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Crowdfunding Spotlight: Pilgrim 2121: Secrets and Lies #1 – 4
B7 Media has just launched the Kickstarter for its SF thriller mini-series, Pilgrim 2121: Secrets and Lies, the first project in a new line of its B7 Comics line, written by me, John Freeman, with art by Neil Edwards, coloured… Read More ›
B7 Media teases new SF thriller comic project, Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies
B7 Media have teased their new four-issue comic series, Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies, an all-new SF adventure thriller
Autospy & Ape return this Summer, in SPLANK!
The return of a strip that had a brief appearance over ten years ago, given new life in a new independent anthology
Celebrating Akira, with a look back at its brief British connection – and what might have been
Do you remember Marvel UK’s mad plan to reprint Akira… as part of a monthly anthology?
Crowdfunding Spotlight: Gateway City Volume Two by Russell Mark Olson
Gateway City is back and is looking great!
#RewritingExtinction, year-long fundraising project gets underway with first comic by Cara Delevingne
#RewritingExtinction, a major, hopefully world-changing storytelling campaign and fundraiser to finally stop species going extinct, forever, has just launched. It’s project that not only promotes great environmental causes, but is being enhanced by comics, too! The first, “Melody”, by Cara… Read More ›
Sneak Peek: New Stories launch in SHIFT #5 on sale this week
The latest issue of SHIFT features some grand new stories. Biased advance trailer ahead!
B7 Media’s “Dan Dare Audio Adventures” get another outing on BBC Radio 4 Extra
Spaceship Away! The first series of Dan Dare Audio Adventures from B7 Media is currently being repeated this week on BBC Radio 4 Extra. Catch-up here on BBC Sounds. In Voyage to Venus, which stars Ed Stoppard as Dan Dare,… Read More ›
British Comics Flashback: Looking back at the launch of Marvel UK’s “The Real Ghostbusters”
Philip Boyce began his utterly awesome OINK! Blog as a site charting history of the much-loved and fondly-remembered British humour comic, but the project has grown to encompass other titles. Today will see him reviewing the very first issue of… Read More ›
SHIFT Issue Three heads to the stands, Dan McDaid’s “DEGA” and “Crucible” to join strip line-up later this year
Slightly delayed by the pesky pandemic lockdown, SHIFT is back in newsagents soon!
Looking back at 2020, wishing all downthetubes all the best of the season – and a much better 2021…
Our festive message for 2020 to all downthetubes readers
Comic Artists Open Call: Samples Requested for new British imprint
Please Note: This Open Call is now CLOSED – thank you to everyone who sent samples – look out for news on project in mid 2021 COMIC ARTISTS WANTED FOR NEW IMPRINT – OPEN CALL This is an open call… Read More ›
Shockwave Riders launches from Dan Dare artist Keith Page
Earth is under attack! But from who?
New Charlotte Corday strips by Keith Page published
New digital comics from Keith Page, available to read for free
Presenting… The Really Heavy Greatcoat’s “New National Anthem”
Just when you thought you’d never see the Really Heavy Greatcoat again…
Past Comic Pitches: Reviving “The Daleks” from TV Century 21
From my script archives – an outline for a continuation of the strip known today as “The Dalek Chronicles”
Doctor Who – Terror from the Deep, the newspaper strip that might have been
A Doctor Who newspaper strip project that, sadly, got exterminated…
Crowdfunding Spotlight: The Dan Dare Audio Adventures
B7 Media has just launched a crowdfunder for a new season of Dan Dare Audio Adventures, completing a trilogy to story arcs that reinvented the classic Eagle comic character for the 21st Century and coinciding with the space hero’s 70th anniversary this year.
Still on sale – the Cor!! & Buster Humour Special – review round up
The Cor! & Buster Humour Special is still on sale in WHSmith and selected newsagents for another couple of weeks, so if you’re looking for a brilliant all-ages treat for your kids, why not pop out and buy it now?… Read More ›