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Win Roy of the Rovers Books!
Posted by John Freeman on 16 June 2008 at 10:30am — No Comments
Rok Drops Crumb Into China
Posted by John Freeman on 4 June 2008 at 10:47am — No Comments
La Belle France
Posted by Nigel Dobbyn on 2 June 2008 at 9:34am — 1 Comment
Dan Dare Badges, Judge Dredd Buckles released
Posted by John Freeman on 29 May 2008 at 3:27pm — No Comments
Sketch Blog
Posted by Nigel Dobbyn on 21 May 2008 at 3:32pm — 1 Comment
FLOOD - Charity Comic ready for downloading.
Posted by Adam Grose on 13 May 2008 at 9:30pm — No Comments
"Floods" Charity Comic Project
Posted by John Freeman on 13 May 2008 at 4:30pm — No Comments
Bristol Expo 2008
Posted by Nigel Dobbyn on 13 May 2008 at 4:19pm — 1 Comment
Recommendations
Posted by Nigel Dobbyn on 10 April 2008 at 9:07am — 1 Comment
Dogbreath
Posted by Nigel Dobbyn on 8 April 2008 at 11:23pm — No Comments
William the Cat
Posted by Nigel Dobbyn on 8 April 2008 at 11:19pm — 2 Comments
Ex Astris heads to Spaceship Away
A bit of self-promotion: artist Mike Nicoll is at work on a ten page Ex Astris strip of mine, "Homecoming" which will appear in black and white in UK Indie title Bulletproof #2, which is ed… Continue
Posted by John Freeman on 4 April 2008 at 1:00pm — No Comments
Bill McGoughlin Interview - Appeal for Questions
Posted by John Freeman on 3 April 2008 at 1:24pm — No Comments
British Comics On Film
Posted by John Freeman on 8 March 2008 at 11:49am — No Comments
DFC - Ask The Editor
Posted by John Freeman on 27 February 2008 at 9:23am — No Comments
downthetubes makes it to Eagle Award form
Posted by John Freeman on 20 February 2008 at 11:09am — 3 Comments
Win a copy of Jeff Hawke: Overlord!
Titan Books releases its first new Jeff Hawke collection,…
Posted by John Freeman on 2 February 2008 at 1:53pm — No Comments
The Death of Macbeth
The Macbeth graphic novel from Classical Comics is finally nearing completion. I finished colouring the artwork yesterday. Jon Haward has certainly made me work for my money on these last few pages, which have a huge cast and a suitably epic quality to them. Gary Erskine also pitched in to help with the inking on the last pages and will be fully inking Jon on the next project of his - The Tempest - which I'm also down to colour and letter.
It's been a slog at times getting the 121 page…
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Re: FLOOD
Hi Everyone,
Been a while. I have just recovered from this horrible virus - I am close to the finishing with FLOOD. If anyone is still interested in drawing an illustration for it please email me. The final deadline is 31st January. This is a last call out for anyone still interested. Thank you to everyone who has sent me pages ;)
Regards,
Adam
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The Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital (RACH) Arts Project
The exact focus will depend on the artist's own approach to graphic novel writing and illustration
Fu… Continue
Posted by John Freeman on 20 December 2007 at 11:00am — No Comments
AN INTERVIEW, A SIGNING, A SERIAL KILLER
Ok, I'm still going nutso over the Dark Knight trailer but there are a few other things to be excited about.
Has just posted an interview I did with them. Comicbrew is a pretty cool site that obviously caters to the comic fan but also throws in other geek fun like movies, games and TV. They have also done interviews with fellow DWP alumni like Bob LeFever (IDW Transfor…
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Round Up of Dan Dare #1 Reviews
I've posted a short round up on the downthetubes blog and re-plugged Spaceship Away Continue
Posted by John Freeman on 19 December 2007 at 8:58am — No Comments
CRAZY MARY TRINITY IN STORES TODAY!
Posted by Michael Colbert on 5 December 2007 at 5:27pm — 1 Comment
Win Dan Dare Goodies!
Courtesy of those fab folk at Virgin Comics, downthetubes has some nifty Dan Dare competition prizes to give away to some of our loyal readers and DD fans!
We have a signed promotional poster by Garth Ennis, a Dare t-shirt a…
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Thy Will Be Done - launched!
Yes, it's up and running! The first few pages of the great new SciFi title, Thy Will Be Done, have been posted this morning at Broken Voice Comics and are just waiting for you to go and enjoy them!
