Heritage Auctions has some smashing early Doctor Who comic art pages on offer as part of its upcoming International Original Art and Anime Signature Auction
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Knights of Pendragon Marvel Omnibus announced for 2022, includes Mys-Tech Wars and more
Great news for fans of 1990’s Marvel UK titles!
Marvel UK Mysteries: Who Remembers “Blood-Cede” and “Graviton”?
Discussion of comics copyright and trademarks of classic British comics spurred by Rebellion’s established ownership of the TV21 brand led me to investigate which titles Marvel Comics registered in Britain. Or, largely, Marvel UK – who were keen to put their very firm property stamp on various projects down the decades. My investigations turned up some interesting “Might Have Been” titles from the 1990s.
Roads Not Taken: How Marvel UK’s Motormouth might have looked
During the development of the “Genesis 1992” Marvel UK universe in the early 1990s, Editorial Director Paul Neary explored different paths for its core characters, developing the look of them over at least a year with numerous artists before settling… Read More ›
Flashback: The Dawn of Marvel UK’s “Genesis 1992” Project with Liam Sharp, Bryan Hitch and more
Before Marvel UK’s “Genesis 1992” characters first spread their wings in their first US format books and weekly British comic Overkill, Editorial Director Paul Neary and I put together a promotional booklet promoting the characters, printed on the office photocopiers,… Read More ›
Lost Marvel UK Projects: Mutator, created by Paul Neary and Tom DeFalco
During the tail end of the busy period in the 1990s when Marvel UK was developing numerous projects for the US Direct Sales market, one of the last unpublished proposed series was Mutator, which we’ve brought to a little bit… Read More ›
Missing in Action: Heroquest at Marvel UK, and the RPG magazine that never happened
Back in my Marvel UK days, I edited a one-off Heroquest magazine at Marvel UK – a one shot special licensed from Games Workshop that has some notable creators involved and, as downthetubes contributor Richard Sheaf notes over on his… Read More ›
Rare Al Williamson interview resurfaces thanks to Classic UK Comic Zines archive site
An influential 1960s Irish fan publication offering a fascinating interview with artist Al Williamson has just been added to the brilliant Classic UK Comic Zines archive site run by David Hathaway-Price
In Praise of… artist Joseph Clement Coll – a downthetubes journey
One of the things taught Marvel UK’s Editorial Director Paul Neary and others have taught me down the years is to look beyond the work of the current “hot” artist and realise that their influences can help shape others. Paul,… Read More ›
Classic UK Comic Zines Site adds rare 1970s conventions booklets to growing archive
British comics archivist, and former Fine Art and Graphic Design teacher David Hathaway-Price has been busy adding some gems of British comic fan history to his incredible Classic UK Comic Zines site, which is now located here. Two additions feature… Read More ›