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DownTheTubes Newsletter: 15th May 2012

Win tickets to see Pat Mils and Kevin O'Neill at the BD and Comics Passion Festival


The 
BD and Comics Passion Festival is back in London later this month - and there's still time to enter our competition to win two pairs of tickets for their Pat Mills and Kevin O'Neill event.

This is the second…

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Added by John Freeman on May 15, 2012 at 14:00 — No Comments

Marvelman Challenge Winner

MARVELMAN CHALLENGE WINNER!

Marking the 30th anniversary of the launch of Warrior, we issued a challenge to creators recently to draw one of its most famous characters, Marvelman.

While the response wasn't huge - we aren't a huge group and many of you are very busy people! - our…

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Added by John Freeman on April 21, 2012 at 13:57 — No Comments

Miracleman Challenge

Here's my effort...

Added by Paul McCaffrey on April 3, 2012 at 9:56 — 1 Comment

Marvelman entry

My Marvelman entry is at http://downthetubes.ning.com/photo/marvelman-1

Added by Russ Leach - kre8uk on March 28, 2012 at 9:42 — No Comments

Hallowscream Thrilling Fourth Issue Guidelines and…

We at Back From The Depths are once again looking for contributors for our free, annual pdf horror comic, HALLOWSCREAM

but

we’re also looking for contributors for something else.

That’s right. This year we’re doing not one but two creepy comics, and we need all the scares we can get. What is this second…

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Added by Tim West on March 15, 2012 at 16:20 — No Comments

Back From The Depths Presents : BLACKFRIARS

The year is 793 AD. Savage, heathen armies from the north invade Northumberland, for today is the day of the viking, but the night... The night belongs to something else.

 

Now available as a free pdf download, Blackfriars is a tale of vampires versus vikings by Michael…

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Added by Malcolm Kirk (M.I.K.) on February 19, 2012 at 2:30 — No Comments

Temple APA Issue Ten



FROM THE DEPTHS OF SPACE... The tenth issue of the Temple APA digital comics showcase is now available for free download.

This issue contains 60 pages of artwork and strips by a host of creators, including Tony Suleri, Dave Hailwood, Simon Mackie, Paul…

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Added by Malcolm Kirk (M.I.K.) on February 17, 2012 at 21:50 — No Comments

Oxfam Books and Music Great Comic Book Sale - Moseley, Birmingham 7th January 2012

Thousands of issues,

Hundreds of titles.

Silver age, bronze

and modern. DC,

Marvel and others.



Almost all our comics will be sold at 40 pence each.

For every 10 of these you buy, choose another 2 for free. All sorted into titles and alphabetised for easier perusal.
All money raised will be going to Oxfam to help people all over the world overcome poverty and suffering.


The sale starts Saturday 7th January 2012 at 9.30am



Oxfam…
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Added by John Greenwood on December 28, 2011 at 13:39 — No Comments

2 mags out now....

Hello.

Hopes all is well with everything.

Just a plug for a couple of things:

Have you heard of the awesome Stool Pigeon music newspaper? Well a new one is imminent and in it I believe I have another gig review. This time, Battles.

(Like this one - http://www.thestoolpigeon.co.uk/features/fucked-up-scala-london.html

It's free and available in comic shops as well as music shops and…

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Added by Samu.co.uk on December 11, 2011 at 14:20 — 1 Comment

New PARAGON comic out now!

Issue 9 of the Eagle award nominated anthology comic! (Nominated as best British B&W comic this year)

Featuring JIKAN, the time travelling demon hunting Japanese warrior, fighting for his life against cave dwelling demon worshippers.…

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Added by Dave Candlish on November 30, 2011 at 9:19 — No Comments

Independent Comic Book Artists!

