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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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Thursday, June 16, 2011

TV Express Scrapbook: Tony Hancock and Sid James

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More features on the stars of yesterday from the pages of TV Express , these two relating to the comedians Tony Hancock and Sidney James. ...
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Wednesday, June 15, 2011

TV Express Scrapbook: Gerry Anderson

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Today's scrapbook pages are a couple of features about Gerry Anderson shows, Four Feather Falls and Supercar . (* © TV Publications L...
Tuesday, June 14, 2011

TV Express Scrapbook: No Hiding Place

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'No Hiding Place' was based on the long-running TV series which was broadcast between 1959 and 1967, a total of 236 episodes. The sh...
Monday, June 13, 2011

TV Express Scrapbook: Col. Pinto

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More art by Ron Embleton following up yesterday's 'Biggles' strip. The strip actually makes an error from the very beginning -- ...

Lt.-Col. Oreste Pinto

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Lieut.-Col. Oreste Pinto was a Dutch spy hunter whose books Spycatcher and Friend or Foe? inspired a TV series - also called Spycatcher -...
Sunday, June 12, 2011

TV Express Scrapbook: Biggles

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Here are a couple of scans from the pages of TV Express from 1960 introducing the Biggles strip that began running in 1960. The artwork is ...
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Saturday, June 11, 2011

Hal Ellson at Pedigree

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Mention a while back of Hal Ellson and Pedigree Books prompted me to dig out the few that I had. Ellson, one of the best writers of JD novel...
Friday, June 10, 2011

Comic Cuts - 10 June 2011

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Click here to order I'm pleased to say that Eagles Over the Western Front volume two is now available and all pre-ordered copies hav...
Thursday, June 09, 2011

Paul Temple: Light Fingers

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This is the only Paul Temple short story that I've been able to discover. It's a spot-the-clue story and, for fun, I'm going to ...
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Wednesday, June 08, 2011

Francis Durbridge

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The following piece appeared in the TV Mirror Annual 1956 , published in 1955.     More Francis Durbridge and Paul Temple tomorrow!
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Tuesday, June 07, 2011

Eagles Volume Two - OUT NOW!

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Click here to order I've just spent the morning addressing envelopes and running... OK, walking them down to the post office. So ever...

"How I Created Paul Temple" by Francis Durbridge

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Following on from yesterday's post on the Paul Temple Library , we present the rear-cover features that appeared on the first two issues...
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Monday, June 06, 2011

The Paul Temple Library

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Back in 1964, a little company called Micron published a series of reprints of Paul Temple strips from the Evening News . The series ran to ...
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