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• Thunderbirds: Countdown To Action!

  By John Freeman on 24 May 2008

  As mentioned here earlier in the year, FTL Publications in the USA are publishing the first in a series of new novels based on the Gerry Anderson series Thunderbirds. Written by Joan Marie Verba and with a cover illustration by… Read More ›

• In Review: Dan Dare and The Birth Of Hi-Tech Britain

  By Jeremy Briggs on 24 May 2008

  

  Dan Dare And The Birth Of Hi-Tech Britain is one of the exhibitions currently on at the Science Museum in London. Using the character of Dan Dare and the cutaway illustrations from Eagle comic, the museum relates the technological advances… Read More ›

• Prestonpandemonium 3

  By John Freeman on 24 May 2008

  A reminder for those readers in the south east of Scotland and the north east of England that Saturday 31 May sees the return of the Prestonpandemonium comic mart to Prestonpans just off the A1 near Edinburgh. The third PP… Read More ›

• Mike Western: 1925 – 2008

  By John Freeman on 24 May 2008

  

  Following the death of British comics artist Mike Western, reported earlier this week, we’ve published two new features on the main downthetubes site to celebrate his life and work. In Mike Western Remembered, Ian Wheeler pays tribute to the late,… Read More ›

• Bishop is Not The Weakest Link

  By John Freeman on 23 May 2008

  

  Former editor of 2000AD David Bishop did comicdom proud this week by winning BBC contest The Weakest Link. In an episode broadcast on Friday 23rd May (available via iplayer for the next seven days), David beat a sports journalist for… Read More ›

• From Inverness, With Love: Hi-Ex 2009

  By Jeremy Briggs on 21 May 2008

  After the success of Hi-Ex, the Highlands International Comics Expo in Inverness last February, the dates for the follow up convention have been announced. The 2009 Expo will take place on St Valentine’s weekend, Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 February… Read More ›

• Manga Maniacs Day at Manchester’s Urbis

  By John Freeman on 21 May 2008

  Crazy about Astro Boy, think you could make it as one of Gwen Stefani’s next Harajuku girls or would just love to star in your own version of Spirited Away? Manchester’s Urbis Centre is inviting manga and cosplay fans to… Read More ›

• Stick Man’s Adventures Continue

  By John Freeman on 21 May 2008

  Lothian-based cartoonist Malcolm Kirk has been publishing his madcap Stick Man on ROK Comics for a while now. Check out the strip via this link — they’re all free to view online and on your phone. The strip has progressed… Read More ›

• Mike Western: A Personal Tribute

  By Ian Wheeler on 20 May 2008 • ( 1 )

  For a little over five years, John Freeman and I produced Eagle Flies Again, a fanzine dedicated to British boy’s comics with a bias towards 1980s Eagle and other comics of that era. John and I were blessed to have… Read More ›

• In Memoriam: Mike Western

  By John Freeman on 20 May 2008 • ( 1 )

  

  Sad news via Steve Holland’s Bear Alley: one of the giants of British comics, Mike Western, has laid down his pen for the last time. Mike, who suffered a heart attack in 2007 and was laid low by it for… Read More ›

• The Return of Paper?

  By John Freeman on 20 May 2008

  

  British comic creator Adam York Gregory has just released his new book based on his webcomic, The Flowfield Unity — but has abandoned trying to sell it by Print On Demand in favour of a tried and tested distrIbution method… Read More ›

• C2D4 Launches new titles

  By John Freeman on 20 May 2008

  Newly launched self-publishers C2D4 (an aliteration of Comics To Die For) enjoyed a successful launch at the Bristol International Comic Expo earlier this month, with Essex-based duo artist and writer Tony Wicks, and writer Martin Buxton unveiling three titles: Last… Read More ›

• In Review: Freddie & Me: A Coming-of-Age (Bohemian) Rhapsody

  By John Freeman on 20 May 2008

  Freddie & Me: A Coming-of-Age (Bohemian) RhapsodyBy Mike Dawson US Release (Paperback, Bloomsbury): 27 May 2008UK Release (Hardcover, Jonathan Cape): 5 June 2008 The Plot: High Fidelity meets Wayne’s World in this graphic memoir about a young man’s life-long obsession… Read More ›

• Vampire Chiller joins ROK Comics

  By John Freeman on 19 May 2008

  

  Check out this digital vampire comic by Rodrigo Diaz Ricci

• Free Tozzer!

  By John Freeman on 19 May 2008

  Everyone likes free stuff, right? So to cater for all the cheapskates (I mean, you sophisticated members of the cultural elite), the the creators of the hilarious comic strip Tozzer, Rob Dunlop and Peter Lumby, launched a brand new Tozzer… Read More ›

• Indy Magazine and Comic Released!

  By John Freeman on 19 May 2008

  Titan Magazines launches two official tie-ins with the new Indiana Jones film this week – and one of them is a UK-only comic title. The first issue of the Official Indiana Jones Magazine features exclusive interviews with the cast and… Read More ›

• DFC Launches

  By John Freeman on 19 May 2008

  By Joel Meadows of Tripwire Magazine Taking over the BFI South Bank café in Waterloo in London, David Fickling Books launched The DFC, their new weekly comic for kids to some fanfare last week. Top names like Philip Pullman (The… Read More ›

• Parody Ad: Gremlins

  By John Freeman on 18 May 2008

  The critters from the 1980s film Gremlins do their best to scupper a late night in the office for Dragons’ Den and American Inventor star Peter Jones in this BT ad, created by Swarm. Swarm have published a “Making of”… Read More ›

• Woolworths’ Darth Vader Spot

  By John Freeman on 18 May 2008

  Long-running Wooolworths promotional characters Wooly and Worth (who even have their own ine of merchandise!) prepare for lunch Darth Vader in their flat. The Sith lord is making beans on toast but alas! No toaster. Wooly is sent out to… Read More ›

• New UK Comics Auction Opens

  By John Freeman on 17 May 2008 • ( 2 )

  The Summer 2008 auction at comics auction site Compalcomics (www.compalcomics.com) is now open, with another great range of both British and US items on offer. There are over 300 lots in this catalogue. DC Thomson’s The Broons are once again… Read More ›

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