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Comic Cuts — 23 June 2023You may have noticed that I haven't discussed doing any scanning for the past couple of weeks. There's a reason. The company I was doing the...
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Commando 5655-5658Calling all Commando fans! The readers asked for more reprint sets dedicated to artists and Commando delivered! Commandos 5655-5658 are four...
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Comic Cuts — 21 June 2023Azimuth is a city. It's THE city. It's always been there and it always will be there. It's not magic, it's not science. It's a place of...
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Comic Cuts — 16 June 2023I've had a busy and enjoyable week, split between sorting out a number of different projects. The easiest was pulling together the scans I needed...
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Rebellion Releases — 14 June 2023A master artist at the height of his talents. A collection of art unparalleled in its startling style and inventiveness, presented at original size...
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Eagle Times v36 no2 (Summer 2023)A very pleasant early arrival, Eagle Times has the usual mix of articles that relate to the older Eagle of the 1950s and 1960s. The magazine may...
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Comic Cuts — 9 June 2023A nice change of pace this week. I was writing introductions last week and have four to hand, although there is one that I want to revisit once...
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Commando 5651-5654Tally-ho, chaps! Commando takes to the dank jungles of Vietnam, black skies over Britain, the terrifying and tropical Philippines, and dark...
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Rebellion Releases — 7 June 2023For over a century, the comic book annual has been an essential Christmas stocking filler for British children and Rebellion is delighted to...
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Comic Cuts — 2 June 2023Just after finishing last week's column, we headed out to a local comedy club, which this month was being held at the back of the Horse & Groom...
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Rebellion Releases — 31 May 2023Following the success of last year's hardcover special, this new series brings classic series from the legendary British comics Battle Picture...
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Comic Cuts — 26 May 2023Somehow all our days out in May have been condensed into the last week. Also, I have drunk more this week than the rest of the year combined. On...
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Commando 5647-5650Red-hot action in outer-space, the desert and Italy! Commando issues 5647-5650 hit the shelves today, Thursday 25th May, 2023!5647: Zero-SumIn the...
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Rebellion Releases — 24 May 2023Not even hiding behind the sofa will protect you this Halloween – pre-order The Best of Tharg’s Terror Tales now! From the deepest, darkest...
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Comic Cuts — 19 May 2023I think I might be close to figuring out when I started reading Valiant. I know it was some time in 1969 but I haven't nailed down a date. I can...
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Rebellion Releases — 17 May 2023It’s one of the most iconic panels in comic history – and now“Gaze into the fist of Dredd!” is being brought to life as an action figure set from...
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Comic Cuts — 12 May 2023I have spent most of the week scanning episodes of various comic strips from Valiant this week and buying up copies that I'm going to need for...
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Commando 5643-5646Commando issues 5643-5646 go on sale today, Thursday 11th May, 2023, featuring World War One hi-jinks, RAF backstabbers, Werewolves, and the...
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Rebellion Releases — 10 May 2023The Strontium Dogs are the mutant bounty hunters taking on the scum of the galaxy – and Johnny Alpha and Stern Wulfhammer are the best...
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Fleetway Picture Library ClassicsThey're like buses... you wait for ages and three come along at once. I'm talking the latest releases from The Book Palace, of course. The latest...
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Comic Cuts — 5 May 2023The week seems to have flown by, thanks (no doubt) to the bank holiday on Monday, which we spent pottering around. We even did some gardening,...
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Rebellion Releases — 3 May 2023Gosh Comics has announced a special fundraiser print in honour of the legendary artist Kevin O’Neill, who passed away last year. From Gosh...
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It's About Time by Brian BollandBrian Bolland has produced a memoir so unlike any other that it takes a few minutes to settle in to what he is trying to achieve. Laid out in rigid...
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C.B. Fry's Magazine: A History, Index and Bibliography by Chris HarteFry's was named after... no, not the Turkish Delight but the famous cricketer, C. B. Fry — Charles Burgess Fry — who played cricket in preparatory...
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Harmsworth's Comic Paper Rivals by Alan ClarkThe ever-prolific Alan Clark has another book out on the early history of British comics. This volume concentrates on the publishers who rivalled...
