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• Joe Abercrombie Signing, London

  By John Freeman on 14 February 2008

  Lancaster-born fantasy author Joe Abercrombie will be signing his new book, Last Argument of Kings, at the Forbidden Planet Megastore, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, on Thursday 20th March 6-7pm Abercrombie is a freelance film editor, who after several knock-backs from… Read More ›

• Alan Moore endorses UK small press

  By John Freeman on 14 February 2008

  When Alan Moore made an incredibly rare appearance in at London’s Gosh comic store recently, he not only promoted his own new work but gave ringing endorsement to the UK small press efforts in general — and, in particular, London… Read More ›

• Star Trek pushed back to 2009

  By John Freeman on 14 February 2008

  Paramount has shuffled the release schedule for several films, including the new Star Trek film, which is good news and bad news for fans. Bad because the film has been delayed, which will dismay fans eagerly awaiting this Star Trek… Read More ›

• Whatever happened to… Jerry Paris?

  By John Freeman on 14 February 2008

  An early stalwart of Marvel UK was Jerry Paris, a regular artist on books such as Action Force and others (including this cover to the Spider-Man comic, published in 1984). Many MUK fans often ask us here at downthetubes what… Read More ›

• Olympics Puzzle

  By John Freeman on 13 February 2008

  Apparently, Steven Spielberg has decided not to participate in the Summer Olympic Games in Beijing… what event was he entering? Shark wrestling? Oh, as artistic adviser. He’s citing the lack of progress in ending the genocide in Darfur, which he… Read More ›

• Orcs unleashed on New Line, will no one watch the Watchmen?

  By John Freeman on 12 February 2008

  Variety reports the Tolkien Trust (a British charity that manages the estate of J.R.R. Tolkien) and publisher HarperCollins brought a $150 million lawsuit against New Line Cinema on Monday, claiming the trust has not received any of its gross profit… Read More ›

• In Memoriam: Steve Gerber

  By John Freeman on 12 February 2008

  downtheubes is sorry to report the death of ground-breaking American comic writer Steve Gerber, whose unique vision often confounded the mainstream publishers he worked for. The creator and co-creator of several characters including Howard the Duck and Omega the Unknown… Read More ›

• Paul Cornell in the Writer’s Room

  By John Freeman on 12 February 2008

  Doctor Who (and now Primeval) writer Paul Cornell – who among other things is pitching a new series to the networks accoridng to his blog – has just been interviewed for the BBC Writer’s Room site and by Forbidden Planet… Read More ›

• New Squaxx on the Block

  By John Freeman on 11 February 2008

  Over on Comics Village, Shane Chebsey has an interview with the new editors of 2000AD fanzine editor Zarjaz, Dave Evans and Richmond Clements of Futurequake Publishing. The pair take over after a successful run as editor from Colin J Dinnie… Read More ›

• Brightonomicon at Forbidden Planet London

  By John Freeman on 11 February 2008

  Robert Rankin, Jason Isaacs, David Warner and Rupert Degas are among several top creators who will be signing the audio book version of Robert’s The Brightonomicon at the Forbidden Planet Megastore, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8JR, this week, on… Read More ›

• Judge Dredd: Reality Sets In

  By John Freeman on 11 February 2008

  Judge Dredd writer Alan Grant says he now finds it hard to write the comic because real life has strayed too close to his science fiction dystopia. Speaking to the Sunday Herald he told the paper that while doing research… Read More ›

• New Thunderbirds Novels

  By John Freeman on 10 February 2008

  FTL Publications have announced that they have been licenced by Granada Ventures to produced two novels a year based on the original TV version of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s Thunderbirds. Due to the terms of the licence these books will… Read More ›

• Hi-Ex 2008: Again

  By John Freeman on 9 February 2008

  

  A few more pictures for you from last week’s Hi-Ex comics convention based mainly in the ground floor area of the old Bishop’s Palace in Inverness. Hi-Ex was organised by Vicky Stonebridge and Richmond Cements of Future Quake Press so it… Read More ›

• Space News: Last Lunar Eclipse until 2010

  By John Freeman on 9 February 2008

  The last Total Eclipse of the Moon before December 2010 will begin in the small hours of Thursday 21 February in the UK. The entire event will be visible from South America and most of North America (on 20 February)… Read More ›

• Technology News: Prince victim of Identity Theft

  By John Freeman on 8 February 2008

  Morocco’s state run news agency is reporting that authorities in Casablanca have rounded up the usual suspects and arrested an engineer accused of stealing the identity of Prince Moulay Rachid on Facebook. The prince, shown here perhaps at the moment… Read More ›

• Sarah Jane To Return

  By John Freeman on 7 February 2008

  Despite bad news on some fronts for children’s drama in the UK – the cancellation of Grange Hill surely a reflection of how disparate TV viewing has become that it can no longer attract a large audience – the BBC… Read More ›

• RIP: Barry Morse

  By John Freeman on 6 February 2008

  Actor Barry Morse, best known for his role as Lt Philip Gerard in the classic drama The Fugitive but who also starred as knowledgeable Victor Bergman in the first season of Gerry Anderson’s live action series Space:1999, died earlier this… Read More ›

• Marvel in the UK – The Early Years

  By John Freeman on 5 February 2008

  With plenty of interest in Marvel UK right now from sites such as It Came From Darkmoor, regular readers not already checking out Lew Stringer’s brilliant Blimey! blog might want to head over there now and read his three part… Read More ›

• Phoo Action debuts 12 February

  By John Freeman on 5 February 2008

  Phoo Action, a futuristic kung fu action film written by Tank Girl creator Jamie Hewlett, will form part of the opening night line-up of the revamped BBC3 next week, debuting on Tuesday 12 February at 10.30pm. As we reported last… Read More ›

• Doctor Who Art and Magazines on ebay

  By John Freeman on 5 February 2008

  (Posted by John Freeman, updated 6/2/08): Several items are now up for sale on ebay from me, with more to come, which some readers may be interested in here: Doctor Who Comic Art • “Ravens” Promotional ArtThis piece of art… Read More ›

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