Here we are again with another four Commandos – and it’s something of a landmark release this time around, with the title reaching Issue 4500 – surely something of a record for any comic (as, perhaps, is the number of… Read More ›
John Ridgway
Happy New Commandos!
Here are the details of the first batch of Commandos for 2012. Invasion Watch, one of the new stories this tim around, is the first part of a three-instalment story featuring the men of Britain’s Home Guard, many of whom… Read More ›
Devil’s Heritage joins STRIP Magazine line-up
Here’s the cover to Issue 3 of STRIP Magazine, on sale in UK comic shops next month. The Devil’s Heritage is a new strip to the title, by Jerome Felix and Paul Gastine and the comic magazine’s first ongoing story… Read More ›
STRIP Magazine #2 on sale now in the UK
STRIP Magazine #2 is on sale now in all good UK comic shops, including many offering mail order. STRIP Magazine Issue Two, the first comics title from Print Media Productions, features a Hook Jaw cover by Rufus Dayglo, which has… Read More ›
STRIP Magazine #2 digital edition now on sale
The iPad-only digital edition of STRIP Magazine #2 is now on sale from iTunes – again in advance of the print edition. Due to a small but unexpected delivery delay from Bosnia, the print edition will not be on sale… Read More ›
Remembering Lis Sladen, aka Sarah Jane Smith
Aurum Press will release Doctor Who actress Elisabeth Sladen’s autobiography this week – an occasion tempered with sadness, given her untimely death back in April – but a release that prompted my own memories of ‘working’ with the accomplished actress… Read More ›
Strip Magazine launches today in UK comic shops
Read Strip Magazine Issue 1 Sneak Preview by clicking here STRIP Magazine Issue One is available in British comics shops from today. The digital edition for iPad is also available and can be downloaded from the iTunes Store. The cost… Read More ›
Dundee Commando exhibition open
A quick reminder about the Commando exhibition in Dundee Jeremy Briggs gave an advance plug for last month, which has now opened, in advance of Dundee Comics Day on 30th October. Marking the 50th anniversary of Commando, It’s in the… Read More ›
Commandos race into danger
The latest issues of Commando are on sale in all ggod newsagents now, with this batch including a pair of books written by Eric Hebden and another by his son Alan – a first for the war comic perhaps. Commando… Read More ›
Cartoon Museum celebrates Doctor Who in comics
London’s Cartoon Museum is to host an exhibition of Doctor Who comic art over the summer, celebrating almost 50 years of his adventures in print – and hopes it might solve a long-running mystery about the artists who first drew… Read More ›