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• Early “Prince Valiant” art by Hal Foster sells for over £33,000

  By John Freeman on 8 August 2019

  

  The “Prince Valiant” newspaper made its debut on 13th February 1937, an epic adventure and romantic fantasy created by Hal Foster for 35 years. Earlier this month, the tenth episode sold for $40,800 (just over £33,500) on Heritage Auctions. Realistic… Read More ›

• Sanctioned “Scarfolk Annual” on its way

  By John Freeman on 8 August 2019

  

  As some know, but perhaps wish they didn’t, Scarfolk is a lost town in North West England that did not progress beyond 1979. Instead, the entire decade of the 1970s loops ad infinitum. It is a national mystery whose artefacts, occasionally uncovered and reported online, are often both horrifying but at the same time, dangerously fascinating – and now a facsimile of one of them, a Scarfolk Annual, is about to be released…

• Rare vintage Fairylite Thunderbirds figures feature in latest Aston’s auction

  By John Freeman on 7 August 2019

  

  Nestling among the almost 500 lots of toy cars and model railways in the latest Aston’s Auctioneers Toy and Model Railway Auction, taking place next Tuesday, are a couple of vintage Thunderbirds rarities produced by Fairylite that might just catch… Read More ›

• South Africa’s Supa Strikas comic and animated show set for global boost?

  By John Freeman on 7 August 2019

  

  Football comics have a long and proud tradition around the world, not just here in the UK where we’ve enjoyed Roy of the Rovers for over 65 years. Artist Steve McGarry documented many of them in the brilliant Playing for… Read More ›

• Lakes Festival Focus 2019: An Interview with artist Darren Cullen

  By John Freeman on 7 August 2019

  

  Every year, in the countdown to the Lakes International Comic Art Festival in October, we bring you a series of interviews with guests at the event. This first “Festival Focus” for 2019 is with satirical artist, illustrator and writer Darren… Read More ›

• First Look: “Ragtime Soldier”, a new World War One comic from Pat Mills

  By John Freeman on 6 August 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  Pat Mills, creator of 2000AD and co-creator and writer of the classic World War One strip “Charley’s War” for Battle, has revealed the first page of his new anti-war story, “Ragtime Soldier“, featuring art by Gary Welsh and Phil Vaughan…. Read More ›

• Latest Eagle Times travels well with Dan Dare, Marco Polo, Pogo and more

  By John Freeman on 6 August 2019

  

  The latest issue of the Eagle Society magazine Eagle Times (Volume 32 No. 2 -Summer 2019) is now available and offers another great mix of articles on both Eagle and other comics, not only offering further insight into the Eagle… Read More ›

• Danger Mouse goes Pop! New Funko “Classic” range announced for 2020

  By John Freeman on 6 August 2019

  

  Boat Rocker Studios, the content, distribution and brands arm of global entertainment company Boat Rocker Media, has announced a worldwide partnership deal with Funko that will see the launch of a new range of Danger Mouse classic collectibles, set to… Read More ›

• Creating Comics: Wally Wood’s “Panels That Always Work”

  By John Freeman on 6 August 2019 • ( 3 )

  

  Tips from a master of the Ninth Art on how to make the VP best of comic storytelling

• Commando Comics Calendar 2020 On Sale Now

  By John Freeman on 5 August 2019

  

  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… Read More ›

• “Raid On The Forth” From Maximized Comics

  By Jeremy Briggs on 5 August 2019

  

  On 16 October 1939 a dozen Junker Ju88 bombers of the Luftwaffe set out from the German island of Sylt to make the first attack of the Second World War on the United Kingdom. Their target was the Royal Navy… Read More ›

• Mysterious activities of Britain’s “Department of the Peculiar” revealed in new two-part comic

  By John Freeman on 5 August 2019 • ( 1 )

  

  Information has emerged from Whitehall about the latest activities of the highly secretive Department of the Peculiar, whose activities can only, for now, be documented through the visual medium known as “comics”.

• WebFind: Closer Than We Think – a tribute to the visionary artist Arthur Radebaugh

  By John Freeman on 5 August 2019

  

  Somehow, the amazing work of Arthur Radebaugh, the visionary artist behind the late 1950s and early 60s US newspaper feature “Closer Than We Think!“, surely deserving of collection, has completely passed me by until last week, when I not only… Read More ›

• Spot the TARDIS: Police Boxes recreated in “Ghost Monuments” project

  By John Freeman on 5 August 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  Photographer and Doctor Who fan Paul Dykes has started a new photography project he’s calling “Ghost Monuments” – photo composites using a 3D model of a Gilbert MacKenzie Trench police box, rematerialising them in their former locations across London

• Doctor Who comics editor Jonathan Stevenson exits, interview on Panel to Panel

  By John Freeman on 3 August 2019

  

  Episode #112 of Doctor Who: Panel to Panel podcast, devoted to all things Doctor Who comics related, is live

• Codename Warlord returns, new adventure announced for upcoming Commando

  By John Freeman on 3 August 2019

  

  “Codename Warlord” – the lead strip of classic war comic Warlord – returns to comics later this month, in the pages of DC Thomson Media’s Commando comic… and the Dundee-based publisher is trailing the revival with online announcements – and… Read More ›

• Portsmouth Comic Con 2020 Super Early Bird Tickets On Sale Now

  By John Freeman on 3 August 2019

  

  Following the second stonking year of a major comics event in Portsmouth, the city’s The Guildhall Trust has opened ticket sales for next year’s Portsmouth Comic Con, taking place on Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd May 2020, with a Super… Read More ›

• Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed! The Musical – First Tour Dates Announced

  By John Freeman on 3 August 2019

  

  The first tour dates for the new Dennis & Gnasher Unleashed! The Musical have been revealed, opening in Aylesbury in January, at the Waterside Theatre, with dates also announced in Birmingham, Glasgow London, Manchester and more. A production from Selladoor… Read More ›

• Why Frank Bellamy was the perfect artist for “Thunderbirds” in TV21

  By John Freeman on 3 August 2019

  

  Fred McNamara argues Frank Bellamy’s depiction of “Thunderbirds” remains TV21’s most memorable strip, and with good reason

• Coming in 2020: Masters of British Comic Art

  By John Freeman on 2 August 2019 • ( 5 )

  

  Masters of British Comic Art, Artist and writer David Roach’s history of British comics and the artists who made them is due for release from Rebellion in April 2020

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