We’re sorry to report that DC Thomson has pulled the plug on its Digital Dandy project, just 13 issues into its electronic run. DC Thomson has yet to officially confirm the title’s cancellation – as of this morning there had… Read More ›
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Air, Land and Sea – Commando’s coming at you from all fronts!
Here’s the rundown on the latest batch of DC Thomson’s Commando comic – one sale from today in all good UK newsagents – and in digital editions. Commando No 4615 – Palace’s Buckingham Story: Alan Hebden Art: Keith Page Cover:… Read More ›
Latest Batch of Commandos Take On The Cold War
The last batch of four Commandos introduced the new gatefold back covers with their unobstructed cover artwork and the current batch of four now on sale continues the changes with the new stories now given a fresh typeface and the… Read More ›
A Right Royal Appointment for The Beano
The Duke and Duchess of Rothesay – better known as Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles, Duchess of Cornwall, will make guest appearances in a special VIP edition of The Beano, which goes on sale on this Saturday (15th June… Read More ›
Digital Dandy is 10!
The Digital Dandy Issue 10 is out now, and it’s full of top class comic fun! Here are 10 things you won’t want to miss… Kingo Bango, the Dandy‘s big, blue cover star, is offering rides into space! Or is… Read More ›
Beanotown comes to life on the South Bank, London
The Beano is celebrating 75 wonderful years of rebellious fun, farts and laughter at Southbank Centre’s Festival of Neighbourhood in London – and you can join in the party at Beanotown, a recreation of the fictional home of the… Read More ›
Gromit gets ‘Beano-fied’ in a good cause!
The Beano is letting loose Dennis the Menace’s trusty sidekick Gnasher, to raise funds for the Bristol Children’s Hospital this summer, as the famous cartoon dog joins forces with Aardman’s triple Oscar-winning character Gromit, for charity initiative Gromit Unleashed…. Read More ›
DC Comics vamps up its digital titles, will British publishers follow their lead?
DC Entertainment has just unveiled two new digital innovations today that the company says will take its comics to “the next level of interactivity” – DC2, a new initiative that layers dynamic artwork onto digital comic panels, adding a new level… Read More ›
Don’t Panic! It’s All Change for Commando
It's all change for Commando as DC Thomson unveil the first set to feature new-style gatefold-out covers, as the title's price rises to £2 per issue. “Over the last two years we've been listening to our readers’ thoughts about Commando… Read More ›
Commando Cover Prelims – Aerial Warfare
The Commando team, as well as managing to publish 104 issues of the comic each year, have been using the official Commando Comics Facebook page to give some behind the scenes info on their titles. This includes some of the… Read More ›
Commando Cover Prelims – Convict Commandos
The Commando team, as well as managing to publish 104 issues of the comic each year, have been using the official Commando Comics Facebook page to give some behind the scenes info on their titles. This includes some of the… Read More ›
Digital Dandy Issue 9 Now Available
Bertie Buncle’s Chemical Uncle has uncovered a new scientific formula! It’s… DD9 (D + D + D x C + G + DtvV) x iTAS + GP + d.com = FUN For any non-mad scientists out there, that means… Digital… Read More ›
Fight My Monster joins BeanoMax – Beano strip to follow in August
DC Thomson has announced that a strip based on digital trading card game Fight My Monster will appear in The Beano for the first time in its Saturday 3rd August issue, alongside Dennis and Gnasher, The Bash Street Kids and… Read More ›
Six-Gun Gorilla comics inspired by British pulp hero in the pipeline
Two comics projects inspired by an obscure British Pulp hero published by DC Thomson the 1930s are in the works, illustrating, perhaps, the potential pitfalls of reviving “Golden Age” heroes in the public domain. Six-Gun Gorilla was published in Wizard,… Read More ›
More Big Commando Books From Prion
15th August 2013 will see Prion Books release four new Commando books, each reprinting six stories from the long running war comic, and bring the number of Commando reprint books released by Prion in 2013 to eight. With painted… Read More ›
Digital Dandy Issue 8 Now Available
Kat and the crew from Retro-Active face an explosive end to a rooftop rescue, Bananaman has a face-off with the ultra-naughty League of Super Villains, there’s some (nearly) bare-faced cheek as Desperate Dan tries to take a bath in private,… Read More ›
Commando Editor Talks At Chalke Valley History Festival
Commando Editor Calum Laird is scheduled to give a talk at the Chalke Valley History Festival at Ebbesbourne Wake near Salisbury in Wiltshire. The talk entitled “Achtung! Commando Comics” will take place at 1130 on Saturday 29 June 2013. Calum… Read More ›
Latest Commandos feature first ever female lead for title
Art by Carlos Pino © and courtesy of DC Thomson Here’s details of the latest Commando war comics, on sale now in all good newsagents – and in a first for the title, Operation Nachthexen features their first-ever female lead… Read More ›
Convict Commandos back in action!
Here’s the lowdown on the latest Commandos
New Commandos scale the news stands
Here’s the info on the latest issues of DC Thomson’s last remaining war comic