The Crunch

THE CRUNCH, cover dated 26th May 1979 - The Crunch Question featuring Agony Uncle (Euan Kerr)

That Was The Comic That Was: THE CRUNCH, its “Agony Uncle” identified

By John Freeman on May 16, 2023

An “Agony Uncle” of British comics yesteryear identified

The Decades that Scarred for Life – now offered at a discount!

By John Freeman on August 1, 2022 • ( 1 )

The brilliant Scarred for Life books by Stephen Brotherstone and David Lawrence are currently available at a discount price

Comic Artist Peter Foster and "Billy the Cat", for Buddy

In Memoriam: “Billy the Cat” Comic Artist Peter Foster

By John Freeman on May 4, 2022

Comics archivist Matt Cole recently reported the passing of Australian comic artist Peter Foster, a contributor to many British comics.

The opening spread of "We Are United" from Champ No. 1, launched in February 1984. Peter recalls DC Thomson were impressed with his test pages and It ended up being the longest run of any of the strips he worked on, but it's not a strip he remembers fondly. "It meant I soon ran out of new ways of presenting football action," he recalled. "I fought to prevent boredom but not always with any great success because I was only repeating myself." "The very first opening was about the whole team and the support people. I therefore had to invent a huge number of characters. Unbeknownst to me, the second script was about the sacking of about a third of the team and the building up of a new group. A large number of the new team had to be re-invented. I felt my first effort had gone to waste. Had I known that was going to happen I'd have not tried to be so creative."

Comic Creator Spotlight: Comic Artist Peter Foster

By John Freeman on October 18, 2020

Spotlighting a popular Australian comics artist who has drawn many strips for British comics

In Preview: Alcatena 2020

By Colin Noble on April 5, 2020 • ( 3 )

Colin Noble previews Diego Arandojo’s documentary about the life and work of Argentinian comic artist Quique Alcatena…

In Review: The Art of Ian Kennedy

By Colin Noble on April 14, 2019 • ( 2 )

When it comes to legendary British comics artist Ian Kennedy, I am not sure if I come into the superfan or the superstalker category, but if anything features his art, you are guaranteed that I will have more than a… Read More ›

Looking Back: Exploring The World of Tomorrow in DC Thomson’s “Big Five” boys comics

By downthetubes Guests on May 13, 2017

Notoriously secretive DC Thomson still publish Beano and Commando, but their past comics included The Dandy and weekly anthology titles aimed at boys such as Hotspur and Adventure. These specialised in sports, school and war stories, but also, occasionally, there… Read More ›

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