The Executive Committees of the Harvey Awards and the Baltimore Comic-Con have just released the official Nomination Ballot for this year’s Harvey Awards. Named in honour of the late Harvey Kurtzman, one of the industry’s most innovative talents, the Harvey… Read More ›
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Panel Borders: Exhibiting Comics
Continuing Panel Borders month of shows about about non practitioners’ love of comics, Alex Fitch talks to Lord Baker of Dorking about his contributions as lender and patron of The Cartoon Museum to their latest exhibition ‘Her Maj: Sixty years… Read More ›
Eddie Campbell award nomination prompts Dapper John offer
As many readers here may already know, ace artist Eddie Campbell has been nominated to receive the Angouleme Festival’s Essential Prize at this year’s festival for his “Alec” work. To celebrate, new digital publisher Panel Nine is selling Eddie Campbell’s Dapper… Read More ›
Eagle Awards nominations open
The nomination round for the Eagle Awards 2012 is now open. Introducec in 1976, the Eagles are the comics industry’s longest established awards. Acknowledged as the pre-eminent international prizes, they have been featured on the covers of leading US and… Read More ›
2012 Stan Lee Excelsior Award shortlist announced
After months of deliberation, tears and tribulations (and a lot of reading), eight books have been selected and the Shortlist for the 2012 Stan Lee Excelsior Award have now been revealed. The titles include just one British title – the… Read More ›
Games awards event set to attract top talent to Brighton
While downthetubes focus is British comics, we’re aware that many creators do work for the games industry, so readers might be interested in the upcoming Develop Industry Excellence Awards in Brighton tomorrow (20th July). Over 550 top designers, programmers, artists… Read More ›
Eagle Awards 2011 Winners
Here’s the list of Eagle Award winners, announced at the MCM London Expo over the weekend. Favourite Newcomer Writer – Paul CornellA strange choice, given that I first commissioned Paul to write a Doctor Who comic back in the early… Read More ›
downthetubes nominated for SFX Blog Award
We’re delighted to report that downthetubes has been nominated for an SFX ‘Blogger’ award in the category for ‘Best SF News Blog’ (Vote for us here!). Our nomination – pitting us against Big Dumb Object, the Doctor Who News Page… Read More ›
Eagle Awards voting opens
Voting is now open for the Eagle Awards, the annual prize given to the best American and British comics as decided by comic readers. We’re pleased to report that as befits their British origins, the nominations include a substantial amount… Read More ›
Croatian comics portal Stripovi launches Best of 2010 vote
The Eagle Awards aren’t the only people seeking comic fans votes this month: the fantastic-looking Croatian comics portal www.stripovi.com has just announced its annual poll for the best comics published in the past year. Unlike other comic awards, stripovi have… Read More ›