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2 days ago | 
downthetubes.net | John Freeman |Stephen Walsh |Keith Page
Exploring Comics and More on the Web since 1998 on • Author Enid Blyton‘s wooden toy character Noddy first appeared in the Sunday Graphic on 5th June 1949, with art by Harmsen van der Beek.
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3 days ago | 
downthetubes.net | John Freeman |Stephen Walsh |Keith Page
John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press. Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more.
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3 days ago | 
downthetubes.net | John Freeman |Stephen Walsh |Keith Page
British comic creator Martin Simpson has just launched his Kickstarter for his latest project Rasp: Book One, an amazing looking and intriguing adventure, featuring a unique detective – and it’s clearly captured the imaginations of his fans. Detective Agent Fritz Rasp works for ‘The Agency’, a ruthless, all-powerful institution that enforces order and discipline across a vast totalitarian metropolis of slaves.
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4 days ago | 
downthetubes.net | John Freeman |Stephen Walsh |Keith Page
Exploring Comics and More on the Web since 1998 on • Congratulations are deservedly due to comic creator Bryan Talbot, who has just won the 2025 Prix Graphique at Le Prix ActuSF de l’Uchronie for his brilliant Grandville series, awarded the “Prix Graphique“.
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4 days ago | 
downthetubes.net | John Freeman |Stephen Walsh |Keith Page
“Dickie and Vicky Go Wild”, an exhibition of cartoons by Pieter de Poortere opens this week at RedWillow Macclesfield, as part of this year’s Macc-Pow! comic festival in the town, the exhibition running Wednesday 4th June until Friday 1st 2025. First exhibited last year at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival last September, Macc-Pow are thrilled to now have chance to bring Pieter De Poortere work to Macclesfield.
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6 days ago | 
downthetubes.net | John Freeman |Stephen Walsh |Keith Page
John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press. Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more.
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1 week ago | 
downthetubes.net | John Freeman |Stephen Walsh |Keith Page
A smashing-looking anthology of indie British comics, SHIFT Presents… Pulp! goes on sale next week in a hardback deluxe version format, followed by newsstand release in July. Published by the team behind the SHIFT anthology, SHIFT Presents… Pulp! is a call back to old black and white UK comics, featuring strips by Chris Geary, John Charles, Tom Newell, Rob Jones and more.
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1 week ago | 
downthetubes.net | John Freeman |Stephen Walsh |Keith Page
There’s a lot of love out there for Fleetway’s Sonic the Comic, launched 32 years ago this week, and it’s good to know there are dedicated fans still celebrating the title. Marking the anniversary Sonic the Comic‘s 32nd birthday, the Kintobor Computer database/repository cataloguing the Sonic the Hedgehog multiverse has updated with twenty six new reviews, covering every Sonic and Tails adventure from the comic’s first year.
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1 week ago | 
downthetubes.net | John Freeman |Stephen Walsh |Keith Page
John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press. Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more.
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1 week ago | 
downthetubes.net | John Freeman |Stephen Walsh |Keith Page
on • Do you have what it takes to be a 2000AD creator? Rebellion looking for the best new talent to join The Galaxy’s Greatest Comic, as the 2000AD Talent Search returns for Thought Bubble Comic Convention 2025.
