I've been taking some holiday time away from Look and Learn ... which means I've had my nose to the grindstone working on the 4-boo...

Edwin Gerald Jones Biss was born in Cambridge in 1876, the fourth son of Cecil Yates Biss, a Harley Street physician who was a pioneer of th...

Henry Rawle was an obscure British writer of short horror stories whose fame, if any, rests on the fact that it was once believed that Rawle...

I had the good fortune recently to stumble upon a series of old (1913-14) paperbacks which contained 'bijou biographies' of some of ...

One of unknown soldiers of Starblazer was Argentinean artist Alberto Saichann. He was one of a number of artists in the early issues whose ...

In the third episode of my 'Starblazer Memories' columns below, I mentioned that Starblazer was set to return. Well, here's the...

Originally posted on 6 September 2006, this little piece on Michael Hastings has been the cause of some interesting research. Jacqueline Kar...

It's coming up for Annuals season again so I'm wondering whether anyone out there has access to The Bookseller 's best-sellers c...

Phil Gascoine, who had a 45 year career in comics drawing for Britain, America and Europe, has died after a short illness. Born on 8 June 19...

Today, Bear Alley is one year old. I've already talked about some of my experiences with fanzines so it seems apt that today's colum...

New readers start here. When we last met our gallant author he was in a bar having a pint. Now read on... In early October 1988, a letter fr...

New readers start here. When we last met our gallant author he was in a bar having a pint or three. Now read on... Having sold 'Assassin...