Here’s a rundown of the Top Ten posts on downthetubes over the last seven days: • Comic Criticism: A Call for Calm – and Common Sense Liam Sharp calls for some better manners from the comics community. You may also… Read More ›
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Everyone’s Not A Critic: comics writer Fiona Avery on Constructive Criticism
We recently published an item by comic creator and digital publisher Liam Sharp on his concerns about the manner of some online criticism of comic creators, making an erudite appeal for calm – and common sense. His appeal reminded me… Read More ›
Comic Criticism: A Call for Calm – and Common Sense
Whether it’s the bad weather on both sides of the Atlantic, or simply a case of rising bile reaching a point at which those who appear to be bearing the brunt of it have decided to say “Enough!”, the past… Read More ›
It’s Death’s Head versus Death’s Head II! Revolutionary War hots up in February
Here’s the solicitations for the Marvel Comics ‘Revolutionary War‘ titles on sale in February 2014, reintroducing today’s Marvel fans to the Marvel UK characters first conceived back in the 1990s. The storyline for the mini series, which debuts in January,… Read More ›
Metal Horns and Red Wire Dreadlocks: The Rise of Death’s Head II
Or – Making it When you Least Expect it First posted on deviantart by Liam Sharp, the co-founder of the digital comics company Madefire has kindly given us permission to cross post his memories (with some editorial annotations) of Marvel… Read More ›
Marvel’s Revolutionary War – Dakin, Elson and Erskine on board
The London Film and Comic Con featured two Marvel UK-related panels, the first a general celebration of the company’s US comics projects such as Death’s Head II and Warheads, attended by Stephen Baskerville, Alan Cowsill, John Freeman, Simon Furman, Andy… Read More ›
Digital comics publisher Madefire gains new funding
Madefire, creator of the 5-star rated Madefire App for iOS, the brain child of Liam Sharp, Ben Wolstenholme and others, has announced it has closed $5.2 million in Series A funding to further develop its digital comics publishing program. Madefire’s… Read More ›
The day Zoe Ball visited Marvel UK, and other stories…
Rare pictures of Marvel UK’s Death’s Head II mask – and a visit to the offices by Zoe Ball recalled
Madefire launches first IDW ‘Motion Books’ – Star Trek, Transformers and My Little Pony
One of the most-buzzed about announcements the week of the San Diego Comic-Con was digital comics creator Madefire’s partnerships with third party publishers and bringing the Motion Book treatment to their top properties. That day has come for the award… Read More ›
Madefire signs deal to bring its “motion books” to key US publishers
Groundbreaking. Innovative. Original. All these terms could be used to describe either the cutting-edge digital studio Madefire or their new US publishing partners: IDW, Top Cow, Boom! Studios, and iTV. In signing a new partnership, these trailblazing companies are going… Read More ›