The Fleetway Files are back – don’t miss out on this latest volume!
Smash!
New Comics Rule OK out now
Another fine editor of CROK on the loose
Upcoming Sworders auction of Modern and Contemporary Art sees Dennis the Menace offered alongside Picasso!
Beano and Dandy artworks set to go under the hammer
Get ready for SMASH! – on sale in comic shops tomorrow
It’s here! Paul Grist and a fine cadre of artists deliver SMASH! this week
SMASH! mini series announced by Rebellion, reviving more British comic heroes, authored by Paul Grist
Classic British comic heroes, back in action
Latest Phil-Comics eBay auction offers rare British comics with free gifts, and much more
You’ll find around 200 vintage comic listings in the latest Phil-Comics ebay auction, which starts closing this weekend, Sunday 17th April 2022
Creating Comics: Kek-W reveals “Wiz War” secrets and the return of “The Screaming Hand!”
We catch up with busy writer Kek-W to talk to him about his work on the new Monster Fun Halloween Spooktacular from Rebelllion
Power Comics: Lew Stringer’s Handy Guides to some of the best 1960s British weeklies
Nifty guides to WHAM!, SMASH!, POW!, FANTASTIC and TERRIFIC and early Marvel Comics reprints in the UK
Slam, Bam! Rebellion set to deliver a stack of Comic Specials in 2020
Legendary comics Battle and Action are back as part of a roster of twelve new special titles for 2020 from Rebellion Publishing, including the return of the popular Cor and Buster Special, which debuted earlier this year, as the Cor!!… Read More ›
eBay “SMASH Comic” item reveals rare insight into writers and artists working on British comics in the 1960s
Nestling among hundreds of comic lots currently on offer from online eBay auctioneer Phil Comics is a copy of SMASH Issue 8, cover dated 26th March 1966, that some collectors might turn their noses up, because each strip inside has… Read More ›
Batman comics in Britain – a brief guide, and an appeal for information
Batman has been named as the first inductee into San Diego Comic-Con Museum’s Character Hall of Fame, part of the celebrations surrounding the Caped Crusader’s 80th anniversary, also marked by the release of Detective Comics #1000 by DC Comics, prompting… Read More ›
Crowdfunding campaign on the way to bring Ken Reid’s Frankie Stein, The Nervs and more back to print
After years of waiting, fans of the brilliant cartoonist Ken Reid will be delighted to hear that an official collection of his contributions to Odhams comics of the 1960s –Wham!, Smash!, and Pow! – look set to be collected in two handsome official hardback books. The… Read More ›
Leo Baxendale Remembered, by Beano artist Nigel Parkinson
The first name I recognised in comics was Leo Baxendale, who signed his name on the front cover of WHAM! In 1964. Until earlier this month, he was still my favourite living cartoonist. In the 1950s he gave us Little Plum,… Read More ›
In Memoriam: Leo Baxendale
Just days after posting an “In Praise of… Leo Baxendale” feature, focusing on his later, creator-owned material, we’re sorry to report his passing. I know this is a loss is going to hit a lot of my friends hard, especially those who know… Read More ›
In Memoriam: IPC Managing Editor Gil Page
We’re sorry to report the passing of Gil Page, an editorial stalwart of Amalgamated Press, Fleetway, IPC and latterly Egmont, as that company’s Managing Editor. He passed away peacefully in his sleep earlier in the week, aged 79. “Gil was… Read More ›