Recent Posts Tagged With 'beano'

• Merry Christmas: 5 Days To Go

  Posted on Sunday December 20th, 2009 at 01:00 in christmas, beano, bash street kids

  Our run of Christmas covers continue as we countdown to Christmas Day.DC Thomson's humour comics can always be relied on to do Christmas issues. Christmas 1984 brought these offerings from the digest sized Beano Comic Library.Pup Parade are the Bash ...

• Frank Bellamy Art Auctioned

  Posted on Thursday November 5th, 2009 at 10:09 in auction news, dan dare, garth, beano, frank bellamy, martin asbury

  The Winter 2009 auction at British auction site Compalcomics is now open and includes a mix of gems, including rare Frank Bellamy artwork from Eagle and more.Issues of Beano, Dandy and Wizard from the war years are again on offer in this auction, and...

• Tube Surfing: Doctor Who, Gnasher and Dave Gibbons

  Posted on Wednesday October 7th, 2009 at 05:49 in jack kirby, marvel comics, neil gaiman, ian rankin, dave gibbons, sarah jane adventures, beano, panini uk, doctor who magazine

  • Ace media site Den of Geek has the latest pics from BBC TV's Sarah Jane Adventures here. Panini, publishers of Doctor Who Magazine, have just put out a great special on the show, featuring a full rundown of episodes and a terrific interview with ...

• Tube Surfing: Beano, Broons, Bunty and Bombers

  Posted on Tuesday September 15th, 2009 at 11:33 in bunty, dc thomson, beano, broons, wilf hardy

  It is that time of year when next year's calendars are hitting the stores and the one to look out for at the moment is the Beano Retro Comic Art Calendar. With the weekly Beano falling into line with the new CBBC TV series Dennis and Gnasher series, ...

• Tube Surfing: In Memoriam, Guardian Giveaways and Art for Sale

  Posted on Sunday September 13th, 2009 at 00:40 in obituaries, tammy, the guardian, stingray, thunderbirds, angus mckie, bryan talbot, beano, roy of the rovers, ray barrett, whizzer and chips, ian mckie

  • downthetubes regrets to report the passing of illustrator and comic colourist Ian Mckie last Monday, aged 58. Bryan Talbot reports his heart stopped during what's been described as a "horrific" asthma attack. The twin brother of Angus McKie, Ian...

• Compal Launches Lot Search, Garth Art Up For Auction

  Posted on Saturday August 29th, 2009 at 02:00 in auction news, comic art, garth, beano, comic book auction, martin asbury

  The Autumn 2009 auction at British comics auction site Compalcomics, which has just announced an online search facility for all its past lots, closes soon.This catalogue's star lot is The Beano Comic No 1 with original advertising flyer, an eight-pag...

• Tube Surfing: Dave Gibbons, Digital Awards and Zombies!

  Posted on Wednesday August 19th, 2009 at 10:46 in awards, viz, 2000ad, dc thomson, dave gibbons, ron smith, dandy, beano, lizz lunney, ian edginton, classical comics, the beano

  downthetubes has been having some behind-the-scenes computer woes: we apologize for the lack of posts in recent days. We're grateful to Jeremy Briggs for his review of Cinebooks' Rameses' Revenge.Digital Artist 2009 Masterclass #1 - Dave Gibbons from...