Coming next year, the first of a four-part series of anti-hero The Spider’s original adventures…
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Never Iron Anything Podcast Notes: Bande desineé reprints in British comics
By Richard Sheaf If you enjoyed my chat with Tony Esmond on Episode #23 of the Never Iron Anything podcast, here are my notes for the show. Hopefully, there will be something here to pique your interest. Check out the… Read More ›
Were you a member of the “Airfix Modellers’ Club”?
A comic-based modelling club recalled…
Blistering “Black Max” art by Chris Weston up for auction on eBay
A cracking piece of art by Chris Weston starring British villain Black Max, who first appeared in Thunder in the 1970s, but whose adventures continue to this day thanks to his revival in 2000AD and elsewhere, is up for sale on eBay
EXCLUSIVE: Chris Weston’s cover for “Black Max Volume Two”
Here’s an exclusive first look at Chris Weston’s fantastic cover, coloured by Dylan Teague, for the upcoming second collection of the 1970s British comic strip “Black Max” – a character who’s been enjoying quite a revival through the various Scream and Misty Specials, and his appearance in the 2000AD strip “Fiends of the Eastern Front”.
Do you remember Lion’s “Danger Man” comic strip?
Back in the 1960s, the success of James Bond in print and on the big screen spawned or inspired many similar heroes – and heroines – on TV and comics. One of them was the hugely-popular British series Danger Man, starring Patrick McGoohan, who would go on to star in the cult show The Prisoner. One of the show’s comic spin-offs is less well known than others…
Phil Comics eBay auction offers Robert Nixon Buster art and more
The latest Phil-Comics on eBay auction features around 465 vintage comic related items, including original artwork from Beano and Buster artist Robert Nixon, a wide array of comics, annuals, holiday specials, books, batches and a few CGC graded comics to… Read More ›
When British Comics were… European!
Bambos Georgiou takes a look at just some of the European comic strips that once featured in Fleetway’s British weekly comics
1970s “Flying Furies”, The Aeronauts, recalled
Picking up on our recent story about Tales from Europe, The Singing, Ringing Tree and The White Horses, who remembers The Aeronauts… or as older readers might remember them, from Lion comic – “The Flying Furies“? Not to be confused… Read More ›
Klep! “Cosmic Comics” is a Kevin O’Neill comics miscellany that may burn your eyeballs!
Independent publisher Hibernia has teamed up with the Treasury of British Comics to publish Cosmic Comics, a terrific, eye-searing collection of legendary comic creator Kevin O’Neill’s formative work on such titles as 2000AD, Lion, Tornado and Starlord