Announcing The first Ever 

Wonderfunders Sequential Artists Invitational Symposium And Think Tank



Your Host is Artist and CEO of Art Lives Forever

And The Art Director of Wonderfunders

Bobby Foster 



The purpose of this event is to expand the horizons of those sequential artists seeking to embrace…
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Added by Bobby Foster on November 28, 2011 at 21:33 — 2 Comments

Free Epub Portfolio

An epub portfolio featuring some of my artwork  is now available.

The book can be can be viewed on a range of devices and apps such as the iPhone, iPad, Nook, Adobe Digital Editions and more.

It is available to download for free from -

http://www.mediafire.com/?upi2zydyypd2y

 

Added by Dave Windett on November 18, 2011 at 20:55 — No Comments

Back From The Presents : HALLOWSCREAM! 2011





It's back (from the depths),

it's horrible,

and it's flippin' huge!



The Back From The Depths 2011 HALLOWSCREAM! Hallowe'en Special is available now and totally free to download!



112 pages of peril and paranormality for your perusal behind a… Continue

Added by Malcolm Kirk (M.I.K.) on November 1, 2011 at 0:11 — No Comments

New IndieManga books launching at MCM Expo

IndieManga will be at the MCM Expo at table K4 ( Saturday and Sunday, Friday is looking unlikely).

We have 2 new books out, if you can't make it they will be available to order from IndieManga.com after the con:

Heavier than Aer ( A4 28 pages black and white)

By Rebecca McCarthy Art By Chris Pullen

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Added by azurechan on October 27, 2011 at 20:30 — No Comments

ROK Comics digital comics roll out

A quick plug for some of the projects I'm working on at present this morning. Most importantly - as ROK is my main employer (touches forelock!) ROK Comics first iPad comics - published in association with the publishers and creators - are now on sale from the Apple Store.



STRIP Magazine is a new adventure anthology comic, only available in print in UK comic stores, but on sale now from iTunes for £2.99 (see:…

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Added by John Freeman on October 27, 2011 at 11:57 — No Comments

Newspaper Hoarding

 

Myself and the gang at ROK Lancaster got a plug in the local paper this week, which was very kind of them. I scrub up well, don't I? More about Misfits from M.O.B.I.L.E. at www.misfitsfrommobile.com

 

Further…

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Added by John Freeman on September 26, 2011 at 14:27 — No Comments

The Daft Judge Returns*

"Dirty Frank's Holy Wrong" is a story in the next Zarjaz from Bruno Stahl and I. A little promo teaser:

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Added by The Emperor on September 20, 2011 at 4:08 — 1 Comment

Interview on E-book Endeavors

I’ve just been interviewed by Lindsay Buroker about my Kindle comics over on her E-book Endeavors blog. Lindsay is a published author with a few of her own books on Kindle. I can heartily recommend the Emperor’s Edge series, a wonderful mix of swords and sorcery with steam punk.…

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Added by Mark Toner on September 15, 2011 at 1:27 — No Comments

How I was part of the DIY comics revolution of the 1980s and didn’t realise it at the time.

Firstly, let me give a plug to a great book by a great comics writer: Supergods by Grant Morrison. I had the good fortune to meet the talented Mr Morrison at the signing of this book in Glasgow’s Forbidden Planet comic shop. There he revealed a secret to me which has unfolded since and illuminated my own secret life in comics.

As well as identifying my comic aura as ‘Nick Fury’ (pretty cool) Grant revealed that he and I were both born in 1960, in the deep west of Scotland. This…

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Added by Mark Toner on September 14, 2011 at 11:45 — No Comments

UNDERTOW - the collected edition is out now!!

http://www.lulu.com/product/file-download/undertow/16580150



You can now download the whole tale for only 99p!!

As issues 1 and 5 are now completely sold out this is the only way you can get your hands on the full story, as told by The Emperor and Davey Candlish;

John Hyde is haunted by nightmare visions during his waking hours... and then things start to get weird - this tale of goblins, messiahs…

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Added by Dave Candlish on September 2, 2011 at 19:58 — No Comments

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