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• WebFind: Looking Back at “The Monocled Mutineer”, and Charley’s War, too

  By John Freeman on 15 April 2021

  

  Connecting the seminal Battle comic strip and a ‘buried’ 1980s BBC Drama

• Championing Comics and Comic Creators in the UK: An “Exit Interview” with Comics Laureate Hannah Berry

  By John Freeman on 14 April 2021

  

  Looking back, looking forwards, ever campaigning, Hannah Berry talks about her time as Comics Laureate

• New Faces at the Cartoon Museum – comic creator Hannah Berry announced as Trustee

  By John Freeman on 14 April 2021

  

  New blood behind the scenes at the London-based comics and cartoons exhibition hub

• The first-ever Gerry Anderson Day is go, with a “Gerry Anderson’s Night In” just part of the fun!

  By John Freeman on 14 April 2021

  

  Celebrate the work of Thunderbirds co-creator Gerry Anderson today

• Commando marks 275th anniversary of Battle of Culloden, and a haunting tale of World War Two action also on offer

  By John Freeman on 14 April 2021

  

  Commemorating the Battle of Culloden, World War Two action and more

• Break out into the sunshine today, for this week’s 2000AD and new Judge Dredd Megazine… and more!

  By John Freeman on 14 April 2021

  

  Leave lockdown for some great all-out action from Rebellion!

• “Young Avengers: Sidekicks” Bookazine out now from Panini UK

  By John Freeman on 13 April 2021

  

  A new Marvel Select Bookazine is out now in the UK from Panini

• Latest Eagle Times offers rare insight into the making of an original “Dan Dare” strip

  By John Freeman on 13 April 2021

  

  There’s a smashing look “under the bonnet” at the making of an original “Dan Dare” strip in the latest issue of Eagle Times

• Crowdfunding Spotlight: Ilana Zeffren’s Urban Tails hits Kickstarter

  By John Freeman on 13 April 2021

  

  Check out this collection of observant, funny stories

• Unique new Gerry Anderson documentary announced, offering new insights on the co-creator of Thunderbirds and more

  By John Freeman on 12 April 2021 • ( 1 )

  

  A very special documentary is on its way next year

• Cartoon Museum and the Society of Authors Comics Creators Network offers valuable insight into Contracts, Negotiation and Publishing Models

  By John Freeman on 12 April 2021

  

  Fancy some inside intel on comics contracts and more, courtesy of the Society of Authors Comics Creators Network? Of course you do

• Spaceships That Never Were: Space Gliders of the 1950s (and there’s an EAGLE comic connection, too)

  By John Freeman on 12 April 2021 • ( 1 )

  

  Plans for a space glider, a precursor to the space shuttle, were being developed in the 1950s

• Impressionist Jon Culshaw and Harry Potter star Genevieve Gaunt voice Thunderbirds legends in new audiobook

  By John Freeman on 11 April 2021 • ( 1 )

  

  New editions of great Gerry Anderson novels in the works, as audiobooks and in print

• Out now, “100 Objects of Dr Who” offers an eclectic look at the show

  By John Freeman on 10 April 2021

  

  Fancy a free sampler of a new Doctor Who book? Of course you do!

• Royal Mail Classic Science Fiction celebration stamps released next week

  By John Freeman on 10 April 2021

  

  A smashing SF-inspired stamp set, heading to letterboxes from Royal Mail

• Britbox joins in the Gerry Anderson Day celebrations, coming soon

  By John Freeman on 10 April 2021

  

  Britbox gets set to deliver favourite episodes of Thunderbirds and more, as part of International Gerry Anderson Day 2021

• WebFind: Ramayana, from Wonder House Books, adapted by Shubha Vilas and Ishan Trivedi

  By John Freeman on 10 April 2021

  

  Discovered quite by chance, a beautiful-looking adaptation of this story from Indian mythology…

• Anderson Entertainment partners with Gail Myerscough to launch limited edition mug set

  By John Freeman on 9 April 2021

  

  Some fun Thunderbirds mugs now on sale, with distinct designs

• Cartoon Museum marks the passing of its patron, Prince Philip

  By John Freeman on 9 April 2021 • ( 1 )

  

  Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh has been an enthusiastic Patron of The Cartoon Museum in London for over 20 years and his death, announced earlier today, has been greeted with sorrow. In 1949 Prince Philip and the young Princess… Read More ›

• Heritage Auctions Announces record first Quarter Sales surpassing $337 million, helped by Simon Bisley “Lobo” art and more

  By John Freeman on 8 April 2021

  

  Staggering sales success, despite the pandemic

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