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• Doug Marlette killed in car crash

  By John Freeman on 13 July 2007

  The Pulitzer Prize-winning and sometimes controversial cartoonist Doug Marlette, who the Washington Post reports recently turned his incisive wit toward a budding career as a novelist, died on Tuesday 10 July in a car accident in Mississippi. Marlette, who was… Read More ›

• Art Attack TV show cancelled

  By John Freeman on 12 July 2007

  Art Attack, the long-running children’s ITV show, has been cancelled after an 18 year run – which could be bad news for Panini UK’s tie-in magazine which has been a staple of the company’s line for a long time. UK… Read More ›

• New fantasy dramas on BBC3

  By John Freeman on 11 July 2007

  BBC3 has just announced six new drama projects, two with comics and SF TV connections. Being Human, by Doctor Who and Torchwood writer Toby Whithouse, centres on three young flatmates – a vampire, a ghost, and a werewolf. Produced by… Read More ›

• James Reddington dies

  By John Freeman on 10 July 2007 • ( 1 )

  I was very sad to hear of the death of British small press activist and Portent Comics activist James Reddington, who died last week aged, I’m told, just 28. I met him only a couple of times, but he came… Read More ›

• FAB Makeover

  By John Freeman on 8 July 2007

  The new issue of Fanderson’s fanzine FAB, (Number 57), has just been released. With Chris Bentley’s retirement as editor, Fanderson have taken the opportunity to redesign the 56 page glossy colour A5 zine and bring in new features, intended to… Read More ›

• Omnivistascope Hat Trick

  By John Freeman on 8 July 2007

  It has been available for a while, but SFX have just made Omnivistascope 3 their Fanzine Of The Month, giving Paul Scott’s big 78 page A4 zine a hat trick with each of the three issues receiving the title. His… Read More ›

• It’s grim being a writer

  By John Freeman on 6 July 2007

  Well, that explains a lot… apparently, clinical depression and the prospect of a shortened lifespan are some of the joys successful scriptwriters are more likely to face, according to TV psychologist Raj Persaud. UK media magazine Broadcast reports that speaking… Read More ›

• Captain Jack Is Indestructible…

  By John Freeman on 5 July 2007

  …you are not. Do not attempt to imitate him. With all this talk of “homage” in New Who perhaps one has been missed – the juvenile Face Of Boe himself. To misquote the voice over from the original Captain Scarlet… Read More ›

• Who’s bothered by homage?

  By John Freeman on 5 July 2007

  There’s been plenty of debate about this elsewhere, much of it far more erudite than anything I could contribute. But now they’ve been drawn to my attention, I’d just like to say how much I’ve enjoyed spotting the television and… Read More ›

• Alice In USAland

  By John Freeman on 3 July 2007

  Ansible 240 reports that the Dark Horse version of Bryan Talbot’s excellent Alice In Sunderland has been nominated in the Graphic Novels section of the American Quill Book Awards “the only televised literary prizes”. More details and a full listing… Read More ›

• Paul Gravett Interviewed

  By John Freeman on 1 July 2007

  Web site Broken Frontier has published the first part of a detailed interview by Dave Hine with London-based freelance journalist, curator, lecturer, writer and broadcaster and comics guru Paul Gravett, one of the creators of the ground-breaking indie comics magazine… Read More ›

• Upcoming British Comic Collections

  By John Freeman on 29 June 2007

  Just a quick look at a few of the titles that we can expect to see over the coming months… First up is Charley’s War Volume 4, subtitled “Blue’s Story”. Continuing the story of World War One, this time the… Read More ›

• The Super Six

  By John Freeman on 29 June 2007

  Hard on the heels of 2D, the Northern Ireland Comics Festival in April, comes another Northern Ireland comics project, The Super Six, published by OFMDFMNI:CYPU. Okay, so it doesn’t quite trip off the tongue like IPC or DCT and I… Read More ›

• For Action And Adventure

  By John Freeman on 29 June 2007

  Those who still labour until the mistaken belief that Commando only covers the Second World War could do worse than checking one of the latest issues. Commando 4015 : Wolves At War concludes the “Log Of The Lairds” sequence of… Read More ›

• ROK Comics seeks hot talent and offers $10K Prize

  By John Freeman on 29 June 2007

  ROK Comics, the UK-based online and mobile phone creative aggregator and publisher of comics and cartoons have announced a competition with a prize of $10,000 (£5,000) for the best original comic strip or cartoon published it receives between now and… Read More ›

• Spaceship Away #12 blasts off

  By John Freeman on 19 June 2007

  The latest issue of ace Dan Dare magazine Spaceship Away is now out. Spaceship Away costs £6.99 per issue for UK residents and £9.00 per issue for international subscribers, more details can be found here… http://spaceshipaway.org.uk/ Publisher Rod Barzilay had… Read More ›

• Colin Baker in Leeds

  By Ian Wheeler on 14 June 2007

  Shameless plug time. Colin Baker, the sixth Doctor Who, will be making a personal appearance at the Fab Cafe in Leeds on Sunday 12 August 2007. The event is co-organized by downthetubes contributor Ian Wheeler and should be a good… Read More ›

• New Comics International Issue Number 202

  By Ian Wheeler on 14 June 2007

  It’s been an unsettled few months for Comics International but the new issue is a corker. Down the Tubes writers Ian Wheeler and John Freeman, along with Dez Skinn, continue their look at comics based on cult TV shows by… Read More ›

• Silver Surfer hits big Wheel

  By John Freeman on 14 June 2007

  As part of the publicity blitz for the new FF movie (“Rise of the Silver Surfer”) the London Eye was taken over by the Silver Surfer this week when he, literally, flew into it. This is the first time that… Read More ›

• Its not It’s

  By John Freeman on 13 June 2007

  Everyone who knows me also knows I am one of the world’s worst typists and probably semi-legendary for minor typos. But that doesn’t mean I can’t spot one, and one that constantly annoys me is the misuse of its and… Read More ›

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