Philip Harbottle’s SF videocast series, featuring “Dan Dare”, “Garth”, the work of Ron Turner and more, draws to a close… for now…
Martin Asbury
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 ›