Time Bomb Comics publisher Steve Tanner pays tribute to one of British independent comics greatest
Richmond Clements
In Memoriam: Comic Writer, Editor, and Comic Creating Catalyst Richmond Clements
A friend to many, an inspiration to many more
Dublin Comic Con – All the comic art…
The comics strand of this Irish event proves a vital element to its success
Red Alert! Little time left to back Spectrum – The Worlds of Gerry Anderson #2, from Time Bomb Comics
Don’t miss out on this new Gerry Anderson-inspired anthology from Time Bomb Comics
Time Bomb Comics announces new Gerry Anderson shows-inspired anthology, SPECTRUM
Time Bomb Comics announces New Captain Scarlet, Space Precinct and Terrahawks comics
Remembering Dave Evans: A Personal Tribute by Richmond Clements
Remembering one of the nicest people in comics…
Creating Comics under a Killing Moon! An interview with Chris Denton and Neil Roche
Jimmy Baker chats with Chris Denton and Neil Roche about their latest plans for their popular fantasy adventure
23red and Network Rail to reveal “Eighteen” rail safety comic at MCM’s Comic Con Birmingham
Behaviour change agency 23red has announced the redesign of its multi-award-winning film Eighteen, created in partnership with Network Rail to highlight the dangers of electrified railways. The film has been reworked into a 32-page comic book and will launch at… Read More ›
Futurequake Press Recent Releases offer huge range of indie talent
Two recently-released Futurequake Press titles – Zarjaz #35 and FQP’s latest edition of their ace horror anthology, Something Wicked #2019 – are now available from the British independent comics publishers web site
Spoiling for a Brawl(er)! An interview with Time Bomb Comics publisher Steve Tanner
Brawler is a great looking new comics project from Time Bomb Comics – and a Kickstarter campaign for pre-orders that launched just last week has already hit target. downthetubes caught up with publisher Steve Tanner to talk to him about… Read More ›
Are you ready for “The Spine Chillers”? (I doubt it…)
Renegade Arts Entertainment has released a collection of Ben Clark‘s utterly bonkers – and wonderfully funny – The Spine Chillers later this month, a series inspired by the company’s audio books line. The collection features guest strips from William Simpson,… Read More ›
In Review: Journey Planet 39 – Judge Dredd
Journey Planet is a occasional fanzine themed around – well, whatever takes the contributors’ fancy, basically, but Issue 39, just released, has a Judge Dredd theme, dedicated overall to co-creator Carlos Ezquerra. The editor for this free, 96 page monster… Read More ›
Cup of O – Small Press Reviews: A Certain Symmetry, CROSS and How To Be A Superhero
A Certain Symmetry (Self Published) By Richard Worth & Jordan Collver I’ve long been an admirer of the distinctively creative collaborations of Worth & Collver and this tantalizing pamphlet (at the time intended purely to seduce publishers) is another slice… Read More ›
In Review: FutureQuake Issue 29
The latest issue of FutureQuake – available online and on sale at various comics events across the UK at the publisher’s stand, see their blog for details – is another terrific anthology of stories from the cream of (mainly British) creators…. Read More ›
In Memoriam: Stewart Perkins (WR Logan)
Writer Richmond Clements, co-editor of FutureQuake, pays tribute to an unsung hero of British comics – and particularly 2000AD – fandom, whose death was announced at the weekend… There has been a running black joke this year about the innumerable number… Read More ›
Fort William the location for Scotland’s newest comic event
Fort Con is to be the first Fort William Comic Con & Expo, set for the weekend of 22nd October 2016 and is set to draw pop culture fans and exhibitors from all over Scotland, the UK and beyond. Events and… Read More ›
Cup of O – Small Press Reviews
Hello! Two of the three comics I’m reviewing this month are from last year’s Melksham Comic Con – the next of which is taking place in a fortnight. It’s a wonderfully passionate little convention and Geoffery Crescent and I will be there with The… Read More ›
Cup of O – Small Press Reviews
Hello! The three comics I’m reviewing this month bring me to within a year of now (the reading pile is getting smaller by the month!) and came respectively from Thought Bubble 2013, my local comic shop Excelsior in Bristol and as a… Read More ›
Cup of O – Small Press Reviews
Happy 2015 to all Down the Tubes readers! I’ve got a bumper crop of reviews for you – all of them are comics bought at the tail end of 2013 (this is how big my reading pile is!) at the… Read More ›
Cup of O – Thought Bubble Stash Dissection
Last month saw the annual appearance of the Thought Bubble Comic Art Festival in Leeds – the convention element of which is a permanent fixture on the convention calendar for the majority of small pressers in the UK. I was there… Read More ›