2017-10-10 09:15
The Lakes International Comic Art Festival tales place this weekend in Kendal (13th - 15th October 2017). Along with its free Family Zone, comic creator talks, signings, exhibitions, illustr… Read More
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2017-10-07 09:01
Tony Esmond reports from New York Comic Con... lucky man!Day Two at the New York Comic Con 2017 opened early as I realised that I can actually see the Javits Center from my hotel room. I hea… Read More
2017-10-06 16:38
Hot on the heels of the Moomin-related activities at this year's Lakes International Comic Art Festival, there's an exhibition of the work of their creator Tove Jansson at Dulwich Picture Ga… Read More
2017-10-06 14:42
On 18th November 2017 from 1200-1700 EST, the United States Naval Academy Museum will host #NavyCon, a conference on how fleet forces have been portrayed in science fiction and how those app… Read More
2017-10-06 12:08
Tony Esmond reports from across the Atlantic on his first day at New York Comic Con 2017...(Day One - mandatory haul photo)Last night was a doozy. I met up with Marc Laming, Amri and Adrian… Read More
2017-10-06 09:58
If you're in New York for New York Comic Con right now, then you may be interested to know the Metropolis Gallery is hosting a free Walking Dead Comic Art Exhibit …just a ten-minute s… Read More
2017-10-06 09:18
Netflix has ordered a ten-episode season of Raising Dion, a new SF drama series based on a comic book of the same name by award-winning director Dennis Liu, illustrated by Jason Piperbe… Read More
2017-10-06 08:52
Here's a touching new comic you can read for free online: Parables of Care. Creative Responses to Dementia Care, as Told by Carers is now available. This16-page publication presents tr… Read More
2017-10-05 16:26
Review by Tony EsmondIsmyre by B. MureFull Colour - 80 pagesPublished by Avery Hill Publishing"A fantasy mystery story..."The Story: In the city of Ismyre, Ed the sculptor works as his widow… Read More
2017-10-05 15:45
Here's the intel on the latest issues of Commando (Issues 5059-5062) from DC Thomson, on sale now in all good newsagents across the UK and various digital platforms. Expect Cold War espionag… Read More
2017-10-05 14:08
Heading to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival? Get the Festival app on your iPhone, iPad or iTouch - and grab some artwork rewards as you explore Kendal.Created by Mobetrics, a Cumbr… Read More
2017-10-05 13:28
The University of Nottingham is to host the launch of a new peer-reviewed open access online journal MONAD next month - and comics writer Alan Moore is among invited guests for the Launch Sy… Read More
2017-10-05 13:13
The organisers of the Storytelling Conference 2018 (10th - 11th July) at the University of Suffolk have announced the call for papers is now open. They are inviting papers that theoretic… Read More
2017-10-05 09:00
Heritage Auctions is offering this Frank Bellamy Garth daily comic strip first published in the Daily Mirror in 1975 in its latest auctionJ214 dated 8-29-75 sees Garth use a pilot's tri… Read More
2017-10-05 08:38
2018 is going to be a perfect storm for the popular Jurassic World franchise, so it's no surprise the franchise is expected to be a big attraction at this year's Brand Licensing Europe show… Read More
2017-10-05 08:13
Not for the first time, the short-lived, highly regarded 1960s TV series The Prisoner is being adapted for comics. Titan Comics has announced they are to publish all-new comic books written… Read More
2017-10-04 16:32
With the Lakes International Comic Art Festival just over a week away, we continue our Kendal Calling interviews with a chat with Lynn Johnston, a Canadian cartoonist known for her newspaper… Read More
2017-10-04 15:33
The latest issue of 2000AD, on sale now in all good newsagents and comic shops, comes wrapped in a smashing cover from David Millgate and features the following Thrills (and plenty of spills… Read More
2013-12-18 09:04
Merry Christmas, Saturnalia, and a Happy New Year... And a quick reminder that the main downthetubes.net now features all our news direct, as well as interviews and other features on Britis… Read More
2013-11-15 17:05
A quick reminder that the main downthetubes.net now features all our news direct, as well as interviews and other features on British Comics. Cheers!Web: www.downthetubes.netRSS: http://dow… Read More
2013-08-09 16:45
The downthetubes new blog has been assimilated our main site. Hop over to www.downthetubes.net for British comics news, interviews...-- or visit our forum for competitions like our Twelfth D… Read More
2013-07-18 07:21
