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1 week ago | downthetubes.net | downthetubes Guests |John Freeman

Ahead of her debut appearance at Portsmouth Comic Con this May, Chris Walsh interviews Portsmouth-born graphic designer and illustrator Sophie Cowdrey…Sophie, a graphic designer and artist based in South Wales, has been working in design across a wide range of exciting and varied projects for over six years, including working in the art department on TV and film productions, and providing freelance design services for a wide array of lovely clients.

3 weeks ago | downthetubes.net | downthetubes Guests |John Freeman

Andrew Pixley reviews Escapades: An Exploration of Avengers Curiosities, curated by JZ Ferguson and Alan Hayes “Compare and contrast.” A mantra that I recall from GCSE English essays of decades back, a concept so familiar that one takes it for granted in life… and that makes it all too easy to forget how very, very effective it can be when deployed with superb examples, as in this book concerning the off-beat, stylish 1960s television series The Avengers with a dash of its similarly effective...

Dec 27, 2024 | downthetubes.net | downthetubes Guests

Christopher Holliday, King’s College LondonA new Wallace and Gromit adventure, Vengeance Most Fowl (2024), premiered on BBC One on Christmas Day. It’s been nearly 20 years since the last feature film about Yorkshire’s favourite eccentric inventor and his above-intelligent pet dog, The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005). Aardman’s latest Christmas instalment marks the reappearance of Feathers McGraw, the mysterious and silent penguin villain from The Wrong Trousers (1993).

Dec 19, 2024 | downthetubes.net | downthetubes Guests

A merry Phil Boyce curator of the brilliant OiNK! comic blog, checks out the annual BEANO Christmas Special…WARNING: MILD VILLAIN IDENTIFYING SPOILER AHEAD!As I write, the Christmas issue of BEANO (No. 4266) is out, however every year publisher DC Thomson also release a separate Christmas Special, in advance of the season. Printed on high quality paper and coming in at an impressive 68 pages, it’s almost like another BEANO Annual, which is also available.

Nov 29, 2024 | downthetubes.net | downthetubes Guests |John Freeman

The fourth Strontium Dog volume published in Spanish by Dolmen Editorial is now available to order. Perro de Estroncio “La Solución Final” has been published primarily for the Spanish market and is a quality reprint of Rebellion’s The Final Solution, first collected back in April 2008. A short while ago, Dolmen were undecided as to which cover the fans would prefer for the volume and asked them via social media – an unusual but thoughtful decision.