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• Westerns, ho! Anderson & Garland latest Collectors’ Auction offers cowboys aplenty – and Joe 90, too!

  By John Freeman on 20 June 2022

  

  Anderson & Garland’s next Collectors’ Auction takes place next week and includes comics Star Wars and Gerry Anderson TV show-related toys

• Marvel UK’s “Apeslayer” – The Culprit Revealed?

  By John Freeman on 20 June 2022 • ( 5 )

  

  No, it’s not Neil Tennant of Pet Shop Boys fame. Another Marvel UK myth now fully debunked thanks to author Rob Kirby

• First win in 50 years for a graphic novel at 2022 Yoto Carnegie Greenaway Awards

  By John Freeman on 19 June 2022 • ( 1 )

  

  Long Way Down, illustrated by Danica Novgorodoff, has won the Yoto Kate Greenaway Medal – the first graphic novel to win since Raymond Briggs’ Father Christmas in 1973

• In Memoriam: Ralph Titterton

  By John Freeman on 19 June 2022

  

  A leading light in the curation of the music of Barry Gray has passed

• Planet of the Apes returns to Marvel, but will we get Apeslayer, too?

  By John Freeman on 19 June 2022 • ( 1 )

  

  Marvel’s stories from the iconic film series will kick off in early 2023

• Man Vs Bee-no! It’s a Beano Mini Adventure!

  By John Freeman on 18 June 2022 • ( 2 )

  

  Comedy legend Rowan Atkinson has been immortalised in a special bespoke Beano comic strip to launch new series Man vs Bee on Netflix on 24th June in the UK

• British comic art, rare “Free Gift” TV Century 21 comics, Marvel UK gems offered in latest Phil-Comics auction

  By John Freeman on 18 June 2022

  

  Some great items on offer again including rare Beano, Dandy and Gerry Anderson-related items from this British comics-focused eBay auction house

• London Underground Cutaways, Ancient and Modern!

  By John Freeman on 18 June 2022

  

  New Transport for London “cutaways” of Underground stations sent us scurrying to similar work in the past, in titles such as Eagle and Look and Learn…

• Batman: The Dark Knight Returns Book One cover sells for record $2.4 million

  By John Freeman on 17 June 2022 • ( 1 )

  

  The Dark Knight returned Thursday to claim the record for the most expensive mainstream American comic book cover art sold at auction

• TV Century 21 returns, but as audio annuals, not a comic

  By John Freeman on 17 June 2022 • ( 1 )

  

  Audio adventures featuring Gerry Anderson classic series are on their way

• Coming Soon: Blazing Battle Action, a new British Comic Archive title from Hibernia

  By John Freeman on 17 June 2022

  

  Blazing Battle Action is the next Comic Archive available from Hibernia Comics, and will officially go on sale next week

• Roy of the Rovers Stuff: a look back at the newspaper strips

  By John Freeman on 17 June 2022

  

  The newspaper strips in Today and the Daily Star newspapers remembered

• New Doctor Who Chronicles celebrates the Daleks in TV Comic, Sky Ray lollies, and more!

  By John Freeman on 17 June 2022

  

  Set your Time Space Visualisers to 1967, Who fans!

• Bryan Talbot’s Luther Arkwright: celebrating 50 years of a British comics legend opens at London’s Cartoon Museum

  By James Bacon on 16 June 2022

  

  James Bacon reports on the opening night of Bryan Talbot’s new Luther Arkwright exhibition at the Cartoon Museum, and reviews it, too

• Dalek Daftness offered on eBay! Unique Doctor Who art up for grabs

  By John Freeman on 15 June 2022

  

  The art for a very silly Dalek cartoon by Lew Stringer is up for sale on eBay

• Tripwire Convention planned for September cancelled

  By John Freeman on 15 June 2022

  

  The organisers of the planned Tripwire Presents Bristol Comic Con in September have announced its cancellation, and refunded all advance ticket purchases. In a statement, Joel Meadows, publisher of Tripwire magazine, and the driving force behind the project, revealed response… Read More ›

• Doctor Who Annual 2023 set to celebrate 60 years of the show

  By John Freeman on 15 June 2022

  

  Due for release in September, the Doctor Who Annual 2023 is available to pre-order now

• Reign of the Brain! New Steel Claw collection heading your way in November from Rebellion

  By John Freeman on 15 June 2022

  

  Rebellion has revealed the web shop exclusive hardback cover by Brian Bolland for its second Steel Claw collection, due for release in November 2022

• In Review: Jurassic World – Dominion

  By Tim Robins on 14 June 2022 • ( 1 )

  

  Jurassic World meets Jurassic Park, but is it the kind of melding of action adventure that works? Tim Robins shares his view…

• Crowdfunding Spotlight: Paragon, the independent comics anthology

  By John Freeman on 14 June 2022

  

  Check out the Kickstarter for the latest issue of the British independent comics anthology, unashamedly old school action adventure fun!

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