Fans of the classic Carol Day newspaper strip may be interested to hear that the strip’s official web site, www.carol-day. com has recently updated with new stories and art. The new stories are “Money Matters” and “Jimmy Hayes“. Carol Day ran from 1956-1967, and was… Read More ›
Football comic Striker has kicked off its 25th anniversary year by signing exclusively to Nuts, Britain’s biggest-selling weekly mens lifestyle magazine published by IPC. (We’re betting the team mascot might just be a bit racier than its past cheerleader, pictured… Read More ›
Long-running football strip Striker is set to return – this time as a weekly strip in an as yet unnamed magazine. A Striker movie is also again in development. Announcing the return on the official Striker forum (membership required to… Read More ›
The Book: Charts some of the cartoon (mis)adventures of Britain’s first and best-loved World War 2 pin-up – the scintillating, blue eyed, blonde-haired, clothes-phobic cartoon legend that is Lady Jane Gay. This collection features two full strips (no pun intended)… Read More ›
A new collection of Striker stories has just been published online via MyEbook.com. “Dead Man Walking”, set in Haiti, was a fan favourite, but creator Pete Nash warns that it should not to be read by the politically correct! Pages… Read More ›
Long-running soccer strip Striker recently came to an end in The Sun – catching many fans by surprize, even though creator Pete Nash had been saying for some time he planned to end the saga. But, after 24 years of… Read More ›
(with thanks to David Baillie for the tip): The cartoon strip Em, the creation of Swedish cartoonist Maria Smedstad, joins The Sun on Tuesday. “Yes, it’s true,” says Marie. “Em will be packing her little messily drawn bags and move… Read More ›
Titan Books will be releasing The Misadventures of Jane, an eagerly-awaited collection of the classic strip and other material featuring the World War 2 pin up heroine, later this month. Charting the cartoon (mis)adventures of Britain’s first and best-loved World… Read More ›
Stephen Frears director of films such as The Grifters, Roddy Doyle’s The Van and The Queen is set to take the director’s chair for the big screen adaptation of Posy Simmonds Guardian comic strip Tamara Drewe. Variety reports Frears has… Read More ›
The latest issues of British comics magazine Crikey! is on sale this week – and has made the leap to full colour throughout. Running to 84 pages the first issue of the now bi–monthly Crikey!, with a Dennis the Menace… Read More ›