As the massive Toronto-based TCAF prepares for its 2014 international celebration of comics and graphic novels, SelfMadeHero, the independent UK publisher of graphic novels, is attending with a number of its top creators from Britain and Europe. British… Read More ›
Swedish-born comic artist and designer Jennie Gyllblad has just launched a new online graphic novel, SKAL, set in an Arabian-inspired desert fantasy world. “The Monastery feared Mushirah. They feared her so much that they threw her in a prison… Read More ›
Regular readers of downthetubes will recall that earlier this week we plugged an upcoming Laydeez do Comics event in Leeds, which prompted me to follow the links to the creator sites, just to check they were correct more than… Read More ›
Captain Winston Bulldog – the creation of writer Jason Cobley – is back in comic strip action in the new issue of the ace adventure anthology Paragon – and you can pre-order your copy now! 30 years after Jason first launched the… Read More ›
Feature by Jonathan Clode Back in August 2013, it was reported that American artist Paul Pope had pitched an idea to DC Comics to bring back Jack Kirby’s Kamandi, The Last Boy on Earth, only to be told by DC… Read More ›
New comics publisher Borderline Press has announced a number of new books for 2014, following up on its first two titles, 556 Frames, the breakout Eastern European graphic novel by Dennis Wojda and ZOMBRE, an undead anthology, released last year. The company is… Read More ›
Neil Gaiman will be at London’s Barbican Centre on Friday 4th and Saturday 5th July for two performances of his story The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains. Neil will read his story The Truth Is A Cave In The Black… Read More ›
Next week 3rd March) sees the release of Hilda and the Black Hound by Luke Pearson from NoBrow Press, the latest in a glorious series of wonderful comic tales for children. I first encountered the Hilda series as a judge for… Read More ›
DieGo Comic Publishing, the independent London-based publishing house founded by Giuseppe and Marcella Pennestri, has added another Italian comic book to the public: Desdemona, by authors Giuseppe Di Bernardo and Andrea J. Polidori. The series is scheduled for presentation next… Read More ›
My fav online comic, THE FIRELIGHT ISLE: http://t.co/OLECFWeg2X @paul_duffield has put everything @scottmccloud proved into play and more. — Page 45 (@PageFortyFive) February 10, 2014 A chance discovery via Twitter this morning (well not that much of a… Read More ›
Independent British publishers Markosia have added another Limited Edition London Super Comic Convention Exclusive to their roster – an over-sized version of one of their latest graphic novels, Apollo by Erik von Wodtke and Douglas A. Sirois. Just 50 copies… Read More ›
Starting a month of shows about French comics or bande dessinée, Alex Fitch talks to cartoonist Régis Loisel about his epic graphic novel adaptation of and prequel to J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan, published in the UK by Soaring Penguin Press…. Read More ›
Admittedly, this isn’t actually British comic news – but bear with me, there is a British connection! A few years ago I wrote a number of comic strips for an Italian publisher, CJL, who were seeking to use comics as… Read More ›
Not content with putting out the regular independent Paragon comic anthology, the ever-busy Davey Candlish has also published a Paragon Annual, featuring work by writers Greg Meldrum, Locust, Peter Salmond, The Emperor, Sean Brink and Davey himself; and artists Archie… Read More ›
‘We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are’ – Anais Nin Comic creator Andrew Wildman very kindly sent me a copy of Horizon: The Fear, the second book in his HORIZON trilogy recently – what… Read More ›
The Newspaper Strip Collection of Oscar Charles Drayton – featuring the latest West story The Train Leaves at Noon, alongside other faux-1970s newspaper strip-style stories from John Maybury, Colin Stanford, Arthur Goodman, and David Goodman – is now available to buy… Read More ›
No, it’s not a dream! Not a hoax! Not an Imaginary story! Gary Spencer Millidge’s acclaimed comic book series Strangehaven will return in May 2014 – after an eight year hiatus. New episodes, written and drawn by Millidge will appear… Read More ›
by Chris Claremont and John Bolton Publisher: Titan Comics Out: Now The Book: From Chris Claremont, writer of The Uncanny X-Men, Excalibur, and Fantastic Four, and John Bolton, artist of Man-Bat, Shame: Conception and Books of Magic, comes a fantasy… Read More ›
After over 15 years beavering away in the indie comics industry, comic creator Dave Hailwood decided it was probably about time that he put out his own comic anthology. With the aid of John Kirkham, Paul Harrison-Davies, Stuart Giddings, Simon… Read More ›
Immediate Media has launched the first LEGO CHIMA branded magazine, LEGO Legends of Chima, a title aimed at 7 to 11 year-old children which will feature exclusive LEGO cover mounts. Out now, the four-weekly magazine takes readers on a journey… Read More ›