Written, Illustrated and Lettered by Dean Beattie “A big, shady, International pharmaceutical company has been testing experimental drugs on the general public. Of course, the general public know nothing about these tests – and are unwittingly filling themselves with all… Read More ›
Christian Wildgoose
Awesome Comic Podcast Episode 17 Hallowe’en Special: Redshift Press
Vince Hunt, Dan Butcher and Tony Esmond are joined by the guys from Redshift Press this week for their latest and hugely-popular small press podcast. Chris Sides and Chris Travell are marking out a big old creepy cave in the… Read More ›
In Photos: Nottingham Comic Con 2015
OK, ladies and gentlemen the time has come. Start your engines. And you! Yes, you, Chris Sides from Redshift Press! You will never silence me! Now fully part of the UK Comic Convention scene, Nottingham Comic Con is in its third… Read More ›
Incoming: Episode 4 of The Awesome Comics Podcast, featuring artist Christian Wildgoose
Episode four of the new UK small press Awesome Comics Podcast will be coming at you this Monday. The hosts Vince Hunt (The Red Mask from Mars), Dan Butcher (Vanguard) and downthetubes contributor Tony Esmond will be chatting to artist… Read More ›
Cover Versions – When Music and Comics Collide!
London’s Orbital Comics have just had a busy weekend. Not only have they weathered the once a year chaos that is Free Comic Book Day, but they have also just opened their gallery space up to Cover Versions – When Music &… Read More ›
Tickets now on sale for Nottingham Comic Con in October
Nottingham Comic Con have now released tickets for their 2015 event on Saturday 4th of October at the Nottingham Conference Centre. This is the third year in what is turning out to be one of the UK’s best comic centric… Read More ›
Looking Back on 2014: Creators Choose their ‘Top Three’ comics
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 ›
Dave Gibbons, MontyNero and more lined up for Chaos City Comics signing
(With thanks to Tony Esmond): Chaos City Comics has announced a major signing event on Saturday the 12th July 2014 from 1.00pm onwards featuring five comic creators including Dave Gibbons and MontyNero, co-creator of the just-released Death Sentence from Titan Comics…. Read More ›
Creators taking pride in The Pride, LGBT comic series
Have you ever been sick of being misrepresented? Of having no one like you to look up to? Have you ever wanted to change everything?Well, FabMan has. In a world populated by superpowers, the superhero is common. Sadly for FabMan… Read More ›