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James Bacon (he/him) is an Irish fan, a train driver living in London. A Hugo Award-winning editor of the fanzine "Journey Planet", he is a comic fan and enjoys comic art, war Comics, Star Wars, Irish aspects to comics and railways in comics or otherwise. He has been writing about comics for over thirty years.
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Comic Treasures: Marvel’s X-Men #28 (and an Irish connection you won’t expect)
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In Review and in Pictures: KAPOW – the exhibition – The Art of Making Comics and Films
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In Review: Battling Britons No. 5
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In Review: Armed with Madness – The Surreal Leonora Carrington by Mary and Bryan Talbot
Review by James Bacon The Book: Reluctant muse and feminist champion… society heiress and rebel refugee… the last of the Surrealists: Leonora Carrington played many roles in her long and extraordinary life. Renouncing her privileged upbringing in pre-war England for… Read More ›
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A Cracking Day Out: latest Commando and Weekly Comic Swap Meet features “launch” of new issue of Battling Britons, and more
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In Review and In Pictures: Enniskillen Comic Fest 2023
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In Review: Battle Action #1
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In Review: The Steve Dillon Exhibition at Lawless
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In Review: Batman: One Dark Knight by Jock Exhibition