DownTheTubes

DownTheTubes

DownTheTubes started as a platform for those looking for comic artists and writers, but it has grown significantly over the years to provide news, interviews, and other features related to British comics. Over the last two decades, many contributors have enriched the site, including myself, John Freeman, Jeremy Briggs, Matthew Badham, Peter Duncan, Antony Esmond, Alex Fitch, Joe Gordon, Paul Mount, Colin Noble, Morgan Spiceman, Tim Robins, Richard Sheaf, Owen Watts, Ian Wheeler, Steve Winders, among others. In addition to articles, downTheTubes offers information about events and links to various comics, science fiction, and other online resources.

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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.

  • 1 week ago | downthetubes.net | John Freeman |Stephen Walsh |Keith Page

    Dark Horse Comics brings together a stellar group of talent for an original, creator-owned series that bends genres later this year. Creator of Babylon 5 and Marvel and DC modern legend J.

  • 1 week ago | downthetubes.net | Tim Robins |John Freeman

    Trained in the assassin traditions of the Ruska Roma, Eve Macarro takes on an army of killers as she seeks revenge against those responsible for the death of her father…Review by Tim RobinsSPOILER ALERT: PLOT SECRETS MAY BE REVEALED BELOW!Ballerina is a fairy tale told through the medium of mixed martial arts, stabbing, and flame thrower fights. A young girl, Eve Macarro (Ana de Armas), is orphaned after her father is assassinated by a gang of killers who refuse to play by the rules.

  • 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.

  • 1 week ago | downthetubes.net | John Freeman |Stephen Walsh |Keith Page

    Launching exclusively at MACC-POW! 2025 is GOOF 2, a smashing anthology of comic goodness curated by Marc Jackson, featuring strips and other fun by Hilary Barta, Tor Freeman, Mat Greaves, Asimina Hollingworth, Mister Hope, Eliza Kinkz, James Kochalka, Jim Medway, Barbara Niig, Johnny Ryan, Tom Scioli, Rachael Smith, Lew Stringer – and, of course, Marc himself! And if you think the lineup alone is amazing, wait until you see the comic itself, because it’s a real treat, packed with some great...