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The Emperor New comics and some articles (including freebies)

OK, a new batch of goodies are available. First I have stories in 3 of FutureQuake Press' autumn batch of titles: * "Brigand Doom: Crunch" with Chris Geary in Zarjaz #8 * "Sun & Moon Hunters of Bounty: Springheeled Jackboots" with James Feist (art) and Bolt-01 (letters) in… Continue

Added by The Emperor on November 1, 2009 at 6:00pm — 1 Comment

Malcolm Kirk (M.I.K.) Back From The Depths Presents HALLOWSCREAM! 2009 Hallowe'en Special


It's Finally here! The 2009 Back From The Depths Hallowe'en Special! An anthology horror comic that's not for the nervous! Available as a totally free pdf file from our forum or via Clickwheel. Click the link to visit the Clickwheel site...

http://www.clickwheel.net/features/308… Continue

Added by Malcolm Kirk (M.I.K.) on November 1, 2009 at 1:35pm — 1 Comment

Wil Overton Detonate the Smart Bomb!!

Hi all, I've not been here very long but I thought I'd use Mr.Freeman's idea of using the blog to 'big up' your projects to do just that. Hope you don't mind. This is something I've just finished with a group of friends and it's called Smart Bomb!! We're all in the UK and just fancied doing something for the, well... sake of doing it really. It's a 40 page, full-colour anthology comic which hangs everything off of a video game theme. It's all-ages as, personally, I'm really not into a lot of th… Continue

Added by Wil Overton on October 15, 2009 at 4:18pm — 1 Comment

John Freeman downthetubes Events Calendar

I've now set the downthetubes events calendar on the blog and web site so people can add events. (This isn't the same calendar that features on the downthetubes Ning forum) - Go to the downthetubesblog: http://downthetubescomics.blogspot.com - The events calendar is on the right hand side. Grab the events box 'scroll bar' and navigate to the bottom of this, where you can see an "Add Event" button. (You can also find th… Continue

Added by John Freeman on October 13, 2009 at 5:02pm — No Comments

John Freeman Online Auction For Philippine Disaster Victims

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(via Forbidden Planet International and Gerry Alanguilan): Following the terrible floods in the Philippines, which have caused a huge number of deaths and damage to homes and infrastructure, some of comics professionals based there - many of whom have been contributors to the success of comi… Continue

Added by John Freeman on October 1, 2009 at 1:40pm — No Comments

Adam Grose The Last Haul: Complete Story from the pages of 'underGROUND'.

Myebook - The Last Haul - click here to open my ebook Continue

Added by Adam Grose on September 27, 2009 at 5:28pm — No Comments

Adam Grose TEMPLE APA #5

Here is a taster for my section of issue five of the TEMPLE APA. There are some previews for my new project HMP TEMERAIRE, PHOENIX: A Warrior's Tale, a two page story created last year about war and a couple pin up illustrations. I will update when the issue is ready to download. Continue

Added by Adam Grose on September 18, 2009 at 8:58pm — 2 Comments

Tim Perkins Worlds End Pencils Finshed!!!

Hi Guys, Just a quick line to say I have finished the pencils to the Worlds End grap… Continue

Added by Tim Perkins on September 3, 2009 at 5:26pm — No Comments

Phil Friel Marvel Gets Their Man - The End of the Great Marvelman Rights Saga?

So Marvel has bought the rights to the classic Marvelman character (known as Miracleman in the US) from original creator Mick Anglo? Interesting. Very interesting. Given the rather "colourful" legal history between Marvel and the folks who worked on Marvelman/Miracleman throughout the 1980's and early 1990's, if the situation wasn't so ironic, it would be hilarious. That Marvel would've ended up the saviours of Marvelman? I can barely believe it myself. The classic Alan Moore… Continue

Added by Phil Friel on August 18, 2009 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Adam Grose underGROUND

Myebook - underGROUND - click here to open my ebook underGROUND: ISSUE ONE (Originally published in Oct 1987) Preview the first comic Tony Suleri and I did way back in those days of scissors, glue and the college photocopier. Continue

