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DC Thomson bids farewell to Bill Graham
DC Thomson editor Bill Graham - whose credits include Starblazer, Warlord and Spike and had a long and varied career with the Dundee-based company - has just retired.Previously interviewed by Jeremy Briggs for the site, what we haven't published befo...
Paul Cornell: Hanging with the Captain
Back in 2008, during the publication run of Captain Britain and MI13 by Marvel Comics, downthetubes regular contributor and Judge Dredd: The Megazine feature writer Matt Badham conducted an interview with novelist, comics and TV writer Paul Cornell, ...
British Comic Creator Interviews on SciFiPulse
Longtime downthetubes readers know this site trades news items with the superb science fiction TV, film and genre site SciFiPulse, but what with recent holidays here in the tubes, we've missed some of their coverage of British comics. So here's a qui...
Tube Surfing: Pitching at Conventions, Classic Tempest and Comic Domination
• Anyone planning to attend the British International Comic Show to pitch work might be interested in Insomnia Publications Guide to pitching to them, which they hope will give creators a bit more help and confidence when it comes to knowing what t...
Panel Borders: Emma Vieceli, promoting new British Manga
Continuing ‘Women in Comics’ month on podcast Panel Borders - and originally broadcast on Resonance FM - this week Alex Fitch talks to Emma Vieceli, illustrator of the Manga Shakespeare adaptations of Hamlet and Much ado about Nothing who has als...
Crawford Coutts On The Spot
Insomina Publications is fast becoming something of a rising star in the UK indie publishing press, with graphic novels such as Cancertown and the upcoming Burke & Hare just some of its well-received titles. As the company prepares to launch its much...
Tube Surfing: Hi-Ex, CD24, Classical Comics and Barefoot Zombies
• The Hi Ex elves may have been quiet but they tell us they've been busy behind the scenes rushing around the country banging on doors and jumping through hoops to get their next Highlands convention shipshape."We're working hard to try and get fun...
Crikey! Goes Colour
The latest issues of British comics magazine Crikey! is on sale this week - and has made the leap to full colour throughout.Running to 84 pages the first issue of the now bi–monthly Crikey!, with a Dennis the Menace cover, boasts some of the best t...
Adventures in Wonderland
downthetubes is pleased to announce an interview by Matt Badham with Dracula and Sherlock Holmes writers Leah Moore and John Reppion.Leah and John are the husband and wife writing team behind Doctor Who: The Whispering Gallery, The Complete Dracula, ...
GI Handley: Rise of the Writer
With GI Joe: Rise Of The Cobra in cinemas and the first issue of Panini's British GI Joe in the newsagents (see news story), Jeremy Briggs talks to the comic’s writer Ferg Handley about his work on this new licensed title and discovers how to write...
Panel Borders: Octopi, dogs and bears, oh my!
Originally broadcast 13/08/09 as an episode of Strip! on Resonance 104.4 FM, Panel Borders continues its month devoted to childrens' comics with an interview with artists Henri Goldsmann and Richy K. Chandler about their work. Henri is the author of ...
