on web comics creation, and I figured it was high time I shared some of it on downthetubes. Many… Read More ›

• Shoot Shot Down

  By John Freeman on 18 June 2008 • ( 2 )

  IPC Media has announced the closure of Shoot! after 40 years, a victim of stiff competition from rivals. The Guardian reports the cancellation of the IPC Media title, which once rubbed shoulders with sports-dominated comics such as Roy of the… Read More ›

• Knight Rider Car Sold on eBay

  By John Freeman on 18 June 2008

  

  A rare version of KITT, the iconic talking black car from the US 1980s TV show Knight Rider has just been sold on the internet auction site eBay. The KITT model, built from a Pontiac Trans Ams — and most recently… Read More ›

• US Comic, Graphic Novel Sales Down

  By John Freeman on 18 June 2008

  Comics trade site ICV2 reports sales of periodical comics in the US declined in May – the fourth month sales have dropped in a row, posting a 6% drop compared with sales in May of 2007 when, led by the… Read More ›

• Comic Hero Season at BFI London

  By John Freeman on 17 June 2008

  London’s BFI Southbank and BFI Max have just announced they will be teaming up this July and August for a big-screen extravaganza of films adapted from comics presenting the breadth and depth of the genre. The season is a strong… Read More ›

• In Memoriam: “Hot Shot Hamish” writer Fred Baker

  By John Freeman on 16 June 2008

  

  Comics writer and editor Barrie Tomlinson has been in touch with sad news that prolific British comic script writer Fred Baker died earlier this month. He had been ill for some time with Alzheimer’s and died of pneumonia on 4th… Read More ›

• Fred Baker: A Tribute

  By John Freeman on 16 June 2008

  

  Writer and former Tiger and New Eagle editor Barrie Tomlinson pays tribute to Fred Baker, one of British comics unsung heroes, who died on 4 June 2008. He had been ill for some time with Alzheimer’s and died of pneumonia…. Read More ›

• Hulk Goes Mobile

  By John Freeman on 15 June 2008

  Marvel and Hands-On Mobile, producers of Guitar Hero and Iron Man for mobile phones, have released a new mobile game and personalization content around the latest big-screen adaptation of The Incredible Hulk, which has been getting positive reviews as a… Read More ›

• McCarthy, Parkhouse Signing Date Set

  By John Freeman on 13 June 2008

  Jim McCarthy and Steve Parkhouse will be signing their new graphic novel Sex Pistols: The Graphic Biography at the Forbidden Planet Megastore, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8JR, on Saturday 28th June 1-2pm. Jim McCarthy is an illustrator and comic… Read More ›

• Tube Surfing: 13 June 2008

  By John Freeman on 13 June 2008 • ( 1 )

  • We’re pleased to report that our report by David Baillie on the recent No Barcodes event in Camden Market, organised by London Underground Comics is online. You can read it here.Don’t forget LUC are at Camden Market every Saturday…. Read More ›

• Win Roy of the Rovers Books!

  By John Freeman on 13 June 2008 • ( 1 )

  The UK’s teams may be missing out Euro 2008 this summer, but Titan Books is bringing football home with the publication of a new series of books collecting the comic strips of Britain’s most famous fantasy footballer: Roy Race. The… Read More ›

• Venal Muse Goes Online

  By John Freeman on 12 June 2008

  (Via: Richard Bruton of Fictions): Small press artist Marc Ellerby has just made Venal Muse, his mini comic from 2006, available in its entirety online. ‘I drew this in late 2006, but I think it eventually came out around February… Read More ›

• BBC Online Archive Plan Details Announced

  By John Freeman on 11 June 2008 • ( 1 )

  The BBC has announced plans to produce a web-page for every episode of every television show it has ever made, as part of an online archive that will span nearly eight decades of broadcasting history. “From Dixon of Dock Green… Read More ›

• Animated Adventures Exhibition in Leicester

  By John Freeman on 10 June 2008

  Animated Adventures, featuring Aardman’s Wallace & Gromit, is now open at the New Walk Museum and Art Gallery in Leicester and runs until 12 October 2008. Visitors will get a behind-the-scenes look at how animators including Aardman – the film… Read More ›

• Weird Web Finds…

  By John Freeman on 10 June 2008

  Most peculiar…

• Charlotte Corday: The Hampstead Horror

  By John Freeman on 10 June 2008

  Here are the first two ‘chapters’ of a new Charlotte Corday story, The Hampstead Horror, created by Commando, New Eagle and Spaceship Away artist Keith Page specifically for ROK Comics, the mobile comics publisher. (Read more about the project here)…. Read More ›

• In Review: Comic Art Now

  By John Freeman on 9 June 2008

  Almost every creative industry has its creative directory but comics seems to have missed the boat — until Comic Art Now. Edited by industry veteran Dez Skinn, this impressive a 200-page “comic art directory” has been published by HarperCollins Design… Read More ›

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