Peter shares a look at some early examples of the popular British newspaper strip
Classic British Comics
Comics Inspiration: How Celebrities have inspired the look of some Comic Characters Part 3: 2000AD Edition
As people seem to have enjoyed Part One and Part Two of my look at celebrities who inspired the look of some well-known British comic characters, I thought it makes sense to add in Part Three, while I still have… Read More ›
Comics Inspiration: How Celebrities have inspired the look of some Comic Characters Part 2
After my first article about the use of real people in stories, who should I be chatting to but comic artist Mike Dorey, who was kind enough to point out two examples of his work where he used the likeness… Read More ›
Comics Inspiration: How Celebrities have inspired the look of some Comic Characters
As a kid, I loved seeing the different faces that artists would give to characters. I enjoyed the varying takes artists would have on each character, which is probably part of the reason I have never been “precious” about who… Read More ›
Ron Smith – A Personal Tribute by Colin Noble
My appreciation of comic artist Ron Smith, who died earlier this week, is lifelong. His passing is a great loss to the British comics industry, and our community… On the afternoon of Wednesday 2nd October 1974, I was feeling a bit… Read More ›
In Review: Illustrators Special 2 – War Is Hell
For those of you that are aware of the Book Palace, you will hopefully also be aware of their in-house imprint which publishes Illustrators, a beautiful produced quarterly magazine dedicated to enhancing our knowledge of all things dealing with comics. … Read More ›