Just to prove Commando is read around the world here are four members of the British Services Antarctic Expedition 2012 reading Commando in Antarctica. They are (left to right) Lt Col Pete Davis, Surg Lt Simon Hornby RN, Major Justin… Read More ›
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CD Comics ‘Meadowhell’ reveals the true horror of shopping
Meadowhall Shopping Centre is located between Sheffield and Rotherham and is just like every other shopping mall – but independent comic company CD Comics has published a humorous Surreal Murder Mystery Graphic Novel on CD-ROM that has sold triple figures… Read More ›
Latest Spaceship Away features new Don Harley paintings
Issue 26 of the Dan Dare-inspired Spaceship Away is now at the printers and will soon be winging its way to subscribers and stockists. Along with the regular strips the issue features three new Don Harley paintings, including a fabulous… Read More ›
Eagle Times Reaches Its Quarter Century (Volume 25, Number One)
Eagle Times, the quarterly journal of the Eagle Society, has reached its twenty-fifth year of publication. By far the longest running British comics fanzine, Eagle Times has now been published some six years longer than the weekly comic that it… Read More ›
British Comic Stamps: 2000AD
Here’s the final post to mark the release of the Royal Mail’s Comic Collection, celebrating 75 years of British comics. The Royal Mail have kindly sent us large versions of each stamp, so we thought we’d show them off in… Read More ›
CamCon 2012 lines up its guests
A new British comic convention will take place in May and has an impressive line-up of guests that includes longtime indie creator Glenn Dakin, 2000AD artist Leigh Gallagher and many others. The brainchild of Ziggy Newman, CamCon – Cambridge’s new… Read More ›
British Comic Stamps: Twinkle
Here’s the ninth of our ten posts to mark the release of the Royal Mail’s Comic Collection, celebrating 75 years of British comics. The Royal Mail have kindly sent us large versions of each stamp, so we thought we’d show… Read More ›
In Review: Jennifer Wilde Issue 1
Set in 1921 Jennifer Wilde is the Eagle Award nominated lightly supernatural title from Atomic Diner, written by Maura McHugh, illustrated by Stephen Downey and based on a plot by Maura McHugh and Robert Curley. Jennifer Chevalier is an artist… Read More ›
British Comic Stamps: Valiant
Here’s the eighth of our ten posts to mark the release of the Royal Mail’s Comic Collection, celebrating 75 years of British comics. The Royal Mail have kindly sent us large versions of each stamp, so we thought we’d show… Read More ›
British Comic Stamps: Buster
Here’s the seventh of our ten posts to mark the release of the Royal Mail’s Comic Collection, celebrating 75 years of British comics. The Royal Mail have kindly sent us large versions of each stamp, so we thought we’d show… Read More ›
British Comic Stamps: Bunty
Here’s the sixth of our ten posts to mark the release of the Royal Mail’s Comic Collection, celebrating 75 years of British comics. The Royal Mail have kindly sent us large versions of each stamp, so we thought we’d show… Read More ›
British Comic Stamps: Tiger
Here’s the fifth of our ten posts to mark the release of the Royal Mail’s Comic Collection, celebrating 75 years of British comics. The Royal Mail have kindly sent us large versions of each stamp, so we thought we’d show… Read More ›
British Comic Stamps: The Topper
Here’s the fourth of our ten posts to mark the release of the Royal Mail’s Comic Collection, celebrating 75 years of British comics. The Royal Mail have kindly sent us large versions of each stamp, so we thought we’d show… Read More ›
Andrew Wildman talks HORIZON and Transformers at Literary Festival
If you’re in the Chipping Norton area on the 21st April, then get along to the Chipping Norton Literary Festival. Andrew Wildman, co-creator of the recently-published weird western Frontier and artist on the new IDW Transformers title will be… Read More ›
British Comic Stamps: The Eagle
Here’s the third of our ten posts to mark the release of the Royal Mail’s Comic Collection, celebrating 75 years of British comics. The Royal Mail have kindly sent us large versions of each stamp, so we thought we’d show… Read More ›
British Comic Stamps: The Beano
Here’s the second of our ten posts to mark the release of the Royal Mail’s Comic Collection, celebrating 75 years of British comics. The Royal Mail have kindly sent us large versions of each stamp, so we thought we’d show… Read More ›
British Comics Stamps Launch this week
Stand by for First Class fun and frolics as Britain’s Royal Mail pays homage to the great British comic on ten new stamps launched this week. As we previously reported, The Comics Collection, commemorating Britain’s rich comic book heritage, features… Read More ›
US publisher IDW announces Judge Dredd title
US publishers IDW have announced they’re to publish a Judge Dredd ongoing series, which will launch this autumn. No creators have yet been announced but the title will feature original stories alongside classic reprints from 2000AD – a combination that’s… Read More ›
Charting the Marvelman saga
Comics expert Pádraig Ó Méalóid has posted story about the complicated story of Neil Gaiman and Todd McFarlane’s ongoing disputes, presented as a timeline, which you can see here. “On the 27th January, Neil Gaiman and Todd McFarlane finally settled… Read More ›
Flesh chomps back into 2000AD
Time-travelling cowboys and murderous lizards are rampaging back into the pages of 2000AD, as Flesh returns again. One of the all-time classic strips from early 2000AD, Flesh made a thrilling, blood-splattering return to the weekly British anthology title last year… Read More ›