ICYMI: A downthetubes catch up - some items you may have missed on downthetubes this week. Enjoy! I’ll try to do this more often!
CELEBRATING BRITISH COMICS
40 Years of Scream! – a second nerve-jangling, exclusive sneak peek
Check out this second sneak peak at a fantastic new Rebellion collection
Journey Planet celebrates 42 years of “V for Vendetta” by Alan Moore and David Lloyd
V for Vendetta still resonates in the 21st Century
TRIBUTES
In Memoriam: Doctor Who Comic Writer, Editor and Musician Roger Noel Cook
We’re sorry to report the passing of prolific British comics writer, musician, and magazine editor Roger Noel Cook, perhaps best known to comic fans for his work on “Doctor Who” for TV Comic
SPORTS COMICS NEWS!
Move over, Roy of the Rovers – Tintin is after your footballing crown!
Belgium reveals new Tintin inspired away kit homage to cartoonist Hergé for its national team
BRITISH INDIE COMIC NEWS
British indie Capeverse Comics launches “Capital P” maxi-series
A new indie comic, Capital P, from the creative team of writer Sam Gardner Jr and artist Jerome Canty, has just launched
Sector 13 releases ‘Silent Special’, a Strontium Dog homage
The team behind Sector 13, the Belfast-based not-for-profit 2000AD-inspired comic zine, have just released a “Silent Special”
CROWDFUNDING SPOTLIGHTS
Crowdfunding Spotlight: Action Force Redux – Masterplan
Go behind the scenes for the proper preparation and planning behind Palitoy’s Action Force Redux
Check out this Sherlock Holmes short story project, set across many times and places:
AUCTION NEWS
Heritage Auctions offers more TV Century 21 Stingray and Thunderbirds art
PLUS...
British and Irish Comic Conventions and Signings
The downthetubes “rolling list” of British and Irish comic events
AND, FINALLY, FOR FUN...
Doctor Who – Terror from the Deep: Episode 70
Doctor Who – Terror from the Deep is a not-for-profit Doctor Who strip featuring the Seventh Doctor and Ace, written by John Freeman, with art by Danny Cushion.
The Doctor and Ace have escaped the Daleks, who are pursuing a war with the Movellans – but the danger isn’t over…