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• It Came From Darkmoor…

  By John Freeman on 30 January 2008

  (with thanks to Matthew Badham and Paul Cornell): British comics fan Mark Roberts has kicked off a promising new blog It Came from Darkmoor, dedicated to the mysteries of mighty Marvel UK (sadly absorbed by Panini in the early 1990s,… Read More ›

• Primeval Renewed

  By John Freeman on 30 January 2008

  Broadcast reports ITV’s SF time-spanning drama Primeval has been renewed, with the current (second) season continuing to score good ratings in its Saturday slot. Production on the third season will begin in March, for broadcast in January 2009. The first… Read More ›

• Hicklenton hits out at MS in new film

  By John Freeman on 28 January 2008

  2000AD artist John Hicklenton has reacted angrily to becoming ill with MS, inviting cameras into his home for a new documentary, Here’s Johnny, to record the destruction of his life by the disease, and to campaign for better treatment for… Read More ›

• Stardust on DVD

  By John Freeman on 28 January 2008

  Neil Gaiman’s Stardust will be released on DVD in the UK next month (25th February), featuring a host of British talent in a spectacular and critically-acclaimed fantasy adventure from renowned director Matthew (Layer Cake) Vaughn. The film script, based on… Read More ›

• Torchwood Magazine on YouTube, Facebook

  By John Freeman on 28 January 2008

  Titan Publishing’s Torchwood: The Official Magazine launched last week in the UK (and is already proving hard to find), which also includes 10 pages of original Torchwood comic strip fiction in each issue. The first issue is published in the… Read More ›

• IndieReview Revamped

  By John Freeman on 28 January 2008

  The UK Indie Comic and Manga Community IndieReview.co.uk, established in late 2007, has undergone some major refurbishment ready for 2008. The Community aims to bring the work of UK Indie Comic/Manga talent to the attention of a wider public through… Read More ›

• Frak Those Toasters!

  By John Freeman on 25 January 2008

  I don’t know much about Jo Storm’s Frak You! other than it is an unauthorised guide to the modern Battlestar Galactica TV series and so cannot use copyright photographs from the production. That said, I love the lateral thinking and… Read More ›

• Fat Man Previewed

  By John Freeman on 25 January 2008

  (Warning: this post contains links to what may be perceived by some as ‘adult’ content): Thomas Cochrane and Alan Tanner’s’s The Fat Man graphic novel project has a brand new web site which features a massive 50 page preview of… Read More ›

• Thunderbirds 2005

  By John Freeman on 24 January 2008 • ( 1 )

  

  Thunderbirds: IR, a missed opportunity

• For Sale: Thunderbird 3

  By Jeremy Briggs on 24 January 2008

  

  Giant model offered at auction. Hood not invited

• 101 Uses for a Mac: A Cat Toy

  By John Freeman on 24 January 2008

  … this has got to be one of the daftest uses for a computer, period. Especially when three quarters of the way in, the cat almost bites through the power cord. I’d love to know how the owner planned to… Read More ›

• Charlotte Corday joins ROK Comics

  By John Freeman on 24 January 2008

  

  A new adventure strip, Charlotte Corday of the Surete, drawn by top British comics artist Keith Page, is now being published on comics to mobile service ROK Comics. Keith’s current work includes Ramsey’s Raiders for DC Thomson’s Commando and other… Read More ›

• Commando Creators credited at last

  By John Freeman on 24 January 2008

  As expected, DC Thomson’s Commando range now feature credits for their creators, part of a sweeping range of ongoing changes to the books which continue to sell well in UK newsagents and via subscription. DC Thomson long held back from… Read More ›

• Nicky Saxx, possibly Europe’s Last Newspaper Adventure Strip, Cancelled

  By John Freeman on 23 January 2008

  

  Nicky Saxx – possibly the only originated adventure strip still existing in a European newspaper – was cancelled earlier this month

• Breaking into comics event this Saturday

  By John Freeman on 23 January 2008

  Just a quick reminder that downthetubes and ROK Comics Managing Editor John Freeman is one of the guests at a Breaking Into Comics event in Leicester this Saturday, along with 2000AD editor Matt Smith and indie publisher Jay Eales. “Breaking… Read More ›

• Elton John’s Dan Dare recording unearthed

  By John Freeman on 23 January 2008

  (via the Eagle Times blog): Way back in October 1975, Elton John recorded Dan Dare (Pilot of the Future), written by Bernie Taupin, for the Rock of the Westies album, a song lamenting that he won’t be joining Dan on… Read More ›

• Reg Bunn Profiled

  By John Freeman on 23 January 2008

  Top British comics blog Bear Alley has just profiled the early work of Spider artist Reg Bunn, detailing what looks to be his first ever published work, Buck Jones, Outlaw!, which actually appeared in Australia initially, In issue 6 of… Read More ›

• Moore, Gebbie Signing at Gosh London

  By John Freeman on 23 January 2008

  Writer and Shaman Alan Moore and artist Melinda Gebbie will be making a rare signing appearance at Gosh! in London on Saturday 2nd February from 2-5pm to sign copies of their book Lost Girls, so mark your calendars now. People… Read More ›

• Brendan McCarthy’s New Blog

  By John Freeman on 22 January 2008

  (with thanks to Matthew Badham) Top comics artist, designer and illustrator Brendan McCarthy has a new blog, The Strangeness of Brendan McCarthy. The new blog includes storyboard artwork Brendan completed for Tim Burton’s new Sweeney Todd movie, which opens in… Read More ›

• Edinburgh Book Festival Comics Talk Now Online

  By John Freeman on 22 January 2008

  (with thanks to Joe Gordon) Last August, the Edinburgh International Book Festival held its first ever events discussing graphic novels, with a major, hour-long discussion – entitled “Graphic Novels – Literature of Pulp Fiction” – held between three Scottish authors:… Read More ›

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