Here’s the fifth of our ten posts to mark the release of the Royal Mail’s Comic Collection, celebrating 75 years of British comics. The Royal Mail have kindly sent us large versions of each stamp, so we thought we’d show… Read More ›
Comic Genres
Johnny Red: Red Devil Rising!
Continuing the adventures of Britain’s best-loved aerial combat pilot, Johnny Redburn, Titan Books releases Johnny Red – Red Devil Rising at the end of the month in the UK (27th January). This is the second hardback volume reprinting the classic… Read More ›
Army photographer captures off duty moments of serving soldiers
In her forthcoming photographic exhibition, ‘Make Do and Mend’, award-winning Terriotorial Army Sergeant Alison Baskerville has captured images of many off duty moments for soldiers serving overseas in today’s combat zones. Sergeant Baskerville returned this summer from a tour… Read More ›
Roy of the Rovers returns in special Daily Mail strip
The Daily Mail has published a special Roy of the Rover strip to mark this weekend’s biggest match of the season, the 161st Manchester Derby. Featuring Champions Manchester United versus super-rich City, the strip emphasizes it’s the hottest ticket in… Read More ›
Wear your red (or white) poppy with pride on Remembrance Day
Remembrance Sunday falls on 13th November and across the world, services and events have been arranged, with the public being urged to take the time to remember all who died for their country in the two World Wars and… Read More ›
Striker site down – but no early bath for the strip, says creator
Football comics seem to be getting it in the neck this month – after the demise of the print edition of Comic Football (due to return online later this year), fans have alerted us to say that the official… Read More ›
Comic Football bounces back, looking for creators
We’ve got some good news about Comic Football, the national subscription-only comic that recently informed subscribers it had been cancelled. It seems that this is only part of the story – the comic will return later this year, but in… Read More ›
Comic Football sent off
(Updated 13:24 4/10/11) We’re sorry to report the demise of Comic Football, the subscription-only title – after just three issues. Subscribers have just received a letter advising of the title’s “temporary suspension” and the return of any subscription money owed… Read More ›
Combat Stress goes undiagnosed, even today
More than half of Britain’s GPs are unaware of how to spot Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in veterans – despite official guidelines being available,. defencemanagement reports that a ComRes poll commissioned by forces charity Combat Stress found that just 42… Read More ›
Fight to remember the fallen in Wirral
23-year-old Helen Dodd has started an online petition and a Facebook group to save a war memorial field dedicated to fallen World War One soldiers, including Birkenhead war poet Wilfred Owen. The field on Ingleborough Road in Birkenhead and thought… Read More ›