There’s a new issue of Doctor Who Magazine out this week – and it’s crammed with Daleks!
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Rebellion announces “Best of 2000 AD” for 2020, 12-issue series
2000 AD has announced it’s launching a brand new title in April 2020 – Best of 2000 AD – as a new 12-issue US-format, perfect-bound series featuring a selection of the most incendiary and exciting new science-fiction comics from the… Read More ›
Titan Comics Tenth and Thirteenth Doctor Crossover – Solicitation Details
Details and covers of Titan Comics crossover Doctor Who team-up comic, due for release on 8th January 2020, are now available, although some details teased online appear to have confused some fans into thinking the story is a new TV… Read More ›
Meet Space Agent Buttocks, Space Hero (sort of) – and his creators!
Picking up on the despair of older downthetubes readers with fond memories of the action-packed adventure annuals they used to get for Christmas – sadly, it seems, now an ever distant memory, if you’ve checked our recently-published checklist – we’ve… Read More ›
The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire limited hardcover announced
Rebellion has announced a limited pre-order for the hardcover edition of the first volume of The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire. Available to pre-order exclusively through the Treasury of British Comics webshop now, until 4th December 2019, this… Read More ›
UK News Stand Comics Snap Shot – 1st November 2019
New British news stand comics / magazine on sale this week include 2000AD Prog 2155, Avengers Universe #6 Beano 4009, Commando Issues 5275 – 5278, The Phoenix 409, the latest “This Is” special from DC Thomson, This is Llama Queen – and… Read More ›
Spectrum is Indestructible gets publication date at last
Regular downthetubes readers will recall we’ve previously plugged Fred McNamara‘s Spectrum is Indestructible book – an unofficial guide to all things Captain Scarlet – and it now has a December 2019 release date. Publication faced one final hurdle, dependent on… Read More ›
Stand by for action: “Photomarionation” is go in Aces Weekly!
Now appearing in Issue 42 of Aces Weekly, Lightning 5 Is a brand-new comic strip created by Martin Cater with a difference… the difference being that the whole thing has been done as a photo-collage, aimed at re-creating the visual… Read More ›
Exclusive Cover Reveal: Dan Dare – The Audio Adventures Volume Three Cover Art by Brian Williamson
B7 Media have announced plans to crowdfund a third volume of its critically-acclaimed Dan Dare: The Audio Adventures, coinciding with Eagle comic hero Dan Dare’s 70th anniversary in 2020 – and we can exclusively reveal the cover art for the… Read More ›
Death’s Head Omnibus – Contents Confirmed, Yes?
Marvel’s January 2020 solicitations include the much-anticipated Death’s Head Omnibus TPB among them – a delightfully chunky, 416-page collection of (almost) all the early Death’s Head greatest ‘hits’, scheduled for release on 3rd March, which we trailed earlier this year.
Is DCT Heritage Comics reviving “Spellbound”?
DC Thomson Media launched social media accounts on Twitter and Facebook for its DCT Heritage Comics imprint at the beginning of the month – and one classic comic getting attention on both services is the fondly-remembered 1970s girls title Spellbound.
The Conversation: Why it Matters when the Media invoke Judge Dredd
The character of Judge Dredd was designed to be satirical, depicting the ultimate draconian cop. Supplied, CC BY-ND Justin Matthews, Auckland University of Technology According to a recent study, the sixth leading cause of death for young men in the… Read More ›
New Eagle Times highlights Tintin’s lunar adventure and rare British custom comic, The Shell
The latest edition of EAGLE Times, the magazine of the Eagle Society, devoted to Eagle comic and its many creators, is out now
“The 77” comics anthology line-up revealed
The line-up of creators contributing to the upcoming The 77 anthology – offering a fast and furious mix of old school strips and shocks – has been revealed
New colour edition of early Strontium Dog stories announced for 2020
The earliest adventures of one of 2000 AD’s greatest characters – Strontium Dog – are to be reprinted in colour for the first time in decades next year.
Doctor Who: Panel to Panel probes Doctor Who Magazine founder Dez Skinn
Since today is the 40th anniversary of Doctor Who Magazine, what better way for host Jeremy Bement to celebrate than cover the latest news from New York Comic Con on his hugely enjoyable Doctor Who Panel to Panel podcast –… Read More ›
Fan The Flame Concepts launches “Red Card”
Fan The Flame Concepts LLC, a US independent comic and graphic novel producer, has announced the first issues of Neymar Jr. Comics’ latest science fiction title Red Card, the first new comic series to debut on their enhanced digital comics… Read More ›
Blazing into newsagents today to you – 2000 AD Prog 2152
There’s rollicking adventure on all fronts this week in 2000 AD Prog 2152, an issue packed with peril for Judge Dredd and more, featuring a sizzling cover from Cliff Robinson
Art for first published “Judge Dredd” story in upcoming auction
The complete art for the first printed “Judge Dredd” strip from 2000 AD Prog 2, largely drawn by Mick McMahon – five pages in total – is one of the lots in the upcoming Heritage Auctions Comics, Comic Art and Animation Art auction in Dallas in November
Berger Books announces new Peter Milligan project, “Tomorrow”
Berger Books has announced a shocking new story for 2020, Tomorrow – a five-issue comic series by critically acclaimed and legendary writer Peter Milligan, breakout artist Jesús Hervas and dynamic colourist James Devlin. When a Russian computer virus jumps the species… Read More ›