A retrospective of the life and work of fine artist and cartoonist Jon Peaty is to be staged at Shoreham’s Skyway Gallery next month
Swift
Tube Surfing: Auction highlights, 100 years of DC Thomson comics celebrated, new “Cerebro” fan group launched
A quick road up of some comic news items that have caught our eye this week
Vintage British Comics galore on offer from Phil-Comics, plus original scripts and more
A cornucopia of comic delights is up for grabs
Rare Comics Badges, Free Gifts and more on offer in latest Phil-Comics auction
If you’re comics badge fan, you might want to check this auction out
Latest Phil-Comics includes rare first issue British comics complete with free gifts
eBay comics auction house Phil-Comics has around 260 vintage comic listings running this week, with bidding ending this Sunday 26th and Mon 27th January from 6.30pm onwards. Several first issues include 2000AD, Champion, Cor!!, Buster, Doctor Who Weekly, Swift, Valiant… Read More ›
Comic Creator Spotlight: Roland Davies and “Come On, Steve!”
Here’s a few examples of the wonderful “Come on, Steve” strip, and a tribute to the strip’s creator, Roland Davies. Davies drew for the strip for both the Sunday Express and the Sunday Dispatch and I loved reading the stories… Read More ›
Airfix artist Roy Cross “Swift” covers on eBay
Four lovely covers for Swift, the younger readers stablemate to Eagle, are currently on offer on eBay (at eye-watering prices). Published in 1962, they’re all by artist Roy Cross who’s perhaps best known for his work illustrating Airfix Model box… Read More ›
Swift comic in the spotlight in new Eagle Times
The latest issue of Eagle Times (Volume 30 No 3) is out now, the latest release from the long-established Eagle Society dedicated to Eagle comic and its many creators and strips. This issue includes features on Eagle‘s companion paper Swift,… Read More ›
Words From Beyond: Doctor Who Artist John Canning Part 2 – VNR Interview
Born in London in 1923, John Canning went to the Hornsey College Of Art in Haringey before becoming a military pilot during WWII. After the war he did commercial and advertising work before going freelance in 1948. As a comic… Read More ›
Words From Beyond: Doctor Who Artist John Canning Part 1 – Tardis Interview
Who is the most experienced Doctor Who comic strip artist alive today? Mike Collins, John Ridgway and John Ross are certainly contenders for the honour but in 1976 the answer was much more clear cut – it was TV Comic… Read More ›