• Leonie O’Moore, Tony Hitchman and WJC from the “New British Comics” anthology will be present at Thought Bubble convention (Saturday, November 21st) and they will be happy to sign your NBC copies. Signing will be available throughout pretty much… Read More ›
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Hi-Ex Gets Funding Boost
Fab Scottish comics convention Hi-Ex has just secured local council funding for its next gathering in 2010. BBC News reports the Highland Council has offered funding for the outreach programme which would see artists and writers hold workshops in schools… Read More ›
Tube Surfing: Hi-Ex!, Insomnia, Commando and Francesca Cassavetti
The Scottish comics convention, Hi-Ex!, will be returning to Inverness in the Highlands over the weekend of 27 – 28 March 2010. We echo the sentiment in their new leaflet promoting the event, a quote for the SFX Blog stating… Read More ›
Matters of Convention – We are Family: A conversation with Vicky Stonebridge
Continuing our series of interviews with British comic convention organisers, for this fourth instalment, Matthew Badham chatted to Vicky Stonebridge, the co-organiser, alongside Richmond Clements, of Hi-Ex!, a convention held in Inverness, Scotland, regularly reviewed on downthetubes by Jeremy Briggs…. Read More ›
Hi-Ex Comics Convention Returns In 2010
After the successful second Hi-Ex comics convention held in Inverness on Valentine’s weekend this year, organisers Vicky Stonebridge and Rich Clements have been in touch to let us know that Hi-Ex will return in 2010. After heavy snowfall prevented many… Read More ›
Photo Review: Hi-Ex 2 – From Inverness, With Love
by Jeremy Briggs Last year’s inaugural Hi-Ex comics convention, held on the first weekend in February, was besieged by snow leaving many guests and potential attendees unable to travel to Inverness in the Scottish Highlands. The downthetubes review of the… Read More ›
Hi-Ex in the Highlands This Weekend
Hi-Ex 2, currently Scotland’s only comics festival, will be “bigger and better” this weekend when it opens in Eden Court, Inverness, tomorrow. Organisers Richmond Clements and Vicky Stonebridge are determined to make Hi-Ex and annual event, even though bad weather… Read More ›
One Month To Hi-Ex
With one month to go to the Hi-Ex comics convention in Inverness details of what will be happening over the course of the weekend are being released. One of the most popular events last year was the charity auction with… Read More ›
Countdown To Hi-Ex
The first British comics convention of the year, Hi-Ex, will be taking place at the Eden Court in Inverness over Valentine’s weekend, 14 and 15 February. Guests this year will include 2000AD artists Mick McMahon and Colin MacNeil, Dan Dare… Read More ›
Tube Surfing: 2 December 2008
It is not often we would advertise cars here on downthetubes but take a look at this cutaway of a Honda Accord. The artist is Graham Bleathman, more familiar perhaps for creating cutaways of Thunderbirds or other Gerry Anderson creations…. Read More ›