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• In Memoriam: Dave Stevens

  By John Freeman on 12 March 2008

  

  Writer Mark Evanier has paid tribute to Rocketeer artist Dave Stevens, who died this week after a long battle with leukaemia. He was just 52. A tributes page has been added to the American artist’s official web site, and in… Read More ›

• New Columbo DVD out 31 March

  By John Freeman on 12 March 2008

  The next volume of Columbo DVDs is due out in the UK on 31 March. The Season 8 box set comprises the four episodes which made up the 1989 season – at the time of broadcast they were the first… Read More ›

• Doctor Who Fun in the 1990s…

  By John Freeman on 12 March 2008

  

  I recently came across this spoof Doctor Who Magazine cover in my archive, which once graced my office wall at Arundel House, Marvel UK when I was editor of the title in the 1990s. Do you think it will sell… Read More ›

• Martin’s Match of the Day

  By John Freeman on 11 March 2008

  Artist Martin Baines, whose work includes strips for Spaceship Away, DC Thomson and work on Titan’s Wallace & Gromit, is busy working on the BBC’s new, weekly, Match of the Day magazine, which has just launched. The title features a… Read More ›

• ROK Comics Creator Interviews Online

  By John Freeman on 11 March 2008

  Several interviews with creators of UK-based comics to mobile service ROK Comics, have been posted on the downthetubes.net main site. The questions were compiled by David Hailwood. • Artist Josh AlvesJosh Alves is a Graphic Designer/Cartoonist/Stand-up Comedian residing in the… Read More ›

• Gerry Anderson In Glasgow

  By John Freeman on 9 March 2008

  Television producer Gerry Anderson has appeared at the Aye Write Book Festival in Glasgow, talking about his career in series as diverse as Four Feather Falls, Stingray, Space:1999 and Lavender Castle as well as his career defining Thunderbirds, and giving… Read More ›

• MamTor’s Mother of a Comic

  By John Freeman on 9 March 2008

  Mam Tor Publishing, the brain child of Liam (Death’s Head II, Man Thing etc.) and Chris McCormack Sharp has collaborated with Mother (London) Advertising Ltd. to produce a 16 page quarterly comic inside the London edition of Time Out magazine… Read More ›

• Happy Birthday, Oor Wullie!

  By John Freeman on 8 March 2008

  He is Scotland’s most famous son, a dungaree-wearing, spiky-haired scamp who has sown mischief in Auchenshuggle for 70 years — and first appeared in the Sunday Post on 8th March 1936. Oor Wullie, who celebrates being “nine years auld” today… Read More ›

• The Last Lecture: People versus Things

  By John Freeman on 8 March 2008

  I came across this video completely by chance — but that should be no surprise, because at the moment it’s a version of one the most viral videos on the Net. This is virtual reality pioneer Randy Pausch, who is… Read More ›

• Merlin Begins Filming at Last

  By John Freeman on 7 March 2008

  Former One Foot in the Grave comedy star Richard Wilson is to star in a new 13-part drama Merlin BBC1 is lining up for a Saturday teatime slot which will screen later this year. Independent production company Shine, who also… Read More ›

• In Review: Henry V

  By John Freeman on 6 March 2008 • ( 1 )

  With the release of Classical Comics Macbeth (read our interview with artist Jon Haward here), artist Paul Harrison-Davies reviews the company’s first outing Henry V for downthetubes… There seems to have been a bit of a trend in classics adapting… Read More ›

• In Memoriam: Smoky Dawson

  By John Freeman on 6 March 2008

  Over on Comics Down Under, Kevin Patrick recently paid tribute to Australian musician Smoky Dawson, who died last month but who was at one time famous enough to be the star of his own comic. “Even if you’re not a… Read More ›

• Spaceship Away Now on Sale

  By John Freeman on 6 March 2008

  The latest issue of Dan Dare magazine Spaceship Away is now on sale from specialist shops and the official web site, but if you’re a subscriber and haven’t received your copy yet, read on… As Richard Sheaf noted last month… Read More ›

• Marvel on Facebook, following other comic companies

  By John Freeman on 6 March 2008

  Marvel Comics has launched its first digital comics application for the Facebook social network, a community already home to several unofficial Marvel-friendly groups and other comics-related services. Marvel says the application allows fans to peruse the entire Marvel Digital Universe… Read More ›

• Watchmen Film: Character Designs released

  By John Freeman on 6 March 2008

  The official blog for the Watchmen film, due for release in the US 6 March 2009, has just published several character sketches from the new movie based on the designs created by British artist Dave Gibbons for Alan Moore’s seminal… Read More ›

• In Memoriam: Gary Gygax

  By John Freeman on 6 March 2008

  

  Mourning the death of a gaming legend

• Dan Dare Sale

  By John Freeman on 5 March 2008

  Steve Holland reports on the recent collection of the late Bob Rothwell, a major Dan Dare fan and collector, over on Bear Alley. “A huge number of collectable Dan Dare items went under the hammer—so to speak—and some were fetching… Read More ›

• Kev F Joins ROK Comics

  By John Freeman on 5 March 2008

  Bristol-based comic artist and writer Kev F Sutherland, a contributor to weekly British comic The Beano and who regularly provides comics lessons to schools and other groups, is one of the latest creators to give ROK Comics a try. In… Read More ›

• Fluid Friction announces Devashard

  By John Freeman on 4 March 2008

  Hong Kong-based publisher Fluid Friction launches what the company describes as the first ever true East meets West graphic novel, Devashard, in April, sporting a cover by Simon Bisley. Inspired by Asian mythology and produced in Hong Kong by a… Read More ›

• This Week’s Top 10 UK Games

  By John Freeman on 4 March 2008

  Here’s this week’s Top 10 entertainment games in the UK. 1 Mario & Sonic at the Olympic GamesSega’s best-selling Olympics title has hit the five million milestone after just three months on sale. 2 Dr Kawashima’s Brain Training3 NEW ENTRY… Read More ›

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