Spring has sprung, and with it comes Fanderson’s spring mailing of delayed FAB Annual 2026 and all-new FAB Express issue 112.
The releases are available only to members of Fanderson, the world’s only official appreciation society for the work of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, endorsed by their families, ITV Studios Global Entertainment, ITC Entertainment Group Ltd, Anderson Entertainment Ltd and The Indestructible Production Company Ltd.
The new FAB Express editor Ross Ironfield’s first issue takes a peek at Century 21 Toys marketing, club members FlashBack to the Fireball XL5 episode “Trial By Robot”, read about the making of the club’s Super Space Theater soundtracks, explore the first new FAB Fans feature, as well as providing news, views and reviews.
The mailing also includes the much-anticipated FAB Annual 2026, delayed from November. This 100-page hardback book shines a light on Torchy the Battery Boy, plus an exclusive eight-page Thunderbirds picture strip by John Freeman and Bill Storie, plus Graham Bleathman’s cutaways of the TV21 Building and the President Roberts.
Plus, enjoy the nostalgia kick of being in “Another Time, Another Place”, check out an examination of making Worlds In Miniature, UFO’s Royal Navy connection, how Century 21 Toys promoted their Captain Scarlet And The Mysterons lines, a look at the work of the much-loved actor and voice artist David Healy, a smashing guide to TV Century 21’s superspy, Agent 21 by Keith Ansell , the books of John Theydon, and a look back to everything that was happening in AP Film’s heyday in “FAB Diary 1966”.
Join Fanderson now to secure your copy of the Fanderson Annual!
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John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.
He’s the writer of comics such as 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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