Two creepy comics crave your blood… er, support!
Gavin Mitchell
Crowdfunding Spotlight: The Berg – a Sneak Peek
An ordinary job for a team of London sanitation workers turns into a life or death struggle against an unthinkable horror
Crowdfunding Spotlight: Nottingham Comic Con – Comic Anthology: Inter Space
Nottingham Comic Con has launched a Kickstarter for its third anthology, Inter Space, a 40 plus page all ages comic conglomeration featuring stories from some great creators, many of them at the event on Saturday 20th October. This book has… Read More ›
24 PANELS Anthology creator line-up revealed, includes Alex de Campi, Paul Cornell, Lizz Lunney, Alan Moore and Melinda Gebbie, and many others
US comics publisher Image Comics has announced more details of the forthcoming 24 PANELS Anthology, the charity comics project curated by Kieron Gillen (THE WICKED + THE DIVINE, PHONOGRAM) we highlighted earlier this year when a call for submissions went out…. Read More ›
Comics Take over Frome, Somerset this Weekend! (And watch out for Darth Vader, too…)
This weekend 12th – 13th August 2017 will see the second ever Frome Comic Con which I’m afraid I’ve missed news about completely so apologies to the organisers. Frome, in Somerset, is home to Disconnected Press, run by Conor and Lizzie… Read More ›
That Was the Comic Week That Was: New Aces Weekly, Strontium Dog, Moomins – and a chance to get your work in 2000AD – and Mr Men!
It’s been a busy week, and not just in terms of stories posted on downthetubes. Among other things, I’ve been to London (not for London Film and Comic Con, which looked incredible, but to discuss an exciting comics project at… Read More ›
Small Press invades the Incredible Comic Shop, Swindon!
The Incredible Comic Shop in Swindon has some spiffy new premises in the Plaza Brunel Centre and welcomed the great unwashed of the Small Press Community to a Small Press Signing Day on Saturday the 15th July 2017, which we… Read More ›
A Magnificent Seven signing for an Incredible Comic Shop
Seven top UK indie creators (writers and artists) are heading to Swindon’s Incredible Comic Shop on Saturday 15th July 2017. Celebrating the UK small press scene hot on the heels of the national Small Press Day the previous Saturday (8th… Read More ›
In Pictures: Nottingham Comic Convention 2016
We all do stuff for the love of comics. We do it for free, especially on great sites like downthetubes. Sadly, it would seem are there those on the edges of our industry, our community, with a different view point, such as… Read More ›
Cup of O – Small Press Reviews: A Certain Symmetry, CROSS and How To Be A Superhero
A Certain Symmetry (Self Published) By Richard Worth & Jordan Collver I’ve long been an admirer of the distinctively creative collaborations of Worth & Collver and this tantalizing pamphlet (at the time intended purely to seduce publishers) is another slice… Read More ›
Cardiff Independent Comic Expo headlines with artist John Higgins, again promotes indie comic creators
Cardiff’s independent comic show – the Cardiff Independent Comic Expo (CICE) – returns this weekend, on Saturday 25th June, 2016 at Cardiff Masonic Hall. The event will showcase the very best in independent comic artists, writers, publishers, retailers, illustrators, craftspeople and more,… Read More ›
More Comic Creators join ongoing Comic Art Auction fund raiser for Syrian Refugees
Emily Owen is on a mission to help those directly facing the consequences of the terrible war in Syria by raising funds for victims through sales of comic art. She needs help – from artists willing to donate work –… Read More ›
A Double Dose of the Awesome Comics Podcast, featuring Gavin Mitchell, Emily Owen and Matt Garvey!
Some down time and the frantic run up to the brilliant Malta Comic Con mean I’ve gotten behind on some regular plugs, including those for the Awesome Comics Podcast from Vince Hunt, Dan Butcher and Tony Esmond – so let’s… Read More ›
A Day in the Country: Melksham Comic Convention, August 2015
“This is the country!” I heard someone shout as the Awesome Comics Podcast crowd (Dan Butcher, Vince Hunt, Tony Esmond and buddies Shaun Dobes and Marc Laming) arrived in the lovely town of Melksham for this year’s Melksham Comic Convention…. Read More ›
Mike Garley launches Kickstarter for “Samurai Slasher”, a spoof movie comics anthology
A Kickstarter for Samurai Slasher, a comic anthology based on a fake 1980s slasher film, has just launched, a story written by Mike Garley (the man behind Dead Roots, Eponymous and The Kill Screen and chock full of UK talent. The 38-page title will feature… Read More ›