Phil-Comics has a great mix of British comics goodies on offer this week
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In Review: Vworp Vworp Issue Four
If you’re a fan of Doctor Who comics there is, simply, no good reason why you would not want this on your shelf
Keith Watson “Battle of the Planets” art for TV Comic included in this week’s Catawiki International Comic Art Auction
There are some great examples of both European and British comic art in the latest Catawiki International Comic Art Auction, running until Thursday (9th September 2021), including work by Ivan Petrus Adriaenssens, Claire Bretécher, Neville Colvin, Jean Dulieu, Fred Funcken,… Read More ›
Quark, Strangeness – and Santa Claus! The all-new Vworp Vworp! celebrates TV Comics Doctor Who – and much more!
The long-awaited fourth issue of acclaimed Doctor Who comics and artwork fanzine Vworp Vworp! will be released in September, available in not one but three terrific variant covers… Every issue of Vworp Vworp! so far has been an absolute treat for Doctor Who comic… Read More ›
New Vworp Vworp! zine on its way, to delight of Doctor Who comic fans
It’s been long in the making, but the fourth issue of this brilliant Doctor Who comics-inspired zine is on its way – and well worth the wait
In Memoriam: Comic artist and illustrator Bill Titcombe
A true master of British humour comics has passed, best known for this work on TV Comic and Look-In
Can you help identify a mystery Doctor Who artist?
Can you help trace a mystery comic creator?
Comic Artist Bill Titcombe: A Checklist
A guide to the work of a Master of British Comics – and more
Comic Creator Spotlight: Celebrating the work of Look-In and TV Comic artist Bill Titcombe
A tribute to one of British comics greatest talents, who has delighted his fans for decades
Phil-Comics offers first issues galore in latest auction, and first TV Comic featuring Daleks, too!
Doctor Who, Daleks, Batgirl, rare first issues with gifts… don’t miss out!
In Memoriam: Polystyle Publications editor John Harvey
We’re sorry to report the passing of former Polystyle Publications staff member John Harvey, whose duties included editor of Pippin in Playland, and who also wrote the title’s “Sooty and Sweep” stories
In Memoriam: “Doctor Who” and “Popeye” Comic Artist Bill Mevin
We’re sorry to report the death of comic artist Bill Mevin, who passed yesterday, aged 97. Perhaps best known for his work on TV Comic‘s “Doctor Who” strip and his work on later episodes of “The Perishers” with Maurice Dodd… Read More ›
Comic Creator Spotlight: Roland Davies and “Come On, Steve!”
Here’s a few examples of the wonderful “Come on, Steve” strip, and a tribute to the strip’s creator, Roland Davies. Davies drew for the strip for both the Sunday Express and the Sunday Dispatch and I loved reading the stories… Read More ›
Who remembers Skippy the Bush Kangaroo, a TV – and TV Comic – favourite?
Skippy the Bush Kangaroo is one of Australia’s all-time most successful cultural exports. The TV show had a global audience in the early 1970s of more than 300 million – and the character was a star that rivalled Doctor Who… Read More ›
Whatever Happened to Eagle’s “Skippy the Kangaroo”?
Not to be confused with the TV show of the 1960s (or its associated comics), “Skippy the Kangaroo” was an odd little humour strip that ran in the first volume of Eagle, and has been dismissed by some fans of… Read More ›
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 ›
Mort Walker’s “Beetle Bailey” in Britain
How “Beetle Bailey” crossed the pond. You’ll be surprise who drew him!
If a “The Avengers” TV Show Reboot is in the works, would a tie-in new comic be far behind?
Writer-directors Shane Black and writing partner Fred Dekker have scripted a TV pilot reboot for cult 1960s spy show The Avengers for Warner Bros. – but there’s no indication, as yet, if or when it might get optioned. Various web sites,… Read More ›
WebFinds: The Space Museum
When an account titled @spacemuseum63 starts following you on Twitter, you need to double check they aren’t Dalek agents. I’m glad I did, because it led me to The Space Museum web site – dedicated to cataloging Doctor Who collectibles… Read More ›
Cartoonist Peter Brookes awarded CBE in 2017 New Years Honours
Times cartoonist Peter Brookes has been awarded the CBE – Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire- for services to the media in the 2017 New Year’s Honours list, announced earlier this evening. The full list of… Read More ›