British comics news and other information from downthetubes.net edited by John Freeman. http://www.downthetubes.net/index.html http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Wed, 07 May 2008 08:33:58 +0100 Wed, 07 May 2008 08:33:28 +0100 FeedForAll Mac v2.0 (2.0.0.7); http://www.FeedForAll.com/ 7/5/08: There was a time not that long ago when British boy's comics celebrated the heroism of British and Commonwealth servicemen. As London celebrates the current British forces with the City Salute, Jeremy Briggs takes a look back at how British comics once celebrated them.... http://www.downthetubes.net/features/comics/victor/heroes_john_cruickshank.html Wed, 07 May 2008 08:33:25 +0100 Updated 6/5/08: Wolfmen Review, Eisner Award news, Road Death Comics, Never Been Exhibition, Bulletproof Comics launch http://downthetubescomics.blogspot.com Wed, 07 May 2008 08:33:44 +0100 5/5/08: Updated list of the latest UK comics on sale in newsagents across the country includes info on the latest comics titles! http://www.downthetubes.net/resources/comics_links/releases_uk_comics.html johnfreeman6-downthetubes@yahoo.co.uk Mon, 05 May 2008 21:14:07 +0100 Updated 5/5/08: New information about the Dan Dare-related exhibition at the Science Museum, How Manga Took Over the World at Manchester's Urbis Centre and more. http://www.downthetubes.net/resources/comics_links/conventions.html johnfreeman6-downthetubes@yahoo.co.uk Mon, 05 May 2008 20:14:09 +0100 8/4/08: First published in 1961 Commando is Britain's last war comic. As the title approaches issue 4100, Jeremy Briggs talks to new editor Calum Laird, who joined DC Thomson in 1979, on the recent changes he has made and the growth in Commando related tie-ins... http://www.downthetubes.net/features/interviews/editors/calum_laird070408.html Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:08:42 +0100 9/3/06: American superheroes such as Hulk, Spider-Man, Batman and others may well grab the headlines today, but British heroes have proven no slouches when it comes to grabbing the celluloid. Jeremy Briggs (with help from Steve Holland, Graeme Neil Reid, Richard Sheaf and Lew Stringer and some additional research by John Freeman) delivers a hopefully useful list... http://www.downthetubes.net/features/film/british_comics_films.html Sun, 09 Mar 2008 20:24:21 +0000 19/2/08: Updated details for several SF authors including Ken Macleod and Jo Walton http://www.downthetubes.net/resources/book_links/sf_authors_l-z.html Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:50:40 +0000 2/2//08:Our list of upcoming British comics-related graphic novel and comic collection releases. Details of new books from Carlton, Panini and Titan, including Jeff Hawke: Overlord. http://www.downthetubes.net/resources/comics_links/uk_gn_releases1.html johnfreeman6-downthetubes@yahoo.co.uk Sat, 02 Feb 2008 13:57:50 +0000 Meet creators, discuss British comics, TV and more in the downthetubes forum http://downthetubes.ning.com/ Wed, 06 Feb 2008 09:27:46 +0000