The Lakes International Comic Art Festival has announced that top indie comic creator Frank Santoro will be at this year’s event, bringing his Comics Workbook project to Britain for the first time with fellow creators Aidan Koch and Connor Willumsen. The Comics Workbook events are just… Read More ›
British publisher Bloomsbury currently has a number of beautifully-illustrated works in the works, including a stunning re-release of English Nursery Rhymes, as Classic Nursery Rhymes, a book first published when World War One was at its height. The new edition… Read More ›
Yes, yes, we got behind again on our Awesome Comics Podcast plugs, so Tony Esmond kicked me in the nadgers until I promised to get up to date. Ready? Here we go… Comic book stores are some of the best… Read More ›
Apart from the downthetubes home page, here are our Top Ten stories on the site for July 2016… • Rare “Banned” Action Comic reaches £1320 bid on eBay We have The Guardian to thank for this spike in interest in this… Read More ›
US independent publisher (and comic shop) Floating World Comics will release a one shot of David Hine and Shaky Kane‘s Cowboys and Insects in October, available to buy from all good comic shops. In Cowboys and Insects, first published in the digital comic… Read More ›
Last month, we plugged the fantastic Comics Unstripped exhibition at Kettering Museum and Art Gallery (and Colin Noble reviewed it here). The exhibition, which runs until 20th August 2016, features work by Frank Bellamy – who lived in the town – Doug Braithwaite, John… Read More ›
Moose Kid Comics, the free online children’s comic, is releasing its third annual instalment! Featuring 36 artists, spread across 36 full colours pages, it’s available to read online or download from www.moosekidcomics.com. In our third issue you’ll find the titular Moose… Read More ›
Tony Esmond reviews another thrilling issue of Shaman Kane from David Broughton
Comic artist David Roach has joined the line up for this year’s ICE convention in Birmingham in September, joining the likes of Guy Adams, Charlie Adlard, Carl Potts, Declan Shalvey and many, many others on an impressive guest list. ICE,… Read More ›
A few years ago Jenny O’Connor, Editorial Director at Redan Publishing (whose titles include the best-selling Peppa Pig) started writing a strip story for the company’s popular Sparkle World called The Goblin Princess – and now the strip has become… Read More ›
Over on the terrific Legion of Andy web site the in part anonymous site runner has been publishing a series of articles on what might seem a pretty dry subject – the Ben-Day dots printing process, used to colour comics… Read More ›
Leo (Luiz Eduardo de Oliveira) and Rodolphe (Rodolphe Daniel Jacquette) return to the continent of Africa for more adventures of MI6 agent Kathy Austin this time illustrated by Bertrand Marchal with colour work by Sebastien Bouet. In this follow-up series… Read More ›
Not only is the terrific Week Three of the brilliant digital comic published by David Lloyd, Aces Weekly (Volume 23) on its way – out on Monday evening for subscribers – but Volume 13 is now available through ComiXology. David’s at London… Read More ›
Out today from US publisher NBM in all good comic and books shops if Breaking the Ten, the first of a two-volume story by Sean Michael Wilson and Michiru Morikawa. In troubling times, some people find comfort in religion. But sometimes,… Read More ›
Brendan McCarthy’s creator-owned psychedelic comics opus Dream Gang is out this week, published by Dark Horse Comics – and we caught up with this hugely talented creator for a quick chat about the project and what he’s currently working on…. Read More ›
The latest issues of DC Thomson’s Commando (Issues 4935 – 4938) are on sale today in all good newsagents – and via a variety of digital platforms. This week’s batch includes all new stories – one by Colin Watson, drawn… Read More ›
We’re sorry to report that legendary US cartoonist Jack Davis has died, aged 91 – one of the founders of MAD magazine and certainly one of the best-known and recognisable cartoonists in the world. “Our hearts are broken,” a spokesperson… Read More ›
Panini’s new 36-page children’s magazine based on the popular new animated series The Lion Guard launches in the UK this week (Friday 28th July), aimed at kids aged five to seven. The animated series premiered in April, continuing the story of The Lion King… Read More ›
Wonder Woman #3 is out today in comic shops from DC Comics, written by Greg Rucka, drawn by Liam Sharp and coloured by Laura Martin. Liam posted the first five unlettered pages from the issue online, showcasing Laura Martin’s glorious… Read More ›
Out now in the UK from Panini is the latest ‘archive’ Doctor Who comic collection, Evening’s Empire – a book special for me, not just because it features some of the last Seventh Doctor comic strips I edited for Doctor… Read More ›