A quick look back at a cracking British comics zine of the 1970s and 80s
Martin Lock
Fanzine Flashback and a FANSCENE update: Fantasy Advertser #80, from 1983, revisited
A bast from the past – a new addition to the Classic UK Comics Zines archive
British Comics Fandom Flashback! Fantasy Advertiser #75, from 1982 (with added Grant Morrison)
Take a trip back to 1982, when comic shops still flourished and comic zines were the social media of the day…
Rare, classic BEM #1 zine added to British Comic Zines digital archive
Comics artist and archivist David Hathaway-Price has just added BEM #1, a rare item of 1970’s British comics fandom to his fantastic digital archive, Classic UK Comic Zines
Harrier Comics revival abandoned?
There was a uproar from several creators when downthetubes reported Canadian-based publisher CPEG had announced reprints of some of independent British publisher Harrier Comics 1980s titles back in 2017 – and it seems the project is now in limbo.
A Slice of British Comics History – Fantasy Advertiser #1
Artist David Hathaway-Price, who runs the terrific Classic UK Comics Zines online archive, has unearthed a rare copy of one of Britain’s first fanzines, Fantasy Advertiser #1, published by Frank Dobson in 1965. Two years before Anthony Roche published his… Read More ›
Jaime Hernandez and Locas feature in latest issue of Infinity
The latest issue of Infinity, SEQUENTIAL’s free iPad magazine of graphic novels and sequential art is available now for free download through the SEQUENTIAL app from Panel Nine. Infinity #7 collects great content from around the web and presents it… Read More ›
In Memoriam: 200AD artist Jose Luis Ferrer
We’re sorry to report the passing of Catalan comics artist and illustrator Jose Luis Ferrer