Doctor Who is 56 today, and Celestial Toyroom, the magazine of the Doctor Who Appreciation Society – and longest running Doctor Who magazine – has reached 500 issues.
Tim Quinn
Putting the Heart in Liverpool Heartbeat Comic
Comedian Eddie Izzard took time out from his current global tour to support Liverpool Heartbeat’s comic/magazine
Beatles Comics in the spotlight at Shrewsbury Beatles Weekend
The Shrewsbury Beatles Weekend, taking place later this month, is to include a special event charting the many appearances of The Beatles in comics, with comics writer, editor and publisher Tim Quinn. Since arriving at the Toppermost of the Poppermost,… Read More ›
Sneak Peek: Doctor Who “Clockwise War” includes re-mastered “The Cybermen” strip by Alan Barnes and Adrian Salmon
On sale soon, Doctor Who: The Clockwise War – the latest collection of strips from Doctor Who Magazine – not only presents the final Twelfth Doctor adventure, by Scott Gray and John Ross – but a remastered collection of “The Cybermen”… Read More ›
A Bad Day for The Avengers in London… in 1993!
If you think Marvel’s The Avengers were in bad shape at the end of Avengers: Infinity War, you should have seen them at the end of the Lord Mayor’s Parade back in 1993! A chilly November winds cut through capes and skintights like lasers.
World’s Greatest Cartoonists create Heroes!, a new comic for Alder Hey Children’s Hospital patients
Liverpool Lions Club have teamed up with some of the world’s best known cartoonists to produce a new comic book, HEROES!, for the patients of Alder Hey Children’s Hospital.
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period in the 1990s when Marvel UK was developing numerous projects for the US Direct Sales market, one of the last unpublished proposed series was Mutator, which we’ve brought to a little bit… Read More ›
In Pictures: The Frank Hampson – The Man Who Drew Dan Dare Exhibition
An exhibition of art by Dan Dare creator Frank Hampson at The Atkinson, in Southport, Lancashire – where both the character and Eagle comic were “born” in the 1950s – is on now until March, and it’s well worth a visit. The exhibition covers all aspects of… Read More ›
Stan Lee Tribute Day announced for Liverpool next weekend
Liverpool’s retro gaming and video shop VideOdyssey has announced a Stan Lee Tribute Day next Saturday (24th November 2018) in aid of the Stan Lee Foundation. Paying homage to the Marvel legend who died earlier this week, expect an event… Read More ›
How to be a Super-Hero, by Stan Lee
British writer and editor Tim Quinn both worked with and interviewed Spider-Man co-creator Stan Lee, whose death has been announced, aged 95. Here, he pays tribute to the American writer and publisher who did so much to shape Marvel Comics… Read More ›
Comic Scene Issue 2 Celebrates 80 Years of The Beano, giant-size Christmas Special announced
ComicScene UK Issue 2 is in comic stores and available to order online now, celebrating 80 years of the Beano and humour comics. This issue includes interviews with Emily McGorman Bruce, Tim Quinn and Dicky Howett, Frank Quitely and the… Read More ›
Tim Quinn’s Marvel UK Memories: Interviewing Stan Lee
Stan Lee has been a hero of Tim Quinn’s since he read one of his comics when he was just seven…
New FAB 4000 comic in aid of Alder Hey Children’s Hospital, launches on Friday
This Friday – 20th April 2018 – comics writer Tim Quinn will be announcing just how you can grab a pre-publication date copy of the latest FAB 4000 comic! Tune in to the Billy Butler show on BBC Radio Merseyside… Read More ›
Comic Management Memos: Never Bring a Skateboard into Religion again!
In 1988, writer and editor Tim Quinn was working for America’s Saturday Evening Post and decided, for the Easter edition of its Children’s Digest magazine, that he would put his religious upbringing to good use. “Tim Tyme” could travel anywhere… Read More ›
Music Hall Memories: That time comics writer Tim Quinn met Eartha Kitt
Writer Tim Quinn recalls an unexpected encounter with a childhood legend…
In Memoriam: Comic Strip star and Comedian Sir Ken Dodd – Happiness and Tears
Writer, publisher, raconteur and fellow Liverpudlian Tim Quinn pays tribute to comedian Ken Dodd, who died yesterday aged 90, who was not only a star of TV and stage, but comics, too… “Ken Dodd was a true legend across Great… Read More ›
It’s Even Bigger on the Inside! Ace Howett and Quinn Who book re-released
Remember when you used to laugh in the 1980s and Nineties? Well, now you can relive those happy moments as every Doctor Who comic strip Tim Quinn and Dicky Howett produced for Marvel UK during that period is collected together in… Read More ›
Fab 4000 comics project launches at Liverpool’s Cavern Club in style thanks to East of Eli, Chyler Leigh and many more
Regular readers will recall we recently spotlighted plans for bringing Supergirl star Chyler Leigh to Liverpool, a visit in support of THE FAB 4000, a brilliant new comics project developed by comics creator Tim Quinn, artist Jorge Pacheco – and the staff… Read More ›
The Famous Five at 75: The Comic Strip Stories
As the author behind book series such as The Famous Five, The Faraway Tree and The Secret Seven, Enid Blyton’s books still sell in huge numbers and she regularly features in the top ten list of the best-selling authors in… Read More ›
2017 Lakes International Comic Art Festival Programme Revealed, some of the British Comics events highlighted
The Lakes International Comic Art Festival has just revealed its programme for its Festival Weekend in October 2017, celebrating comic art from across the world, and I’ve picked out just some of the highlights for fans of British comics. The Festival Weekend features… Read More ›