Four new Commandos go on sale tomorrow (Thursday) – a quartet chosen by readers as their best-remembered stories. “There were more than these ‘By Special Request’ suggested (far more!),” editor Calum Laird tells us, “but these came up again and… Read More ›
Commando
Commando: Bumper Rations For September
As other British comics titles struggle to survive with some, like CLiNT, reducing their frequency, Commando increased its frequency this year from eight issues a month to four every two weeks. This means there are now 104 Commandos published in… Read More ›
Commando Webbing: Comics History, Interviews & Downloads
DC Thomson’s official Commando website has recently added a lot of content inspired by the Draw Your Weapons exhibition of Commando artwork at the National Army Museum in Chelsea. The entire section of the website is indexed here and, while… Read More ›
Exhibitions Of Original Comic Art At Dundee University
This year the comic art exhibition at Dundee University, in conjunction with the Dundee Comics Day, will be Commando Battlelines which celebrates the 50th anniversary of Britain’s last war comic. Since the event that is now called the Dundee Comics… Read More ›
Commando "Draw Your Weapons" exhibition opens at National Army Museum
The National Army Museum has just opened its small, but perfectly formed, exhibition based on the art of Commando comic, and Richard Sheaf was there for downthetubes on its opening night… The official opening night on Thursday (having been open… Read More ›
Toffs, Killer Condors and deadly Paras in new Commandos
The latest issues of Commando are on sale now in all good newsagents – and there’s a fine mix of stories this month, which also sees the start of the exhibition of art from the long-running comic at London’s National… Read More ›
Are falling sales bad news for The Dandy?
The Dandy’s sales figures have taken a tumble
In Review: Commando Calendar 2012
I’ve got into something of a routine with Commando calendars enjoying using one for a year and then not having one available to me the next year. The first one(s) came out in 2006 for use in 2007. Bizarrely there… Read More ›
Draw Your Weapons! New Commandos are on sale now…
The latest issues of Britain’s only monthly war comic, Commando, are on sale now – and along with those comes details of the Draw Your Weapons exhibition at the National Army Museum, which includes a number of special events, listed… Read More ›
Classic and New Commando tales go on sale
The latest salvo of DC Thomson’s Commando title are on sale in all good newsagents and on iPad — and there’s also some good news for fans of the glorious cover art that graces many of these comics this month…. Read More ›