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John Freeman @johnfreeman.bsky.social · 5h

“Stay at Home Reading” - Ace cartoon by Grant Snider | www.grantsnider.com

“Stay at Home Reading” - Ace cartoon by Grant Snider | https://www.grantsnider.com

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John Freeman @johnfreeman.bsky.social · 6h

Todd McFarlane Batman cover art heads to auction

Classic Batman, World War Two Captain Marvel art and more up for sale

Todd McFarlane Batman cover art heads to auction

Classic Batman, World War Two Captain Marvel art and more up for sale

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John Freeman @johnfreeman.bsky.social · 6h

Titan Comics revitalised The Savage Sword of Conan: Reforged #1 hits comic shops on Wednesday 22nd October, the legendary black-and-white magazine returning with vivid, all-new colour restorations, by GFB Group and Jão Canola, bringing new depth and intensity to Conan’s celebrated adventures

Coming Soon: Titan Comics The Savage Sword of Conan

The sword is drawn, the battles rage, and the legend is reforged

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John Freeman @johnfreeman.bsky.social · 17h

2000AD Prog 2453 is on sale from today in all sensible newsagents, Local Comic Shops and from digital platforms, with an eye-popping cover from Boo Cook to entice you to buy! Plus, there’s a…

https://downthetubes.net/ghastly-times-for-2000ads-finest-in-latest-thrills-from-the-mighty-tharg/

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John Freeman @johnfreeman.bsky.social · 1d

Spooky season is here as creepy Commando Issues 5895-5898 go on sale from this Thursday, 9th October 2025 – with a few more scares ahead in the next set too, if the teasers in this one are anything to go by!

Zombies to left of me, zombies to the right… Commando creepiness ahead

Seasonally spooky thrills ahead!

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John Freeman @johnfreeman.bsky.social · 1d

Comic book author, graphic novelist and UK Comics Laureate Bobby Joseph has written a Commando story on sale from 6th November 2025 in TG Jones and other outlets, including digital platform Magzter.

UK Comics Laureate Bobby Joseph pens his first Commando

Shocking story of Indian troops during World War One explored

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John Freeman @johnfreeman.bsky.social · 1d

American Doctor Who fans concerned they may face challenges ahead getting their hands on the latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine can rest easy, for now

Doctor Who Magazine US distribution changes ahead?

No hunting the vortex just yet

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John Freeman @johnfreeman.bsky.social · 1d

A teaser for the Fanderson “Thunderbirds” strip written by me with art by Bill Storie, featuring in their 2026 annual fanderson.org.uk/product-cate...

A teaser for the Fanderson “Thunderbirds” strip written by me with art by Bill Storie, featuring in their 2026 annual https://fanderson.org.uk/product-category/annuals/

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John Freeman @johnfreeman.bsky.social · 1d

Flash Gordon daily strip artist Dan Schkade recently kicked off discussion of a Dan Dare reboot, prompting suggestions of a crossover with the King Features owned space hero

What If… There was a Dan Dare Flash Gordon crossover?

Space heroes united?

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Chris Weston @westonfront.bsky.social · 5d

Dan Goozee painting the Moonraker Teaser Poster.

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Vannotes @vannotesbooks.bsky.social · 10d

Every once in a while you see something so cool in a book you have to replicate it. I saw these Daredevil designs by Wally Wood last night and had to make my own character design sheets based on his layout.

A Daredevil character design sheet by Wally Wood.

A recreation of that character design sheet.

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Comrade Bullski @comradebullski.bsky.social · 3d

Though largely unknown in the US, AXA was a pretty big part of the European comics scene in the 1980s. Enrique Badia Romero had made his name as the replacement artist for Jim Holdaway on the classic MODESTY BLAISE newspaper strip and his art was soon famous for the amount of cheesecake it packed

Aaron Meyers @aaronmeyers.bsky.social · 3d

$3 Pick up

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John Freeman @johnfreeman.bsky.social · 1d

The uncredited cover for “The Sleeping Bomb” by Canadian author James Moffatt, also author of “Skinhead”, published in 1970 by New English Library, and published as “The Cambri Plot” in the US in 1973 by Belmont Tower. Retro review here brianbusby.blogspot.com/2020/12/nazi...

John Freeman @johnfreeman.bsky.social · 2d

Available now from Gosh! Comics is a limited-edition release of Nightmare at Northanger Abbey by artist and writer Keith Page

https://downthetubes.net/new-gothic-graphic-novel-nightmare-at-northanger-abbey-by-keith-page-available-now/

John Freeman @johnfreeman.bsky.social · 2d

Back again at Fruitmarket, Edinburgh, for its third year, Tabletop and Graphic Storytelling Festival (TAGS Fest) has been expanded to a full weekend of talks, games, and markets this year, running on Saturday 25th – Sunday 26th October 2025, from 10.00am to 5.00pm

Edinburgh’s TAGS Fest returns for its biggest year yet

Independent comic makers in the spotlight!

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John Freeman @johnfreeman.bsky.social · 2d

The team behind The Phoenix comic are priming readers for the biggest Phoenix Fest they've ever organised next year

https://downthetubes.net/phoenix-fest-heads-to-oxford-in-april/

John Freeman @johnfreeman.bsky.social · 2d

UK Comics Laureate Bobby Joseph discussed his new graphic novel, My Dad Fights Demons, drawn by Abbigayle Bircham, on Shay Grewal's BBC London show last month, as well as his work empowering young people through the use of comics

https://downthetubes.net/comics-laureate-bobby-joseph-on-the-bbc/

John Freeman @johnfreeman.bsky.social · 2d

Item updated! downthetubes.net/the-eagle-an...

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John Freeman @johnfreeman.bsky.social · 2d

Commission of Supergirl (in her brown coat) with Krypto by Chrissie Zullo Uminga: shopchrissie.com

Commission of Supergirl (in her brown coat) with Krypto by Chrissie Zullo Uminga: https://shopchrissie.com

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John Freeman @johnfreeman.bsky.social · 2d

Svegliati e uccidi poster

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John Freeman @johnfreeman.bsky.social · 2d

Cracking poster! (Same film, alternate title, as you’ll know)

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John Freeman @johnfreeman.bsky.social · 2d

Axa Issues 1 - 3 are on sale now from Dren Productions, as both print and digital editions: drenproductions.com/product-cate...

Axa Issues 1 - 3 are on sale now from Dren Productions, as both print and digital editions: https://drenproductions.com/product-category/comic-books-graphic-novels/

John Freeman @johnfreeman.bsky.social · 2d

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John Freeman @johnfreeman.bsky.social · 2d

Banned Books Week has just launched in the United States, an annual event with international support that unites the book community in support of the freedom to read.

https://downthetubes.net/banned-books-week-spotlights-most-challenged-books-star-treks-george-takei-honorary-chair/

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John Freeman @johnfreeman.bsky.social · 3d

Papers are welcomed for Studies in Comics, a peer-reviewed interdisciplinary academic journal that aims to describe the nature of comics, to identify the medium as a distinct art form and to address its formal properties

Call for Papers: Studies in Comics

Academic research, studies, articles wanted

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