The Striker saga is about to draw to a close… just a little later than planned
The Sun
In Memoriam: Modesty Blaise and Axa artist Enric Badia Romero
The comics legend Romero, a powerhouse of newspaper strips, has passed
Artist Enrique Badia Romero offers rare original “Axa” art at auction
The creator of the long-running “Axa” SF newspaper strip offers another rarity
Book Palace Books announces an Axa illustrators Special, featuring story never-before-published in English
Axa’s final adventure gets an English reprint at last
It’s an early run for Striker Volume 21!
The Striker team have released their latest collection early, to try to ensure readers get their copies in time for Christmas
Original “Axa” strip art on offer from artist Romero himself in latest Catawiki International Comic Art Auction
Some original “Axa” art by Enrique Badia Romero might well be up your street
Never Iron Anything Podcast Notes: Bande desineé reprints in British comics
By Richard Sheaf If you enjoyed my chat with Tony Esmond on Episode #23 of the Never Iron Anything podcast, here are my notes for the show. Hopefully, there will be something here to pique your interest. Check out the… Read More ›
Snapshots in Time: British comics editors on a night out in the 1950s
Dan Dare writer and author David Motton has unearthed a wonderful snapshot from his early days while working on British comics that he has kindly shared with downthetubes. “Very recently, my son Gregory (vide ‘Dan Dare All Treens Must Die’,… Read More ›
First “Axa” strip art sells for over $6000
We’re used to some of the gob-smacking prices some comic art sells for on top auction site Heritage Auctions, but it seems the prices of lesser known work sometimes, too…
When British Comics were… European!
Bambos Georgiou takes a look at just some of the European comic strips that once featured in Fleetway’s British weekly comics
Last chance to buy Psycops collection at a discount today
Today is your last chance to get the new Psycops collection featuring strips drawn by 2000AD‘s John M. Burns at 15% off cover price – either the hardback or softback collection. The cost goes to full cover price tomorrow. This… Read More ›
Striker: The Final Whistle special announced, ending strip’s 34-year run
The final episode of the long-running comic strip Striker will be featured in a commemorative 52-page collectors’ edition of the comic, Striker: The Final Whistle. At least 33 pages of The Final Whistle will be all-new comic strips, picking up… Read More ›