The fab comics blog Bear Alley reports that veteran Brit comic artist John Ridgeway is working on a new Dan Dare story for the semi-professional magazine Spaceship Away. According to Bear Alley the strip will… …take Dan back to Terra… Read More ›
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Eagle Times launches blog
New blog for the august Eagle Society
Eagle Times Volume 20 Number 3 Released
The latest issue of the Eagle Society’s magazine Eagle Times (Volume 20 Number 3) is now available by mail order. Contents Frank Hampson’s pre- and post-Dan Dare Art (part 2) Some thoughts on Dan Dare’s ‘Operation Saturn’ Jack o’Lantern in Wiltshire,… Read More ›
In Memoriam: Reverend Dr Chad Varah OBE, CBE
A tribute to the EAGLE and Girl writer, and founder of The Samaritans
New Eagle Times
(with thanks to Richard Sheaf): The latest issue of Eagle Times, the quarterly journal of the Eagle Society (the Society is dedicated to the memory of Britain’s national picture strip Weekly – Eagle) has just been published. Volume 20, issue… Read More ›
The Thirteenth Floor to be republished
Max is back!
Eagle Times Volume 19 Issue Four
The latest issue of Eagle Times, the quarterly journal of the Eagle Society, came out just before Christmas. Volume 19, issue 4 is 50+ A4 pages and includes articles on Frank Hampson’ Southport, a PC49 Christmas story, 1950s pop music and Dick Barton…. Read More ›
Eagle Award Nominations Sought
Introduced in 1976, the Eagles are the comics industry’s longest established awards. Acknowledged as the pre-eminent international prizes, they have been featured on the covers of leading US and UK titles across the last 30 years. Unique in that they… Read More ›
Eagle Flies Again 14
All being well, printers permitting, Eagle Flies Again #14 is on course to be on sale at this weekend’s Lancaster Comics Festival. Wrapped in a smashing Scream!-inspired cover by Graeme Neil Reid, the 36-page final issue includes an all-time British… Read More ›
In Memoriam: Eagle comic editor Derek Lord
Former comics editor Derek Lord died at 10.10am on Thursday 23rd September 2004, having been rushed into hospital for an emergency operation for a perforated bowel. He was 77 years old. I’d known Derek for about five years – from… Read More ›