Heritage Auctions has a terrific European-skewed comic and cover art auction coming up…
Marvelman
Original Alan Moore “Marvelman” scripts offered in Covid-19 fundraising auction for British comic shops hit by lockdown costs
Some fantastic comic script rarities are going up for auction this week, in a very good cause
Mick Austin’s “Marvelman” Warrior cover on offer at Heritage Auctions
Mick Austin‘s Marvelman cover for Warrior Issue 16 – published back in 1983 – is up for auction on Heritage Auctions, with the lead bid currently at over $2,200 – but that might prove a fraction of what it finally sells for, given… Read More ›
Dundee lecturer Chris Murray investigates “The British Superhero” (and a Marvelman book you should read, too)
We’re not entirely sure how The British Superhero by the University of Dundee’s Chris Murray slipped under our radar when the University of Mississippi Press published it back in 2017, but we’d be remiss if we didn’t plug it now,… Read More ›
Publisher Dez Skinn releases Limited Edition “Warrior #0” for the 1980s anthology’s many fans
Author and publisher Dez Skinn has released a special limited edition print of the original dummy that helped launch his award-winning comics anthology Warrior, the original home of Alan Moore and Garry Leach’s Marvelman (now Miracleman), V for Vendetta (co-created… Read More ›
First issues of Batman and Commando on offer in latest Compal auction
There’s a treasure trove of comics and comic art on offer in the latest ComPal auction, including a coverless Batman #1, a first issue of DC Thomson’s long-running Commando comic, “Charley’s War” art by Joe Colquhoun and Dan Dare art… Read More ›
A Box of Delights: London’s Cartoon Museum
Alan Russell visits London’s Cartoon Museum, revealing some of its treasures for British comic fans… I’ve been a comics fan since I was a young child back in the early 1970s. In those days of course, there were far fewer things… Read More ›
Duran Duran, David Cassidy Look-In art and more goes under the hammer
A huge auction at Stroud Auction Rooms this week, offering antique guns, Hornby trains, art prints (including a Battle of Britain print by Frank Wooton), also features a number of comic art pages from Look-In and other comics featuring top TV characters and… Read More ›
Rare First Issue British Comics, Star Wars comics, Gerry Anderson merchandise in Cardiff auction today
Langley and Jones – a company specialising in vintage collectables, toys, comics, annuals, movies, TV and sporting memorabilia – is hosting its first auction today in Cardiff and includes a number of rare British comic lots as well as other rare and… Read More ›
Sneak Preview: Miracleman #1 Volume 2 By Gaiman & Buckingham
Neil Gaiman and Mark Buckingham‘s take on Miracleman will finally see completion thanks to Marvel, starting next month. Their tale of Mick Anglo’s British superhero, originally known as Marvelman, began 25 years ago but was cut short, victim to company… Read More ›