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Russell Mark Olson
Creating Comics: Russell Mark Olson on his passion project, Gateway City
Don’t miss out on the latest instalment of this brilliant pulp-sci-fi series
Crowdfunding Spotlight – B7 Media’s “Pilgrim – Secrets and Lies”: An Update from the Writer’s Chair
Can you help promote the next issue of B7 Media’s SF comic, written by downthetubes publisher John Freeman?
New “Metallic Dynamite” SF comic anthology in the spotlight on latest Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast
Pete Taylor and and Mike Williams “yak” with comic creator Jordan Thomas, chatting about his new anthology, “Metallic Dynamite”
Crowdfunding Spotlight: ArcWorlde – Tales from the Journal, a fantasy comic with a game attached!
Fancy a fantasy adventure comic, with a games tie-in? Check this out
Crowdfunding Spotlight: Gateway City Volume Two by Russell Mark Olson
Gateway City is back and is looking great!
Russell Mark Olson’s Gateway City returns, as web comic and quarterly “newspaper”
A superb SF noir comic is heading back into the limelight
Lakes Festival Focus 2020: Artist Russell Mark Olson
Check out our chat with this award-winning comics artist and writer
New SKRAWL anthology smashes Kickstarter target in under 24 hours
Check out this stunning-looking new independent comics anthology!
Meet the Skrawllordz – a secret society forged in the fire of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival!
Not just one comic creator interview this time out – but six!
Crowdfunding Spotlight: The Seven Sagas of Silverbeard
The Seven Sagas of Silverbeard is a terrific-looking sword and sorcery book with a gorilla warrior hero, currently seeking crowdfunding on Kickstarter – and we like the cut of its gib!
In Review: The Black Iris by Russell Mark Olson
By Russell Mark Olson Beginning life as an Inktober project last year, The Black Iris is a glorious film-in-a-book, rendered using only black India ink washes and a smattering of correction fluid. The book tells the story of the Black… Read More ›
Tripwire Awards winners announced at Portsmouth Comic Con, wins for ComicScene, Mister Miracle and more
The winners of the inaugural Tripwire Awards were announced at the hugely-successful second Portsmouth Comic Con at the weekend, at a ceremony hosted by comics writer Jasper Bark.
Free Comic Book Day Awesome Comics Podcast #200 pop-up charity fundraiser is, well… Awesome!
The Awesome Comics Podcast #200 pop-up charity comic shop / raffle stash that’s being organised by downthetubes contributor Richard Sheaf as part of the events surrounding the Podcast’s live London broadcast on Free Comics Day includes some amazing items of… Read More ›
Lost Marvel UK Projects: Mutator, created by Paul Neary and Tom DeFalco
During the tail end of the busy period in the 1990s when Marvel UK was developing numerous projects for the US Direct Sales market, one of the last unpublished proposed series was Mutator, which we’ve brought to a little bit… Read More ›
From The Trenches and In Pictures: The Lakes International Comic Art Festival 2018
This year’s Lakes International Comic Art Festival – the weekend-long event in Kendal, Cumbria, now in its sixth year – saw dedicated comics fans brave Storm Callum in their hundreds to enjoy a weekend of creator events, exhibitions (some still… Read More ›
Crowdfunding Spotlight: Cadavers – World Gone to Hell, a post-apocalyptic anthology from Mad Robot Comics
Inventive independent British comics publisher Mad Robot Comics have sailed past their crowdfunding target for their latest anthology project, Cadavers: World Gone to Hell – but there’s still time to back the title on Kickstarter. Created by Edward Bentley and Matt… Read More ›
I Kill Giants and Deadpool writer Joe Kelly talks to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast
One of the creators of Ben 10 and the writer of the magnificent I Kill Giants, Joe Kelly is the guest on the latest episode of the Lakes International Comic Art Festival Podcast. Joe, who returns to the Lakes International… Read More ›
Crowdfunding Spotlight: Gateway City Volume One by Russell Mark Olson
Regular readers of downthetubes will recall we’ve previously plugged the independent comic Gateway City created by Russell Mark Olson – and now the first four issues are to be collected into a new collection, accompanied by extra pages, new art… Read More ›
Gloucester gets set to have some sizzling summer comics fun
The mighty True Believers Comic Festival: Summer Variant Edition is incoming on the 5th of August, and I’ll be there with Awesome Comics Podcast team member Vince Hunt. Held in Gloucester at the gorgeous Blackfriars Priory in Ladybekkgate Street this… Read More ›