Epilogue: The Last Round-Up 1 Mar 2013 | 05:00 am

When, in my previous post, I announced that I was ending this blog it took a few people by surprise. Reaction from readers has been very heartening and much appreciated. Although I still don't have th...

The Last Post 31 Dec 2012 | 01:00 pm

Final 'Adam Eterno'. LION 16/10/1976 Sadly, nothing lasts forever and, after six years, this will be my final blog posting for the foreseeable future. It's possible I may post again at some stage but...

The Funny Folks of 1875 30 Dec 2012 | 05:37 am

So here we are, at the furthest point back in time that this blog has ever ventured. The dawn of time. Well, the dawn of British comics to be more precise, which is the dawn of time for a blog about B...

KNOCKOUT No.1 (1939... and 1971!) 29 Dec 2012 | 07:01 am

The original Knockout comic (or The Knock-Out Comic to use its initial hyphenation) was launched by the Amalgamated Press with issue dated March 4th 1939. It was clear from the outset that, like A.P.'...

Aces Weekly - Don't miss out! 28 Dec 2012 | 10:03 pm

One of the new British comics launched this year was Aces Weekly, an anthology of brand new strips by a variety of creators. Similar to the traditional weekly comics of old in fact, but with important...

Horizon: Book One - The Falling 28 Dec 2012 | 07:57 pm

Andrew Wildman has been an artist for a long time. Many of you will remember his work on Marvel's The Transformers (and more recently his new Transformers work for IDW), his pages for Spider-Man and F...

Gerry Anderson, Rest In Peace 27 Dec 2012 | 07:03 am

I didn't bother with sporting heroes when I was growing up. My heroes were people with powerful imaginations who could take me into a realm of escapism. People like Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, Jack Kirby, ...

Season's Greetings 25 Dec 2012 | 03:18 am

The Blimey! Christmas Selection 22 Dec 2012 | 10:27 pm

Like a variety tin of biscuits, here's a bumper selection of Christmas stories from over the years, starting above with Dudley Watkins' cover to The Christmas Beano for 1967. Next, also from 1967, Ki...

Christmas 1935: COMIC CUTS 22 Dec 2012 | 05:22 am

We hurtle back in time 77 years today, to 1935 and the 'Grand Xmas Number' of Comic Cuts. The cover strip is Tinker and Tich and looks like the work of John Jukes to me. Printed on green paper the 8 ...