Here’s the gruesome but powerful cover art by Graeme Neil Reid to a new anthology, Overload, edited by Martin Conaghan, which will be launched at Kapow this weekend, priced £4. Yes, as if the very memory of former Prime Minister… Read More ›
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Photo Review: Dundee Comics Day 2011
“The Dundee Comics Day has been the highlight of my comics year so far and I look forward in anticipation to what Chris Murray and his team have in store for next year” was how I ended my review of… Read More ›
Tales of the Fallen anthology cover revealed
Barry Nugent’s rapidly expanding Unseen Shadows universe, which encompasses novels, comics and audio drama, has another addition on the way – a Tales of the Fallen anthology, hopefully due for release at the Thought Bubble in Leeds in November. Barry tells… Read More ›
Overload yourself at the Glasgow Comic Con
If you’re at the Glasgow ComicCon this Saturday, then look out for copies of Martin Conaghan’s new title, Overload, which comes wrapped in this ace cover by Roy Stewart. All work in the title is creator-owned, with Overload reserving some… Read More ›
In Review: Fallen Heroes #1
Writer: Bary NugentWriter/Adaptor: Martin ConaghanArtist: Steve PenfoldPublisher: Beyond the BunkerWeb Link: www.fallenheroescomic.com and www.oxicomics.com/comics/fallenheroesAlso available on iTunes The Comic: A stalker of demons and legends, a pair of master criminals, a teenager on the brink of madness and a man… Read More ›
New Year, New Fallen Heroes Teasers…
The team at Fallen Heroes – the comics adaptation of the top-selling novel by Barry Nugent – have released a second teaser poster in advance of the project’s launch at the Cardiff Comic Expo next month. The comic is being… Read More ›
Burke and Hare comic web site live
The Burke & Hare graphic novel website is now live at www.burkeandharecomic.co.uk ahead of the new movie release, featuring a preview, some info about the book and links to purchase a copy. While writer Martin Conaghan tells us the new… Read More ›
Burke and Hare first editions on sale from creators
With the news that Insomnia Publications, the company behind graphic novel Burke & Hare, has ceased trading, its creators Martin Conaghan and Will Pickering can now offer out copies for sale of the first edition of the book. “Will and… Read More ›
Phoenix to rise from Insomnia’s ashes
Comics collective The Sleepless Phoenix is now taking pre-orders for its 192-page black-and-white anthology on creative seed site Kickstarter.com. The planned collection – born from the demise of British publisher Insomnia Publications – will feature the work of more than… Read More ›
Comic creators to deliver serial killer talk in Edinburgh
Martin Conaghan and Will Pickering, creators ofnew graphic novel Burke & Hare, will be at the Edinburgh Central Library in the Edinburgh Room on 28th January presenting a talk on the history of the serial killers and the production of… Read More ›
British Comic Creator Interviews on SciFiPulse
Longtime downthetubes readers know this site trades news items with the superb science fiction TV, film and genre site SciFiPulse, but what with recent holidays here in the tubes, we’ve missed some of their coverage of British comics. So here’s… Read More ›
Crawford Coutts On The Spot
Insomina Publications is fast becoming something of a rising star in the UK indie publishing press, with graphic novels such as Cancertown and the upcoming Burke & Hare just some of its well-received titles. As the company prepares to launch… Read More ›
In Review: Burke & Hare
Reviewed by David Hailwood The Plot: Over a 12-month period from 1827-1828 in Edinburgh, Scotland, two Irishmen by the names of William Burke and William Hare murdered 16 people and disposed of their bodies to the eminent dissectionist Dr Robert… Read More ›
Enter Burke and Hare…
After critical acclaim for Cancertown, Burke and Hare by writer Martin Conaghan, artist Will Pickering and letterer Paul McClaren is the next book from Insomnia Publications, which will be launched at the British International Comic Show) in early October. The… Read More ›
Dealing with the Devil
Comic book writer Cy Dethan reports that work is well underway on his latest project, The Case Files of Harlan Falk, the story of a man who, literally, makes deals with devils. Whether you’re involved in a territorial dispute with… Read More ›