A quick reminder that the main downthetubes.net now features all our news direct, as well as interviews and other features on British Comics. Cheers!Web: www.downthetubes.netRSS: http://dow… Read More
2013-07-06 10:00
A quick reminder that the main downthetubes.net now features all our news direct, as well as interviews and other features on British Comics. Cheers!Web: www.downthetubes.netRSS: http://dow… Read More
2013-06-23 07:59
A quick reminder that the main downthetubes.net now features all our news direct, as well as interviews and other features on British Comics. Cheers!Web: www.downthetubes.netRSS: http://dow… Read More
2013-06-13 16:34
The main downthetubes.net now features all our news direct, as well as interviews and other features on British Comics. Not all the news stories we publish will feature on this blog.We're… Read More
2013-06-08 06:00
This year's 2D Comics Festival in the UK's 2013 City of Culture, Derry-Londonderry, was the largest comics event ever held in Northern Ireland. With talks and work shops in the days running… Read More
2013-06-07 17:30
Timed to coincide with the release of new Warner Bros film, Man of Steel, the first issue of Titan Comics new Superman is on sale now.Featuring Henry Cavill in the lead role and directed by… Read More
2013-06-07 17:00
Fan favourite artist Trevor Hairsine is returning to 2000AD next week for the first time in 13 years.First appearing in the Judge Dredd Megazine in 1994, Hairsine has gone on to become one o… Read More
2013-06-07 10:29
The Beano is celebrating 75 wonderful years of rebellious fun, farts and laughter at Southbank Centre’s Festival of Neighbourhood in London – and you can join in the party at Bea… Read More
2013-06-07 07:15
by Rod Barzilay; Illustrated by Graham BleathmanPublisher: HaynesOut: NowThe Book: Dan Dare is easily the most famous British comic hero. His adventures appeared in the original Eagle comic… Read More
2013-06-07 06:00
In the 1990s Rod Barzilay had the idea to bring Eagle comic’s best known character, Dan Dare, back into print, not updated for a Star Wars audience as in 2000AD or as a political comme… Read More
2013-06-06 11:07
The Beano is letting loose Dennis the Menace’s trusty sidekick Gnasher, to raise funds for the Bristol Children’s Hospital this summer, as the famous cartoon dog joins forces wit… Read More
2013-06-06 06:00
For most comics readers Graham Bleathman's name is synonymous with large detailed cutaway paintings of buildings, vehicles and flying craft both real and fictional. It was not surprising… Read More
2013-06-05 18:45
I'm pleased to report that the main downthetubes.net British comics news and views site is back up and running after a temporary hiatus - and will now be the main point of focus for our del… Read More
2013-06-05 17:00
DC Entertainment has just unveiled two new digital innovations today that the company says will take its comics to "the next level of interactivity" - DC2, a new initiative that layers… Read More
2013-06-05 06:00
Artist and writer Garen Ewing’s latest adventure of Julius Chancer, The Secret of the Samurai, a prequel to his three book Rainbow Orchid saga, is starting a four week run in The Phoen… Read More
2013-06-04 13:32
It's all change for Commando as DC Thomson unveil the first set to feature new-style gatefold-out covers."Over the last two years we've been listening to our readers’ thoughts about Co… Read More
2013-06-03 06:00
The Commando team, as well as managing to publish 104 issues of the comic each year, have been using the official Commando Comics Facebook page to give some behind the scenes info on their t… Read More
2013-06-02 20:38
Largo Winch, writer Jean Van Hamme and artist Philippe Francq's James Bond-like billionaire businessman adventurer, returns in his latest two part adventure in Cinebook's The Three Eyes Of… Read More
2013-06-02 12:00
Comic creator and illustrator Stuart Jennett will be launching his new comic Chronos Commandos #1 at the Forbidden Planet London Megastore on Wednesday 10th July (6 – 7.00pm)When the A… Read More
2013-06-02 06:00
The Commando team, as well as managing to publish 104 issues of the comic each year, have been using the official Commando Comics Facebook page to give some behind the scenes info on their t… Read More
2013-06-01 11:00
Rough Cut Comics will release its long-awaited new volume of Freedom Collective stories through the June edition of Diamond Previews. The original one-shot title – which re-imagined… Read More
2013-06-01 07:00
Bertie Buncle’s Chemical Uncle has uncovered a new scientific formula! It’s…DD9 (D + D + D x C + G + DtvV) x iTAS + GP + d.com = FUNFor any non-mad scientists out there, t… Read More
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