We’re sorry to report the death of veteran and much-admired Hastings-based cartoonist Martin Honeysett, whose work has appeared in many publications, including Private Eye, Radio Times, Punch, The Oldie, The Spectator, The Sunday Telegraph, London’s Evening Standard and The Observer…. Read More ›
Comics periodicals. They start out great with the first issue, bringing out the big guns to get everybody’s attention, but then run out of steam and splutter out because they just got too ambitious for their own good. Take Soaring… Read More ›
Wrinkles by Paco Roca (Arrugas in Spanish) ISBN 9780861662371 Cover Price: £12.99/$19.99 Publication Date: 01-01-2015 Format: 104 pages, full colour, paperback with flaps The Book: Ernest still imagines himself to be a bank manager but he has been retired for… Read More ›
The Beano has launched its first fully interactive story app Dennis & Gnasher Adventures!, voiced by Chris Johnson from hit CBBC show Dennis & Gnasher. Developed in partnership with LivoBooks, the Dennis & Gnasher Adventures! app the app is available across… Read More ›
British cartoonists such as Paul Baker, Banx and Hunt Emerson are contributing cartoons to Draw The Line Here (Tracer La Ligne Ici), a collection of cartoons being put together by the Professional Cartoonists Organisation with freedom of speech charity English Pen. The two organisations have launched… Read More ›
(Last updated 21st January 2015): If you’re looking for a copy of the new “survivors issue” of French magazine Charlie Hebdo, out today, we found this Reddit discussion offering some pointers to London stockists. The Guardian has also published a handy… Read More ›
Here’s this week’s list of comics – both US and UK releases – on sale in specialist UK comic shops tomorrow, Wednesday 14th January 2015. We’ve picked out the titles published by British publishers in bold below, or titles with a… Read More ›
Continuing a month of shows looking at children’s comics on ace radio show Panel Borders, Alex Fitch talks to cartoonist Roger Langridge about his work. Alex and Roger discuss the latter’s work on licensed comics such as Popeye and Rocky and Bullwinkle, his adaptation… Read More ›
Christmas annuals may be being deep discounted across the UK in WH Smiths and supermarkets – some as little as £2 a copy. But sales in the run up to the festive period were strong again, with the Beano Annual… Read More ›
Thelwell, the unofficial artist of the British countryside, has made its cartoons of little girls and their fat, often out-of-control, ponies personalisable using Spreadshirt’s merchandising platform. The instantly recognisable drawings are now available internationally through the Thelwell online shops,… Read More ›
(Updated 22nd January 2015): Dundee-based auctioneers Curr and Dewar are offering a bound collection of The Magic Comic, comprising the first 24 issues published back 1939 later this month. It’s believed there are only 10 known copies of The Magic Comic Number… Read More ›
Just Us Then? is the first book collaboration from the respective talents of Brighty & Holt (Steve Bright and John Holt). If it’s also the last, then you won’t hear them complaining. Their plan in producing this book was purely… Read More ›
Digital comics distributor SEQUENTIAL will be a huge winter sale right now, with 50 – 80 per cent off the print RRP on books… A perfect way to populate the iBooks section of your shiny new (or spruced… Read More ›
Small press sensation Soppy is back – bigger, better, and more hardcover-y than ever – and Gosh London have just announced a launch party with creator Phillipa Rice on the 16th January 2015. What started out as a self published collection… Read More ›
This week sees the release of some fantastic new titles from Titan Comics including Penguins of Madagascar #2, Doctor Who: The Twelfth Doctor #3 (previewed here); a very special issue of Doctor Who: The Eleventh Doctor #6 (previewed here); and the final instalment of The Evil Within #4, based… Read More ›
Here’s this week’s list of comics – both US and UK releases – on sale in specialist UK comic shops tomorrow, Wednesday 24th December 2014. We’ve picked out the titles published by British publishers in bold below, or titles with… Read More ›
As 2014 draws to a close, here at downthetubes we thought it might be fun to contact some of the creators we have featured on the site this year and beyond and ask them what comics have caught their eye…. Read More ›
Titan Comics is releasing a new collection of White Trash in April 2015, a comic strip by Gordon Rennie (Judge Dredd, Dept. of Monsterology, Robbie Burns: Witch Hunter) and New Zealand artist, the late Martin Emond (Accident Man, Lobo) first published… Read More ›
Great Beast Comics, a group of independent comic creators self publishing their work to a professional level founded in April 2012 by Adam Cadwell and Marc Ellerby has announced it is to shut down next month after just two years… Read More ›
Writer Chris Welsh and artist Ammar Al-Chalabi, the team behind the fun, long-running and much-praised “cosmic horror web comic” WART have just launched a Kickstarter to raise funds to publish a print edition. For those that need reminding, the crowd funding site Kickstarter is… Read More ›