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Titan Comics Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor “Season 2” #1 Preview
Titan Comics have released a preview of the first issue of Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor “Season 2”, by Eisner Award-nominated writer Jody Houser and Witchblade artist Roberta Ingranata, who return for a brand new story. Described as a reimagining… Read More ›
Blazing Battle Action – the story of one of Britain’s best-loved war comics recounted
In 2003, David Bishop, co-author of the newly-updated Thrill-Power Overload (and more) wrote a behind the scenes account of how trail-blazing British war comic Battle was created and nurtured, as told by those who were there. Commissioned for the Judge Dredd Megazine… Read More ›
Aliens, Daleks and Paul Cornell, Oh My!
Out next month from IDW is Saucer State, written by Paul Cornell (who I recently worked with on Doctor Who: Heralds of Destruction) with art by Ryan Kelly (Lucifer) – and there’s a new Doctor Who comic collection out too,… Read More ›
New Doctor Who Adventures Out Now – We’ll Shout that ’til we’re Horse!
Doctor Who Adventures Issue 23 is in sale now from Panini, and I’m delighted to report that the Doctor is still battling aliens accompanied by an alien talking horse. (Not that it wouldn’t be great to have new companion Bill… Read More ›
A Death’s Head versus X-Men encounter You May Have Missed
A Twitter exchange between Dublin artist Nick Roche and writer Chad Bowers alerted me to a Death’s Head appearance some Marvel UK fans may have missed. Nick posted this great image of Deadpool and Death’s Head by him and Transformers colourist… Read More ›
British Comic Heroes Abroad: Dan Dare’s first Asian Publication Recalled
We’ve covered some of the reprints the original Dan Dare experienced across the globe in the past on downthetubes and Richard Sheaf wrote a detailed guide to many of them In the Titan Dare collection, Safari in Space. But until… Read More ›
Simon Spurrier “Power of the Dark Crystal” signing at Forbidden Planet London next month
Simon Spurrier will be signing The Power of the Dark Crystal #1, at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore on Wednesday 15th February 6 – 7.00pm. Archaia, the award-winning imprint of publisher BOOM! Studios, and The Jim Henson Company, announced The Power of the Dark Crystal, comic last… Read More ›
IDW’s Judge Dredd: Deviations “Howl of the Wolf” by John McCrea coming in March 2017
Coming in March 2017 from IDW is Judge Dredd: Deviations, written and drawn by John McCrea, coloured by Mike Spicer, a project the comic creator describes as a tribute “to the late, and oh so very great, Steve Dillon”. Judge… Read More ›
In Review: The Mighty One My Life Inside The Nerve Centre
The Book: Steve MacManus, the editor of 2000AD during the 1980s, lifts the lid on how the UK’s most important comic came into existence and his extraordinary role in shaping it into a industry revolutionising icon. In 1973, a twenty-year-old MacManus… Read More ›