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Monday, March 14, 2022
Peter C. Watts: Covers
Friday, March 11, 2022
Comic Cuts — 11 March 2022
After a slow start, I managed to pick up the pace of the introductions I'm writing for the new reprints of The Spider that are appearing in Spain this year. Outside of Bear Alley, I have spent seven months researching and writing about Action and a series of related biographical sketches. Writing introductions is slightly different, even if you're using the same tools. A carpenter might use the same tools to build a spice rack and a boat, but they're very different things.
Since the series seems to be progressing nicely, I've actually put a little thought into how future books might be introduced and then moved some of the stuff I was writing from this introduction to the next. At that point, I thought it made sense (as I had all my research sitting on and around my desk) to write introductions two and three at the same time. A bit presumptuous, I know... I might not be asked back! But you have to have a quantum of confidence in yourself to be a writer or you would be frozen with fear every time you came to write a sentence.
I'm also enjoying writing after a couple of weeks scanning and cleaning up artwork. Switching between the two has saved me from becoming murderously frustrated with the lousy quality of printing of British comics in the Sixties. They were disposable distractions for kids and after a week in grubby hands, they would be wrapped around some vegetable leftovers and chucked out for the binmen. Nobody ever thought they would be reprinted years later with crisp digital printing on better paper, so cleaning up artwork can be a pain in the undercarriage and, after a day or two, I find myself distracted by everything. I spend more time doomscrolling through newspapers online, reading SF and comics news sites a lot more closely, seeking out new music on Youtube... anything to stop me staring at the ink spots sprayed across cheap newsprint sixty-five years ago that are now tormenting me.
I've had the new Marillion album on high rotation, interrupted by journeying through their back catalogue across some albums that ranged from brilliant to "meh!" The best albums seem come out about a decade apart dating all the way back to Fugazi (1984); a decade later you have Brave (1994) and Afraid of Sunlight (1995); then you have Anoraknophobia (2001) and Marbles (2004); then Sounds That Can't Be Made (2012) and FEAR (2016), and now An Hour Before It's Dark (2022).
That last three studio albums have been brilliant, the most consistently brilliant since the 1990s (Holidays in Eden, Brave, Afraid of Sunlight, This Strange Engine) and the 1980s Fish-era (Fugazi, Misplaced Childhood, Clutching at Straws). Other may (will!) disagree, and I'm not saying that albums not mentioned are all bad (even Happiness is the Road, which I think is their low point. Even great bands must have a least best!).
A while back I spotted a post from Robert John Godfrey (of The Enid, another favourite of mine) in which he said that Marillion were not a political band. Clearly he hadn't listened to FEAR., the only album I've heard that addresses the financial crash. The new album should also assuage him of that notion, as it tackles the climate crisis and Covid. amongst other subjects. I should also say that both bands have a strong fan base that has supported them over the years, and they're both worthy of your support. The Enid have been streaming occasional live concerts online, with fans donating what they can. The one above is from November 2021. I believe Marillion also streamed a live gig from Hammersmith a while back, which I missed. It's great to see bands making the most of modern social media outlets to keep going during these trying times. Things will, hopefully, get back to normal this year.
For instance, things have taken a step in that direction here at chez Bear Alley. After two years working from home, Mel returned to her office on Monday. We saw each other at various points during the day, going for walks in the morning and after work's end, breaks during the morning and afternoon, and lunchtime. But we tried not to interrupt each other's work flow and we've muddled through the pandemic without any major upsets.
It does mean that I'm not walking down by the river in the morning any more, so there will be no more photos of dawn over the Colne. We're now walking in the other direction, up to a bus stop that's a reasonable distance so that we both get some exercise before sitting down in front of a computer all day, and I get a call when she's leaving the office so I can head out and meet her off the bus in the evening. We shall have to see if that's enough exercise to shake off those persistent Christmas pounds.
Wednesday, March 09, 2022
Rebellion Releases — 9 March 2022
Richard Carpenter’s Robin of Sherwood is often considered the finest version of the Robin Hood legend. A lavish and hugely popular television series that ran from 1984 to 1986.
It was turned into an accompanying comic strip by the bestselling young people’s magazine Look-In; which also ran a wealth of interviews, features, and articles (alongside other comic strips) for all the most popular family and children’s commercial television series of the time.
