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A group for fans of British Comics

A place to discuss British comics past, present and future. Visit our website at www.downthetubes.net.

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Malcolm Kirk (M.I.K.) replied to Malcolm Kirk (M.I.K.)'s discussion 'Back From The Depths Needs YOU! (BFTD Comic Submission Guidelines)'7 hours ago

Just posting a reminder that the deadline for scripts, articles and text submissions is only a few weeks away.

John Freeman replied to McScotty's discussion 'Comics International ?'19 hours ago

Got this from Barry Renshaw, designer of CI: "We appreciate people have been waiting on info on CI's future, and Mike and I are working on a press release for the relaunch with 208 which will address all the queries of the forum. "#208 will be o...

The Emperor and Mikael Vaede joined downthetubes British Comics Forumyesterday

John Freeman added 9 photos to the album 'Moon Landing: 40th Anniversary'yesterday

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An album by John Freeman was featuredyesterday

Moon Landing: 40th Anniversary

Images inspired by the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing on 20 July 1969. All art © its respective creators.

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Roachwell....!

Hello folks, I'm pretty new here, and I thought what better way to introduce myself than with some shameless whoring about of my webcomic...! I'll be sure to get into more of the discussion threads here, but in the meantime here's Roachwell: ...

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About the Forum Events Box

You can add your own comics events or promote the launch of your comics using the events feature below. Just click the "Add an Event" link.

Events

Signing: Charlie Adlard

July 4, 2009 from 4pm to 6pm – Orbital Comics
THE BRITISH INTERNATIONAL COMICS SHOW 2009

October 3, 2009 at 10:30am to October 4, 2009 at 5:30pm – The Think Tank

About the downthetubes Events Calendar

The listing below is a feed of comics events featured on, or that I've added to Yahoo's "Upcoming" service. You can't add your own events to this, but you could add them to Upcoming and then let me know. This list features on downthetubes and can be used as a 'widget' on other web sites and blogs.

downthetubes Comics Events Calendar

Oct 30, 2009: Eurogamer Expo 2009 - London at Old Billingsgate

Oct 24, 2009: London MCM Expo at ExCeL London

Oct 29, 2009: World Fantasy Convention 2009 at Fairmont San Jose

Aug 28, 2009: Context 22 at DoubleTree Hotel - Columbus

Aug 13, 2009: GenCon Indy 2009 at Indiana Convention Center

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Comic Review Sites

Created by John Freeman Jun 1, 2009 at 9:19am. Last updated by John Freeman 30 Jun.

Notes Home

Created by John Freeman Jul 25, 2008 at 2:27pm. Last updated by John Freeman 2 Jun.

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Special Announcement: Moon Landing Art Appeal

Next month is the 40th Anniversary of the first Moon landing (20th July 1969). I'm hoping folk here on the downthetubes forum will help mark it by uploading art inspired by the moon landings and space exploration which can then be added to this album - http://downthetubes.ning.com/photo/albums/moon-landing-40th-anniversary - which I will then embed on the main downthetubes site to mark the anniversary (and, indeed, can be embedded on any web site).

Any art - illustration, strip, cartoons - welcome!

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Back From The Depths Needs YOU! (BFTD Comic Submission Guidelines) 1 Reply

This year sees the 25th anniversary of the appearance of Scream! comic on newsagents shelves. So we at Back From The Depths were thinking... What better time to pay tribute by producing our very ...

Started by Malcolm Kirk (M.I.K.) in Creating Comics. Last reply by Malcolm Kirk (M.I.K.) 7 hours ago.

Comics International ? 2 Replies

Apologies for raising this old chestnut again but does anyone know what is happening with CI? It seemed at one point that CI was suggesting they were back on track and were also going to release a ...

Started by McScotty in British Comics - Current. Last reply by John Freeman 19 hours ago.

Roachwell....!

Hello folks, I'm pretty new here, and I thought what better way to introduce myself than with some shameless whoring about of my webcomic...! I'll be sure to get into more of the discussion threa...

Started by Craig Collins in Web Comics 1 Jul.

Egmont Classics Battle special 4 Replies

I liked this a lot - mind you, I'm so pleased to see a new Battle publication on the shelves after 20 odd years, I'm hardly going to be critical! Loved the cover (it's strange seeing how pale the o...

Started by Ian Wheeler in British Comics - Current. Last reply by Ian Wheeler 29 Jun.

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About Blog Posts

The section below is an amalgam of the latest group blog posts by individual members. I'd suggest that rather than using it as a blog, think about using it as a "PR" spot for your projects - several members already do this.
This area only displays blog posts actually posted within the forum -- it can't display posts from any RSS feeds you may have added to your own page from your own blog or LiveJournal page, say.

Blog Posts

Comic Review Sites Page Updated

Posted by John Freeman on 30 June 2009 at 4:33pm

Hard Lessons (part two)

Posted by Andrew John Standish on 26 June 2009 at 3:48pm — 6 Comments

Great reviews of Oivind Hovland's books on myreviewer.com

Posted by kevin quinn on 8 June 2009 at 9:30am

Unico's Comics

Posted by Unico Comics on 31 May 2009 at 1:39pm

Reborn #1 and Marvel's "Hard Sell" Tactics - A Step Too Far?

Posted by Phil Friel on 26 May 2009 at 11:00pm — 2 Comments

City of Heroes Limited Edition Sketchbook-signed #2of10 on eBay

Posted by andrew wildman on 13 May 2009 at 1:51pm

Hard Lessons in Self Publishing

Posted by Andrew John Standish on 12 May 2009 at 1:00pm — 4 Comments

First Post from Me

Posted by Phil Friel on 7 May 2009 at 5:57pm — 2 Comments

PHOENIX: A Warrior's Tale (PREVIEW)

Posted by Adam Grose on 6 May 2009 at 12:36am

Worlds End Colouring Book Drawing Competition - The WINNERS

Posted by Tim Perkins on 28 April 2009 at 4:34pm

About the downthetubes blog (and the other RSS Feeds below)

The section below is a collection of RSS feeds from sites actively promoting British comics within their news pages. The downthetubes news blog is first, but the Forbidden Planet International blog is also a good news source and both Lew Stringer and Steve Holland are regular champions of British comics. There's a limit to the number of RSS feeds I can run on this page, otherwise I would be including Bugpowder, for example. Sorry, Bugpowder!