After fifty years of publication Commando has quite possibly had its highest public profile ever over the last few years due largely to the success of the large flexi-covered reprint books published by Carlton. These shelf bending doorstops contain 10… Read More ›
Commando
Draw Your Weapons: New Commandos On Sale Now
The latest Commandos are on sale now in all good newsagents and we have the full lowdown on the titles below. There’s now than two months to go before Draw Your Weapons: Art Of Commando starts at the National Army… Read More ›
Tube Surfing: Two, Four, Nine, Fifty
BBC2 Scotland Only: Monday 11 July 2011 10pm will see the broadcast of the BBC Artworks Scotland documentary about Scottish comics and comic writers which, unsurprisingly, will feature Alan Grant, Mark Millar and Grant Morrison talking about their work. While… Read More ›
Commando: Music From The Home Front
In this 50 anniversary year of the Eagle award winning Commando, there are a number of tie-ins scheduled to be published in addition to the standard 104 issues of the comic. As well as the latest of the big reprint… Read More ›
In Review: Commando 4404 – Misfit Squad
Jeremy Briggs checks out a special anniversary issue of Commando
Commando’s Half Century
On 27 June 1961 DC Thomson published the first issue of Commando as a response to the combat picture libraries being published by their competitors. Today, some fifty years later, those titles like Battle Picture Library and War Picture Library… Read More ›
Army Museum goes Commando
Scenes of action and adventure will fill the walls of the National Army Museum as ‘Draw Your Weapons: The Art of Commando Comics’, their newest exhibition, kicks off on Thursday 1st September 2011. This colourful and dynamic exhibition explores the… Read More ›
Commando storms Stalingrad with latest issues
Here’s the latest Commando titles now on sale in all good newsagents, featuring the work of creators such as Alan Hebden, Ian Kennedy and Ferg Handley. Commando has a new Facebook page and they’re running a poll to find your… Read More ›
Raid yourself some new Commandos!
Keeping up the pressure on potential fans to subscribe to the war digest title, the Commando team are currently offering a copy of the latest collection to those who take up the offer. Selected by current Commando editor Calum Laird,… Read More ›
New Commandos feature art by Keith Page, Rafael Auraleon
Here’s the latest issues of Commando, on sale now in all good newsagents, which include a great new story drawn by Keith Page and two ‘classic’ tales from the archive, specially chosen to mark the title’s 50th Anniversary. ‘Red Runs… Read More ›
Writing Commando: The Blank Page Always Kicks My Ass
Matt Badham wrote “Deserter!”, a story for DC Thomson’s Commando title back in 2008, which has just been published in Issue 4385 – giving you some idea how long some scripts can take to get into print. Here, Matt outlines… Read More ›
Commando crunches up sales, revamps digital app
The latest issues of Commando are on sale in all good newsagents and includes a tale written by occasional downthetubes contributor Matthew Badham. Editor Calum Laird tells us the Commando iPad and iPhone app has just been updated and improved… Read More ›
Four shiny new Commandos including a new Convict Commandos story
Four new shiny Commandos, including a new ‘Convict Commados’ story, ‘Mask of Death’ by Alan Hebden with art from Benet, are on sale today – in newsagents and online. As usual, the releases include two carefully selected reprint titles –… Read More ›
Commando goes fortnightly
Along with information on the latest issues of war comic Commando comes news from DC Thomson that the long-running title will be published fortnightly this year – giving 104 doses of action and adventure to the title’s fans worldwide. Commando… Read More ›
Convict Commandos debuts
Four new Commando issues are on sale now in newsagents, continuing our 50th year countdown from 12 to one of re-issues of the original dozen Commandos. This month sees Number 10 “Hun Bait”, written by Dan Dare writer David Motton… Read More ›
Commando Webbing: Ian Kennedy, Ken Barr and More Reprint Books
It has been a while since we did a Commando Webbing and there is rather a lot to get through… Two weeks ago DC Thomson’s Dundee Courier ran an interview with Commando cover artist Ian Kennedy on his long career… Read More ›
Motton’s Memories: An Interview with one of Dan Dare’s early writers
Thanks to a chance discovery on the Internet, downthetubes is pleased to be able to present a rare interview with comics writer David Motton, whose career spanned three decades of British comics publishing, but is probably best known for his… Read More ›
Tube Surfing: British Artists – Interviews and Unpublished Art
There has been a small flurry of British artists getting interviewed recently. Alex Ronald, who has worked as an artdroid for 2000AD in the past and is now getting a lot of attention for the Vampire Vixens Of The Wehrmacht… Read More ›
Commando comic goes digital for 50th anniversary
Commando – now available on iPad and iPhone Along with the latest issues of Commando – which includes a reprint of an issue from 1970 drawn by now top 2000AD artist Cam Kennedy – comes news from DC Thomson that… Read More ›
Great British Comics Reprinted – a quick round up
Despite the recent release of Johnny Red Volume 1 by Titan Books, it seems there are plenty of British comics fans who are totally unaware that attempts are being made to republish a lot of our classic comic material. Johnny… Read More ›