Moose Harris, original Action comic fan and creator of The Sevenpenny Nightmare web site, now hosted on downthetubes, takes a look at the recently-released Action 2020 Special…
Hook Jaw
In Three Short Weeks, Action comic is back!
It horrified prudes and censors alike – but the ground-breaking British comic Action is back, in just three short weeks!
Titan Comics Hook Jaw series – collection on sale now, Hook Jaw: Archive out in September
On sale from today in all good comic shops is Titan Comics collection of their recent Hook Jaw series, written by Si Spurrier with art by Conor Boyle, coloured by Giulia Brusco and lettered by Rob Steen – and a… Read More ›
A Shark for Santa? Something for the Christmas Weekend 2016
Here’s your British creator and publisher-skewed comics shopping list for this week, featuring new comics on sale in comic shops (from Wednesday 21st December) and newsagents. Have a great festive season, enjoy your comics and our very best wishes for… Read More ›
Something For the Weekend: Christmas Dredd, but Hook Jaw Delayed! New Comics On Sale (w/c 12th December 2016)
How can we not lead our regular British creator and publisher-skewed new comics line-up without a heads up, once again, for the 2000AD Christmas Special? Colin Noble has already sang the Prog’s praises, but you’d have to be totally thrill-sucked… Read More ›
Exclusive! Titan Comics Hook Jaw Variant Cover by Brian Williamson Revealed!
Following up on our previous post featuring the covers of the first issue of Titan Comics Hook Jaw project, we have this exclusive for you – Brian Williamson‘s stunning retro-styled Diamond Comics UK variant, complete with Action comic-styled masthead! Launching… Read More ›
Sneak Peek: Titan Comics Hook Jaw #1 by Si Spurrier and Conor Boyle
Titan Comics have revealed the final covers for Hook Jaw #1, which include work by series artist Conor Boyle, John McCrea and Marc Laming. Hitting stores in December, the five issue mini-series is written by comics fire-cracker Si Spurrier (Cry Havoc,… Read More ›
Hook Jaw is back – and Titan Comics has snagged him!
(Updated 28th July 2016, new imagery added): Comics news site Multiversity Comics has delivered the news that Hook Jaw – the giant killer shark first brought to life in the pages of 1970s comic Action by Pat Mills, Ken Armstrong and Ramon… Read More ›
Comics For Valentine’s Day: Celebrating 40 Years of Action and Bullet
Valentine’s Day is usually considered a time for lovers, but this year – 2016 – it’s year for lovers of Action… and Bullet, two British boys’ comics celebrating their 40th anniversary. Although, sadly, neither of course are still being published, both left… Read More ›
Egmont UK releases Hook Jaw, Rat Pack in digital collections
Egmont UK have made more strips from Battle and Action available with the launch of Hook Jaw and Rat Pack e-comics. Egmont launched its Classic Comics imprint in June last year with Roy of the Rovers e-comics for the nostalgia… Read More ›
Battered but undaunted, Print Media continue Strip Magazine
After innumerable delays, the combined Issue 5/6 of the action adventure anthology STRIP is finally on its way to the shops and to subscribers. “It’s a case of if anything could go wrong, it did,” explained Mike Conroy, head of… Read More ›
Collected Hook Jaw Hardback Up For Auction
One of five special hardback versions of the upcoming Hook Jaw collection from Spitfire Comics is up for auction on ebay. The softcover is due for release soon through online and high street bookshops. Prior to the official release of Hook Jaw, Spitfire Comics… Read More ›