The Daily Mirror newspaper has cut its originated strips again, replacing the long-running gag strip western-inspired gag strip Horace with a reprint of the adventure strip Buck Ryan, coloured in style, as with their Garth reprints, by Martin Baines. Originally titled A Man Called… Read More ›
The International Girl Studies Association is seeking submissions for their inaugural conference which is being held at the University of East Anglia, Norwich from 7-9 April 2016. The inaugural conference seeks to bring together researchers and students working on girls and… Read More ›
Summer’s here and the time is right for reading the latest issue of Doctor Who Adventures. Issue 5 is set to land at a newsstand near you on 13th August! TRUST The Doctor takes Clara back to the liberation of… Read More ›
Episode five of the new UK Small Press Awesome Comics Podcast has just been released. In this segment, the hosts Vince Hunt (The Red Mask from Mars), Dan Butcher (Vanguard) and Tony Esmond (downthetubes contributor and reviewer) are reviewing a stack of small… Read More ›
On Thursday 15th October at 3.00pm, six incredible artists will enter a room in Kendal to draw in a single day a whole 24 page comic book each. The following day each of those books will be printed and available… Read More ›
Classic Thunderbirds art by Frank Bellamy from TV Century 21 comic is the inspiration for a large range of men’s fashion items from top designer Lou Dalton, on sale now. Dig deep if you want to buy, though –… Read More ›
The creators of the all-ages comic book series Bayani, who include British artist Grant Perkins, have launched a Kickstarter campaign to continue the adventures, which if successfully crowdfunded, will be published by Caliber Comics. A tale of Filipino folklore and mythology,… Read More ›
To celebrate the end of Fables with issue #150 (or Volume 22, depending on how you collect it), London’s Orbital Comics welcomes back artist Mark Buckingham tonight (Saturday 1st August) for what is sure to be a very special night… Read More ›
If you’re the find of comics person that’s backed Hunt Emerson‘s Kickstarter to publish a deluxe edition of his Hot Jazz comic strips (in the vein of his marvellous Calculus Cat collection last year, now on sale), then this new… Read More ›
Ashgate have just published Global Manga: “Japanese” Comics without Japan?, edited by Casey Brienza, a new look at the global production of manga-inspired work. Outside Japan, the term ‘manga’ usually refers to comics originally published in Japan. Yet nowadays many publications… Read More ›
Next week (4th August 2015) sees the incredible final instalment of the historical vampire saga The Chronicles Of Legion Volume 4: The Three Faces Of Evil from Titan Comics. Written by Fabien Nury, with art by Tirso, Zhang Xiaoyu, Mario Alberti… Read More ›
Here’s this week’s list of comics on sale now in comic shops across the UK. As usual, our list highlights the work of British creators and publishers. You may also be already thinking about Christmas (some people do, advertisers, mainly),… Read More ›
Out in October from Knockabout is Alpha by Jens Harder, a new graphic novel the publisher is describing as “the most ambitious piece of work in comics since the beginning of time.” It’s a stunning, award-winning, work spanning some 350 pages of… Read More ›
Watch out for appearances by Beano artists and Stephen Butler, the author of the Diary of Dennis the Menace, at your local INTU shopping centre if you have one nearby. A Dennis the Menace summer promotion has just kicked off… Read More ›
Hot on the heels of their Star Wars Adventures magazine launch, Egmont Publishing has now released LEGO Star Wars Magazine. Produced by the award winning TOXIC Magazine team, the first issue of the title, priced £3.75, is now on sale in all UK newsagents. The… Read More ›
Here’s our regular rundown of the latest issues of DC Thomson’s war digest, Commando, on sale now in all good newsagents (and some evil ones), and available on a wide variety of digital platforms. Don’t miss out on our exclusive… Read More ›
Doctor Who and Rivers of London artist Lee Sullivan came across The Quark Invasion of Earth, a wonderful homage to 1960s Doctor Who, and I thought I’d gave it a shout out here. The film is the work of author Andrew Orton, creator… Read More ›
As regular readers of downthetubes know, we regularly post new episodes of our SF adventure strip, Crucible, to the web comics platform Tapastic. The series, written by me, drawn by Smuzz and lettered by Jim Campbell (and which has had an… Read More ›
Taschen have announced the impending re-release of The Making of Stanley Kubrick’s ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ by science and technology writer Piers Bizony, designed by the M/M partnership. 2001 is one of those films that has has had a lasting impression on me… Read More ›
We’re clearly heading for Christmas – and yes, we know it’s only the end of July! – with a further round of annuals set to hit book shops and online stores across the UK over the next few days, including… Read More ›