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Rebellion are to publish a collection of strips from Wildcat, Fleetway’s short-lived, last real attempt at a fortnightly boy’s adventure comic, launched in 1988. There’s also a mention on Amazon for another Jinty collection, Fran from the Floods. Published by Fleetway between October 1988 and March 1989 (with a free Wildcat mini-comic given away with 2000AD,Continue reading Wildcat, one of Fleetway’s last boy’s adventure comics, to be collected
Ace artist Jesús Redondo Romain recently posted some great looking pages of a Marvel UK-commissioned Motormouth story, guest starring Death’s Head II. The only problem – he couldn’t remember what the story was called, so we did a bit of digging around, contacting former Marvel UK writers and editors to see if they recognised it… JesusContinue reading Marvel UK Mystery: An unpublished Motormouth story
Over on eBay, seller “Forbidden Box” is not only selling a smashing piece of 2000AD Dan Dare art by Dave Gibbons but also an early, uncensored page from the short-lived weekly Scream drawn by Jesus Redondo. The Scream art from “Monster“, a strip originally devised by Alan Moore – offered for £350 – differs from the published editionContinue reading Spot the Difference: Scream comic art uncensored
2000AD has posted a video of the panel called “Kicking it Old School” from last month’s 40 Years of Thrill-Power Festival (our feature on the event is here). Chaired by myself, the panel featured John Higgins, Ian Kennedy and Jesus Redondo (with Guillermo Ortego tranlating) as we discussed the rich history of British comics. AsContinue reading Watch: Kicking it Old School – Talking British Comics at 2000AD’s 40 Years of Thrill-Power Festival
Writers: Alan Moore, John Wagner Artists: Heinzl (Alberto Giolotti), Jesus Redondo Introduced by Ian Rimmer, Scream!‘s editor Paperback, 192 page, includes the series text stories from various Holiday Specials etc Publisher: Rebellion Out: Now The Book: IT CAME FROM THE ATTIC! Twelve-year old Kenneth Corman buried his abusive father outside his creaky old family home.Continue reading In Review: Monster, from Scream! comic