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Ewbank’s to sell personal collection of genius puppeteer from Spitting Image and Star Wars
A fantastic range of puppets, Gerry Anderson’s memorabilia, some comic art, and more, is up for sale next week
Tube Surfing: Upcoming Comic-Related films, including Flash Gordon, Shang-Chi and Ghostbusters
A quick round up of upcoming superhero movie release dates and more movie news
From Cents to Pence: Can You help solving a “Betty Boop” Marvel UK mystery?
Can you help solve a Betty Boop puzzle?
British Comics Flashback: Looking back at the launch of Marvel UK’s “The Real Ghostbusters”
Philip Boyce began his utterly awesome OINK! Blog as a site charting history of the much-loved and fondly-remembered British humour comic, but the project has grown to encompass other titles. Today will see him reviewing the very first issue of… Read More ›
Hero Collector releases Ghostbusters: The Inside Story
One for Slimer fans!
Happy New Year, and Decade, Readers!
We wish all downthetubes readers a very Happy New Year – and decade! Here’s to exciting times ahead for us all!
Creating Comics: An Interview with Real Ghostbusters artist John Marshall
Joe O’Brien recently tracked down elusive The Real Ghostbusters artist John Marshall (John Williams)
Remembering Robert Sutherland: An Appreciation by Jenny O’Connor
Former Marvel UK staff and the present team at Redan Publishing were all saddened by the news of the death of Robert Sutherland, whose passing was announced last week. Here, Redan’s Editorial Director Jenny O’Connor, who knew Robert for almost… Read More ›
In Memoriam: Comics and Children’s Magazines Publisher Robert Sutherland
I was very sorry to hear of the passing of Robert Sutherland, who was Managing Director of Marvel UK between 1980 and 1990, and CEO of Redan Publishing for 27 years. Shrewsbury-based Redan fast became the UK’s leading publisher of… Read More ›
Doctor Who annual art, rare James Bond and Project SWORD toys and more up for auction this weekend in Bristol
Nestling among a huge number of Star Wars, Real Ghostbusters, Corgi and Dinky toys up for auction at East Bristol Auctions on Saturday 29th July 2017 are a number of items that we think will appeal to downthetubes readers, including… Read More ›
Remembering Marvel UK’s The Real Ghostbusters: An Interview with artist Brian Williamson
One of the first comics I wrote for on a regular basis, thanks to faith in me from launch editor Richard Starkings, was Marvel UK’s The Real Ghostbusters. Well, there’s now a fan site dedicated to the title – The… Read More ›
The British Comics Industry: Still Alive and Kicking, Despite Troll Claims to the Contrary
Phil Boyce runs the Oink! blog, dedicated to the original, cheeky, innovative comic that once featured the best of British talent, as well as extra posts on every aspect of the world’s greatest comic, creator info, behind-the-scenes shenanigans and more. He recently posted… Read More ›
Marvel UK Flashback: The Real Ghostbusters
Phil Boyce, who runs a wonderful blog devoted to the humour comic, Oink, is running a series of ‘Beyond Oink’ features, charting his comic reading down the years. He’s just posted an item on Marvel UK’s The Real Ghostbusters comic,… Read More ›
Looking Back: Marvel UK’s Pencilling Do’s and Don’ts
I’ve got my grumpy head on this morning. Bear with me while I grumble. Back in the 1990s, many young artists would show up at the few British comic conventions there were back then and present their portfolios to… Read More ›