I've just been experimenting with the online ebook publishing tool myebook and have uploaded an episode of Ex: Astris, called Homecoming: a 10-page strip which first appeared in the British comic in… Continue
Added by John Freeman on June 30, 2009 at 10:11pm —
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Next month is the 40th Anniversary of the first Moon landing (20th July 1969). I'm hoping folk here will help mark it by uploading art inspired by the moon landings and space exploration which can then be added to this album - http://downthetubes.ning.com/photo/albums/moon-landing-40th-anniversary - which I will then embed on the main downthetubes site to mark the anniversary (and, indeed, can be embedded on… Continue
Added by John Freeman on June 29, 2009 at 11:50am —
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Over on my downthetubes Forum (which is primarily devoted to British comics) I’ve started a discussion about promoting comics with a view to creating a “resource page” for creators looking for ways to publicise their work: http://bit.ly/16qJVM (short link)
Primarily, at the moment the page with edited info here: http://downthetubes.ning.com/notes/Comic_Review_Sites
... is a list of links to s… Continue
Added by John Freeman on June 1, 2009 at 4:14pm —
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ROK Comics is pleased to announce that the overall winner of its 2008 Humour Comic Competition is David Fletcher, for his strip featuring Crumb, his crazy, ever-hungry blackbird character.
David’s entry, titled “… Continue
Added by John Freeman on October 3, 2008 at 11:09am —
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Top British comic creators Al Ewing and PJ Holden have developed an iphone version of their new comics project Murderdrome. Find out more by watching the video below or visiting their blog.
While comics on phones are not a new idea --… Continue
Added by John Freeman on August 22, 2008 at 4:13pm —
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ROK Comics has just announced the launch of not one but two great competitions – open to everyone using the ROK Comics comics-to-mobile service, so pass it on!
Both offer the chance to win a top of the range Nokia 9500 phone, worth nearly £500 ($1000 US).
The 2008 ROK Comics Humour Competition: This year's Humour Compet… Continue
Added by John Freeman on August 8, 2008 at 4:54pm —
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Comic creator Chris Reynolds, the groundbreaking talent behind the classic Mauretania graphic novel, has just added a new Moon Queen adventure to the comics to mobile service ROK Comics, which I am Managing Editor of.
Titled Curtai… Continue
Added by John Freeman on July 17, 2008 at 3:08pm —
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Hi All
The end of this month (July 2008) sees the 70th birthday of British weekly comic the Beano and downthetubes (www.downthetubes.net) plans to celebrate with a special selection of birthday wishes.
If you want to simply send us a happy birthday note or image or cartoon featuring a Beano character from any era, we’ll post it on the site.
* Any image should be no bigger than A4 please. If you’re putting an image on your own site or doi… Continue
Added by John Freeman on July 9, 2008 at 11:41pm —
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ROK Comics, a subsidiary of the ROK Entertainment Group Inc., the global mobile entertainment company, is pleased to announce that several top comic creators are having their work translated for distribution in China as part of the company’s ongoing development with over 30,000 downloads delivered in one weekend!
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Added by John Freeman on June 4, 2008 at 10:46am —
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The new series of of the reality entertainment show "Big Brother" returns to British screens this week and it's stirred one of the ROK comic creators into resuming his (or her!) "Pig Brother" pastische.
"The Shadow" also did a strip called Celebrity Madness last year but seems to have gone a bit quiet lately. Good to seem them back.
ROK Comics (www.rokcomics.com) btw is the site I run for ROK, which enables to you crea… Continue
Added by John Freeman on May 28, 2008 at 1:07pm —
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A quick update on my recent work post... A bit of self-promotion: artist Mike Nicoll is at work on a ten page Ex Astris strip of mine, "Homecoming" which will appear in black and white in UK Indie title… Continue
Hiya, just a bit of promotion news: all being well there will be an "Ex Astris" strip in Bulletrprrof #2, which is edited by Egmont editor Matt (TOXIC) Yeo in his spare time, and I'm also contributing to the next Misty special.
Aside from that, it's ROK, ROK ROK...! Continue
Added by John Freeman on March 20, 2008 at 11:59pm —
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I've posted several Interviews with creators based on questions compiled by David Hailwood on my British Comics news and resources site, downthetubes.net and the ROK Comics blog. I hope to get more up as and when they come in, schedule permitting.
The interviews are short but include these creator's advice on how to get work and some great links to some really good online strips, I think… Continue
Added by John Freeman on March 12, 2008 at 9:45am —
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I've just been experimenting with the online ebook publishing tool myebook and have uploaded an episode of Ex: Astris, called Homecoming: a 10-page strip which first appeared in the British comic in… Continue
A bit of self-promotion: artist Mike Nicoll is at work on a ten page Ex Astris strip of mine, "Homecoming" which will appear in black and white in UK Indie title… Continue
