A fun, free, comic-packed day awaits this weekend in Lancaster, at Coco Comic Con 2023
Nick Gonzo
CoCo Comic Con comes to Lancaster next month, a free all-ages independent comics event
CoCo Comics Con is shaping up to be a great free event in August, with a host of indie comic creators lined up
A Sound Proposition: Radio On Broadcast #4 – a Sneak Peek (and a quick review)
Radio On is an wonderful cornucopia of an anthology of music-related comic stories, published by North East-based The Analogue Press and the fourth issue is out this week (9th March 2018), wrapped in a striking cover by Anthony Downie. I… Read More ›
Comic creators, a bar – and a Music Festival in Liverpool? Sounds like a great combination!
Ace Liverpool-based comic creators Tom Ward (writer and creator of MERRICK: The Sensational Elephant Man, co-creator of Doc Dino) and Chris Welsh (creator of Wart and the horror anthology The Grime) are running a little tester comic event out of a bar at… Read More ›
Last few days to back a bumper comics collection from Madius Comics, collecting “Papercuts and Inkstains” – in colour
There are just a few more days to go to back the Kickstarter appeal for Paperbacks and Inkstains – The Collected Papercuts and Inkstains from Madius Comics, a 200 page-plus book of strips we’ve enthused about here on downthetubes –… Read More ›
Creators @ Thought Bubble 2015: Part 2 – Small Press
The ninth annual Thought Bubble Festival took place in Leeds over the week of 9-15 November 2015, however it is the huge two-day comic convention over the weekend of 14-15 November that the vast majority of punters and creators think… Read More ›
Sneak Preview and Review: 50 Signal Issue 1 by Nick Gonzo
Created by Nick Gonzo Published by Madius Comics The Comic: 50 Signal is a comic about space exploration and facing the unknown, an extended meditation on solitude, told from the perspective of a vat-grown astronaut. Raised by machines, our hero… Read More ›
Preview: Papercuts and Inkstains – Issue 1
New indie publisher Madius Comics – “the home of quirky, questioning, weird and wonderful comics” – have completed work on the first issue of a horror and humour anthology Papercuts and Inkstains, which will be on sale soon via… Read More ›
Super Spy Harvey Spig tackles a circus of horrors in new comic from Stu Perrins
Writer Stu Perrins (Prime) and artist Nick Gonzo (The Tree) have a new comic out via DriveThru Comics: When The Circus Comes To Town, a horror comic starring their super spy Harvey Spig. In the dark dank cruel part of… Read More ›
Everybody’s Cursed… if writer Stu Perrins has His Way, That Is!
In a quick follow up to our 100% Biodegradable post earlier today, contributor Stu Perrins to tell us about his own anthology comic, Everybody’s Cursed, featuring four short stories he’s written with art by Nick Gonzo, Brian Burke and… Read More ›
New e-anthology comic raises money for Cancer Research
Tales From A Lonely Planet is a new anthology e-comic crammed with 43 pages of comic awesomeness. Featuring the likes of Nick Gonzo (Execution Day), Stu Perrins (Harvey Spig), Vince Hunt (The Red Mask From Mars) and Luke James Halsall… Read More ›