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• 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 ›

• American extremists seek history re-write

  By John Freeman on 9 October 2007

  Who would have thought it? Web search engine giant Google rightly marked 50 years of spaceflight with a terrific Sputnik-decorated version of their logo last week, but now it seems right wing commentators in the US feel this is the… Read More ›

• Alan Moore interviewed

  By John Freeman on 8 October 2007

  “Alan Moore, the undisputed, eccentric king of comic-book writing, made it acceptable for literary-minded adults to enjoy books about superheroes. Will his new book do the same for erotica? Susanna Clarke, the novelist and long-time Moore devotee, speaks to him… Read More ›

• Ex Astris Episode 7 – Ambush

  By John Freeman on 8 October 2007

  

  This version of Ex Astris was originally published on the ROK Comics platform

• Ex Astris Episode 5

  By John Freeman on 8 October 2007

  

  This version of Ex Astris was originally published on the ROK Comics platform

• Ex Astris Episode 6

  By John Freeman on 8 October 2007

  

  This version of Ex Astris was originally published on the ROK Comics platform

• Ex Astris Episode 4

  By John Freeman on 8 October 2007

  

  This version of Ex Astris was originally published on the ROK Comics platform

• Ex Astris Episode 3

  By John Freeman on 8 October 2007

  

  This version of Ex Astris was originally published on the ROK Comics platform

• Ex Astris Episode 2

  By John Freeman on 8 October 2007

  

  This version of Ex Astris was originally published on the ROK Comics platform

• Ex Astris Episode 1

  By John Freeman on 7 October 2007

  

  This version of Ex Astris was originally published on the ROK Comics platform

• Save Kids TV campaign – Petition the PM!

  By John Freeman on 4 October 2007

  Pact has set up a petition on the Number 10 website to highlight the plight UK kids TV is under, highlighted by the Save Kids TV campaign who have a comic about the issue on ROK Comics, republished below. To… Read More ›

• New Dennis the Menace animation in the works

  By John Freeman on 4 October 2007

  Beano character Dennis the Menace is being updated in a new animated version for CBBC. Trade magazine Broadcast and other sources report DC Thomson is working with animation company Red Kite to deliver the 52 x 12-minute Dennis & Gnasher… Read More ›

• Happy Birthday Sputnik!

  By John Freeman on 4 October 2007

  Space flight is 50 years old this week and although the space race may well have been borne by the desire to develop bigger and better nuclear weapons – according to the accounts of Russian scientists reported in USA Today… Read More ›

• Wallace & Gromit Return

  By John Freeman on 4 October 2007

  Huzzah! Variety reports Aardman Animation’s Wallace & Gromit are back at work, with a new film to be shown on BBC1 at Christmas next year. Trouble at’ Mill, co-written by Nick Park and Bob Baker, sees Wallace and Gromit open… Read More ›

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