BBC News reports that The Beano Club, launched in 1976 as the Dennis the Menace Fan Club, is to be replaced with a website in a bid to attract more members. The official web site for the Club – probably… Read More ›
DC Thomson
Aces High! Commando celebrates the Battle of Britain
The latest batch of titles from DC Thomson features the first three books in Commando’s six-book ‘Aces High’ salute to the RAF on the 70th anniversary of the Battle of Britain. Editor Calum Laird commissioned two brand new stories and… Read More ›
In Review: Classics from the Comics Issue 173
The latest issue of DC Thomson’s ‘Retro’ title, Classics from the Comics is on sale now in all good newsagents, offering another fine medley of humour and adventure strips from a variety of the publishers’ current and past titles, including… Read More ›
A Special Summer With The Beano
(updated 2/8/10, with thanks to Lew Stringer) Summer and Holiday Specials of British comics were once a mainstay of the news stand year: special, (usually) higher-priced “one-offs’ of popular comics that not only gave regular readers something extra featuring their… Read More ›
In Review: Classics from the Comics 172
There’s the usual great mix of strips from a variety of DC Thomson humour comics in the latest issue of Classics from the Comics, on sale in all good newsagents now. Favourites this time around have to be a 1977… Read More ›
Commando – New Issue Gen
Straight from Commando HQ comes the details of the latest batch of four Commando comics which go on sale today. Issue 4311: The BuglerStory: Ian Clark Art and cover: IbanezOriginally issue 2720 published in 1993The plaintive notes of the Last… Read More ›
The Best Of The Victor Due For Release
The Titan Books publications of Best Of Battle along with the individual Battle character books of Johnny Red, Rat Pack and Darkie’s Mob have obviously not gone unnoticed by other publishers and, with a lull in publication of their thick… Read More ›
Dudley D. Watkins gallery launched as Courier revamps web site
(with thanks to Lew Stringer and the Forbidden Planet International blogs who spotted this first): DC Thomson has just revamped its web site for its Scottish newspaper The Courier – and included a fantastic gallery of comic work by Dudley… Read More ›
In Review: Classics from the Comics 171
… and it really is a classic of a comic, with a huge variety of strips from several decades – including some rarely seen examples of picture and text stories from the huge DC Thomson comics archive. The trumpeted ‘superhero’… Read More ›
VE Day Marked in Latest Commandos
The latest issues of DC Thomoson’s Commando, on sale now, features another cover from Janek Matysiak using his new direct-to-screen way of working. (You can see the first he did in this way here). The releases also feature the work… Read More ›
In Review: Classics from the Comics Issue 170
The latest issue of DC Thomson’s Classics from the Comics sports a new look, complete with revamped cover masthead reflecting it’s ‘retro’ appeal, but the line up of humour and adventure strips inside is the usual engaging mix of material… Read More ›
VE Day Anniversary marked in new Commandos
The first two stories of the latest Commandos from DC Thomson, on sale this week, continue the VE-Day series first issued for the 50th anniversary 15 years ago. Denis McLoughlin handles the tank story with Commando regular, Ibanez, take care… Read More ›
Buy Your Commando…
New Commandos from DC Thomson now on the news stand in the UK highlight the work of top veteran comic artist Ian Kennedy and sees the start of the VE-Day stories, marking the 65th anniversary of the end of World… Read More ›
New DC Thomson Books From Waverley
Waverley Books are the Scottish publisher of DC Thomson tie-in books with many Maw Broon cookery titles under their belt as well as the magnificent History Of Beano and they will be adding to these titles over the rest of… Read More ›
Classics from the Comics plays Cops and Robbers
Issue 169 DC Thomson’s Classics from the Comics is now on sale in all good newsagents — another gem of a 68-page retro monthly, full of comic classics from the publisher of The Beano and The Dandy. Humour strips in… Read More ›
New Commandos Hit the News Stand
The latest four Commandos from DC Thomson, on sale one week earlier than is traditional, are available now from all good newsagents… Commando 4287: Guided MissileStory: Bernard Gregg Inside art: Vila Cover art: Ian Kennedy Over the Austrian mountains in… Read More ›
Commando Goes Fornightly
If you’re looking for the first four new Commandos released for the first half of April, you’d better be quick. The next batch will be out on 22nd April as publishers DC Thomson have had their sale dates brought forward…. Read More ›
General Jumbo in latest Classics from the Comics
The latest issue of DC Thomson’s Classics from the Comics went on sale a few days back, but we’re still playing holiday catch up so this is the first opportunity we’ve had to give it a plug. The 68-page retro… Read More ›
Plum action in Commando!
New issues of DC Thomson’s war comic digest Commando are now on sale now… got get ’em! Commando 4279: Too Many Heroes Previously No 2590 from 1992 Story: Ian Clark Inside Art: Salmeron Cover: Ian Kennedy With three older brothers… Read More ›
In Review: Classics from the Comics 167
DC Thomson’s Classics from the Comics title is a gem of a reprint title, combining a range of cracking humour and adventure strips from comics such as The Beano, The Dandy and other, no longer published titles, into one bumper… Read More ›