The new towns that were built after the end of World War II are not exactly considered bastions of great art or even great architecture. But in at least one instance, Glenrothes, Fife is inextricably linked to the great British comic tradition. Some readers of this blog might snigger and say what could Glenrothes have offered to British comics. Well, if you hear me out, … Continue reading La Di Da Dee Dum
Just in case any casual reader of this blog has not guessed, I am a big fan of British comics. I will and do read anything and everything I can find about British comics. This includes everything from social media posts to educational tomes that can feel like I am wading through the written equivalent of treacle. However, the “light the blue touch paper” moment … Continue reading Hit Me With Your Best Shot
Well the last couple of weeks have been all over the place with regards to comics but in a good way. Last month I got a couple of good deals and I now need less than 250 issues to complete the Commando run. So a shout out to Iain Miller for taking me significantly below the 300 line and to Clive Hunt for taking me … Continue reading A Little Bit Me A Little Bit You
It’s been 18 years since our love of comics and Star Trek brought Karen and I together. And hopefully we will have at least another 18 years to look forward to. During that time, our collection has grown from just over 1,000 comics to over 16,000. We don’t do holidays abroad and I will hum and haw over £20 for a new kettle, but when … Continue reading Love Song For A Vampire
The Comic Gods can be capricious and fickle but we still go back to them time after time. This week has been no different. It started off with the delivery of some parcels to me. One I was expecting as it was a deal I had done with Ian Miller, a fellow collector. The other had me bemused until I opened it and realised it … Continue reading God Only Knows
I cannot begin to say how much Ian Kennedy’s work has been part of my life or how much he has influenced me so I am going to settle for this one wee fact. Commando is now at 5,190 issues as of 31st December 2018. Ian’s contribution has been 1,885 of those covers of which 1,276 covers are original pieces. Slàinte Mhath Ian and I … Continue reading King Of The Road
When I wrote my previous article Devil Gate Drive, I assumed that Pino has based his B-17 cover on the popular song from 1958. However, I am never adverse to being proven wrong if it builds my knowledge of either comics or anything else. In this case, anything else turned out to be my knowledge of the USAAF and their B-17E fleet. You see, there … Continue reading Suzy Q
I have not been writing much on the blog, not because I have had nothing to say, but I have just been involved in so many different projects. I have also been fortunate to have written a few articles for the new magazine ComicScene. However, as my collection has just taken a quantum leap from the 15k mark to the 16k mark, I have had … Continue reading Devil Gate Drive
Those of you that read my article Staying Power will probably have been glad of the love shown towards one of the greatest Scottish artists of the last 50 years, but it is my sorry duty to tell you that article is wrong. All of us thought that Cam had done 28 issues and we all gloried in that early artwork with its’ grittiness and … Continue reading Action This Day
OK, I have helped some friends out and as a result ended up at the Falkirk Invasion and Coatbridge Comic Con for the cost of driving there and back rather than adding in the ticket price and so on. Both have points to recommend them. Falkirk allowed me to fill in two more gaps of the Commando collection and raised a lot of money for … Continue reading Doing It All for My Baby
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