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ComicPal Auction features Beano rarity
The Autumn 2006 auction at Compalcomics (www.compalcomics.com) closes soon. One of four auctions held annually, this one features 273 lots in their Autumn catalogue including what the company describes as two particularly “exceptional” items; a Beano Comic No 1 and a… Read More ›
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Look and Learn web site due to launch soon
Over on Bear Alley, comics expert Steve Holland reports that the Look and Learn web site, with which he is heavily involved, officially launches in a matter of days. This is run by a company which now owns the publishing… Read More ›
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Lancaster Comics Festival plugged
Three cheers for local journalist James Griffiths, who got in touch with me via virtual-lancaster, another site I work on that has nothing to do with comics, asking about upcoming events in the Lancaster area. Thanks to him the Lancaster… Read More ›
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Rich People must come first on transport says lecturer
This got right up my nose this week: a Lancaster University lecturer has declared rich people should come first on matters of transport. Law lecturer Richard Austen-Baker, who works at Lancaster University’s law school, took magazine Private Eye to task… Read More ›
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WebFinds: Walls and Bridges
Walls and Bridges is freelance writer Joel Meadows‘ new blog — he’s previously edited a comics magazine, Tripwire, and writes features on comics for a variety of publications, most recently The Times and The Observer. I’ve known Joel for many… Read More ›
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ParcelWorst (or ParcelFarce)
I’ve just sent an e-letter to Parcelforce regarding their appalling service in delivering a parcel to my work address. The parcel’s finally arrived, three days late, banged about and only now reached me because the driver “found it in the… Read More ›
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US Newspaper polls readers on cartoon choice
Can’t see the the UK Guardian ever doing this: or getting as much feedback — some 5000 readers replied – on a newspaper’s plans to alter its comic strip section. www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/entertainment/comics/15254126.htm Strips to vote on here: www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/entertainment/comics/15244087.htm
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Inspirational Star Trek posters
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Links section revamp
There might not seem to be much going on at downthetubes — but you’d be wrong. It’s all “under the bonnet” stuff though — tidying up images folders, a revised links section which hopefully makes more sense to visitors. The… Read More ›
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WebFinds: Andrew Orton’s Doctor Who wizardry
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In Review: Kickback by David Lloyd
Review by John Freeman Joe Canelli is a corrupt cop in a corrupt force in Franklin City, a mythical American metropolis dominated by powerful drug lords. He tries to ignore recurring dreams of powerlessness as he routinely cleans up the… Read More ›
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Is there such a thing as a free comic?
I’ve just been sent an email by wowio, an ad-based service offering downloadable e-books – including comics from UK publisher Markosia and others. It all sounds fine and dandy but the stumbling block came when I tried it out, only… Read More ›
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Stupid Cycle Lanes
Just been sent this great site (www.warringtoncyclecampaign.co.uk/facility-of-the-month) with a plethora of examples of silly cycle lanes. The one above is in York (pic credited to one Ian Bromsgrove). You can click on the left arrow at the top of the… Read More ›
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New SF: Infoquake by David Louis Edelman
My friend Lou Anders, who works over at science fiction & fantasy publisher Pyr (www.pyrsf.com), just sent me some info on a book that just came out which is very different from the usual SF novel, one he hopes will… Read More ›
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Mike Conroy on the BBC
Well, sort of… longtime Comics International contributor Mike Conroy has just done his first job for the BBC, providing research for Waiting for Superman. Broadcast on Radio One on Monday night, it includes input from Dan Jurgens, Denny O’Neil and… Read More ›
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Special Delivery Frog
Our champion hunter cat delivered this frog this morning: I’m sure she’s trying to persuade us not to keep messing up our house (we’re having our roof done) — and thinks gifts like this will persuade us… Still, at least… Read More ›
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Cat Presents take a new twist
One of the perils of working from home is that I never know what our hunter-killer cat will bring in as a ‘present’ (usually in the hope that she will be rewarded with biscuits, I suspect). Usually, thankfully, she has… Read More ›
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Down the Tubes Blog Launches
Okay… I think I’ve got the hang of this. Still having some problems adding pictures but I’ll sort that eventually. Welcome to my new blog, part of the wider downthetubes site. If I’m away from my computer, this is where… Read More ›
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They think it’s all over — well, yes it is now
World Cup 1 Avoiding It 0 So England lost the quarter final, came crashing out of the World Cup and the press inevitably cast around for someone to blame for the fact that despite valiant efforts by a 10-man team,… Read More ›
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Bonnie Scotland
… as in five days of being in Scotland, where the only sight of the World Cup was a brilliant cover for the Scottish Daily Mirror urging Trinidad and Tobago on. Ooh, and I will admit to checking the score… Read More ›
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