Thy Will Be Done is written by Alexandre Lob…
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Moore Musings on Black Dossier debacle
Posted by John Freeman on 20 November 2007 at 12:14am — 1 Comment
Weston's New Character Designs Online
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Posted by John Freeman on 20 November 2007 at 12:05am — No Comments
Thy Will Be Done - coming soon!
Thy Will Be Done is a new comic written by Alexandre Lobao, with gorgeous artwork by E.C.Nickel (the guy behind Immortality and…
Posted by David A J Berner on 17 November 2007 at 3:49pm — 1 Comment
Nevermore - on bookshelves now!
Nevermore is a new collection of nine Edgar Allan Poe stories, all given an unusual twist and all adapted for the comic book format.
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Young Scot to be next superhero
The winner will have a character named after them. Mark Millar, Head Writer at Marvel, organised this. He is originally from Coatbridge, part of North Lanarkshire, which probably explain the connection.
For more info, check out the following links.
http://news.bbc… Continue
Posted by John Owens on 1 November 2007 at 7:31am — No Comments
Britain's answer to heroe
http://glpcomics.blogspot.com/
Rise of the fallen 'Bloodline' tells the story of 11 people who "thought they were like everyone else... until they realized they have incredible abilities." These people soon realize they… Continue
Posted by gerry Otti on 30 October 2007 at 10:03am — No Comments
Rise of the Fallen (Blood Line)
Background:
A priest that has spent all his life worshipping the lord, but when he needed him most at the time of his family’s murder, the lord did not do anything to help so after many years of worship he decided to go the other…
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A few scans needed
Posted by John Adcock on 23 October 2007 at 8:50pm — No Comments
Birmingham Show
Had a good time at Birmingham. There was a point on the Saturday afternoon when I thought I'd be twiddling my thumbs all weekend, but things perked up when Nigel Kitching, Richard Elson and got together with a load of Sonic the Comic fans we'd arranged to meet on the Saturday night - there must have been about 25 of them altogether (the wonder of the internet) and I stayed talking to people, sketching etc. for three and a half hours. Some of them are turning into really accomplished artists,…
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Tillotson's Challenge
ROK Comics creator Steve Tillotson is attempting to create a daily strip every day for a month, to celebrate the launch proper of his… Continue
Posted by John Freeman on 16 October 2007 at 12:16pm — No Comments
I LOVE IT WHEN A PLAN COMES TOGETHER!
This publishing comics thing is a bit of a lark isn't it? Several weeks back I decided to take the plunge and form Timebomb Comics, and here I am the day before going to the Birmingham show surrounded by boxes of copies of my shiny new comic - Ragamuffins:Stitches In Time - to hopefully wow the BICS attendees with or at the very least sell enough to cover my train fare home. Considering I live in Leicester, three copies should do it. Anyway it's been a frantic, frenetic and fraught several we…
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Link for news on Flood Comic...
http://adgros.blogspot.com/2007/10/flood-charity-comic-for-red-cross.html
Hi, It has been a while and I would like to thank you all for your patience. I have written some news on my blog and I will be putting something more out of the next few days, with regard to the charity comic 'Flood'.
I would like to thank those who have sent me their strips so far, John Freeman and Simon Mackie, Sputni…
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Moore-Reppion: Radio Stars
This afternoon (Thursday, 27 September, 2007, 5.00pm BST) London and Web… Continue
Posted by John Freeman on 27 September 2007 at 3:03pm — No Comments
MY robot!
Posted by Paul Harrison-Davies on 26 September 2007 at 9:19pm — No Comments
Beano Annual 2008
Got my copy of the Beano Annual in Borders yesterday (Yes, I have to buy my own copy! Thankyou, D.C.Thomson). Billy the Cat has printed up nicely. Shame that it had to be split differently than it was written by Kev (so the 'splash' panels are in entirely the wrong place!), but I think it still looks pretty good.
Showed it to a guy promoting Stockton Adult Education Centre who was in the store and got offered a job teaching Photoshop techniques!
Won't b…
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CRAZY MARY ORDERS NOW!
Posted by Michael Colbert on 22 September 2007 at 6:13am — No Comments
Shades - Chapter 7 launched and naked!
Posted by David A J Berner on 14 September 2007 at 11:36am — No Comments
Review of Comics Britannia
http://lewstringer.blogspot.com/2007/09/comics-britannia-reviewed.html
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Posted by Lew Stringer on 10 September 2007 at 10:53pm — 2 Comments
CRAZY MARY IN COMIC STORES IN NOVEMBER!
Finally the first full length Crazy Mary comics is coming out. It's called "Crazy Mary - Trinity" and it's called that because it's the first three stories colleted into one book with new and bonus stuff and a new cover by Fallen Angel artist J.K. Woodward!
