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Day: February 18, 2021

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Beano Rebels! Latest “Beano Brain” report says British children are “unafraid to challenge adults” for a better society

By John Freeman on February 18, 2021

Comic revolutionaries are getting younger…

Si Spencer

Remembering Si Spencer: Personal Tributes by fellow writer Will Vigar and publisher Phil Hall

By John Freeman on February 18, 2021

Writer Will Vigar and publisher Phil Hall pay personal tribute to Si Spencer

Artist Dix and writer Si Spencer at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival in 2015

In Memoriam: Comics Writer, Editor and TV Script Writer Si Spencer

By John Freeman on February 18, 2021

The British comics community is much diminished by Si’s passing

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