There’s a fine mix of old and new to the latest Commando releases, on sale today in all good newsagents and for iPad and other IOS devices. Commando No 4535 – The Fighting GendarmeStory: Peter Grehan Art: Olivera Cover: Janek… Read More ›
John Ridgway
STRIP #6 Digital Edition on sale on iTunes, print #5 reaches UK
The digital STRIP #6 is now on sale for iPad on the iTunes store, comprising some strips from the print edition of STRIP #5 and some bonus digital only extras, for just £1.99. Mike Conroy – who is Print Media’s… Read More ›
Comic Creators voice protest to proposed UK copyright law changes
(Updated 9/7/12 with comments from various creators about the plans) Comic creators are raising concerns about changes afoot to copyright law in the UK, effectively stripping away long held rights and potentially handing the handling of your copyrighted creations to… Read More ›
In Review: Commando 4500 – Lightning Strike
2011 was an important year for Commando with the 50th anniversary of the title, two separate exhibitions of artwork at the University of Dundee and London’s National Army Museum, winning the Eagle Award for Best British Black and White Comic,… Read More ›
Commando reaches landmark 4500 issue
Here we are again with another four Commandos – and it’s something of a landmark release this time around, with the title reaching Issue 4500 – surely something of a record for any comic (as, perhaps, is the number of… Read More ›
Happy New Commandos!
Here are the details of the first batch of Commandos for 2012. Invasion Watch, one of the new stories this tim around, is the first part of a three-instalment story featuring the men of Britain’s Home Guard, many of whom… Read More ›
Devil’s Heritage joins STRIP Magazine line-up
Here’s the cover to Issue 3 of STRIP Magazine, on sale in UK comic shops next month. The Devil’s Heritage is a new strip to the title, by Jerome Felix and Paul Gastine and the comic magazine’s first ongoing story… Read More ›
STRIP Magazine #2 on sale now in the UK
STRIP Magazine #2 is on sale now in all good UK comic shops, including many offering mail order. STRIP Magazine Issue Two, the first comics title from Print Media Productions, features a Hook Jaw cover by Rufus Dayglo, which has… Read More ›
STRIP Magazine #2 digital edition now on sale
The iPad-only digital edition of STRIP Magazine #2 is now on sale from iTunes – again in advance of the print edition. Due to a small but unexpected delivery delay from Bosnia, the print edition will not be on sale… Read More ›
Remembering Lis Sladen, aka Sarah Jane Smith
A bittersweet release
Strip Magazine launches today in UK comic shops
Read Strip Magazine Issue 1 Sneak Preview by clicking here STRIP Magazine Issue One is available in British comics shops from today. The digital edition for iPad is also available and can be downloaded from the iTunes Store. The cost… Read More ›
Dundee Commando exhibition open
A quick reminder about the Commando exhibition in Dundee Jeremy Briggs gave an advance plug for last month, which has now opened, in advance of Dundee Comics Day on 30th October. Marking the 50th anniversary of Commando, It’s in the… Read More ›
Commandos race into danger
The latest issues of Commando are on sale in all ggod newsagents now, with this batch including a pair of books written by Eric Hebden and another by his son Alan – a first for the war comic perhaps. Commando… Read More ›
Cartoon Museum celebrates Doctor Who in comics
London’s Cartoon Museum is to host an exhibition of Doctor Who comic art over the summer, celebrating almost 50 years of his adventures in print – and hopes it might solve a long-running mystery about the artists who first drew… Read More ›
Ghostly Commando set to haunt your newsagents!
Here’s the latest issues of Commando, on sale today in all good newsagents, featuring some great new stories and a classic ghost story, drawn by John Ridgway. Commando 4411: Double Vision!Story: Mac MacDonald Art: Carlos Pino Cover Art: Carlos Pino… Read More ›
Crucible – More teasing….
Behind the scenes on this project I’m happy to report we have three episodes drawn and part four scripted: the story runs to eight episodes in total and looks like it will be around 56 pages in length – maybe… Read More ›
IDW republish Grant Morrison’s final ‘Doctor Who’ story
IDW’s Doctor Who Classics series, now re-publishing the Seventh Doctor’s adventures from Doctor Who Magazine has a ‘first’ and ‘last’ feel to Issue 5, on sale this month in the US. The collection sees the publication of ‘Culture Shock’, Grant… Read More ›
Raid yourself some new Commandos!
Keeping up the pressure on potential fans to subscribe to the war digest title, the Commando team are currently offering a copy of the latest collection to those who take up the offer. Selected by current Commando editor Calum Laird,… Read More ›
Tube Surfing: British Artists – Interviews and Unpublished Art
There has been a small flurry of British artists getting interviewed recently. Alex Ronald, who has worked as an artdroid for 2000AD in the past and is now getting a lot of attention for the Vampire Vixens Of The Wehrmacht… Read More ›
IDW’s Doctor Who Classics reaches Seventh Doctor era
The first issue of US comics publisher’s latest Doctor Who Classics volume went on sale earlier this month across the pond, featuring re-coloured Seventh Doctor stories by a slew of creators I’ve worked with down the years. The Seventh Doctor’s… Read More ›