British comics fandom has lost one its greatest archivists
Steve Holland
In Review: Bear Alley Books “Longbow” classic British comics collections
Offering intense, fast-paced action adventure, “Longbow of the Cheyenne” is surely classic British weekly comics at its best…
Calling Paul Temple… in Germany!
A classic British newspaper strip resurfaces in a new German collection
London Tower Bridge comic strip mystery solved!
The British comics archivist community solves a magazine strip mystery…
2000AD art and more offered in upcoming Heritage Auction
The work of several British comic artists features in an upcoming Heritage Auction
In Review: Rocket – The First Space Age Weekly
Steve Winders reviews Steve Holland’s new book about a famous, but short-lived 1950s British comic…
Bear Alley Books heads back to the 1950s with new book on “Rocket” comic
Bear Alley Books, run by author Steve Holland, is bullishly battling back against the perils of the Coronavirus Pandemic with the release of a new guide to a short-lived 1950s weekly boys comic, Rocket, and new editions of two previous releases.
Snapshots in (Comics) Time: A Bethnal Green Newsagent, 1951
This photo of “S Lavner“, newsagent and tobacconist, situated at 241 Bethnal Green Road, E2, was taken in Bethnal Green by seminal British post-war artist, photographer, collagist, printmaker and teacher Nigel Henderson – and offers a fascinating snapshot of London’s… Read More ›
Broadcaster Jonathan Ross joins campaign to preserve British Comics History and call for national Comics Museum
Comic artists, writers, editors, publishers, academics and broadcaster and comics collector Jonathan Ross gathered in person and by Skype at London’s Cartoon Museum this weekend (Saturday 2nd November 2019) to voice support for the preservation of British comics history, and… Read More ›
Essential British Comics Reference: Bear Alley Books’ “Ranger The National Boys’ Magazine”
Online discussion about where a piece of art by the talented British comic artist Ron Embleton (TV Century 21, Look and Learn, Ranger, World of Wonder) might have been published prompted Bear Alley Books publisher Steve Holland to remind me… Read More ›