Working with Antarctic Press, digital comics publisher ROK Comics, now based in the United States, is back in action – delivering its flagship title Team M.O.B.I.L.E. to comic shops. The first of an initial three-issue mini series, based on a… Read More ›
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Lakes Festival Focus 2015: An Interview with Comics Editor and Writer John Freeman
Last year, in partnership with the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, downthetubes brought you a number of interviews with creators attending the event. We’re delighted to be able to run a series in the run up to their eagerly anticipated 2015… Read More ›
Awesome Comics Podcast Episode 15: Comics Editor and Writer John Freeman
It’s a real history lesson this week as John Freeman of downthetubes, Crucible, ROK Comics and many more joins Vince Hunt, Dan Butcher and Tony Esmond to talk about all things comics. There’s talk about the latest webcomic site Tapastic… Read More ›
Doctor Who Magazine Flashback: Comic Strip Submission Guidelines, May 1990
I’ve been digging around in the cupboards for things to show folk at EdenCon tomorrow in Carlisle for things to show folk besides the audio comics I edit for ROK Comics on my iPhone, and came across these comic… Read More ›
Angus Allan and Arthur Ranson’s “The Beatles Story” re-published in Germany
Heres’ a quick follow up on our report at the weekend that Great Britain is the guest country at this year’s Munich Comic Festival, the second largest comic event of its kind in Germany, running 4th – 7th June 2015. We… Read More ›
ROK Comics revamps ‘Aggregator’ App for its audio comics
Wolverhampton-based audio comics publisher ROK Comics has revamped its ‘aggregator’ app, which brings together all its ROK Comics – and titles from a number of independent publishers – in one place for iPad and iPhone users. The app is the… Read More ›
Award-winning cartoonist Steve English “Football Earth” calendar released
If you’ve been in any branch of WH Smiths or a local supermarket of late it can’t have escaped your attention that retailers have launched their first forays in the 2014 Christmas Offensive – and that includes offerings of… Read More ›
Mauri Kunnas “Beatles with an ‘A'” from Knockabout is a cartoon delight
Knockabout Comics recently released Beatles With An ‘A’ by Mauri Kunnas, which is a wonderful re-telling the first beats of the Beatles’ career as only this legendary Finnish rock cartoonist could tell them. The book is filled with hilarious… Read More ›
Tube Surfing: Sequential Birthday Competition, Doctor Who and Lenny the Lettuce!
A quick round up of short news items we think you’ll be interested in. Don’t forget I also plug a lot of British comic happenings as they come in on Twitter as well as here… • In case you’ve been… Read More ›
Digital anthology PULSE – second issue on sale now
The second issue of the new British digital comics anthology PULSE – on sale exclusively through the ROK Comics Ultra app for iPad – is available now. Published by ROK Comics in partnership with Markosia Enterprises the action-adventure title, which costs just 69p per issue initially features Team M.O.B.I.L.E. (written… Read More ›