Sonic the Comic is celebrating being 25 years young this year with a one-day convention / gathering in Manchester on the 3rd June 2018, organised by the team behind much-loved title’s unofficial continuation online. STC (as it’s usually known) was… Read More ›
Adventure Comics
A Chat with Cinebook – Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast probes European comics publisher
In the latest episode of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast, the team chat to Jerome Saincantin about his role as a translator for Cinebook. Cinebook, whose titles we’ve often featured on downthetubes, are publishers of best selling European books… Read More ›
Cover Reveal: Classic British superheroes reborn to become ‘The Vigilant’!
Lost in the mists of time, home-grown British superheroes once entertained and enthralled millions of kids. Now, the likes of Adam Eterno, Blake Edmonds, Thunderbolt the Avenger, and The Leopard from Lime Street are coming back to make summer 2018… Read More ›
In Praise of… Comics Writer William (Willie) Patterson
Sydney Jordan is widely recognised as the creator of the critically-acclaimed “Jeff Hawke” newspaper strip first published in the Daily Express. However, it’s also generally felt that the strips written by William (Willie) Patterson through the 1960s – including those… Read More ›
Coming Soon: The Vigilant, featuring … Adam Eterno (and more)!
Hot on the heels of my post wondering what Rebellion had planned for time travelling hero Adam Eterno, writer Stephen Jewell and artist Lew Stringer drew my attention tweets by Simon Furman about a little project he’s working on for… Read More ›
Calling Adam Eterno… Where are Rebellion hiding you?
Given the increased pace of Rebellion’s Treasury of British Comics collections, it’s perhaps no surprise the clamour for the return of even more heroes from yesteryear is growing… and one character that keeps getting mentioned is the time travelling immortal,… Read More ›
In Praise of… Comic Artist Alfonso Font
If you caught yesterday’s news about the impending release of a collection of the 1970s strip “Black Max” as part of Rebellion’s Treasury of British Comics, the signature of the incredible artist Alfonso Font on the cover of the Collection just… Read More ›
Cover Reveal: The Latest Treasury of British Comics collections, including new Misty, Black Max
The covers for Rebellion’s Treasury of British Comics new collections this autumn and winter have been revealed – Misty Volume Three, The Thirteenth Floor, Black Max, El Mestizo, and Ken Reid’s Creepy Creations. All these collections can be ordered from… Read More ›
Why news of the Adventures of The Three Musketeers collection is – hopefully – great news for classic British comic fans
The Book Palace is to publish a limited edition of Adventures of The Three Musketeers, collecting the work of the brilliant Chilean comic artist Arturo Del Castillo, first published in Film Fun and Lion in the 1960s. Collected in a… Read More ›
Words From Beyond: Lady Penelope Artist Frank Langford Part 2 – Andersonic Quotes
In the first part of this Words From Beyond feature on artist Frank Langford we reprinted a rare interview with him from Tardis fanzine dated February 1976. For this second part we begin with a selection of quotes from Andersonic fanzine dated… Read More ›
Words From Beyond: Lady Penelope Artist Frank Langford Part 1 – Tardis Interview
Frank Langford is a familiar name when it comes to comics having illustrated fan favourites like Thunderbirds’ Lady Penelope in the 1960s and BBC TV’s Doctor Who in the 1970s, yet when Gordon Blows interviewed him in the third issue… Read More ›
In Review: Boudicca by Neal Romanek and Johan Swärd
Writer: Neal Romanek Artist: Johan Swärd Published by Markosia The Book: Britain. An island paradise, rich with gold and silver – and the world’s most powerful military machine wants it all for itself. The country and its tribes have been… Read More ›
Europe Comics spotlights top-selling continental comics to mark Bologna Children’s Bookfair
This week is Bologna Children’s Bookfair, attended by publishers from across the globe. To celebrate, Europe Comics have gathered some of their extended previews of their bestselling children’s series and graphic novels. Europe Comics began as an idea of Franco-Belgian… Read More ›
Bigger, bolder and banging onto your radar – the new 100% Biodegradable, on sale now!
The latest issue of the ace digital comics anthology 100% Biodegradable – the biggest issue yet featuring a cover by Edward R. Norden – is available now from Comicsy! (Declared bias alert – I’m co-writer on “Skow Dogs” with editor… Read More ›
Chris Weston’s The Prisoner comic cover revealed
Titan Comics has partnered with print and poster house Vice Press to create a Diamond UK exclusive cover for The Prisoner Issue #1. This first-ever Vice Press exclusive cover for The Prisoner Issue #1 – designed by 2000AD and Star… Read More ›
Crowdfunding Spotlight: Borough of Churches Graphic Novel by Amrit Birdi & Adam Cheal
Writer Adam Cheal (Redemption Heights, Toxic Storm) and best-selling artist Amrit Birdi (Joe Sugg’s Username:Evie, F2’s Galaxy of Football, Assassins Creed) have teamed up to deliver a great-looking new horror comic, Borough of Churches, which is fast approaching its initial funding target… Read More ›
Hunt continues for “Carol Day” newspaper strips
“London… summer…” And so begins the twenty-seventh “Carol Day” story “Jack Slingsby”, by David Wright. It’s one of several now available as a digital collection – but the publishers are still on the look out for more art to publish… Read More ›
In Review: The Adventures of Captain Cosmic #1
Written and drawn by Andy W Clift The Story: Entire planets are disappearing and fear is spreading throughout the galaxy. Prime Consoler Zoltan of the Commonwealth of Worlds calls in the only people that can help. The Galaxy Defenders known… Read More ›
Titan Comics reveals more from its new “The Prisoner” title
Titan Comics announced some fantastic new projects at the annual ComicsPRO retailer event held in Portland in the United States on Friday, including more about the company’s eagerly.anticipated new comic based on The Prisoner TV series. The brand-new comic series set… Read More ›
Leah Moore and John Reppion back on the case with Sherlock Holmes: The Vanishing Man
Nine years after Leah Moore and John Reppion‘s first Sherlock Holmes series arrived on comic shop shelves, the dynamic writing duo are back at US publisher Dynamite Entertainment, writing a brand new mystery –Sherlock Holmes: The Vanishing Man. Dynamite continue… Read More ›