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• Running Wild on BBC2

  By John Freeman on 22 October 2007

  Comics artist Lee Sullivan, perhaps best known for his work on Doctor Who, Robocop and Transformers UK, has a secret he’s about to share with the nation. “I’m in a Roxy Music and Bryan Ferry tribute band called Roxy Magic,”… Read More ›

• Drabbles added to Floods Comic charity project

  By John Freeman on 21 October 2007

  Several writers have expressed an interest in contributing text stories for the Floods Comic charity project planned by Clown Press publisher Adam Grose, so Adam’s suggested they submit 100 word ‘drabbles‘ for the project. “If you are a writer and… Read More ›

• More comics from Lizz Lunney

  By John Freeman on 20 October 2007

  Cartoonist Lizz Lunney, whose ‘Burger Love’ strip was shortlisted for the 2007 ROK Comics Humour Competition, has two new comics on sale via her web site (www.lizzlizz.com) Waiting For Sushi is a 32 page A6 comic with colour cover containing… Read More ›

• Spaceship Away #13 Now on Sale, License Renewed

  By John Freeman on 19 October 2007

  Good news for fans of the ace Dan Dare magazine Spaceship Away – the title has had its license renewed so expect even more great issues of this labour of love from Rod Barzilay. Issue 13 of the A4 sized… Read More ›

• Jazz Butcher – the Hunt Emerson connection!

  By John Freeman on 19 October 2007

  

  Have you ever bought an album simply for its cover, music previously unheard?

• Fancy a Coffee with your TV Hero?

  By John Freeman on 17 October 2007

  Ever fancied a coffee with someone whose TV talents you really admire? Someone who could give excellent careers advice? Someone who might provide the inspiration you’ve been looking for? Then join the queue. And join in. Because Northwest Vision and… Read More ›

• Bid for the Anti Pesto Van!

  By John Freeman on 17 October 2007

  

  Aardman Animations are auctioning Wallace & Gromit creator Nick Park’s Austin A35 van

• Markosia to unleash the Magpye

  By John Freeman on 17 October 2007

  Markosia Enterprises have signed a new four part mini series – The Magpye – from the critically acclaimed UK comic studio Monkeys with Machineguns (www.monkeyswithmachineguns.com). Described by writer Chris Lynch as a “psychological supernatural super-hero-horror story”, The Magpye will be… Read More ›

• All About Thunderbirds documentary

  By John Freeman on 17 October 2007

  A quick update on the BBC4 Thunderbirds documentary we reported on recently. downthetubes has been in contact with the producer of the show and he tells us production is complete and is pencilled for broadcast on 4 January 2008. In… Read More ›

• $10,000 Mobile Comic Winner Announced

  By John Freeman on 17 October 2007

  ROK Comics has announced the winner of its first $10,000 humour competition as cartoonist Steve English, for an episode of his ongoing series “Madd Science“. Runners up in the competition, which ran on ROK Comics this summer and attracted hundreds… Read More ›

• Floods Charity Comic Planned

  By John Freeman on 16 October 2007

  

  (Updated 21/10/07): UK indie publisher Adam Grose, who runs Clown Press, is working on a charity comic in aid of the Red Cross, to raise money for flood victims the world over. Although initially prompted by floods in the UK… Read More ›

• Marvel Heroes never die…

  By John Freeman on 15 October 2007

  — They just get reinvented. Way back in March I commented on the ‘death’ of Marvel Comics iconic hero Captain America and cynically suggested the character would not stay dead for long. Well, the original Steve Rogers remains dead but… Read More ›

• I went to the Birmingham International Comic Show and all I got was…

  By John Freeman on 14 October 2007

  

  — a fab day out seeing some great comics people, the chance to talk about ROK Comics, announce the winner of the $10,000 ROK Comics humour competition as judged by Beano editor Alan Digby and pick up some terrific indie… Read More ›

• Silver Bullets to get makeover, new name

  By John Freeman on 14 October 2007

  One of my favourite comics news sites is about to undergo a reavmap and name change, so be ready to update your book marks. Since its creation in 2000, Silverbulletcomicbooks.com (SBC) has been one of the most frequented sites for… Read More ›

• Chap with wings…

  By John Freeman on 14 October 2007 • ( 2 )

  Good news for fans of early Doctor Who: BBC 4 is to screen a classic Third Doctor story later this month. Fan favourite The Daemons screens from Sunday 21 October at 7.00pm, with the Third Doctor (Jon Pertwee) and trusty… Read More ›

• Read this blog on your mobile

  By John Freeman on 12 October 2007

  John Roshell over at Active Images put me on to feedm8, which offers a means to make a more mobile-friendly version of this blog for phones. Thought I’d give it a try: check out the “get mobile version button”, right…

• Thunderbirds: the Dan Dare connection

  By John Freeman on 12 October 2007

  BBC4 is continuing its efforts to mine Britain’s rich science fiction and comics culture with a new documenatary on the 1960s cult classic puppet show Thunderbirds. Dan Dare fan site dandare.info reports the Beeb has discovered Dan Dare was an… Read More ›

• Bruin Up

  By John Freeman on 11 October 2007

  Way back when I came up with a lab animal gag I still like and my mate Tim Stevens did too since he’s remembered it 20 years later, and suggested an update. So here are both cartoons in ROK Comics… Read More ›

• TV is bad, bad, bad

  By John Freeman on 11 October 2007

  Bad news for TV fans. Sitting too close to the TV has been proved to be bad for childrens eyes, but a new study also show too much television may be linked to a bad attention span. According to a… Read More ›

• Big Ben Animated series in development

  By John Freeman on 10 October 2007

  Former Comics International and Warrior editor Dez Skinn has been in touch with downthetubes to update us on his upcoming projects — the first of which is an animated show based on one of the characters from Warrior – Big… Read More ›

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