The Robin of Sherwood strips ran for the entirety of three years that the series was broadcast, encompassing a change of actor in the role of Robin Hood; some in colour, some in black and white. Rebellion, Chinbeard Books and Spiteful Puppet have collated the entire run of these exquisitely illustrated and action-packed comic strips in this unique, limited-edition collection, with every page carefully and lovingly restored.
The artists were Mike Noble, with Arthur Ranson and Phil Gascoine, and the writer across the whole run of strips was Angus Allan. For fans of these artists and writer, this is a snapshot of their work collected together for the first time. For fans of ‘Look-In’ magazine, it also offers some of those interviews, articles, and features that adorned the pages alongside the comic strip.
This hardback book features specially written inserts by Robert Hammond (restoration technician and graphic designer), alongside Hooded Man author Andrew Orton, and commissioning editor Barnaby Eaton-Jones.
It is 288 pages and is ONLY available via www.spitefulpuppet.com in a very limited print run.
A pre-order target needs to be met before this book goes to print but – exclusively – you can buy this handsome tome for a reduced price of £35 for this two-month period, available now. After that, the price will go up to £45. The publication date is the 31st of May, unless the limited print run target is met – in which case it will be sent out earlier.
And now, this week's release...
2000AD Prog 2272
Cover: INJ Culbard.
In this issue:
Judge Dredd: The Citadel by John Wagner (w) Dan Cornwell (a) Dylan Teague (c) Annie Parkhouse
Proteus Vex: Desire Paths by Michael Carroll (w)
Jake Lynch (a) Jim Boswell (c) Simon Bowland (l)
Kingmaker by Ian Edginton (w) Leigh Gallagher (a) Jim Campbell (l)
The Order: Fantastic Voyage by Kek-W (w) John Burns (a) Simon Bowland (l)
Brink: Mercury Retrograde by Dan Abnett (w) INJ Culbard (a) Simon Bowland
Friday, March 04, 2022
Comic Cuts — 4 March 2022
On Tuesday I became the proud owner of yet more storage space, thanks to the arrival of a new external hard drive. This one is an 8 terabyte drive (really more like 7½ tb of actual space) as I have been running short of space again, and I have quite a lot of scanning work lined up. I'm paranoid enough to want to make sure I have copies of everything safely stashed away — twice — so that if anything goes wrong I can fall back on my back-ups
I also need to back up my computer more often. It has been at least six months since the last one and I tinker with hundreds of dozens every week, adding bits of information whenever I stumble across it to the thousands of documents I have in my author and artist files. I also gather articles and audio & video files at a rate of knots that seems to increase every year as more people turn to podcasting and vlogging about comics. I try to gather any information I can about creators who have worked for British comics (including Italian, Spanish and South American artists), the results of which are dotted around pretty much everything I write. There will be a few pieces on foreign artists in the Action history, for instance.
My current schedule is five more (one for Italy, four for Spain) and maybe more to come. It means a delay in completing the Action history, but I need to pay the rent.
With all this scanning in mind, I thought it was time to look at more storage space and while chatting to my Mum on Sunday, I thought I'd look around for something cheap and cheerful. What I spotted was an 8tb drive for £125, including p&p, and by the end of our conversation (which, I should add, wasn't all about hard drives!) I'd talked myself into buying it.
I spent Wednesday morning checking over the two 5tb drives I have, both of which should mirror the other (told you I was paranoid about losing data); they didn't quite match as I've managed to transfer the odd file to one but not the other, or copied a file into the wrong folder on occasion. Over a period of three years and a handful of months, mistakes can be made. Thankfully not too many, but it still took me over 2½ hours comparing each folder to make sure they were an exact match.
With only the very occasional drag and drop of a folder to worry about, I'm trying to do some relatively light work that won't slow down the copying process. I managed to do a bit of proofing for the book Rayguns and Rocketships by Rian Hughes, for which I've written the introduction. I managed to spot a handful of credit typos but not a lot else. Looking through page after page of the old-style painted artwork that appeared on British SF paperbacks (and a few hardbacks) is the most fun I've had for weeks. The range in quality is vast: there's a huge gulf between Ron Turner and Gerald Facey when it comes to imagination and artistic talent (although Facey was able to do much better — he was just the wrong choice for science fiction). There are books I remember fondly from back when I was writing Vultures of the Void and there are others that still make me chuckle. Some were just so bad they circled back upon themselves and became page turners; it was the ones that were just averagely incompetent that were the most disappointing.
