As time has gone by, I have become more and more interested in how British comics were pitched, created and got to that crucial first issue where I, as a kid, would go “Ooh!” and fork out my hard earned… Read More ›
Month: December 2017
“Lost” Doctor Who strip materialises
Artist Russ Leach has just posted these wonderful pages drawn for a Doctor Who Adventures story in progress when the comic was sadly cancelled. The story was scripted by Kieron Moore and was a casualty of the title’s low sales,… Read More ›
McClane or Cross? Win a festive painting in Graeme Neil Reid’s December Art Raffle!
Doctor Who artist Graeme Neil Reid is in the festive spirit this month and has a little bit of festive movie magic for his art raffle this month. He’s offering art inspired by two films from 1988 that have become… Read More ›
New artist joins Commando ranks for final 2017 releases
Brand new Commando comics from DC Thomson (Issues 5083-5086) are on sale in newsagents and various digital platforms this Thursday, 28th December. It’s the final set for 2017, featuring the debut of another artist new to the veteran title, Paolo… Read More ›
Rare Dan Dare concept art unearthed from classic story “Reign of the Robots”
Eagle co-creator Frank Hampson’s son Peter Hampson recently dropped us a line to tell us about some recently-discovered Dan Dare concept sketches, now online on the artist’s official web site. The art, designs for the story “Reign of the Robots”, was… 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 ›
2000AD’s Dark Judges stalk into New Scientist – the strangest crossover yet?
You cannot kill what doesss not liiiive – but how will the future cope with the four alternative horsemen of the apocalypse? For a darkly gothic Christmas treat, Britain’s biggest comic – 2000AD – has teamed up with New Scientist,… Read More ›
First Awesome Comics Podcast anthology in the works, to launch at True Believers in February
The Awesome Comics Anthology – the work of the team who bring you the Awesome Comics Podcast dedicated to British independent comics – is making its debut at True Believers Comic Festival on Saturday February 3rd 2018 and the book is… Read More ›
Tissues may be required: Cats Protection animation “Kozal’s Christmas” pulls at the heart strings
“Kozal’s Christmas” is a smashing little animation in aid of Cats Protection with art by Rus Hudda, telling the true life story of Kozal, a 16-year-old ginger cat, who arrived at Cats Protection’s National Cat Adoption Centre in Sussex and… Read More ›
2000AD’s Dan Abnett part of festive University Challenge
2000AD writer Dan Abnett appears on an “alumni” episode of University Challenge on BBC2 over Christmas, representing his old Oxford college. “A couple of weeks ago, in a moment of what can only be described as a ‘definite case of… Read More ›