Destination, an unofficial Star Trek fan convention, is returning to Blackpool soon, with a guest lineup that includes Star Trek: Strange New Worlds lead Anson Mount (Captain Pike)

https://downthetubes.net/destination-unofficial-star-trek-convention-warps-into-blackpool-soon/

Devon-based Black Scorpion Miniatures has announced the temporary suspension of shipping to the United States, falling foul of a new twist in the imposition of new US tariffs

https://downthetubes.net/black-scorpion-miniatures-suspends-us-shipping-as-new-tariffs-bite/

Quite by chance, we’ve just discovered former DC Thomson comics editor Bill Graham has written a series of detective novels since leaving the company in 2010

https://downthetubes.net/webfind-former-warlord-editor-bill-grahams-thriller-novels/

Artist Mal Earl shares his thoughts on an incredible three-volume collection of pin-up art by one of Britain's most prolific and cherished illustrators…

https://downthetubes.net/in-review-arthur-ferriers-pin-up-parade/

There’s an eclectic mix of items on offer in next week’s Anderson & Garland Collectors' Auction, including an original page of Watchmen art by Dave Gibbons

https://downthetubes.net/original-watchmen-art-by-dave-gibbons-offered-in-upcoming-anderson-garland-collectors-auction/

Cartoonist and bookshop owner David Ziggy Greene is running a crowdfunding campaign to publish Vintage, a definitive collection of his short, silly comics - and is asking for support for bees, too

https://downthetubes.net/crowdfunding-spotlight-vintage-by-david-ziggy-greene-and-a-bee-friendly-drawing-thing/

The latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine – Issue 620 – heads back to the 1990s with its cover story, as a lost Seventh Doctor adventure, Alixion, by Robin Mukherjee, is revived as an audio drama

https://downthetubes.net/final-seventh-doctor-lost-story-headlines-new-doctor-who-magazine/

Auction houses and authorities in the US have been alerted to the theft of Steve Ditko's title splash from Amazing Spider-Man #27, which has been reported stolen

https://downthetubes.net/search-widens-for-stolen-steve-ditko-spider-man-art/

Ukrainian Games Festival 2025 underway

Ukrainian Games Festival 2025 is being featured on Steam as a Weekend Deal

https://downthetubes.net/ukrainian-games-festival-2025-underway/

Rare Dalek Art from the 1976 Doctor Who and the Daleks Omnibus comes to auction

A unique, beautifully hand drawn piece of original artwork from the 1976 Doctor Who and The Daleks Omnibus is being offered for sale on eBay. The art, believed the work of Rodger Towers, depicts a Thal attacking a Dalek to overpower it on the planet Spiridon, and was one of the illustrations for the Planet of the Daleks…

https://downthetubes.net/rare-dalek-art-from-the-1976-doctor-who-and-the-daleks-omnibus-comes-to-auction/