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Super Sunday - the Sunday newspaper for boys and girls (1974)This was a recent ebay find..."Super Sunday" a short-lived Sunday newspaper for boys and girls (as its masthead proclaims). The British Library...
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100 years of Norman Thelwell - part 1It closed in May (2023) but here are just some of the highlights from the recent '100 years of Norman Thelwell' exhibition at Mottisfont...
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UPDATED: Etherington brothers comics - the early yearsI've been interested in looking at the early comics works of the Etherington brothers for some time now and I've finally scooped up enough...
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Sky Dancers - Marvel UK, 1996Michael Carroll's timeline of Marvel UK comics ( here ) has an array of interestingly short-lived comics on that I thought I should create cover...
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Angela Darling by Gordon GrinsteadI've looked before at the work of Norman Pett (for all examples on the blog just click here ) and his creation Jane (click here ) and...
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UPDATED: Cosmic magazineThe other day ( here ) I looked at Take a Break spin-off magazine - " Cosmic - the BEST kids' magazine in the universe " - this...
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Gosh comics - 'Armed with madness' signing todayDon't forget that this is today at Gosh comics! In Gosh comics the other evening and I spotted these posters for upcoming...
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Ka-Boom - the art of creating comics (part 4)It's finished now but the Story Museum in Oxford recently had an exhibition (curated / created by Neill Cameron) entitled "Ka-Boom - the...
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Mary & Bryan Talbot in conversation at the Cartoon MuseumJust a reminder that this talk is tomorrow evening - at the time of typing there were still tickets available... Tickets have just gone...
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Dredd by Fabry & BisleyOver on Italian art auction site Finarte.it there's a glorious Judge Dredd megazine cover for sale ( right here in fact ) from 2010. Art is by...
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The cover art for Dan Dare 3 has escapedOne for all you Dan Dare fans with deep pockets...over here on ebay the original box art for the cover of the 1990 computer game "Dan...
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Kieron Gillen masterclass announcedThe Guardian Masterclasses have announced a "How to write a comic book" masterclass with comics writer Kieron Gillen. All details are ...
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Eagle & Picture Post gramophone recordsWith the coronation happening today it seems like an appropriate moment to look at comic collectibles associated with the last coronation......
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Bog Standard KomixOver on that eBay ace cartoonist Lew Stringer ( right here in fact ) has put up an underground comic for sale featuring early Bryan Talbot...
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Postcards by Norman 'Jane' PettI've looked before at the work or cartoonist Norman Pett ( here ) and I'm always interested in unusual piece of work by him (of Jane ) so...
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Norman Thelwell saves the planet - part 1In honour of it being the centenary of birth today (3rd May 2023) I thought it only proper to share some Norman Thelwell images on the blog...
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The Ren & Stimpy show - Marvel UKMichael Carroll's timeline of Marvel UK comics ( here ) has an array of interestingly short-lived comics on that I thought I should create...
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Short Fuse #2 - the 2000AD artA while ago ( here to be precise ) I looked at some 2000AD images that had never been published in Short Fuse...
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Raymond Briggs retrospective opens todayOpening today in Cambridge is a retrospective covering the work of acclaimed illustrator Raymond Briggs. There are...
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Norman Thelwell saves the planet - opens todayJust a reminder that this opens today... News just in from the Cartoon Museum about the next major exhibition, let's see what the have...
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Tintin - CastermanListening to a podcast recently flagged up 2 rare Tintin books that I'm recording here in case in case I ever see them in real life :)...
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Highlights from the first 2,500 blog postingsAfter 2,499 posts about all sort of stuff I though I should make this 2,500th post more reflective. Looking back at the last 6 and a half years...
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Modesty Blaise - the Ken PIerce volumesAges ago ( here ) I looked at the US reprints (by Ken Pierce) of the Axa newspaper strip. I should have highlighted that Modesty Blaise was the...
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Marvel UK - Learn and play Rupert comicMichael Carroll's timeline of Marvel UK comics ( here ) has an array of interestingly short-lived comics on that I thought I should create...
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UPDATED: Keith Burns covers for CommandoI first came across Keith Burns art when he illustrated the Titan comics Johnny Red series, since then he's just started...
