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The London Games Festival (13th April – 19th April 2026) has announced its wider cultural events programme - featuring a range of varied events across the capital supplementing the wider festival.
https://downthetubes.net/london-games-festival-reveals-city-wide-cultural-program/
On This Day, 6th March 1940: Robin (Dick Grayson) debuts as Batman's sidekick in issue 38 of Detective Comics by DC Comics
On This Day, 6th March 1940: Robin (Dick Grayson) debuts as Batman's sidekick in issue 38 of Detective Comics by DC Comics
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The first ever Hawaiian Islands Comic Art Festival, its logo designed by Bill Sienkiewicz, will take place 15th – 17th January 2027 in tropical Kona, Hawaii at the Outrigger resort and spa.
https://downthetubes.net/hawaiian-islands-comic-art-festival-debuts-january-2027/
Tigra, by Mike Deodato, Jr | https://www.facebook.com/mikedeodato/
Tigra, by Mike Deodato, Jr | https://www.facebook.com/mikedeodato/
Tigra, by Mike Deodato, Jr | https://www.facebook.com/mikedeodato/
Tigra, by Mike Deodato, Jr | https://www.facebook.com/mikedeodato/
Tigra, by Mike Deodato, Jr
Yep, Robot Archie was a British character, first published in the 1950s
Sixty years on, a Star Trek writer is still creating strange new worlds. Diane Duane’s early days writing fan fiction have led to a remarkable career as a novelist, comic writer and screen writer: www.dublininquirer.com/sixty-years-... Follow her here on BlueSky @diane.dianeduane.com
Two 1970 "Robot Archie" pages up for sale on Catawiki from the story "Death Lizard", one dated 30th May | https://www.catawiki.com/en/l/101928977-kearon-ted-original-page-archie-de-man-van-staal-the-death-lizard-1970 | https://www.catawiki.com/en/l/101748135-kearon-ted-original-page-archie-de-man-van-staal-the-death-lizard-1970
Two 1970 "Robot Archie" pages up for sale on Catawiki from the story "Death Lizard", one dated 30th May | https://www.catawiki.com/en/l/101928977-kearon-ted-original-page-archie-de-man-van-staal-the-death-lizard-1970 | https://www.catawiki.com/en/l/101748135-kearon-ted-original-page-archie-de-man-van-staal-the-death-lizard-1970
Two 1970 "Robot Archie" pages from British weekly Lion by Ted Kearon up for sale on Catawiki from the story "Death Lizard", one dated 30th May | www.catawiki.com/en/l/1019289... | www.catawiki.com/en/l/1017481...
Plucked from the ashes of the late, lamented Monster Fun – a title cut short by forces beyond its control – is one of its unsung gems: the energetic, utterly crazy “Rex Power” by RAMZEE and Claude TC. Here’s our review…
Tim Robins checks out the big screen anime, "All You Ned is Kill": downthetubes.net/in-review-al...
2000AD Prog 2472 is on sale today – and Bridget is back! The acclaimed series "Brink" returns to the Galaxy's Greatest Comic this week, and Dan Abnett and INJ Culbard have a double-length instalment to celebrate the series.
Crowdfunding Spotlight: To Boldly Figure, a superb looking Star Trek figures book
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear Stephen Thaler’s appeal over copyright protection for artwork generated by his AI system, DABUS
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Dungeons & Dragons, the World’s Greatest Role Playing Game, will make its London debut at The O2 with a special two-day fan expo, taking place from 21st – 22nd August 2026.
https://downthetubes.net/dungeons-dragons-set-to-storm-the-o2-london-this-august/
A Reed Crandall page from Creepy #7 (1966). Just brilliant.
A Reed Crandall page from Creepy #7 (1966). Just brilliant.
Check out @davidpbferguson.bsky.social items on downthetubes here downthetubes.net/author/david...
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David Ferguson suggests some starting points for enjoying a huge range of Doctor Who adventures never seen on TV…
https://downthetubes.net/five-places-to-start-listening-to-doctor-who-audio-adventures/
If it had refocused on the core, original IP of WHS rather than continuing the same model of disparate lines that clearly were impossible to make work for the previous owner, it might have had better fortunes.