What else have I done? I was involved in a small "round robin" discussion for an upcoming issue of Battling Britons and I'm reading some old Spider stories so that I can write about them for this Spanish collection. That's keeping me busy. And next week I'm expecting it to be much the same but with different characters, maybe Patty's World, maybe The Steel Claw, depending on what comes in first. It's still work, but I have to say I'm looking forward to it!
Thursday, March 03, 2022
Commando 5519-5522
A slightly sinister and furiously fervent set from Commando, as we mark International Women’s Day with this dramatic, high-tension foursome! Issues 5519-5522 are out today.
5519: Night Witch
Among the enemy troops, soldiers barely whisper their name. Silent and deadly they creep upon their unsuspecting victims, as velvet bombs plummet to the ground and bring destruction to the German lines. These havoc-wreaking tactics could only be attributed to the Nachthexen — the deadly women of the 588th Night Bombers — and nothing can stop them closing in on their prey!
Commando honours the Night Witches in this ominous story from Georgia Standen Battle, perfectly complemented by Vicente Alcazar’s emotive interiors and a haunting cover from Mark Harris.
Story | Georgia Standen Battle
Art| Vicente Alcazar
Cover | Mark Harris
5520: Danger Mountain
Sergeant Brian Hardy is a human fly capable of traversing any terrain. Poppa Pistol is a passionate rebel with a taste for vengeance. Together, the pair and their teams must carry out the capture of a high-ranking Nazi official, but soon they find themselves at odds with how he should be dealt with. Who will win out in this high-stakes battle for survival in the mountains?
A dramatic, high-tension tale from Donnelly with lively interiors from Victor Fuente and classic Penalva cover art.
Story | Donnelly
Art | Victor Fuente
Cover | Penalva
Originally Commando No. 430 (1969)
5521: Snap Shot
As the Germans march through their ghetto, Weronika and her family bribe their way out of what’s to come… but the Nazi machine can only be trusted in one thing — total destruction. Joining an unconventional resistance cell, Weronika is determined to document the fight against the invaders in the hopes of one day showing the struggle for survival, and how ordinary people resisted with everything they had.
A fresh and action-packed angle on the fight for freedom by Kate Dewar with striking interiors and cover art by Manuel Benet.
Story | Kate Dewar
Art | Manuel Benet
Cover | Manuel Benet
5522: The Fighting Cowboys
Frank Regan wants to sign up and give the Nazi’s the booting they deserve, but it’s a bit tricky to do that from a ranch in South America. Thankfully, the Germans are making it easy for him, bringing a whole host of sailors and a U-boat to his local turf. Let the madness begin!
A story with an unusual setting from Garbutt with detailed interiors from Fleming and a painterly cover from Jeff Bevan.
Story | Garbutt
Art | Fleming
Cover | Jeff Bevan
Originally Commando No. 1777 (1984)
Wednesday, March 02, 2022
Rebellion Releases — 2 March 2022
Rebellion is proud to announce that Alan Moore and Ian Gibson’s ground-breaking feminist space opera and science fiction classic, The Ballad of Halo Jones, is to be published in a full colour omnibus for the first time.
With artwork restored and lovingly coloured by Barbara Nosenzo, and featuring extra content, The Ballad of Halo Jones: Full Colour Omnibus Edition will be published in January 2023 and available from all good book and comic book stores, as well as online retailers, and digitally through 2000 AD’s webshop and app, and on Amazon Kindle.
This radical and revolutionary series remains one of Moore’s most beloved and lauded stories and this new omnibus edition brings together Nosenzo’s colour work on the three books of Halo Jones, previously only available as separate volumes.
Barbara Nosenzo’s sensitive and enthralling colour work on Gibson’s art was a revelation when published as three separate volumes on 2018, and the omnibus is an opportunity for fans old and new to experience the worlds of Halo Jones afresh. The project was the first major English language work by the Italian colourist, who was talent-spotted by Rebellion at the Angouleme comics festival in France, and has since gone on to work on the science fiction series Deep Beyond from Image Comics.
A cultural icon and a high water mark for both science fiction and British comics, this timeless tale from the writer of Watchmen and V for Vendetta follows one woman’s journey through dead-end jobs, deadly wars, and personal tragedy, as she changes from an innocent teenager into a world-weary woman.
