DC Thomson has announced that a strip based on digital trading card game Fight My Monster will appear in The Beano for the first time in its Saturday 3rd August issue, alongside Dennis and Gnasher, The Bash Street Kids and… Read More ›
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Six-Gun Gorilla comics inspired by British pulp hero in the pipeline
Two comics projects inspired by an obscure British Pulp hero published by DC Thomson the 1930s are in the works, illustrating, perhaps, the potential pitfalls of reviving “Golden Age” heroes in the public domain. Six-Gun Gorilla was published in Wizard,… Read More ›
More Big Commando Books From Prion
15th August 2013 will see Prion Books release four new Commando books, each reprinting six stories from the long running war comic, and bring the number of Commando reprint books released by Prion in 2013 to eight. With painted… Read More ›
Digital Dandy Issue 8 Now Available
Kat and the crew from Retro-Active face an explosive end to a rooftop rescue, Bananaman has a face-off with the ultra-naughty League of Super Villains, there’s some (nearly) bare-faced cheek as Desperate Dan tries to take a bath in private,… Read More ›
Commando Editor Talks At Chalke Valley History Festival
Commando Editor Calum Laird is scheduled to give a talk at the Chalke Valley History Festival at Ebbesbourne Wake near Salisbury in Wiltshire. The talk entitled “Achtung! Commando Comics” will take place at 1130 on Saturday 29 June 2013. Calum… Read More ›
Latest Commandos feature first ever female lead for title
Art by Carlos Pino © and courtesy of DC Thomson Here’s details of the latest Commando war comics, on sale now in all good newsagents – and in a first for the title, Operation Nachthexen features their first-ever female lead… Read More ›
Convict Commandos back in action!
Here’s the lowdown on the latest Commandos
New Commandos scale the news stands
Here’s the info on the latest issues of DC Thomson’s last remaining war comic
Photo Review: Dundee Comics Expo 2013
Saturday 30 March saw the inaugural Dundee Comics Expo at the University of Dundee. The university had been running the event that is now known as the Dundee Comics Day since 2008, a day of creator talks normally tied into… Read More ›
Dandy App promo video released… and here it is!
Britain’s longest-running comic has been dishing up anarchic fun since 1937 but went solely digital eaerlier this year. The Dandy app for iPad and other devices is now being relaunched and includes a regular Dandy digital comic you collect on… Read More ›
D(undee)-Day For Commando
Commando raiding party at the Dundee exhibition in 2011. From left to right: Scott Montgomery (deputy editor), Calum Laird (editor), George Low (former editor), Ian Kennedy (artist) and Gordon Livingstone (artist). This Saturday, for the first time that we can… Read More ›
Web Find: Bunty And Judy Digest Covers
Here on downthetubes we regularly promote DC Thomson’s (and indeed the UK’s) last digest or ‘Picture Library’ comic, Commando, a title that has changed little in the half century since it was first published. As well as war, DCT’s boy’s… Read More ›
Dungeons, Air Aces and Phantoms – It’s your latest Commandos!
Four new Commando comics went on sale today in all good newsagents – and actually, their distributions seems to be improving, as we’ve spotted them in several new places recently. Here’s the low down on the stories… Commando No 4583:… Read More ›
Vengeance, Hollywood heroes and Spoons? It’s your latest Commandos!
The latest issues of war comic Commando are on sale now in all good newsagents, and digitally via iTunes for iPad and iPhone. Here’s the rundown – and you can now also read a preview of each issue and “try… Read More ›
Commando goes Kindle, new print issues on sale now
Along with details of the latest print editions of DC Thomson’s Commando war comic comes news that the title has pushed further into the digital sphere – with a number of one-off issues released for Amazon’s Kindle device. “Operation Kindle… Read More ›
Creating Commando Covers
Behind the scenes on Commando
Convict Commandos in a Frenzy of Fear
Here’s the rundown for the latest issues of war comic Commando from DC Thomson – the usual great mix of the new, including a new “Convict Commandos” story – and the carefully selected and re-presented, with plenty of air action… Read More ›
New Year, New Commandos! Quick, march to your newsagent
Here’s the first batch of DC Thomson’s Commando comics for 2013 – and there’s a fine selection on offer… Commando No 4567 – Collision CourseStory: Alan Hebden Art: Keith Page Cover: Keith Page So how did Flight Lieutenant Kerrie Matheson,… Read More ›
Last Commandos of the year troop to the news stand
Here’s the info on the final issues of DC Thomson’s Commando for 2012 – a total of 104 stories, tucked away. It’s been a good year for the title, helped, we’re told by our coverage and plugs on other sites… Read More ›
Just Dandy TV Documentary On 75 Years Of The Comic
Don’t miss this celebration of The Dandy