Cover of Tammy cover dated 19th September 1981 featuring "Bella at the Bar", art by John Armstrong
Cover of Tammy cover dated 24th October 1981 featuring "Bella at the Bar", art by John Armstrong
Cover of Tammy cover dated 5th February 1982 featuring "Bella at the Bar", art by John Armstrong
Cover of Tammy cover dated 17th March 1984 featuring "Dear Diary – I Hate You!"
Just added some issues of Tammy to my eBay, hopefully of interest here: www.ebay.co.uk/usr/john_fre... - lots of other stuff up, too - some issues include "Bella at the Bar" with art by John Armstrong
There are definitely titles that depend on TG Jones for the bulk of their sales, and I know publishers were worried when Modella bought WHSmith High Street last year, but hoped for the best. It maybe that their fears were well founded, but let's hope otherwise. And yes, I do use them.
Yep, mentioned in my item - as is that brand designers felt "TG Jones" was an awful choice of both name and logo design...
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Several wonderful cartoons by legendary Daily Express cartoonist Giles are heading to auction soon, alongside many other artworks by other cartoonists, including British caricaturist James Gillray and Bill Mevin, the latter…
https://downthetubes.net/giles-annuals-cover-cartoons-coming-to-auction/
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Modella Capital, the British private equity firm who bought high street arm of WHSmith just last June, is reported to be planning to close "scores" of shops.
https://downthetubes.net/tg-jones-stores-closures-ahead/
On the back of a saddled Martian bird, John Carter flies above a barren red landscape with the horizon tilted at a steep angle. His arms are spread wide as he grips reins in one hand and a rapier in the other. Dejah Thoris has a worried expression as she holds him around his waist. The bird twists with its eyes and beak pointing in a different direction than rider, giving a disorienting change in motion. Behind flies Tars Tarkas on his own winged mount. An elegant city with tall spires and onion-shaped peaks sits in the distance framed by a huge moon. Another smaller moon hangs bright in the gray blue sky.
JOHN CARTER OF MARS (1979)
Acrylic - 22” x 28”
I’ve had a special fondness for The Martian Tales by Edgar Rice Burroughs even since I first read them in my early teens.
This was the last of 11 covers, so it seemed fitting to have John Carter and Dejah Thoris ride off into the sunset. 1/3
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CRASH issue 88, 1991 ThunderJaws centrefold by Oliver Frey - effectively a preview of the Domark release of the Atari arcade game
CRASH issue 88, 1991 ThunderJaws centrefold by Oliver Frey - effectively a preview of the Domark release of the Atari arcade game
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Expect everything from space opera and mythology, action and comedy, monsters and robots in Issue 12 of The77, the award-winning anthology brought to you by 77 Publishing
https://downthetubes.net/crowdfunding-spotlight-the77-issue-12-featuring-a-cover-by-2000ads-clint-langley/
Dan Dare: First Contact graphic novel written by @alexdecampi.bsky.social drawn by me won't happen without your support so please consider signing up to our Kickstarter campaign! www.kickstarter.com/projects/798...
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007 MAGAZINE & ARCHIVE Limited – the world’s leading independent authority on the James Bond films, history, and memorabilia – has launched a premium hardback book series, presenting…
https://downthetubes.net/007-magazine-launches-definitive-hardback-archive-series-celebrating-the-james-bond-films/
Spoof of a certain railway engine franchise I came up with back in the 1980s, from my zine, SCAN, Issue 37 - which you can read online (uploaded with my permission) here: https://www.comicsfanzines.co.uk/small-press/scan
Spoof of a certain railway engine franchise I came up with back in the 1980s, from my zine, SCAN, Issue 37 - which you can read online (uploaded with my permission) here: www.comicsfanzines.co.uk/small-press/.... No, my drawing hasn't gotten any better
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Thriller writer and new James Bond author M.W. Craven joins new Lake District Book Festival lineup
https://downthetubes.net/thriller-writer-and-new-james-bond-author-m-w-craven-joins-new-lake-district-book-festival-lineup/