Described by award-winning author Lauren Beukes as her ‘first love’ and ‘first role model’, Halo is an ordinary woman in extraordinary circumstances. Trapped in a crowded housing project floating off the coast of Manhattan, a dystopian world where jobs are scarce and excitement non-existent, a bored Halo dreams of escaping out into the galaxy any way she can to rewrite her destiny.
But in a city where dangerous riots happen at the slightest provocation and even going to the shops is an ordeal requiring careful planning and a handful of zen-inducing-grenades, the price of freedom might prove to be more than she bargained for. And even when she does get out, there are challenges awaiting her in the cosmos that she could never possibly imagine or be prepared for.
First published in weekly instalments between 1984 and 1986, Halo Jones is Moore at his most inventive and empathic best, following Halo as she explores the galaxy while also, through both victory and tragedy, finding herself. It was Moore’s last work for 2000 AD before he went on to make comics history with fellow 2000 AD alumni, Dave Gibbons on Watchmen and Brian Bolland on Batman: The Killing Joke, at DC Comics.
The Ballad of Halo Jones: Full Colour Omnibus Edition will be an essential collection not just for Moore completists but for fans of series such as Saga and Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow.
And now, this week's releases...
2000AD Prog 2271
Cover: Cliff Robinson / Dylan Teague (col)
Judge Dredd: The Citadel by John Wagner (w) Dan Cornwell (a) Dylan Teague (c) Annie Parkhouse
Proteus Vex: Desire Paths by Michael Carroll (w)
Jake Lynch (a) Jim Boswell (c) Simon Bowland (l)
The Order: Fantastic Voyage by Kek-W (w) John Burns (a) Simon Bowland (l)
Kingmaker by Ian Edginton (w) Leigh Gallagher (a) Jim Campbell (l)
Brink: Mercury Retrograde by Dan Abnett (w) INJ Culbard (a) Simon Bowland
The Mean Arena by Tom Tully, Eric Bradbury & Mike White
Rebellion ISBN 978-178618666-9, 1 March 2022, 116pp, £17.99 / $19.99. Available via Amazon.
In a dystopian future where the ultra-violent sport street football is played in evacuated towns, Matt Talon isn't playing just to win - he's playing for revenge! In the second instalment of this violent, action packed 2000 AD classic, Slater's Slayers take on the Penzance Riggers, the Edinburgh Executioners, the Salford Slicers and the Oxford Invaders! In the Mean Arena, it's not just football - its mayhem, madness and murder!
The second volume of The Mean Arena by Tom Tully (Roy of the Rovers), Eric Bradbury (Invasion!, one Hook Jaw cover, not published at the time) and Mike White (Abelard Snazz) is collected for the first time ever in a digital exclusive graphic novel!
Judge Dredd: Blaze of Glory by Al Ewing, Simon Fraser, Paul Marshall, P.J. Holden, Leigh Gallagher, Andrew Currie, Patrick Goddard, John Higgins, Liam Sharp, Ben Willsher and Jake Lynch
Rebellion ISBN 978-178618483-2, 1 March 2022, 144pp, £14.99 / $19.99. Available via Amazon.
"I’d struggle to overstate how much I enjoy and admire Al Ewing’s work [...] A typical Ewing story is technically ambitious, ethically astute, and intellectually playful. In short; great fun." - Sequart
Go on patrol and see Mega-City One - and beyond - through the eyes of Al Ewing (Immortal Hulk), one of the most original writers in comics, as Judge Dredd dispenses justice to mutants, laidback religious cults, the Sex Olympics and Santa Claus. But when polite ex-stripper Zombo appears in his dimension, has old Stoney Face finally met his match?
Collecting many of Ewing’s outrageous Dredd stories for the first time and featuring an all-star cast of artists, including Liam Sharp (Green Lantern, Wonder Woman), John Higgins (Dreadnoughts: Breaking Ground, Judge Dredd, Watchmen), Simon Fraser (Judge Dredd, Nikolai Dante) and Ben Willsher (Roy of the Rovers, Judge Dredd), this is an essential collection for fans of the Law.
Friday, February 25, 2022
Comic Cuts — 25 February 2022
Being a small business sucks sometimes, especially when you're at war with the biggest behemoth in the business world. I've sold through Amazon for many years, but recent changes have made me feel like telling them to fuck off.
They wouldn't even notice my tiny business disappearing any more than a beach would notice one grain of sand being carried away. My hope is that that grain would be jammed in the arse crack of Amazon, irritating every step that it took. The tiniest piece of grit making life literally a pain in the arse.
