London’s Gosh Comics will host a signing with legendary comics creator Gilbert Shelton on Saturday 23rd November 2019
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Cartoonist Ken Reid’s Centenary celebrated with special Power Pack print offer
18th December 2019 would have been comic artist Ken Reid’s 100th birthday, and to celebrate this special occasion, Irmantas Povilaika, publisher of the brilliant Power Pack of Ken Reid books, is offering a Christmas gift to fans who still haven’t bought the two beautifully presented collections.
Britain’s “Political Pocket Cartoon of the Year” 2019 nominees announced
Sarah Boyce, Will Dawbarn, Ken Pyne and Zoom Rockman are among the cartoonists nominated for the “Political Pocket Cartoon of the Year” 2019, hosted by PR agency Ellwood Atfield, who also host the annual Awards event. Ellwood Atfield specialise in… Read More ›
Meet Space Agent Buttocks, Space Hero (sort of) – and his creators!
Picking up on the despair of older downthetubes readers with fond memories of the action-packed adventure annuals they used to get for Christmas – sadly, it seems, now an ever distant memory, if you’ve checked our recently-published checklist – we’ve… Read More ›
Mercer Gallery and Thought Bubble Festival team up for Hilda comic exhibition in Harrogate
Harrogate’s Mercer Gallery has partnered the Thought Bubble Festival to stage an exhibition of work by the creator of an award-winning comic character and Netflix series. The stories of Hilda, a young girl living in a Scandinavia populated by mythical… Read More ›
In Pictures and In Review: Asterix and the Chieftain’s Daughter – UK launch
Richard Sheaf reports on the UK launch of Asterix and the Chieftain’s Daughter, and gives the new adventure a thumbs up for its take on some of the saga’s younger characters, including newcomer Adrenalin…
UK News Stand Comics Snap Shot – 1st November 2019
New British news stand comics / magazine on sale this week include 2000AD Prog 2155, Avengers Universe #6 Beano 4009, Commando Issues 5275 – 5278, The Phoenix 409, the latest “This Is” special from DC Thomson, This is Llama Queen – and… Read More ›
Phil Comics releases “Beano and The Dandy – Classic Comic Covers 1937-1988” book
Out today from eBay comics auction house Phil Comics is a smashing-looking new book Beano and The Dandy – Classic Comic Covers 1937-1988. Following the popularity of the company’s first book in 2013, which reprinted the classic Christmas covers of… Read More ›
Check out Christopher Hazeldine’s “Golf Girl” comic at Thought Bubble
Comic creator Christopher Hazeldine’s latest project, Golf Girl, is one of a number of new comics that will be in the spotlight at this year’s Thought Bubble – and it looks great fun
Beano readers name PM Boris Johnson “ghastliest figure of 21st Century”
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been named “ghastliest figure of 21st Century” by two thirds of British parents and children in a Beano poll – and earns his place in 2019’s top Halloween costumes for kids alongside The Joker… Read More ›
Katie Kirby’s “Hurrah for Gin” gets licensing deal
Licensing agency Riverside Brands has just added the popular online parenting series, Hurrah for Gin, to its portfolio, a comedic pastiche of modern day parenthood survival by Katie Kirby
A Comics Curiosity: The 1990s British “Smurfs Comic”
With a major exhibition dedicated to Peyo’s The Smurfs part of this year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival, running into November in Kendal, what better time to step back to the 1990s, when Maida Vale-based DeVere Entertainment published a British Smurfs comic?
Crowdfunding Spotlight: The Mary Boys
What’s not to love about an irreverent comic centring on four brothers who gain superhuman abilities from getting drunk? Because that’s exactly what you’re being offered in The Mary Boys by comics writer and artist Karl Stephan… and it looks great.
When British Comics were… European!
Bambos Georgiou takes a look at just some of the European comic strips that once featured in Fleetway’s British weekly comics
Beano backs Climate Change Strike School Kids
Beano has today issued an open letter from Beano Studios CEO Emma Scott, backing tens of thousands of school kids around the world ahead of the planned youth climate change strike this Friday 20th September 2019. downthetubes notes Beano is… Read More ›
In Pictures: Graffiti artist “Sleek” delivers standout street art at London’s Beano Studios
Beano Studios have just unveiled a unique and bespoke piece of street art in the window of their London Fleet Street offices created by one of their licensees; the mysterious and anonymous graffiti artist known as Sleek. The Scottish based… Read More ›
Poems Turned into Funny Comics: The Long Walk Hame
The Lang Walk Hame, released earlier this year, is many things. It’s a poem, it’s a comic, it’s a journey! Join writer Peter Watson and a crack team of artists headed up by Gordon Johnston as they bring you this… Read More ›
Crowdfunding Spotlight: The Mammy by Eddie Campbell and Phil Elliot
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1715620850/the-mammy-by-eddie-campbell-and-phil-elliott
The Future’s Beano!
Congratulations to Britain’s longest running comic, Beano, which has reached No. 4000 – on sale at retailers today (Wednesday 28th August). Offering a collectible cover featuring a specially designed, eye-catching red foil logo and an extended storyline set in the… Read More ›
Mottisfont’s “Beano Time Travellers Exhibition” attracts 45,000 visitors so far
Rocket Licensing, the UK and Ireland licensing agent for Beano, has highlighted the success of a summer-long partnership with the National Trust and its themed family event at Mottisfont in Hampshire, which includes a giant Beano comic drawn by Nigel… Read More ›