Added by Adam Grose on August 9, 2009 at 4:17pm — No Comments

Phil Friel The Apollo 11 Moon Landings and After - The Space Adventure That Should Have Been

Today marks the 40th Anniversary of Man's first setting foot on another world, when Apollo 11 landed on the lunar surface, There's the expected buzz on the internet, and a few television programs celebrating the event. At the moment, we're watching Moonshot: The Flight of Apollo 11 on UK television (ITV1) I've always been a huge space exploration nut, so much so that my dad dragged me out of bed around 3.30am UK time on that long ago unforgettable day (I remember it vividly - I was only eight y… Continue

Added by Phil Friel on July 20, 2009 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Phil Friel John Freeman on the Doctor Who - Delta and the Bannermen DVD

I've always been a huge fan of the classic Doctor Who series, but I'm one of those die-hards who would prefer to think that the old series actually ended when Peter Davidson left the show, and who considers the entire Colin Baker and Sylvester McCoy eras, with the exception of a handful of stories, to be a complete abomination, and that that entire period of Doctor Who's history is such a dire and diabolical embarrassment that it should be erased from living memory (why oh why can't crap like th… Continue

Added by Phil Friel on July 20, 2009 at 5:13am — 4 Comments

John Freeman Comic Review Sites Page Updated

Just updated the "Comic Review Sites" page, now includes a section on selling direct to shops and notes some of the pitfalls: http://downthetubes.ning.com/notes/Comic_Review_Sites#shops Continue

Added by John Freeman on June 30, 2009 at 4:33pm — No Comments

Andrew John Standish Hard Lessons (part two)

Talk about a learning curve! Having finally navigated through the technical aspects of printing and distribution I've finally managed to make Volume 1 of "A Chronicle of the Psycho… Continue

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

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

Hi, Just saw these brilliant reviews on two of our books: http://www.myreviewer.com/default.asp?a=117059 http://www.myreviewer.com/default.asp?a=117054 Cheers, Kev. Continue

Added by kevin quinn on June 8, 2009 at 9:30am — No Comments

Unico Comics Unico's Comics

Unico Collections [RELEASED NOW] The UNICO COLLECTIONS volumes were started by UNICO COMICS and the AMATEUR COMICS GUILD and put together an amateur only comic book open to any artist or writer from across the UK who felt they were up to the challenge to make their own comic. This was to give the opportunity to those who want to break out into the comic world and will be given a chance to show their talent through this anthology and give them that rare first step on to the small p… Continue

Added by Unico Comics on May 31, 2009 at 1:39pm — No Comments

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

I'm rarely surprised these days by any dirty goings on in the comics industry, particularly the never-ending merry-go-round of hype and sneaky "crossover" tricks that the Big Two (Marvel and DC) use to con us into buying their (mostly rubbish) titles each month. But the latest issue of Marvel Previews contains possibly the newest "low" in a long line of questionable tactics employed by Marvel in their eternal attempts to part us from our hard-earned pennies. It centres arou… Continue

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

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

City of Heroes Limited Edition Sketchbook-signed #2of10 on eBay This sketchbook was produced by NCsoft on behalf of Draw the World Together and featu… Continue

Added by andrew wildman on May 13, 2009 at 1:51pm — No Comments

Andrew John Standish Hard Lessons in Self Publishing

If only I knew when I started my web comic what I know now While I await my quota of ISBN numbers (needed for general retail distribution) the book is available as a print on demand at :IndyPlanet

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

Phil Friel First Post from Me

As a new member, I'd just like to say a big "Hello!" to everyone here at Down the Tubes. Most of the members I don't recognize, but there are a few names in there that I do know, either from their work in comics and magazines, or as regulars in the various British comics groups on Yahoo, where I usually hang out. I don't have a webpage or blog as yet, or, rather, I did - www.sfreaders.com - but that one went "down the tubes" when my web hosting service disappeared without trace one day a few mo… Continue

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

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