May is a busy month for the British independent media magazine TRIPWIRE. Despite not hitting the kickstarter target for TRIPWIRE 21, its planned 21st anniversary special, publisher and editor-in-chief Joel Meadows tells us he’s putting the book out anyway. The… Read More ›
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Aces Weekly announces line up for next digital volume
Aces Weekly, which showcases some of the brightest new and established talent from across the globe in an exclusively digital weekly comic art magazine, begins its seven-issue, seven-week runon Monday 4th February. Volume Three of the revolutionary digital comic art… Read More ›
Titan Books, Langridge, Quitely and Starkings get Harvey nominations
The 2009 Harvey Awards Nominees have been announced with the release of the final ballot, presented by the Executive Committees of the Harvey Awards and the Baltimore Comic-Con. The nominees include New Zealand but UK-based artist Roger Langridge, Scotland’s Frank… Read More ›
Tripwire returns with Futurama, Straczynski, Cornell and Michael Moorcock goodness
Ace media magazine Tripwire is back with another info-packed issue! The Eagle Award-nominated British-American magazine about comics and genre culture returns this July bringing even more of the quality features you’d expect from their previous issues. Beneath an exclusive Futurama… Read More ›
In Review: Tripwire 2009 Annual… Simply Awesome!
Regular readers of downthetubes will recall that as a result of distributor Diamond’s recently-introduced minimum order levels, this latest edition of ace comics and genre magazine Tripwire is not being distributed in the US. (See news story). While not the… Read More ›
Tripwire Goes to San Diego
Fab Brit genre magazine Tripwire continues its yearly San Diego Comic-Con tradition by premiering its third Tripwire Annual at the world’s best-known genre media convention. A stunning Jeff Carlisle full colour original Nick Fury cover sets the tone for the… Read More ›
Tube Surfing: Thursday 21 May
• ComicBitsOnline is wondering why Britain’s biggest comic publisher has not been nominated for an Eagle Award — and it’s not DC Thomson, Panini or Titan but Cinebooks Ltd., which now publishes some 40 top quality comic albums a year… Read More ›
Muppets, Giant Cuboid Chickens and Other Weird Creatures
Starting an “adaptation and inspiration” month on the Strip! radio show on ResonanceFM, Alex Fitch and Robin Warren talk to two humour cartoonists – Roger Langridge and Hugh Raine (a.k.a. Shug) – about their work. As we’ve previously reported, Roger… Read More ›
Tube Surfing: 5 April 2009
• The Independent on Sunday carried a two-page ‘interview’ with Roy “Roy of the Rovers” Race today, a splendid piece of well-researched work about the character and his history by writer Cole Morton. The piece not only promoted the new… Read More ›