Up for auction on Heritage Auctions right now is a massive collection of New Eagle – 500 comics that include issues ranging from the the first revamp issue (cover dated 24th September 1983) issue to the February, 1993 issue, with skips and some duplication…. Read More ›
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Sneak Preview: Psychopathic Black Humour in Norman: Teacher’s Pet by Stan Silas
Missing Dexter? Child’s Play a little too gentle for you? Did it need more laughs? Then Titan Comics have the graphic novel for you, on sale from Wednesday in all good comic shops: Norman: Teacher’s Pet by French artist Stan Silas –… Read More ›
Titan Comics snags “Independence Day Resurgence” comics rights
Titan Comics has announced it has secured the license to publish all-new Independence Day comics from Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products, to tie in with the sequel movie due for release on 24th June 2016. In 1996, Independence Day wowed… Read More ›
Sneak Preview: Night Post by Benjamin Read and Laura Trinder
Improper Books will release Night Post by Benjamin Read and Laura Trinder through comic shops in December, a picture book telling the story of the other mail service; the one you haven’t heard of, the one that starts work at midnight… Read More ›
Porcelain: A Gothic Fairy Tale to be re-released in new edition
Improper Books is to publish a new edition of its truly stunning title Porcelain: A Gothic Fairy Tale, which longtime downthetbes readers will recall I gushed about on its debut back in 2010. A much-anticpated sequel, Porcelain: Bone China, will debut at… Read More ›
People’s Show of Sc-iFi Planned
The team behind the upcoming SciFest Yorkshire 2015 are preparing the People’s Show of Sci-Fi Collectables at Tolson Memorial Museum this autumn, which will feature a range of Doctor Who, Star Trek and Star Wars artefacts (among others). They put… Read More ›
Music to Watch Vampires By, courtesy of Pat and Lisa Mills!
Do you have favourite tracks for favourite comics? Top British comics creator Pat Mills, whose latest creator-owned digital comic, Requiem Volume 8: The Queen of Dead Souls, is out now via Comixology, has always encouraged the inclusion of rock n roll in comics,… Read More ›
Stuart Manning Doctor Who posters half price sale
Those of you who enjoying Stuart Manning‘s terrific Doctor Who promotional posters for the show may be interested to know that prints of last year’s designs are still available from Big Chief and are half-price for all of September. Stuart… Read More ›
Sneak Preview: Our Friends Arachnid
Our Friends Arachnid By Alan Henderson Our Friends Arachnid is a collection of short and poetically told children’s stories by Alan Henderson about spiders which is getting a release at the upcoming Lakes International Comic Art Festival. Friendly spiders, of… Read More ›
Thunderbirds Are Go Magazine Launches Next Month
DC Thomson has confirmed that its much-anticpated new Thunderbirds Are Go magazine will launch in October and that it will include comic strip as part of its content. A promotional page and subscription offer for the new comic is already online…. Read More ›