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 ›
Humour Comics
Sneak Peek: The Penguins of Madagascar #2 by Alex Matthews and Grant Perkins
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 ›
British Comic Shop Releases (24th December 2014) – Christmas Eve Comic Stocking Fillers!
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 ›
Looking Back on 2014: Creators Choose their ‘Top Three’ comics
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 to release new ‘White Trash’ collection in April from Gordon Rennie and Martin Emond
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 ›
Sad news as Great Beast Comics announces it will shutter in January
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 ›
Wart Horror Comic team launch a “Cosmic” Kickstarter
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 ›
Voting begins for Peters Book of the Year 2015 – more kudos for Phoenix creators
Hot on the heels of the good news for Adam Murphy and his Blue Peter Book Award nomination for Corpse Talk comes more good news for the creators whose work has also featured in The Phoenix. Von Doogan and the… Read More ›
Adam Murphy’s “Corpse Talk” nominated for Blue Peter Book Award
Adam Murphy’s Corpse Talk, published by David Fickling Books, is one of six titles nominated for the Blue Peter Book Awards 2015, announced yesterday. It’s the first time a book using comic strips to tell real-life stories has been nominated… Read More ›
The Beano comes to Minecraft
The Beano‘s Dennis the Menace and Gnasher have launched in Minecraft today, enabling players to add the comic’s most mischievous characters to PC versions of the game. The Dennis and Gnasher Minecraft modification (mod) was developed in a… Read More ›