The latest issue of Eagle Times (Volume 26, Number Three) is now available from the Eagle Society. (Autumn 2013 Contents ‘Laurence Dunn – Maritime Artist’, reviews the career of Eagle‘s third most prolific cutaway artist (after L. Ashwell Wood and J…. Read More ›
We’re pleased to report that Jeff Hawke’s Cosmos, the magazine Jeff Hawke Club run by Bill Rudling, has reached its eighth volume and tenth year of publication. The tales of (more or less) contemporary air and space pilot Jeff Hawke,… Read More ›
As we await the announcement of the new Doctor Who with great anticipation, a quick heads-up for a couple of currently available Who publications with downthetubes connections. Volumes 1 and 2 of You and Who: Contact Has Been Made edited… Read More ›
The team behind the fab indie action-adventure title Paragon have just launched a free e-comic inspired by the Hammer Horror films and the work of one of its key actors – Peter Cushing. Written by Mark Howard (aka the Legendary… Read More ›
Eagle Times celebrates the original Eagle comic which was published between 1950 and 1969 and everything associated with it. It is also Britain’s longest running comics fanzine. The current issue, Volume 26 Number 2 is now available and features: Leslie… Read More ›
The new issue of Eagle Times, Volume 26 Number One – the magazine published by the Eagle Society – features an interview article by downthetubes writer Jeremy Briggs entitled “A Thrill Of A Lifetime In 1957“. “The Thrill Of A… Read More ›
The latest issue of the independent Gerry Anderson fanzine, Andersonic, is now out. Issue 15 includes – Tony Harding interview – a new interview with Century 21’s Effects Assistant on Captain Scarlet, Joe 90, Secret Service and UFO. Tony talks… Read More ›
The 100th issue of Eagle Times, the journal of the Eagle Society, is available now. In the issue: PC49 and the Case of the Christmas Ornament – a seasonal short-story featuring radios (and Eagle‘s) police hero, from the radio stories by Alan… Read More ›
The new issue of Doctor Who fanzine Plaything of Sutekh, edited by Richard Farrell and John Connors, is now available to order. Featured in the 40-page, colour covered A5 fanzine are: Five Star! A look at 2012’s new episodes, which… Read More ›
The latest issue of Eagle Times (Volume 25, Number Three) is now available. Autumn 2012 Contents ‘Charles Chilton – the Modest Showman – and Journey into Space‘. Inspired by Chilton’s recent autobiography, Charlie’s Auntie, Alan Vince looks back at his own interest… Read More ›
A new issue of the popular UK Planet of the Apes fanzine, Simian Scrolls, along with some of the previous issues, is available to download free online. Edited by John Roche, the summer 2012 issue (issue 17) is available here… Read More ›
A look at Paul Ware’s Past Perfect magazine, by Richard Sheaf
The latest issue of Eagle Times leads with a tribute to Dan Dare artist Bruce Cornwell, who died on 2nd March 2012. Summer 2012 Contents ‘The Hands of Gods’ – a look at how three talented artists, Frank Hampson, Ron Embleton… Read More ›
In these days of the internet blogs having taken over the position of the old fanzines, it is always good to see a new printed fanzine appear. Plaything of Sutekh is a 40 page, A5, black and white, Doctor Who… Read More ›
The style of British comics has changed many times over the years. The type that we grew up with were the picture strip weeklies which were heavy on comic strip pages and light on non-strip pages, while today many British… Read More ›
Eagle Times, the quarterly journal of the Eagle Society, has reached its twenty-fifth year of publication. By far the longest running British comics fanzine, Eagle Times has now been published some six years longer than the weekly comic that it… Read More ›
The latest issue of Eagle Times – Volume 24 Number Four – is now available from the Eagle Society. Contents include: From Under the 1950s Christmas Tree, Pepys Card Games – a seasonal look at the numerous Pepys games, which… Read More ›
Leslie Ashwell Wood was Eagle’s premier cutaway artist providing over 600 different painted cutaways for the weekly comic between 1950 and 1969. While some of these paintings have been reused in the recent Eagle reprint books published by Orion to… Read More ›
(Updated 27/8/11): The popular Crikey! fanzine (which takes a nostalgic look at classic British comics) may no longer be available as a print publication but the editors have just released a new special (comprising over 100 pages) which is available… Read More ›
The Summer 2011 edition of Eagle Times is available now and features articles by downthetubes contributors Jeremy Briggs and Richard Sheaf. Here’s the line up: Frank and the Newspaper Cuttings: a look at the use by Frank Hampson, throughout his career, of… Read More ›