A special “Archive Interview” with Look-In comic and “Garth” Martin Asbury
Martin Asbury
“Garth” art by Martin Asbury, rare Dudley D. Watkins original, to be offered at auction next week
A small number of conic artworks go under the hammer next week at Griffin’s Auctioneers and Valuers
From “Nick Hazard” to “Garth”, to the new feature film, “57 Seconds”, Philip Harbottle’s SF videocasts continue to entertain
Philip Harbottle’s SF videocast series, featuring “Dan Dare”, “Garth”, the work of Ron Turner and more, draws to a close… for now…
Simply the best: Tina Turner, newspaper comic heroine!
Recalling the time the “Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll” became a comics heroine
British comic art aplenty on offer in latest Compal auction: “Charley’s War”, Dan Dare, Judge Dredd – and a rogue Dalek model, too!
An astonishing mix of some fantastic British comic art is up for auction
Do you remember “Zero G”, an SF-inspired Holiday Special comic curiosity from the 1980s?
Do you remember this Holiday Special, which reprinted strips from the 1970s Gerry Anderson-focused title Countdown?
Quark, Strangeness – and Santa Claus! The all-new Vworp Vworp! celebrates TV Comics Doctor Who – and much more!
The long-awaited fourth issue of acclaimed Doctor Who comics and artwork fanzine Vworp Vworp! will be released in September, available in not one but three terrific variant covers… Every issue of Vworp Vworp! so far has been an absolute treat for Doctor Who comic… Read More ›
“Garth” dropped from Daily Mirror, “not appropriate” for today’s newspaper market
Sad news, as the “Garth” strip draws to a close in the Mirror newspaper
Retro Review: Fantasy Advertiser International #53 (August 1974) come crammed with Kung Fu craziness
Step back into the 1970s, at a time when the world was martial arts mad, including comics…
Discovering “Orbit” – Zambia’s unique science and comic magazine
This long-running title featured a strip by Syd Jordan – but you may never have heard of this Zambian comic…
“Van Helsing’s Terror Tales” softback edition available now
Author, comics and magazine publisher Dez Skinn has released a new softback edition of his “Van Helsing’s Terror Tales“, featuring strips first published in House of Hammer back in the 1970s. Dez released a limietd edition hardback edition back in… Read More ›
Replacing Eagle: The Comics That Didn’t Make It – Part 2 Terra Nova
This series of articles by Jeremy Briggs covers the dummy comics that were created through the years as potential ‘modern’ versions of the original Eagle comic from the 1950s and 1960s, none of which ever made it to newsagents’ shelves…. Read More ›
Compalcomics offers first issue Beano, Black Panther art and more in March auction
Compalcomics has launched its March auction catalogue of British and US comics, and a huge amount of great comic art, including Black Panther art for Marvel UK, Thunderbirds and Garth art by Frank Bellamy and some other rarities from the Bob… Read More ›
In Memoriam: “Garth” Artist and editor John Allard
We’re sorry to report the passing of Garth artist and former Daily Mirror strip editor John Allard, an unsung hero in the character’s success, not just in Britain, but in terms of his popularity wherever his adventures were re-published across… Read More ›
Van Helsing’s Terror Tales rises from the grave
Available now direct from its original editor is a smashing collection of “Van Helsing’s Terror Tales“, strips first published in House of Hammer back in the 1970s. Unashamedly capitalising on the huge interest in the horror genre of the time, not only… Read More ›