In May 2010 The Sun newspaper began a series of Wallace & Gromit comic strips, a series that ran six days a week for over three years. The strip, credited to “Aardman and Titan Comics” told the humorous antics of… Read More ›
British Comics – Newspaper Strips
Beyond 2000AD project reveals secrets of ‘Starlord’ and aborted ‘Eagle’ revival
Hibernia Books are back after the success of last year’s Comic Archive: One Eyed Jack and the Death of Valiant with the latest in their Comic Archive series: Beyond 2000AD. The book – available now – is packed with fascinating… Read More ›
Happy Birthday, Striker! 28 today…
Debuting in The Sun on 11th November 1985, newspaper strip Striker has defied the odds and reached its 28th birthday today, despite a chequered history that has seen its cancellation and revival on more than one occasion. Today, it’s a… Read More ›
Gatehouse and Windett launch “Kaci Bell Mysteries”
Ace creators John Gatehouse and Dave Windett have just launched a web strip, The Kaci Bell Mysteries, set in a Bluewater Cove, California – where life is never quite normal! When high school students turn into super-powered freaks and go on… Read More ›
Steve Bell recalls the “Golden Age of Caricature”
Political cartoonist Steve Bell – best known for his work in The Guardian – will be at the University of Aberdeen in November, giving a free talk on Britain’s early visual satirists such as James Gillray, William Hogarth and George… Read More ›
The Daily Mail’s Doctor Who newspaper strip that never was
During the success of the new Doctor Who when it returned in 2005, I spoke with the Daily Mail, who were keen to run a daily strip of the Doctor. The right folk at the BBC agreed and I asked… Read More ›
Limited edition Garth collection on sale at London Film and Comic Con
Huw J Davies-Matsumura has announced a further limited edition Garth release for this weekend’s upcoming London Film and Comic Con – a limited signed convention edition of a collection of his Garth strip “The Gold of Ragnarock”, which was initially… Read More ›
Mirror’s Garth hits 70, fans pay tribute
The Daily Mirror‘s Garth strip celebrates its 70th birthday this year (the strip launched in July 1943 and is now being reprinted in the newspaper). In ongoing celebrations, fans of the the story of the time-spanning adventurer are working on… Read More ›
Oor Wullie’s Bucket Band launches with Bay City Rollers track
Jings, crivvens and help ma boab! Oor Wullie’s bucket has been found, after it was stolen earlier this year – by cheeky Wullie look-a-like Jamie Webster. The Sunday Post, which publishes the Oor Wullie, strip, revealed the iconic Scottish comic… Read More ›
‘Striker’ football strip goes global with app launch
The terrific football strip Striker – which currently appears in print The Sun as a regular strip, probably making it one of the most-read strips in the UK – has just been launched as an App from Syon Publishing, offering… Read More ›
Gary Erskine chosen to honour Andy Murray for Sunday Mail
Scottish comics artist Gary Erskine – currently busy promoting the amazing-looking Roller Grrrls project – landed a plumb commission to draw Wimbledon winner Andy Murray for yesterday’s best-selling Scottish newspaper, the Sunday Mail. The Scottish newspaper was clearly in no… Read More ›
Mad May for Wallace and Gromit
VisitEngland, the UK’s national tourist board has recruited Wallace & Gromit as ‘Tourism Trailblazers’ to inspire Britons to take a holiday at home this year. (It’s a busy time for the duo – earlier this month, they notched up the… Read More ›
Striker creator Pete Nash still hopes for TV series
Pete Nash, creator of the long-running football strip Striker for The Sun newspaper, still has hopes the strip will jump from the printed page to TV. Answering fans questions on the StrikerWorld forum (membership required to view), Pete, who successfully… Read More ›
Striker returns to The Sun
As rumoured last week, the Striker comic strip has returned to The Sun newspaper, after a long absence – ousting vampire comic Shadows. Returning on Monday, the strip began with longtime soccer hero Nick Jarvis being interviewed on TV about… Read More ›
Sun drops “Shadows”, “Striker” return rumoured
(Updated 9th January) In a story that echoes the final days of Pete Nash’s Striker comic strip, The Sun newspaper has decided to drop its vampire-inspired Shadows saga on Friday, leaving creator Kevin Richter little time to wrap the current… Read More ›
Tough of the Track runs to The Mirror
Sporting comic strip legend Alf Tupper is back in today’s Mirror newspaper in a new adventure written by Ferg Handley and drawn by comics veteran Barrie Mitchell, to celebrate this year’s Bupa Great North Run. Working-class, chips-addicted hero Alf appeared… Read More ›
The Really Heavy Greatcoat returns (sort of)
The Really Heavy Greactcoat is a long-running cartoon strip which ace artist Nick Miller and I created years ago and, just occasionally, Nick (who’s constantly busy on numerous projects) teases me with a new and topical episode. • View… Read More ›
Striker site down – but no early bath for the strip, says creator
Football comics seem to be getting it in the neck this month – after the demise of the print edition of Comic Football (due to return online later this year), fans have alerted us to say that the official… Read More ›
Lobey Dosser: A Very Surreal Glaswegian
(Updated with GI Bride pictures and extra information): I’ve been discussing the ephemeral nature of newspaper strips and newspaper strip characters with friends this week, so it seems apt that my attention was drawn to a character and artist whose… Read More ›
British Newspaper Strip Club changes hands
There’s a change of command at the All Devon Collectors Club, longtime archivists of British newspaper strips. An offshoot of the old South West Comic Collectors Club, the ADCCC, mainly centred on the Exeter area, has members far and wide… Read More ›