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We Are United

Candelstone: A Faery Tale | An original graphic novel by Aly Fell of magical realism set against the insular world of a 1920's Devon boarding school.

Tube Surfing: Cartoons cut at Metro, Football Comics Podcast and a stunning new graphic novel from Aly Fell

By John Freeman on 21 October 2026

Do not miss out on Ally Fell’s latest amazing looking graphic novel!

Football Picture Story Monthly DC Thomson collections Volumes 1 and 2 (2026)

DC Thomson Football Picture Story Monthly collections launched

By John Freeman on 5 August 2026

Two football classic comic collections drop into the box!

The opening spread of "We Are United" from Champ No. 1, launched in February 1984. Peter recalls DC Thomson were impressed with his test pages and It ended up being the longest run of any of the strips he worked on, but it's not a strip he remembers fondly. "It meant I soon ran out of new ways of presenting football action," he recalled. "I fought to prevent boredom but not always with any great success because I was only repeating myself." "The very first opening was about the whole team and the support people. I therefore had to invent a huge number of characters. Unbeknownst to me, the second script was about the sacking of about a third of the team and the building up of a new group. A large number of the new team had to be re-invented. I felt my first effort had gone to waste. Had I known that was going to happen I'd have not tried to be so creative."

Comic Creator Spotlight: Comic Artist Peter Foster

By John Freeman on 18 October 2020

Spotlighting a popular Australian comics artist who has drawn many strips for British comics

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