Is Panini about to launch a new Spider-Man comic? As every self-respecting comics fan knows, the company currently publishes several comics for the UK market based on the US Marvel titles, including the hugely successful The Astonishing Spider-Man, Spectacular Spider-Man… Read More ›
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Tube Surfing: Marvel, Disney, Stan Lee and possible iTablet launch
• Marvel Entertainment stockholders approved the company’s merger with Disney at a special meeting held last Thursday (31st December). Under the agreement, valued at an estimated $4.3 billion, Marvel becomes a wholly-owned subsidiary of Disney. Whether this will ultimately have… Read More ›
Tube Surfing: Doctor Who, Gnasher and Dave Gibbons
• Ace media site Den of Geek has the latest pics from BBC TV’s Sarah Jane Adventures here. Panini, publishers of Doctor Who Magazine, have just put out a great special on the show, featuring a full rundown of episodes… Read More ›
Disney Marvel Buy Out – What now for Marvel Reprints in the UK?
No, it’s not a hoax, not an imaginary story — media giant the Walt Disney Company, no slouch itself in the comics publication department, shook US comics publishing to the core late last week with the news that it had… Read More ›
GI Joe UK Issue 1: Sneak Peek!
Here’s a peek at the cover to Issue One of Panini UK’s G .I. Joe comic, out in mid August. The issue’s comic strip is written by Ferg Handley, with pencils by John Royle, inks by Lee Townsend and colour… Read More ›
Cold Day at Marvel UK: Strip by Strip Feature
As previously noted, Panini UK has just released A Cold Day in Hell, its first collection of Doctor Who strips featuring the Seventh Doctor, played on TV by Sylvester McCoy, in May 2009. downthetubes has now published an in-depth ‘strip… Read More ›
Marvel Europe Collection Released
Out now from Marvel US is Marvel Europe, a collection of strips by some of Europe’s top creators from native European Marvel titles such as Panini’s Spectacular Spider-Man. The trade comes with a cover by Staz Johnson and James Offredi…. Read More ›
Captain Britain: New Collection On Sale Soon
After many unforeseen and arduous delays, Panini UK’s third collection of Captain Britain stories, The Lion and the Spider, is finally at the printers and should be out and in the shops in about six weeks time. The collection, reprints… Read More ›
Tube Surfing: 30 January 2009
• British independent publisher FutureQuake Press have just released the latest issues of their brilliant anthology titles, FutureQuake and MangaQuake. FutureQuake #12 offers its usual mix of science fiction comics tales and boasts a cover by Eagle award-winning artist Declan… Read More ›