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• “The Titfield Thunderbolt” 70th anniversary set to be celebrated with new train models

  By John Freeman on 26 January 2022

  

  Rapido Trains UK is releasing a range of The Titfield Thunderbolt models in early 2023

• Delve into “Comic Papers of the Platinum Age”, Alan Clark’s latest book on early British comics

  By John Freeman on 25 January 2022 • ( 1 )

  

  Another smashing-looking book delving into the very early days of British comics is available now

• When Dan Dare tie-in fiction went woefully wrong – a sorry tale of disastrous publishing decisions

  By John Freeman on 24 January 2022 • ( 1 )

  

  Philip Harbottle deservedly eviscerates the terrible publishing decisions of Hulton Press, who successfully destroyed what could have been a great new line in Dan Dare tie-in science fiction…

• Falkirk’s Park Gallery to host “The Graphic Novel World of Metaphrog” exhibition

  By John Freeman on 24 January 2022

  

  “The Graphic Novel World of Metaphrog” opens at Falkirk’s Park Gallery this week

• New Constant Scale delivers latest Airfix news and reviews

  By John Freeman on 24 January 2022

  

  The latest issue of Constant Scale, the magazine of the Airfix Collectors’ Club, is available now

• Tripwire Presents Bristol Comic Con poster by Sean Phillips revealed, guest list shapes up

  By John Freeman on 24 January 2022

  

  The poster for the “Tripwire Presents Bristol Comic Con” by Sean Phillips revealed, guests shape up

• In Memoriam: French comic artist Jean-Claude Mézières, co-creator of Valerian and Laureline

  By John Freeman on 24 January 2022

  

  We’re sorry to report the passing of French comic artist Jean-Claude Mézières, co-creator with Pierre Christin of the hugely influential SF BD series Valerian and Laureline

• In Review: Scream (2022)

  By Tim Robins on 23 January 2022

  

  Tim Robins was dragged kicking and, well, er, to this movie… did he enjoy it?

• First trailer for “The Last Worker”, new game featuring work of Jörg Tittel and Mick McMahon, released

  By John Freeman on 23 January 2022

  

  The first trailer for The Last Worker, a new VR game written and directed by comic creator Jörg Tittel, working with Mick McMahon, has just been released

• Independent publisher Sector 13 Comics reveals “1900” comic anthology plans

  By John Freeman on 23 January 2022

  

  Independent comics publisher Sector 13 Comics has set out plans for a new comic anthology, 1900, to be published in 2022 – and put out a call for contributors

• “The Tony Hancock Show” gets DVD release

  By John Freeman on 22 January 2022

  

  Great news for fans of comedian Tony Hancock – a rarely seen TV show is getting a DVD release

• Hergé, Moebius, Wayne England comic art and more offered in latest Catawiki auctions

  By John Freeman on 22 January 2022

  

  There are some impressive art rarities by Hergé, Will Eisner, Moebius and more on offer over on the Catawiki auction site this week

• Adam Hughes Doctor Who: Special 2022 cover revealed, Ninth and Tenth Doctors head back to comics!

  By John Freeman on 21 January 2022

  

  Titan Comics has revealed Cover A for their upcoming Doctor Who: Special 2022 by superstar artist Adam Hughes

• Thrill suckers target 2000AD Instagram, all posts lost in hack

  By John Freeman on 21 January 2022

  

  A rotten development for the 2000AD team

• Wallace and Gromit set to return, new “Chicken Run” film voice cast revealed

  By John Freeman on 21 January 2022

  

  Cracking news for Aardman animation and Wallace and Gromit fans – a new film is in the works!

• In Memoriam: Beano, Beezer and Topper artist, John F. Dallas

  By John Freeman on 20 January 2022

  

  We’re sorry to report the passing of DC Thomson comics veteran, John F. Dallas, perhaps best known for his long run on “Beryl the Peril”

• Listen, pussycats! TV’s original Kojak gets recalled in latest “Yours Retro”

  By John Freeman on 20 January 2022

  

  Back In the 1970s, Kojak set the standard for hard-hitting, gritty police shows, and very far from being “just another cop show”, as writer JD Savage reveals in the latest issue of Yours Retro, available now from all good newsagents… Read More ›

• Brickman, Combat Colin and Doctor Who “Daft Dimension” art rarities up for grabs!

  By John Freeman on 19 January 2022

  

  Ace British cartoonist Lew Stringer has some more of his art for sale on that there eBay!

• The Royal Navy in the desert and a time traveller in the Battle of Britain? Have Commando Comics taken a strange turn?

  By John Freeman on 19 January 2022

  

  A smashing line up of stories in the latest set of Commando Comics – including a time travel tale!

• New thrills in 2000AD, and a fantastic classic Treasury of British Comics comic collection, Karl the Viking, too!

  By John Freeman on 19 January 2022

  

  New thrills in 2000AD, the debut of Hawk the Slayer, and a fantastic classic Treasury of British Comics comic collection, Karl the Viking, too!

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