How would Eagle‘s Dan Dare‘s universe look if the series was re-launched today? Taking inspiration from the wonderful Project Rooftop, which often challenges artists to re-design well-known US superheroes, and the success of our “Twelfth Doctor Challenge” (unaware at the… Read More ›
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‘Crucible’ science fiction adventure comic goes digital
The first issue of a US-comic styled, digital edition of the SF comic Crucible is now available for just 69p from Apple’s ‘Newsstand’ store. Crucible, the co-creation of John Freeman and Smuzz, is a science fiction adventure set in world… Read More ›
‘Crucible’ released for iPad
The first issue of a US-comic styled, digital edition of our Crucible comic by John Freeman and Smuzz is is now available for just 69p from Apple’s ‘Newsstand’ store. You can also subscribe to the title – our hope is… Read More ›
Twelfth Doctor Who Art Challenge: The Winner Is…
These are my ‘finalists’ in the downthetubes Twelfth Doctor Art Challenge, after a lot of umming and ahhing confronted by such an amazing range of entries, including terrific ‘cartoon’ interpretations as well as the realistic. When you have a competition… Read More ›
Doctor Who Twelfth Doctor Art Challenge – there’s a winner here somewhere…
Our Doctor Who Twelfth Doctor Art Challenge competition has closed, and you can view all the entries here. We’ve been blown away by the range of entries, both realistic and caricature/cartoon featuring Peter Capaldi as the Twelfth Doctor, which include… Read More ›
Doctor Who: Our Twelfth Doctor Art Challenge gathers pace
Find more photos like this on downthetubes Comics Forum Lee Sullivan – well known for his amazing Doctor Who art, but whose credits include Robococop and Judge Dredd – has kindly allowed us to add his first stab at drawing… Read More ›
The Twelfth Doctor gets Smuzz-ified!
While illustrator and comics artist Smuzz is currently busy on many fronts – not least of them drawing the sixth episode of Crucible for STRIP – he couldn’t resist entering the downthetubes Twelfth Doctor Art Challenge, which has also attracted… Read More ›
STRIP Issue 2 finally reaches the news stand
Print Media, the Bosnia-based publisher of STRIP: The Adventure Comics Magazine, has confirmed the much-delayed print edition of Issue 2 will be on sale in UK newsagents this week, with distribution to UK comic shops to follow soon. “Our distributors… Read More ›
Crucible Poster Now Available
We’re pleased to announce the availabilty of three posters based on our Crucible story. Two feature art by Bernard Kolle, featuring Sylvana and Truug, characters from the strip Crucible. One is the final version of the art featured on the… Read More ›
STRIP Magazine Issue 2 – Revised Release Date announced
Much later than expected or planned, Print Media has just announced that the print edition of STRIP: The Adventure Comics Magazine Issue 2 should now be on sale in newsagents from Thursday 20th June 2013. In a statement on its… Read More ›