A while ago I was told that my seller rating had fallen below 95%. Now, this is important because if you drop too far or stay low for too long, they can dump you as a seller. This caught me by surprise because I haven't had a single problem with an Amazon order in all the years I've sold through them. Of the thousands of books I've shipped over the past decade, I've had a handful go astray, which I've usually replaced at my own cost. But with Amazon I have a 100% satisfaction rating with all books sent out promptly and not one has gone missing. I've had no complaints. Not one.
Yet my seller rating was down... and when I queried this I was told that it was because I was sending out my books the wrong way. I had always sent them by Royal Mail 2nd class. Now they wanted books to be tracked, which you can't do cheaply. They said there was an option to label the postage as "stamps/franking", so I did. And that worked for a couple of weeks before I got another message to say that my seller rating had, again, dropped below 95%.
This time their helpful help desk said that the stamps/franking option was for goods that cost below £5. As my books cost more than that, I needed to send them by a method that could be tracked. Twice. Now that rules out sending it "signed for"—where the recipient signs on delivery—which is an option offered by my local post office. Rather it must be posted 24 or 48 hour tracking, options that are only available online rather than through the post office.
I sell enough through Amazon for me not to cut off my nose to spite my face, so I took the plunge of buying a label printer at a cost of just shy of £100. This means that I can have the pleasure of printing my own labels. It also means that the usual £1.99 postage just jumped to £3.60. Plus the cost of the label, which is about 4p. Plus the cost in time.
And at the end of all that faffing around, I then can't post the book at our local post office. No, I have to post it at a Royal Mail Sorting Office, the nearest of which is in Colchester, a £4 bus journey away.
As I said before, I don't sell that many books through Amazon, but I do sell some and I'm not going to be taking a £5.45 hit per book for them. So you might be seeing the prices of my various titles listed on Amazon going up in the near future. Which, of course, means that Amazon's cut of the price will also increase, because they roll the cost of the book and the postage into one number that they then take a percentage of in fees.
Thank you for listening. Other than that, I'm keeping busy with a big scanning job that has just come in. I'm trying to fit work on Action around it, but there's a lot of artwork needing to be cleaned up, so I think there might be a few late nights ahead.
Wednesday, February 23, 2022
Rebellion Releases — 23 February 2022
Featuring celebrity fans and legendary creators, The Galaxy’s Greatest will stream online and for free on 26 and 27 March on 2000 AD’s social media channels and YouTube, and Rebellion’s dedicated Twitch stream.
The two-day show will feature top flight guests on more than a dozen panels, all discussing the impact of 2000 AD on comics and culture over almost half a century, as well as announcements and new merchandise.
Guests from the world of entertainment will include award-winning comedians Robin Ince (The Infinite Monkey Cage), Desiree Burch (Taskmaster, Unf*ckable), Dane Baptiste (Mock the Week, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown) and Mitch Benn (The Now Show), scientist and broadcaster Adam Rutherford (BBC Radio 4’s Inside Science), bestselling authors Ian Rankin OBE (Rebus) and Louie Stowell (Loki: A Bad God's Guide to Being Good), and political commentator Ian Dunt (i newspaper, How To Be A Liberal).
The event will throw a spotlight on the people who have helped make 2000 AD the galaxy’s greatest comic, with creators both new and legendary sharing their stories and insights on the comics-making process — including a feature interview with the co-creator of Judge Dredd and Strontium Dog, John Wagner, as well as panels with Garth Ennis (The Boys, Preacher), Rob Williams (Suicide Squad), Alex de Campi (Archie vs Predator), Sean Phillips (Criminal), Anna Morozova (Judge Anderson), John McCrea (Hitman), Dan Cornwell (Rok of the Reds), AleÅ¡ Kot (Zero), and more to be announced.
The next 45 years of 2000 AD will also be discussed with owners and publishers Chris Kingsley OBE and Jason Kingsley OBE, and current editor Matt Smith - now the longest serving editor in 2000 AD history.
And with many, many more creator and celebrity guests yet to be revealed, The Galaxy’s Greatest promises to be an unmissable experience befitting such a milestone for Britain’s most groundbreaking comic!
Jason Kingsley OBE said: “This is such a landmark anniversary for 2000 AD and I’m looking forward to hearing from this fantastic line-up of guests just how it has had an influence far beyond its pages.