That's right you can sooth you're tattered nerves because you missed these stories spread out over several issues of digital webbing presents and your comic store can cover for it's shame of not ordering the DWP in the first place!…
Posted by Michael Colbert on 9 September 2007 at 1:45am — 1 Comment
LIFE BEGINS AT 40?
So, later this year I turn 40. The big four-oh. And I'm still reading comics, and love them as much now as when I was 11. To be honest I love them more now, because I can afford to buy more of them, either brand new ones or those I couldn't afford when I was 11. Comics have changed dramatically in the last 30 years and so have I - that grey follicled, balding man who looks back at me in the mirror is a daily reminder of that. And - get this - the 23 year old girl in my local comics shop insis…
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Comic Companion : SPIKE
John has put my Spike Companion, which covers D C Thomson's early Eighties title which ran for just over a year, onto the main Down The Tubes site, and has taken the opportunity to add some notes on the artists to it. As with the Red Dagger listing if you can recognise any of the artists currently listed as unidentified then either discuss them here or get in touch with John and the listing can be updated.
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Posted by Jeremy Briggs on 5 September 2007 at 9:47pm — No Comments
Weston Front In Space
Posted by Jeremy Briggs on 29 August 2007 at 1:07pm — 1 Comment
Quondam ( 5 page manga)
A short 5 page manga written for Neo's manga contest ( we didn't win sadly who did?!! the susspeeeenseee!).Written by me a…
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Small Pressers Appeal
"I'm going to be talking about British small press comics," he says. "I'd be really grateful if small pressers could give me some feedback about their small press work.
Some questions then:
- What defines a small press co… Continue
Posted by John Freeman on 24 August 2007 at 6:27pm — No Comments
Project: Rooftop to host 'Wieringo Week' tribute
In memory of Mike Wieringo, who passed away earlier this month, Project: Rooftop has announced an open call for redesigns of Bart Allen (Impulse/Kid Flash/The Flash), the character created in 1994 by Wieringo and Mark Waid.Submissions will be accepted through Sunday, with the best entries showcased… Continue
Posted by John Freeman on 24 August 2007 at 3:34pm — No Comments
downthetubes events calendar now on Yahoo's "Upcoming" service
I'm just playing with this for now but I'm assuming there's a way to share events and add to this if you have an "Upcoming" account. Looks pretty good and works right out of the box (as you'd expect from a Yahoo service) - I added in… Continue
Posted by John Freeman on 23 August 2007 at 11:07am — No Comments
Mobile Comics feature in The Times
"The comic book, a staple of British childhood for 90 years, is to receive a 21st-century makeover as the adventures of characters such as Dennis the Menace and Desperate Dan are sent frame-by-frame to children’s mobile phones," it begi… Continue
Posted by John Freeman on 20 August 2007 at 9:51am — No Comments
Classical Comics in the Press
Classical Comics has had good coverage about their comic strip adaptations, particularly Henry V, in both the Times Educational Supplement and in the Daily Mail this week. Let's hope sales match the press interest.
Strangely, the Laurence Olivier version of Henry V is on re-release in cinemas this week as part of the British Summer of Film. Could this be kismet?
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Canadian News and Dead Blogs
Sequential blog reports that Rand Holmes, the Underground Cartoonist who died in 1983, is being inducted into the Giants of the North today.
Watch an old hippie talk about Harold Hedd on Youtube.
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Birmingham
Posted by Nigel Dobbyn on 17 August 2007 at 10:25am — 1 Comment
Bulletproof #1
I got my copy of Bulletproof 1 in the post this morning - it's a lovely looking package, only 5 years in the making! It's a squarebound 80 page anthology, selling for £2.50 and well worth the price, I reckon - check out the BULLETPROOF website for a preview.
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Doug Wright Awards
Canada's Doug Wright awards are 3 days away;
http://frequential.blogspot.com/
Doug Wright comic strip samples here;
http://yesterdays-papers.blogspot.com/2007/02/doug-wright.html
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Bulletproof Comics
Contacted by Matt Yeo (editor of Toxic magazine) the other day about a project for which Nigel Kitching and I did a strip many years ago and which we never thought would never see the light of day, namely 'Magpie'. This has been on my website, but is now finally going to see print in Bulletproof Comics No. 1
I'm being sent a copy and will be intrigued to see what it looks like. The artwork is a little dated (I ink everything digitally now), but I think the strip holds up OK still. Will…
ContinuePosted by Nigel Dobbyn on 15 August 2007 at 8:51am — 1 Comment