American animation and comics writer and comics historian Mark Evanier is appealing for help to recover multiple pieces of original comics art stolen from his collection by a contractor.

https://downthetubes.net/comic-creators-signal-boost-news-of-million-dollar-art-theft-from-mark-evanier/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Artist Graham Humphreys joins this year’s Weird Worcester lineup

https://downthetubes.net/artist-graham-humphreys-joins-this-years-weird-worcester-lineup/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Coming Soon: The Book of Jusko

https://downthetubes.net/coming-soon-the-book-of-jusko/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Russell Cook brings us his reviews of the latest Doctor Who novelisations: Aliens of London, The Satan Pit and The Time of the Angels, out now

https://downthetubes.net/target-2026/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

An online course about writing comics launches later this month run by David Hine, veteran writer and editor for Marvel, DC, Rebellion and more, offering guidance on how to craft comics that hit the page the way readers want to flip it.

https://downthetubes.net/learn-how-to-craft-comics-with-david-hine/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Doctor Who Magazine Special 73, on sale from Panini soon, revisits the 1996 Doctor Who TV movie and honours Paul McGann’s extraordinary tenure in the role

https://downthetubes.net/doctor-who-magazine-celebrates-30-years-of-the-eighth-doctor/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Magic Bullet Productions have shared a first look at Tim Keable’s cover for Alan Stevens’ upcoming monograph on The Daleks’ Master Plan

https://downthetubes.net/a-decade-in-the-making-the-ultimate-look-at-doctor-whos-the-daleks-master-plan/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Chinbeard Books recently announced plans to collect Eartha, a raunchy newspaper strip written by Donne Avenell and illustrated by John M. Burns, first published in the now defunct News of the World back in the 1980s

https://downthetubes.net/chinbeard-books-announces-plans-for-eartha-newspaper-strip-collection/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

We delighted to catch up with prolific comics writer Dan Abnett, to chat with him about reinventing "Terminal Man", his work for 2000AD, and his approach to writing

https://downthetubes.net/creating-comics-an-interview-with-dan-abnett/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria has been officially declared the UK’s first Comic Book Town, marking a significant milestone in a year-long initiative led by The Lakes International Comic Arts Foundation

https://downthetubes.net/barrow-in-furness-declared-uks-first-comic-book-town/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social