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Crowdfunding Spotlight: Paragon 27
Long-running independent comics anthology seeks small change for next issue
Weird War – and look Who’s involved in the latest Paragon anthology!
Sweet Nellie Bligh! The latest issue of indie comics anthology Paragon, edited by Davey Candlish, looks brilliant! What other comic has Doctor Who and Ian Fleming fighting Saddam Hussein? Because that’s what you get in “Shadow Rats: WMD“, written by… Read More ›
Paragon pays tribute to artist Stephen Prestwood with 64-page collection
The latest issue of top British indie comic anthology Paragon – a glorious 64-page tribute to the late artist Stephen Prestwood, who died recently – is on sale now, direct from the title’s official site. Featuring 64 pages of fantastic… Read More ›
Cup of O – Small Press Reviews
Happy 2015 to all Down the Tubes readers! I’ve got a bumper crop of reviews for you – all of them are comics bought at the tail end of 2013 (this is how big my reading pile is!) at the… Read More ›
Get Yourself some DogBreath!
No, we’re not talking about having an all-night session in some seedy bar with Middenface McNulty! Dogbreath is the brilliant comics fanzine inspired by Starlord/2000AD‘s Strontium Dog, published by Futurequake Press, who also publish Zarjaz (plugged yesterday). Featuring a… Read More ›
Paragon 14 offers new ‘Jikan Chronicles’ and ‘The Major’
CLiNT is dead. STRIP: The Adventure Comics Magazine is missing in action (although we’re hoping Issue 3 might reach newsagents later this month, behind the scenes developments permitting). So where do you go for an action anthology these days? PARAGON… Read More ›
Paragon 13 – pulp action adventure from cover to cover!
Issue 13 of the long running acclaimed British anthology comic Paragon is on sale now. With a great cover by Bhuna, read Oor Ganesh – the Hindu god (as if drawn by Dudley Watkins!); the further adventures of Jikan –… Read More ›
Vanguard Issue 3 unleashed
Dirk van Dom has dropped us a line to tell us that the latest issue of action adventure indie anthology Vanguard is now on sale. “It’s been a bit of a wait as myself and my fellow creators fended off… Read More ›
Luck for Some: Temple APA 13 released
The Temple APA Issue Thirteen is now available to download as a totally free pdf file, containing contributions from the likes of Dave Hailwood, Paul Eldridge, Simon Mackie, Tony Suleri, Dirk Van Dom and Malcolm Kirk – who also provides… Read More ›
Paragon back with twelfth jam-packed issue
Issue 12 of the long running indie British anthology comic Paragon is on sale now from lulu.com and sees the return of Jikan the time-travelling, demon-hunting Japanese warrior Dirk Van Dom and El Chivo, along with Li’l Ganesh and his… Read More ›
Zombies invade Paragon comic!
Behind this fantastic cover for the latest by edition of indie comic Paragon by El Chivo and Matt Soffe are 32 A4 pages of some the world’s most wonderfully weird heroes! Issue 11 includes: • El Bigote by Locustsofdeath, El… Read More ›
Paragon team release new Jikan collection
Indie comic creator Davey Candlish has announced the release of a second volume of Jikan stories, a character featured in Paragon comic. “It looks even better than Book One (as if that’s possible!),” he enthuses. Featuring nearly 90 pages of… Read More ›
Vanguard 2 anthology now online for free
The second issue of the UK indie anthology comic Vanguard is on sale now, continuing the stories that began in issue 1. As before, art duties on the International Woman of Mystery tale “Atomic Call” are by David Blankley, while… Read More ›
Paragon Issue 9 now on sale
The enthusiastic creative team producing the indie title Paragon have a new issue on sale, available from lulu.com for only 99p. Paper copies are also available from there for those outside the UK, and for those within these shores, click… Read More ›