DC Thomson’s 2014 annuals are now on sale in all good bookshops and from online book stores.
• The Beano Annual 2014 includes the usual mix of strips – Dennis the Menace, Roger the Dodger, Minnie the Minx, The Numskulls, The Bash Street Kids, Number 13, Little Plum and more. It’s a great looking package – plenty to enjoy for all ages, as usual.
• Buy Beano Annual 2014 from amazon.co.uk
• The Dandy Annual 2014 includes Desperate Dan, Bananaman, Beryl the Peril, Professor Popalot (by Lorenzo Etherington), Corporal Clott (by Nigel Aucherlounie), Keyhole Kate (by Lew Stringer), Bully Beef and Chips (by Steve Beckett), The Tricks of Screwy Driver and more, including a number of visual-led feature pages.
• The Beano and Dandy Giftbook 2014 offers classic strips such as early episodes of The Bash Street Kids (in its early When The Bell Rings incarnation and an episode in which the kids try to learn music), Smarty Smokum, Dennis the Menace story titled What a Brassneck, Gnasher’s Favourite Things, Aiken Drum (by Hunt Emerson) and more.
Also on sale are The Broons Annual 2014
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The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.
He’s the writer of “Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies” for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.
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