Brand-new Commando, Issues 5547 – 5550, are available in shops from this Thursday 9th June 2022, a set that sees the debut of Mark Eastbrook as cover artist
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Exciting News Inside? Looking back at Battle’s merger with Action
Back in 1977, how did fans of Action and Battle react to the merger of their favourite weekly British comics? We plundered the memories of some of them, including Garth Ennis, and former Battle editor, David Hunt…
New “Battling Britons” out this weekend, “Paperbook Fantastic” available now
Two new publications – Paperbook Fantastic Two, now available on Amazon, and Battling Britons 3, available on Amazon on Sunday, feature splendid cover designs by Bill Cunningham, published by Justin Marriott
Crime Writer Rossa McPhillips joins Commando creative team
The latest Commando comics set sees the debut of former soldier and National Crime Agency officer Rossa McPhillips as a writer on the long-running title
Date set for next Great British Comics Swap Meet
The team behind the now regular Great British Comics Swap Meet have set the date for their next event in July
In Review: The Sarge Volume One
Out today in all good book and comic shops, The Sarge is a cracking war comic romp, ripped from the pages of Battle, that more than passes muster for all-out action adventure
Air aces, and some, not so much, in this week’s Commando comics!
Not every Commando story is always a tale of daring… writer Calum Laird delivers a slightly oddball adventure this week!
Determined comics collector uncovers a Scottish comics rarity – the original “Commando Comics”, published in the 1940s
Collector Dave Dustin has discovered an apparently previously unknown superhero title published by Glasgow-based Cartoon Art Productions in the 1940s
Commando artist Paolo Ongaro honoured at Lucca, new issues out this week
Congratulations to Commando comic artist Paolo Ongaro for his latest award
Garth Ennis Battle Action Special signing events announced
Writer Garth Ennis will head up two special signing events in the UK to mark the direct market release of the Battle Action Special
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
Learning with Comics and World War One stories
A free joint online talk by Dr Natasa Lackovic, organised by Lancaster City Museum and Lancaster University, aims to challenge participants understanding of war and comics
WAR anthology comic from Ukraine raising funds for embattled creators and country’s war effort
A group of Ukrainian comic creators, some drawing while under fire, are fighting back against invasion with a powerful subscriber-based anthology comic project
Upcoming online Falklands War Conference includes panel on Argentinian and British Comics with Paul Gravett, Calum Laird
A special upcoming academic conference on the Falklands War includes a panel on related comics
Two new writers make their Commando debut in latest issues, on sale this week
New blood in the Commando ranks in the latest long-running war comic! Do the new writers past muster?
Glasgow Calling: Latest Swap Meet hosts Commando guests, prompts discussion of war comics past – and future
The latest Glasgow Swap Meet proved a space for buying classic comics – and discussing the past, and future, of war comics…
Falklands at 40: Commando to mark anniversary of South Atlantic conflict in April
DC Thomson Media has announced it will mark the 40th anniversary of the Falklands War with three special issues of Commando in April
Spies in the desert, World War One camoufleurs, and more, in new Commando comics, out this week
An eccentric World War One water colourist proves an unusual foil for a regular soldier in one of the new Commando stories, out this week
Commando celebrates International Women’s Day with special issues
Commando Issues 5519 – 5522 are out Thursday 3rd March, 2022, and available digitally now
Creating Comics: Artist PJ Holden takes us behind the scenes on Garth Ennis’ new war comic, The Lion and the Eagle
Matt Badham catches up with artist PJ Holden and gets the inside intel on bringing “The Lion and the Eagle”, a new war comic by Garth Ennis, out now, to the page…