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• One for Morecambe fans…

  By John Freeman on 19 February 2007

  I compered the monthly Spotlight Club at the Yorkshire House, Lancaster on Friday night (yes, it was me who welcomed a bemused audience with “Ladies, Gentlemen and dolphins — you know who you are…”) Finishing the bill, which included four… Read More ›

• Delving into British comics history…

  By John Freeman on 16 February 2007

  Cartoonist Lew Stringer has just added a cracking tribute to Express Weekly to his increasingly wonderful British comics blog (I just wonder where he’s finding time to do some cartooning!) This near-forgotten title included contributions from Ron Embleton and Mike… Read More ›

• Dalek Cutaway

  By John Freeman on 15 February 2007 • ( 2 )

  Here’s another piece of comics art I’m offering via e-bay: a superb Dalek cutaway by Lee Sullivan, commissioned by me while editor of Doctor Who Magazine as a page for Marvel’s Doctor Who Year Book 1993, this cutaway of an… Read More ›

• Doctor Who – Hulk Presents Comic Art for sale

  By John Freeman on 14 February 2007 • ( 1 )

  I’m having a spring clean of some of my comics collection and am offering a complete Doctor Who comic strip, drawn by Geoff “Transformers” Senior, on e-bay. Titled “Stitch in Time” and written by me as an affectionate comment on… Read More ›

• Albion Man: An interview with Andrew Sumner

  By John Freeman on 12 February 2007

  

  Interview first published 12th February 2007, links updated July 2019 Titan Books have just released their edition of the collected Albion, Wildstorm’s welcome revival of many British comics heroes owned by IPC. The trade offers the complete story – with… Read More ›

• Hookjaw Interview

  By John Freeman on 8 February 2007

  Well, not Hookjaw himself, which would just be gut-wrenching sounds of gnashing shark teeth, but with the Collected Hook Jaw about to munch its way through the swimming public once more (just when you thought it was safe to go… Read More ›

• 2000AD competition over on FPI

  By John Freeman on 7 February 2007

  Joe Gordon from Forbidden Planet International has just dropped me a quick line to advise of a pretty cool 2000AD competition he’s lined up. “I just can’t let the 30th anniversary of 2000AD at the end of this month pass… Read More ›

• Forever Albion: Leah Moore and John Reppion Interviewed

  By John Freeman on 7 February 2007

  

  I’ve just posted the first of three interviews to mark the release of Titan Books Albion collection, the first being with writers Leah Moore and John Reppion. Interviews with IPC’s Andrew Sumner and the project’s brilliant artist Shane Oakley –… Read More ›

• This week’s searches on downthetubes.net included…

  By John Freeman on 7 February 2007

  In order of most searched terms: – 1 “web site” (why would so many people search a web site for “web site”) – 2 “Hilary Duff” (This is a comics site, people. Is Hilary Duff doing comics? I don’t think… Read More ›

• Family Obsessions

  By John Freeman on 7 February 2007

  Steam Engine pic by my DadOriginally uploaded by JohnFreeman. Obsessions run in our family. I love comics, my Dad loved trains. I’m now trying to find out where he took some of his earliest steam engine pics and have added… Read More ›

• The Dead Goldfish

  By John Freeman on 6 February 2007

  I thought this cartoon might have originally appeared in Viz – it seems to be based on an old Internet-circulated joke – but a version is being passed on from the “Bore Me” site, an archive of “viral” e-mail jokes… Read More ›

• People leave the strangest things behind

  By John Freeman on 6 February 2007

  Following up on news reports that people would rather read a comic — sorry, book — than have sex, after a survey conducted by Travelodge, I scurried over to their web site to find the full text. What books would… Read More ›

• Save us from Guardian readers

  By John Freeman on 5 February 2007 • ( 1 )

  So the world’s going to h*** in a handbasket and what are Guardian readers doing? Arguing about who has the best computer. I’m considering joining Harlan Ellison and Alan Moore in the typewriter zone. Not very seriously, mind, but considering… Read More ›

• ComicSpace up and (fully) running

  By John Freeman on 5 February 2007

  The new online comics community ComicSpace, described as “MySpace for comics creators and fans” is now fully up and running and if you’re so inclined, there are now some fantastic samples from many British artists on the site, including Bill… Read More ›

• Brilliant European Comics Reference

  By John Freeman on 3 February 2007

  

  I just found this great European comics site – Strip-encyclopedie Zilveren Dolfijn – while doing some research on an Albion feature that should be up on downthetubes soon, centring on new interviews with Leah Moore & John Reppion, and IPC’s… Read More ›

• BeanoMAX and Roy of the Rovers

  By John Freeman on 2 February 2007

  Just posted a couple of news on the main site about the new BeanoMAX – I’d say DC Thomson have noted the success of TOXIC, Wallace & Gromit and the clear ABC sales figure records that have been racked up… Read More ›

• WebFind: SuperThunderStingCar

  By John Freeman on 30 January 2007

  

  Who remembers this the first time around?

• Building shaped like Godzilla…

  By John Freeman on 30 January 2007

  What a fab idea to improve the Tokyo skyline over at the Ironic Sans blog I’ve just found — a building shaped like Godzilla. There’s even artists impressions to enjoy. Genius!

• Media Placements on offer in the North West

  By John Freeman on 29 January 2007

  This is one of those press releases that come across because of Virtual-Lancaster, which I thought I’d repost here for info. Wednesday 31st January is the deadline for the Media Foundation Placement Scheme – a chance for 20 individuals to… Read More ›

• Eagle Times Volume 19 Issue Four

  By John Freeman on 28 January 2007

  

  The latest issue of Eagle Times, the quarterly journal of the Eagle Society, came out just before Christmas. Volume 19, issue 4 is 50+ A4 pages and includes articles on Frank Hampson’ Southport, a PC49 Christmas story, 1950s pop music and Dick Barton…. Read More ›

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