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Freelance author and editor for the past 30 years. My interests are old British comics, books and magazines... and that's what you'll find here.
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Friday, January 23, 2009

Maigret - the comic strip

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Can anyone tell me anything about the above. Obviously it's based on Simenon's Maigret series of crime novels, but was this a reprin...
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Thursday, January 22, 2009

Alan Hemus (1925-2009)

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"Outguard", Starblazer 276, 1990. Art by Alan Burrows. I'm sorry to announce that another comics legend has passed away—althou...
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Still Smoking? Yes Sir!

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As an unrepentant smoker (although I heartily recommend that you don't start!), I couldn't resist the Bar One adverts which appeared...
Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Sporty Shorty by Roland Davies

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Long-time readers will know I'm a big fan of Roland Davies, whose "Come On, Steve!" has been mentioned here quite a few times ...
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Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Arthur Ferrier's "Film Fannie"

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Film Fannie was one of the first "pin-up" strips to appear in the UK, drawn by Arthur Ferrier for Everybody's magazine in the...
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Sunday, January 18, 2009

Tony Hart (1925-2009)

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TV present and artist Tony Hart died on 18 January at the age of 83. He had been in bad health for some time and suffered two strokes in 200...
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Cartoon Censorship (1939)

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Digging thorugh some old copies of the British weekly Everybody's , I found the above article on censorship in American animated cartoon...
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Saturday, January 17, 2009

Comic Cuts

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Here are the top selling annuals for week-ending 10 January (sales figures in brackets) with both The Official Doctor Who Annual and Beano ...
Friday, January 16, 2009

Comic Cuts: Century 21 books

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For fans of Thunderbirds and other Gerry Anderson related comic strips, there's a treat in store come March when Reynolds & Hearn pu...
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Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Patrick McGoohan (1928-2009)

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Actor Patrick McGoohan died in Los Angeles on 13 January at the age of 80 after a short illness. McGoohan made his name in the TV series Dan...
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Comic Cuts

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OK, here's a little confession. The "introduction" I was writing has completely run away with me and I've had to admit to ...
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Monday, January 12, 2009

R. Barnard Way

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(* I'm reposting this from 20 October 2008 as some information about another aspect of Way's artistic career has come to light. I...
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Sunday, January 11, 2009

Happy Birthday, Tintin

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Tintin is celebrating his 80th birthday. On January 10, 1929, the first episode of his adventures appeared in the Catholic Brussels weekly, ...
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