“When Rebellion saved 2000 AD back in 2000, many people had long predicted its demise - but over the last two decades it has truly gone from strength-to-strength and is now back in its true place as one of the pillars of British culture. As the custodians of its legacy and guardians of its future, we’re proud and delighted to celebrate four and a half decades of Thrill-power with The Galaxy’s Greatest.
Ben Smith, head of Rebellion Publishing, said: “With the pandemic continuing to make in-person events difficult and prone to cancellation, we’ve decided to move our event marking 45 years of 2000 AD online - but it does mean that fans all over the world will be able to join in and celebrate the comic’s creators and legacy.”
The first issue of 2000 AD landed on shelves on 19 February 1977 - a brand new science-fiction title created by Pat Mills that would go on to redefine not just comic books, but become a genuine cultural force in Britain and abroad. Its blend of violent sci-fi action, grim anti-heroes, and anti-authority ethos made it a massive hit, delighting, inspiring, and influencing generations of children and young people.
The comic’s biggest character, future lawman Judge Dredd, created by Scottish-American writer John Wagner and Spanish artist Carlos Ezquerra, would become a worldwide phenomenon, entering the lexicon and inspiring two major movies.
2000 AD is available every week from all good newsagents and comic book stores, as well as digitally from the 2000AD.com webshop and app, alongside its monthly sister title, the Judge Dredd Megazine. Graphic novel collections are available from all good book and comic book stores, as well as online retailers, and digitally from the 2000AD.com webshop and app.
And now, this week's celebration issue...
Cover: Brian Bolland
Judge Dredd: The Citadel by john Wagner (w) Dan Cornwell (a) Dylan Teague (c) Annie Parkhouse
Proteus Vex: Desire Paths by Michael Carroll (w)
Jake Lynch (a) Jim Boswell (c) Simon Bowland (l)
Indigo Prime: Whatever happened to Mickey Challis? by Kek-W (w) Lee Carter (a) Annie Parkhouse (l)
Kingmaker by Ian Edginton (w) Leigh Gallagher (a) Jim Campbell (l)
Tharg the Mighty: Stars on 45 by David Barnett (w) Robin Smith (a) Jim Campbell (l)
The Order: Fantastic Voyage by Kek-W (w) John Burns (a) Simon Bowland (l)
Brink: Mercury Retrograde by Dan Abnett (w) INJ Culbard (a) Simon Bowland
Friday, February 18, 2022
Comic Cuts — 18 February 2022
I'm ploughing on with the history of Action comic now that my scanning commitments are done. At the last count I'd just hit 46,750 words, all of them the right ones, but not necessarily in the right order.
I've reached the point in the story where Action has just returned in its horribly censored form, turned from the comic I loved for its no-holds-barred storylines into the kind of comic that had made me stop give up buying them two years earlier. I didn't want a typical boys adventure comic... I wanted something with better stories with a bit of realism to them, not the fantasy of winning a Grand Prix or a world heavyweight title. There was a reason I didn't read Tiger, and unless your pursuit of glory risked permanent blindness, I wasn't interested.
It was Samuel's grandson, George Philip Byron Fores, who conceived the quarterly Fores's Sporting Notes & Sketches, the first issue dated April 1884. The early reviews were positive, noting the high class writing and excellent illustrations of George Finch-Mason. The magazine's success led to spin-off books in the 1890s, but it trundled along and celebrated its 100th issue in 1908. By this time Finch-Mason had become the mainstay of the magazine, writing under pen-names as well as illustrating; Fores was still the nominal editor, but by the time the magazine folded in 1912 he was in his eighties, and Finch-Mason's health began to give while he was in his sixties.
The book is chiefly a listing of contents of each issue and a name index, both heavily illustrated with examples of illustrations and photos of contributors. Harte has published a number of these volumes, neatly formatted and produced in limited numbers. If you have an interest in old magazines, especially sporting magazines, they're fascinating and with the distinct bonus of not being outrageously expensive to buy.
The book will be available via Amazon shortly (it's officially due out in a couple of weeks) or you can order it direct. Details below.
Fores's Sporting Notes & Sketches by Chris Harte
Sports History Publishing ISBN 978-189801016-6, 24 February 2022, 200pp, £9.95. Available via Amazon or directly from the author, price £10.00 including p&p. Make cheques payable to Chris Harte, Braemar House, St. David's Avenue, Carmarthen, SA31 3DN, Wales. The book is limited to 60 numbered copies.
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