The new Commando Comics Calendar 2020 is on sale now, featuring great art by Ian Kennedy utilising some of his stunning cover art for the long-running war comic, all chosen by readers.
Commando Comics has brought its readers thrilling tales of heroism, valour and camaraderie since 1961. Still published today, with over 5200 amazing issues to its credit so far, Commando is the longest‑running British war comic, ever – and the team at DCT’s Heritage Comics are really cranking up the number of projects associated with the title.
We saw the launch of Commando Presents last year, the first volume featuring Ramsey’s Raiders stories in colour for the first time, which is still on sale. Earlier this year, DCT published The Art of Ian Kennedy, a terrific “coffee table” book featuring art from many of the veteran artist’s many DC Thomson-published stories. Now, coming later this month, we’ll see the return of “Codename: Warlord“, via issues of Commando, revived from the war comic Warlord. But we’re sure they aren’t going to stop there!
The arrival of the annual Commando Comics Calendar needed no second guessing from us as to future plans, however, and it’s great to see Ian Kennedy’s work providing the focus for the 2020 release. From his first cover in 1970, in his illustrious 70 years of working for DC Thomson, Ian has produced over 1000 breath-taking Commando covers with subjects spanning land, sea, and air.
We get a smashing selection in this calendar, which is something a treat for longtime readers, featuring artworks “By Special Request” – favourite images selected by the fans from the title’s long run.
• The Commando Comics Calendar is on sale here direct from the DC Thomson Online Web Shop – and here from AmazonUK(Affiliate Link)
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• Official Commando Comics Site:www.commandocomics.com
• Don’t forget The Art of Ian Kennedy is available to order here on Amazon (Using this Affiliate Link helps support downthetubes, thank you)
• Commando Presents: Ramsey’s Raiders Classic Stories is available here on Amazon (Using this Affiliate Link helps support downthetubes, thank you)
• Commando Comics on AmazonUK (Affiliate Link)
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The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.
He’s the writer of “Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies” for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.
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