We know that pretty much anything can turn up for sale on eBay, but how about this genuine Judge Dredd 101 Forward Control, one of the City Cabs from the eponymous, much maligned 1995 film? Priced at £34,995, it’s one… Read More ›
Day: August 17, 2019
Commando and British Comics Swap-Meet announces special guests
The next Commando and British Comics Swap-Meet is just six weeks away, taking place in Watford, Hertfordshire, on Saturday 28th September 2019. The event will see thousands of Commando comics assembled under one roof – and some special appearances by some British comic creators, including former 2000AD artist Mike Dorey, writer Alan Hebden and, hopefully, former Tharg Steve MacManus
Side by Side: Comics Tellings of Peterloo
Back in 2015, DC Thomson published Commando Issue 4843, titled “Peterloo!”, written by Ferg Handley with cover and internal art by Carlos Pino, one of several marking the 200th anniversary of Waterloo, but which also recounted the horror of massacre at St. Peter’s Field, Manchester on 16th August 1819. But it’s not the only recent telling of the terrible events in comics