Here’s the details for DC Thomson’s Commando Issues 4739-4742, on sale from Thursday (11th September 2014) through newsagents, by subscription and for digital devices. Along with the usual full-length comic stories, Issue 4739 offers the chance to win a copy of… Read More ›
War Comics
World War One poems brought to life through comics in “Above the Dreamless Dead”
Above the Dreamless Dead, out on 23rd September, is a splendid World War One trench poem anthology edited by Chris Duffy (Nursery Rhyme Comics, Fairy Tale Comics), published by First Second, which includes work by Hunt Emerson, Luke Pearson, Pat Mills and… Read More ›
Deadly Enigmas, Desert Hunters and not-so Deserted Islands in latest Commandos
Here’s details of the latest issues of Commando on sale today, 28th August 2014 in all good newsagents and digitally via iTunes, which include the return of the Convict Commandos, written by Alan Hebden. Commando No 4735 – Deadly… Read More ›
Cup of O – Small Press Reviews and Melksham Comic Con Preamble
Hello! Here I tackle three books I bought from Lakes International Comic Art Festival‘s first event last year – a tremendously well put-together and enjoyable art-focussed festival set in the picturesque town of Kendal in the Lake District. I heartily recommend it… Read More ›
The Bible Goes Commando At The British Library
The British Library’s comics exhibition Comics Unmasked: Art and Anarchy In The UK, enthusiastically billed by the library as “the UK’s largest ever exhibition of mainstream and underground comics” has just completed its time in the library’s PACCAR Gallery. However… Read More ›
Saucy Goings On At The Edinburgh International Book Festival
The Edinburgh International Book Festival is currently in full swing and while the 40+ events of last year’s Stripped 2013 festival-within-a-festival have been scaled back to the more typical BookFest number of a dozen or so, with creators including Bryan… Read More ›
Review of Angus Library Exhibition
I am fortunate, as one of DTT’s roving reporters, in being in Scotland. So I get to see a lot of the small exhibitions that D C Thomson’s put on to encourage sales or to remind people that DCT are… Read More ›
Deadly Mines, Jungle Dangers and a shipboard traitor in new Commando titles
Here’s the intel on Commando Issues 4731-4734, on sale from today, 14th August 2014 in all good newsagents and for iPad and iPhone via iTunes. The 12-month World War One saga, every story drawn by Keith Page, continues with a… Read More ›
In Review: Red Baron – The Machine Gunners’ Ball
Cinebook present a new series, Red Baron, set during the First World War and “loosely inspired” by the life of German fighter ace Manfred Von Richthofen, written by Pierre Veys and illustrated by Carlos Puerta. This isn’t the Luftwaffe against the… Read More ›
Tower of London’s “Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red” supports military charities
Anyone impressed by the breath taking Tower of London ‘Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red‘ commemorative art installation might be interested to know the aim is to eventually fill Tower’s moat with almost 900000 ceramic poppies – and their sale supports… Read More ›
Cruel seas and ghostly foes in latest issues of Commando
Here’s the run down of the latest issues of DC Thomson’s Commando, on sale today in all good newsagents and digitally for iPad and iPhone. Commando No 4727 – Fisherman’s Foes Story: George Low Art: Jaume Forns Cover: Janek… Read More ›
Titan Books releases “Charley’s War” omnibus
Titan Books is to release Charley’s War: A Boy Soldier in the Great War, a terrific omnibus collection of Charley’s War stories on 8th August, which features all-new scans of many pages direct from original art by Joe Colquhoun. While the… Read More ›
Angus Libraries Exhibition
A small exhibition, but this will be well worth the time for those that can get there. Monday 21st July sees the opening of a new war comics exhibition at Arbroath Library. Original works of art from Commando, Warlord, Bunty,… Read More ›
Great War story arc continues in new Commando tale
DC Thomson’s Commando‘s ongoing Great War story arc, each story drawn by Keith Page, continues this month with “To Vimy… To Victory” this month. “As a tribute to those who served during the years 1914-1918 — on the Home… Read More ›
Taschen releases “The First World War in Colour”
With the centenary of the beginning of World War One this year there are a lot of books about the conflict both on shelves now and due for release soon – as well as World War One-related comics and… Read More ›
Sky Sharks and deadly traitors in new Commandos
Here’s the detailed intel on the latest issues of DC Thomson’s war comic Commando, on sale today in all good newsagents and digitally via the Commando app on iTunes. Commando No 4719 – Two Men Went To War… Originally Commando… Read More ›
To Arms! Via IndieGoGo
During our interview earlier in the week with writer/artist Jessica Martin, she mentioned that she is involved with a new Great War anthology graphic novel entitled To Arms! This is planned as an 80+ page hardback anthology with stories based… Read More ›
Creator Talk: Six Questions For Writer/Artist Jessica Martin
Jessica Martin is a familiar name, if not necessarily a familiar face, from her time as an impressionist on the TV series Spitting Image. Her CV includes stage acting and singing, radio, and other television series including her role as… Read More ›
New writer recruited for Commando
The latest issues of DC Thomson’s Commando, on sale today, 19th June, feature a new author — Kris Roberts — to the title, and, in a strange twist, one of the reprint editions features the first outing of an… Read More ›
Comics @ Edinburgh International Book Festival 2014
The Edinburgh International Book Festival has released its programme for 2014. As expected after the 40+ events for their major Stripped ‘festival within a festival’ in 2013, this year BookFest has dialled their coverage of comics and graphic novels back… Read More ›