Created by Adam Murphy Format: A5 anthology – colour and black and white interiors WARNING: [highlight]ADULT THEMES DISCUSSED BELOW[/highlight] The Book (in Adam’s own words): “Fever Dreams is a collection of 14 short stories, created over the course of about… Read More ›
Created by Phil Gerigscott The Story: This is not the norm. Let’s start there shall we? Listen up at the back? This is not a comic full of crashes and bangs, bows and arrows or even rock bands. This… Read More ›
Author: Various Editor: The British Professional Cartoonists’ Organisation Committee Publisher: English PEN I seem to be turning into the eclectic correspondent for downthetubes, as I am reviewing a cartoon anthology that has a distinctively sharp bite. Many of us will recall… Read More ›
Here’s our guide to new comics and graphic on sale in British comic shops today (Wednesday 3rd June 2015), complementing our monthly list of new British graphic novels and comic collections (June 2015 list here). This week sees the release of… Read More ›
Although previously published last year and also available digitally for iPad from SEQUENTIAL (And Part One is also available from Madefire), Terry Wiley‘s marvellous VerityFair Book One: Custard Creams & Pink Elephants gets another round of distribution in comic shops this… Read More ›
From the very beginning, even before the sexual revolution made Robert Crumb the world’s most celebrated underground cartoonist, he felt compelled to commit his sexual fantasies to paper. Once upon a time, he’d destroy them, fearful of others discovering his quirky… Read More ›
Written by Rob Burton Art by A Klassen Published by Mindstain This is an unusual comic to pick up in today’s small-press comics arena. For one, this comic is not wall to wall illustration. For two, this comic forces you… Read More ›
The latest issue of Comix Reader (Issue 6) is on sale now in comic shops and other outlets, featuring a cover by Richard Cowdry and strips by a huge assortment of artists and writers, including Lord Hurk, Ralph Kidson, Paul O’Connell, Bernadette Bentley… Read More ›
Anyone who follows British comics will know that down the years it’s scattered with many great, well-received but short-lived comic projects, often published on a wing and a prayer by small independent publishers, working on them firstly because of the… Read More ›
Comics periodicals. They start out great with the first issue, bringing out the big guns to get everybody’s attention, but then run out of steam and splutter out because they just got too ambitious for their own good. Take Soaring… Read More ›
Edited and Designed by Magnus Aspli and Glenn Moane Cover by Danos Philopoulos Published by Outre Press Outre 4 – Silence is the newest issue of the anthology by Glenn and Magnus who hail from Norway, which includes work by… Read More ›
Created by Brett Uren Edited by Brett Uren and Glenn Moane Cover by Hal Laren Writers: Brett Uren, Frank Martin, Grainee McEntee, Cy Dethan, Glenn Moane, Kieran Squires, Janos Honkonen, Brocton McKinney, Jon Scrivens and Jake Young. Artists: Brett Uren,… Read More ›
Digital comics distributor SEQUENTIAL will be a huge winter sale right now, with 50 – 80 per cent off the print RRP on books… A perfect way to populate the iBooks section of your shiny new (or spruced… Read More ›
As 2014 draws to a close, here at downthetubes we thought it might be fun to contact some of the creators we have featured on the site this year and beyond and ask them what comics have caught their eye…. Read More ›
Titan Comics is releasing a new collection of White Trash in April 2015, a comic strip by Gordon Rennie (Judge Dredd, Dept. of Monsterology, Robbie Burns: Witch Hunter) and New Zealand artist, the late Martin Emond (Accident Man, Lobo) first published… Read More ›
Sam Zabel a husband, father and a cartoonist once renowned for his series Pickle; in the last few years his career has come to a stand still suffering from a bad case of writer’s block and depression. He now spends his… Read More ›
Words and Pictures by Andy W. Clift Lettered by Jon Scrivens Cover layout by Katy Morrison Script Edited by Rachel Barber Published by Bounce Comics With the Thought Bubble Comics Festival in Leeds just around the corner there has been… Read More ›
US publisher Top Shelf has announces an event some thought would never come: the digital release of the groundbreaking, literary, and fearlessly erotic masterpiece by Alan Moore and Melinda Gebbie‘s Lost Girls. Available for adults only in multiple digital formats/vendors,… Read More ›
(with thanks to Bill Storie): Everyone knows veteran artist Chris Foss as the man who draws amazing spaceships – and whose art has inspired many an illustrator down the years. But did you also know one of his first commissions… Read More ›
The second issue of Bad Press’ adult humour anthology mag Wasted is on sale now, cranking up the quality several more notches on its launch issue with some terrific strips from a wide range of creators that include Alan Grant,… Read More ›