There are still a lot of reference books out there that I still want to buy. And I have been fortunate to buy one that I have been chasing for over 10 years. This is Alan Clark’s Encyclopedia of Comic Artists, Writers and Editors. This is a well researched book which features short biographies of such luminaries that are of interest to myself and other … Continue reading What was that called again? Part 3
This is the tagline that you find on new issues of Commando comic currently being published. When I first picked up a Commando almost 40 years ago, the tagline was War Stories in Pictures. And both tags apply equally. In every Commando story, the stories are always about war and you always have a recognisable hero of the story. I knew that when I started … Continue reading The Home of Heroes
For those that have been following this blog, I am sorry that I have not provided any new posts, but I have been kept busy as I have produced two articles for Down The Tubes Comic Creator Spotlight: Comic Artist Jim Watson Signing at Deadhead Comics and I have been updating the UK and Eire Comic Shops Map. And now back to the updating of … Continue reading Busy doing nothing…
My first blog post, in this series, was deliberately aimed at looking through the reference books that are out there for people who love their comics. And as you can see from the header image, there are still a lot more that I have yet to mention. In some cases, there are a lot more that I have to find within the house! But in … Continue reading What was that called again? Part 2
When I was thinking about what I could write about next, I was originally going to wax all lyrical about Commando, as I picked up a few that were given away at last week’s Glasgow Comic Con and it is one of the few comics that has been going since I was first introduced to comics and is still as good as ever. But I … Continue reading All our Yesterdays
I had a great time and it was only marred by the fact that my better half could not come on the Sunday as our sitter let us down…again! I have done a review of the convention and it is on Down The Tubes for anyone who wants to read it. We picked up loads of small press comics and a fair few sketches. Even … Continue reading Glasgow Comic Con 2015
Many people are not aware, but in another 10 years in 2025, we will be celebrating the bicentennial of the publication of what is currently considered to be the first ever comic, the Glasgow Looking Glass. Published in 1825, this was the publication that started what I consider to be my favourite hobby. As a result of this, I thought that I would look at … Continue reading The Bicentennial Comic
Sorry folks. No new article today, but I have been working for the mighty wizard Joh N Freh Mah N trying to get a review together for Down The Tubes. Not saying anything else, but here is some teaser art for you all. Now that the article has gone live on Down The Tubes, I can add a link to the review for Vital Publishing’s … Continue reading No comics today: Update
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