Hard boiled detectives, high speed car chases, brain harvesting aliens and adulterous Martians are just some of the attractions awaiting readers of the digital comics anthology 100% Biodegradable, available now Edited by David Hailwood and John Kirkham, the title… Read More ›
Twentieth Century Fox released its first trailer to promote the upcoming release of Kingsman: The Secret Service recently, based on the comic created by Mark Millar and Dave Gibbons, which is due for an October release. I’ve only just seen it,… Read More ›
While anticipation for the 350th landmark issue of Judge Dredd Megazine is building among fans, there’s no shortage of action in the latest issue, 348, on sale now in all good newsagents, speciality stores and digitally. For me, I’m of… Read More ›
The second issue of the new British digital comics anthology PULSE – on sale exclusively through the ROK Comics Ultra app for iPad – is available now. Published by ROK Comics in partnership with Markosia Enterprises the action-adventure title, which costs just 69p per issue initially features Team M.O.B.I.L.E. (written… Read More ›
Right, firstly, an apology to all involved with this amazing book: I’ve been horribly remiss on plugging Christopher Marlowe: The Bards of Nemeton, which was published by Markosia last year and is available in print and for Kindle. Which is… Read More ›
As the massive Toronto-based TCAF prepares for its 2014 international celebration of comics and graphic novels, SelfMadeHero, the independent UK publisher of graphic novels, is attending with a number of its top creators from Britain and Europe. British… Read More ›
The second issue of RADAR, the RAF Museum’s quarterly magazine, is now available to read for free on the museum’s website and features an interview with Eagle and Swift artist Roy Cross. This interview ties in with Cross’ work for… Read More ›
A graphic novel produced to commemorate the 700th anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn, released by the National Trust for Scotland and written by Fiona Watson, illustrated by top independent comics creator Conor Boyle and lettered by Jim Campbell,… Read More ›
Swedish-born comic artist and designer Jennie Gyllblad has just launched a new online graphic novel, SKAL, set in an Arabian-inspired desert fantasy world. “The Monastery feared Mushirah. They feared her so much that they threw her in a prison… Read More ›
The first issue of MULP – an anthropomorphic comic book, a Pulp adventure set in a world of mice, by Matt Gibbs and Sara Dunkerton – goes on sale in a number of comic shops next week around the UK. The… Read More ›
Get this, it’s ace. Dave Hailwood and the rest of the team on the idnie British anthology 100% Biodegradeable sweated blood to bring this to you. No, really! Vampires love them. Now, in celebration of the imminent Free Comics Book Day,… Read More ›
Regular readers of downthetubes will recall that earlier this week we plugged an upcoming Laydeez do Comics event in Leeds, which prompted me to follow the links to the creator sites, just to check they were correct more than… Read More ›
Digital comics publisher ROK Comics has launched its new ROK Comics Ultra marketplace app on Apple’s iTunes store. The new app brings all ROK Comics amazing audio comics titles under one roof, including Team M.O.B.I.L.E. and The Beatles Story. The app also features “Comics Communique”, a comics… Read More ›
Captain Winston Bulldog – the creation of writer Jason Cobley – is back in comic strip action in the new issue of the ace adventure anthology Paragon – and you can pre-order your copy now! 30 years after Jason first launched the… Read More ›
Overkill was a Marvel UK anthology published during the 1990s which ran for 52 issues, deliberately designed as a Marvel equivalent to 2000AD. Initially edited by myself, it was also edited by Alan Cowsill. The magazine was part of Editorial Director… Read More ›
The latest issue of the Dan-Dare and Eagle comic-inspired magazine Spaceship Away has just shipped to subscribers and will be available soon from the title’s web site (http://spaceshipaway.org.uk). This issue, wrapped in a cover and back cover by Eagle and… Read More ›
The fourth book in writer Dave West and artist Gary Crutchley’s WesterNoir tales of Old West demon hunter Josiah Black is now available and seemingly turns the table on the main character as its subtitle is Josiah Black: Wanted For… Read More ›
Egmont’s Ben 10 Magazine – available in print and in digital format – has topped the charts as the UK’s number one magazine in the primary boys sector and has now sold more than 5.2 million copies since its launch in… Read More ›
A new comic book, King Robert the Bruce and the Wars of Independence, is now available to order directly from the King Robert the Bruce educational web site. The web site, developed by staff and students at Fife College, celebrates Dunfermline’s historic… Read More ›
General Jumbo, The Smasher and Supercats are just some of the classic British heroes back in print right now, thanks to a team of Scottish comic creators, DC Thomson and Comic Heroes magazine. As we previously reported, The Glasgow League of Writers has teamed up with publisher DC… Read More ›