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Day: 18 June 2025

2000AD Prog 2437 - Cover SNIP

Strontium Dog hits hard in this week’s bumper 2000AD!

By John Freeman on 18 June 2025

Two huge releases this week – anyone for 150 pages of new comics?

Cartoon Museum celebrates Trans+ Pride Comics with new exhibition

By John Freeman on 18 June 2025

Special display celebrating diversity

Commando 5863 (Home of Heroes): The Mud Story: Nathan Breakenridge | Art: Marc Viure | Cover: Marco Bianchini

Nathan Breakenridge signs up for Commando duties, new Warlord collection lands next month

By John Freeman on 18 June 2025

A harrowing tale from the trenches of World War One awaits…

Undated “Ivy the Terrible” sketches by Robert Nixon. Ivy first appeared in The Beano No. 2233 (cover dated 4th May 1985) and was originally drawn by Robert Nixon, who drew the strip until his death in 2002. This item that once formed part of the DC Thomson archive and is a print of fifteen preliminary sketches, drawn and signed by Robert of the character. A note on the back is interesting as it was presumably written by a member of DC Thomson staff some time ago. It says that the model for Ivy was the daughter of Alan Digby, who worked in the 1980s as the sub-editor on the Beano, under editor Euan Kerr, and later became the Beano editor from 2006-2011. Alan's daughter was called Jane, according to the note.

Beano’s “Ivy the Terrible” origin revealed with item offered in latest Phil-Comics eBay auction

By John Freeman on 18 June 2025

Rarities from DC Thomson’s archives included in auction

Spirou 4548, Agent 212 celebration issue, 11th June 2025

Spirou’s “Agent 212” celebrates 50 calamitous years on the beat

By John Freeman on 18 June 2025

50 years of police stupidity…

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