Over on the main site, I’ve just uploaded a cleaner ‘new look’ which affects all my pages. Let me know what you think, and if it’s causing an display issues. Thanks! Some pages are still in the old design but… Read More ›
British Comics
British comics-related news, interviews and features
Westcity Link
You know, sometimes it’s worth actually checking some of the ads Google’s putting on your site because some of them are gems. Case in point is the “Science Fiction Info” line ad that was on here this mroning, wich links… Read More ›
Anti Smoking Ads: A Shock for Bully Brown
Talk of banning smoking completely in West Lancashire council offices — no more fag breaks etc. — prompted memories of anti-smoking campaigns in 1960s comics, and the image here from TV21 #21 coincidentally arrived in my mailbox this morning. Of… Read More ›
Tenacious D storm downthetubes
Over on the official web site for the new Tenacious D movie (Titan Books has some tie-in books on the way), there’s an option to “overhaul” a “lame” web site, using some fun flash screengrabbing and animation. Clever, with quite… Read More ›
More manga from Harrison Davies?
I bumped into artist Paul Harrison Davies yesterday, looking a bit knackered from the recent happy birth of his daughter but still bubbling at reaction to his fab strip in Constable and Robinson’s recently-published Mammoth Book of Best New Manga,… Read More ›
Hollywoodland
Heading for UK cinemas 24 November is Hollywoodland, which centres on the mysterious death of George Reeve, the man who played Superman. The trailer looks slick (but as others have pointed out, does it give too much away?) Ben Affleck,… Read More ›
Special
Okay, this one passed me by. I need to read more dreamwatch (unashamed plug). There’s a new film bearing down on us called Special, centring on Les Franken (played by Michael Rapaport), who leads a painfully unremarkable life as a… Read More ›
Cat Tracking into parallel dimensions
It’s a well known fact that many SF and comics writers own cats. Don’t ask me why, it’s just one of those weird rules of the universe. Of course many freelancers work from home, but even they must sometimes wonder… Read More ›
Breaking into comics – 2000AD’s David Bishop speaks
Former 2000AD editor David Bishop recently posted a revealing interview outlining how he broke into comics and thoughts on how to get work in the industry on his Vicious Imagery blog. As usual, he’s very candid about his work, which… Read More ›
ComicPal Auction features Beano rarity
The Autumn 2006 auction at Compalcomics (www.compalcomics.com) closes soon. One of four auctions held annually, this one features 273 lots in their Autumn catalogue including what the company describes as two particularly “exceptional” items; a Beano Comic No 1 and a… Read More ›
US Newspaper polls readers on cartoon choice
Can’t see the the UK Guardian ever doing this: or getting as much feedback — some 5000 readers replied – on a newspaper’s plans to alter its comic strip section. www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/entertainment/comics/15254126.htm Strips to vote on here: www.kansas.com/mld/kansas/entertainment/comics/15244087.htm
Cat Presents take a new twist
One of the perils of working from home is that I never know what our hunter-killer cat will bring in as a ‘present’ (usually in the hope that she will be rewarded with biscuits, I suspect). Usually, thankfully, she has… Read More ›
Meow Mix: Cat Big Brother
(Old post reinstated, ignore if RSS checking) Maybe they’ll use famous cats like Data’s Spot, from Star Trek, eliminating the opposition with a well-pawed phaser… ANIMAL PLANET TO LAUNCH CAT BIG BROTHER SHOW A US cable network is hoping to… Read More ›
Official: Cats are harder than bears
Caught this pic in one of the tabloids while on a bacon bun run, of Jack, a 15-pound orange-and-white cat, who’s sitting under a treed black bear in a backyard in West Milford, New Jersey, Sunday, June 4, 2006. Jack,… Read More ›
Beaver and Steve
Ages ago, possibly even on this blog, I raved about Beaver and Steve, an online strip from the superbly talented James Turner (a fellow 20sixer, he of Erudite Baboon). Anyway, he’s only gone and had many of the strips collected… Read More ›
Going Underground
This web site is occasionally visited by people seeking more information about London’s Tube, and leave disappointed, so I’m happy to report the ongoing success of a site that is actually about London Underground, written by friend, Mecca Ibrahim: http://london-underground.blogspot.com…. Read More ›
Jeff Anderson Heads for the Riddler’s Fayre
British comics artist Jeff Anderson, whose work on the critically acclaimed Lion Graphic Bible earned him and writer Mike Maddox a prestigious Angouleme award in 2000, is busy at work on a new project — a five-part graphic novel from Highland Books…. Read More ›
Striker Goes Down
(Updated 10/5/05):The UK’s weekly football comic Striker is to fold this week, on its 87th issue. Publisher Pete Nash broke the news in last week’s issue and in a letter to the title’s shareholders — many of them readers who… Read More ›
Comics and Crumpets Column Three: British Comics characters revived – by DC
This feature first appeared on the now defunct Comic World News on 31st January 2005 BRITISH COMICS CHARACTERS REVIVED – BY DC This issue, I’ve got more information on two projects reviving some classic British comics — and am pleased… Read More ›
Barmy Comics from Barrow
Comics creator Dave Hughes, who lives in Barrow, has just sent me a hilarious collection of his comic strip tales titled The Immeasurable adventures of Gorky Park. Dave’s strange, spikey cartoon work, akin to Rugrats on acid, tells the bizarre… Read More ›