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Additional downthetubes ramblings, covering more than just British comics. Links to downthetubes.net stories appear here, and stuff I like on tumblr.
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downthetubes · 15 hours ago
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There's still time to bid – but the clock's ticking! – on the original art by the late Carlos Ezquerra for Marvel UK's short-lived FURY comic, over at Heritage Auctions.
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downthetubes · 18 hours ago
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On sale today, in comic shops, TG Jones on the high street, and digitally, too, are 2000AD Prog 2446 and Judge Dredd Megazine 483 – double the action, double the thrills!
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downthetubes · 20 hours ago
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The latest Compal comics auction is under way, again offering a huge range of fantastic British and American comics goodies – and some amazing art, too, including "Heros the Spartan" and “Thunderbirds” by Frank Bellamy, Doctor Who art by John Ridgway, and some superb art by Ron Turner, too...
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downthetubes · 23 hours ago
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Cartoonist Hunt Emerson is among the artists whose Life Drawing Art is on display at an exhibition of some of the work of The Broad Bill Life Drawing Group at The Hive in Birmingham
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downthetubes · 2 days ago
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Collecting some of the Last Son of Krypton’s greatest and most influential tales, the new “Superman Legacy Box Set” is the perfect reading list for anyone who loves the Man of Steel
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downthetubes · 2 days ago
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Camden Forbidden Planet Garth Ennis, Keith Burns and Rob Williams signing this weekend
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downthetubes · 2 days ago
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Coming soon from Book Palace Books is a fine looking collection of Wes Slade Deputy Marshal by the great George Stokes – ten complete stories collected for the first time and scanned from the original artwork
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downthetubes · 2 days ago
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Loving the Alien: An Interview with Charlie Adlard
A new episode of Loving the Alien, a podcast hosted by Finn Miles, in association with the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, features an all-new interview with comic creator Charlie Adlard. A guest at this year’s Festival (26th – 28th September 2025), Charlie has been a “veteran” of the comic industry for over 25 years and was the UK’s Comics Laureate 2017-2019.  He’s spent the majority…
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downthetubes · 2 days ago
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French publisher Le Lombard has teased the release of “Green Witch Village”, the latest project from writer Lewis Trondheim and artist Franck Biancarelli, out next month in French
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downthetubes · 2 days ago
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We’re sorry to report Bosnian comic book publisher, distributor, and rights agent Ervin Rustemagic, founder and head of the international art agency Strip Art Features, passed away in July
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downthetubes · 3 days ago
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Destination, an unofficial Star Trek fan convention, is returning to Blackpool soon, with a guest lineup that includes Star Trek: Strange New Worlds lead Anson Mount (Captain Pike)
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downthetubes · 3 days ago
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Devon-based Black Scorpion Miniatures has announced the temporary suspension of shipping to the United States, falling foul of a new twist in the imposition of new US tariffs
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downthetubes · 3 days ago
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Quite by chance, we’ve just discovered former DC Thomson comics editor Bill Graham has written a series of detective novels since leaving the company in 2010
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downthetubes · 4 days ago
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Artist Mal Earl shares his thoughts on an incredible three-volume collection of pin-up art by one of Britain's most prolific and cherished illustrators…
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downthetubes · 5 days ago
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There’s an eclectic mix of items on offer in next week’s Anderson & Garland Collectors' Auction, including an original page of Watchmen art by Dave Gibbons
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downthetubes · 5 days ago
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Cartoonist and bookshop owner David Ziggy Greene is running a crowdfunding campaign to publish Vintage, a definitive collection of his short, silly comics - and is asking for support for bees, too
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downthetubes · 5 days ago
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The latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine – Issue 620 – heads back to the 1990s with its cover story, as a lost Seventh Doctor adventure, Alixion, by Robin Mukherjee, is revived as an audio drama
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