UPDATED: Tintin calendars

Inspired by my post recently about Asterix calendars I suddenly wondered if there were a whole lot of Tintin calendars out there as well.

A quick search on ebay has turned up the following images - I'm sure there'll be more out there to discover so keep your eyes peeled for another post on this topic soon.

All additions are highlighted thus

Tintin calendar 2027

Tintin calendar 2026

Tintin calendar 2025

Tintin calendar 2024

Tintin calendar 2023

Tintin calendar 2022

Tintin calendar 2021

Tintin calendar 2020

Tintin calendar 2019

Tintin calendar 2018

Tintin calendar 2013

Tintin calendar 2011 & 2012

Tintin calendar 2009 & 2010

Tintin calendar 2007

Also from 2007, but not related to a specific year, is this birthday calendar..

Tintin calendar 2005

Tintin calendar 2004

Tintin calendar 2001

Tintin calendar 2000

Tintin calendar 1996

Tintin calendar 1995

Tintin calendar 1994

Tintin calendar 1993

If you're interested in comic calendars then here are the links to the other calendar themes that I've covered...

1). Beano & Dandy calendars are here
2). Commando calendars are here
3). Judge Dredd calendars are here
4). Broons calendars are here, here and here
5). Oor Wullie is here
6). Dan Dare calendar is here
7). Miscellaneous calendars are here

8). Viz calendars are here

9). Asterix calendars are here

10). Andy Capp calendars are here

UPDATED: Cartoon Aid

I've looked before at publications associated with the Cartoon Aid charity (like Band Aid but with more cartoons and less Bob Geldof) - if you missed them they are as follows...

a). the Olympic book is here
b). Bryan Hitch's work in the Kidz book is here
c). Mike Collin's work in the Kidz book is here
d). Terry & Sheila Bave's work in the Kidz book is here
e). Simon Donald's work in the Kidz book is here
f). Cartoon Aid auction at Sotheby's & a festival in Margate is here

g). Waddington's jigsaw (from the Margate festival is here)

h). Scare Bears monster party book is here 

i). a REALLY big tome called Cartoon Aid here 

j). the 'Loadsa Funnies' telethon book featuring Judge Dredd art by Jim Baikie is here

k). same book but a Dredd strip by John Wagner & Mike Collins is here

l). same book but art by Bryan Hitch and Reg Smythe is here

m). same book but art by Davy Francis is here

n). same book but contributions by humour artists is here

o). same book - contributions by John M Burns, Dave Gibbons and others is here

I've started looking at some of the contents of this big book, so far I've looked at Asterix (here and here) and then I've found that there is some DC Thomson material in there (here) and then I've found some Achille Talon material (here) and some Look-In (here). The Lucky Luke material is here. 

There was also a t-shirt here

There was also a Dutch version of the book here

Then there were more Olympic volumes [see post om 19th June 2026]

Then there was the "white volume, carry case and GOSH cartoon book" here

Then there was another style of carry case here

And now we'll loop back around to the white volume, carry case and GOSH cartoon book and look at the GOSH cartoon book in some more detail...

So the book is 100+ pages, perfect bound, full colour, A4 sized, priced at £3.95 (suggesting that perhaps it was available in shops - and perhaps without the carry case) and ISBN = 0-948836-20-2

The contents are (I think!) all original material. Let's see what's in it...

Miami Mice - untitled

Star Bears - Olympiad

The sugar hiccups - Bullet from a gun

Mafia Mouse - jailbreak caper 

Mafia Mouse - the Mollerelli factor

Mafia Mouse - goes for gold!

Mafia Mouse sepia posters - these look like reprints from somewhere but I'm not sure where I recognise them from

Kop cat - Olympic training! [by Caspar & Mike]

Beastie Bears - don't make a Korea out of it [by Caspar] - this is 64 pages long!

The Penmen [by Freddy Feinlein]

Funny money at the Olympics!

Scare Bears

The Post-Office people

Lemming [by Les Lilley & Dixie]

So, plenty here for you Scare Bears, Scare Bears and Mafia Mouse - all created by George Nicholas (check out all mentions of him on the blog right here)

DC Thomson picture library compendiums

There's been quite a few volumes published by DC Thomson recently reprinting material from their various picture library titles. I've been trying to keep up with them but it's quite hard! So, this is what has been published so far (I think!) - but please do let me know if I've missed any. Once I've got a complete list I'll add some cover images etc

I've got ones in green; need titles in red

Braddock of bomber command

Cadman - the fighting coward

Codename Warlord - volume 1

Codename Warlord - volume 2

Commandos vs Zombies - volume 1

Commandos vs Zombies - volume 2

The D-Day files - Operation Overlord

The Dunkirk diaries

The fear files

The gurhka files

Ramsey's raiders - volume 1

Ramsey's raiders - volume 2

The sci fi files

Sergeant Rayker

Spellbound

Starblazer - volume 1 [Operation overkill; Jaws of death]

Starblazer - volume 2 [The web of Arcon; The death reaper] 

The tank collection - volume 1

The tank collection - volume 2

The Vietnam collection

Union Jack Jackson

Football picture library - the best of We are United

Football picture library - the best of Stark

Pop comic - Nigeria

Ages ago (back in 2019 to be precise!) I looked here at a Nigerian comic called Pop that...

a). was a sister title to Powerman; 

b). contained the work of 2000AD alumni Ron Smith 

Anyway, that finder of wonderful comics things ewan_b has done it  again and found another issue. It's currently for sale here (for £85 or best offer)

and again features Ron working on the Sister Mercy strip.

UPDATED: Basil Reynolds - Chiswick resident

One for all Basil Reynolds fans out there (!) - this was swiped from a recent ebay listing and I've included it here mainly for the historical record of Reynolds address (and because I have some friends who live just off Dukes Avenue!)

I'm updating this post in light of information passed to me by my comics pal John Wigmans who is THE expert on all things Basil Reynolds related. He says (in red)...

To me it looks more like the artwork of Sidney Basil Reynolds, the father of (Mickey Mouse Weekly comic editor) Basil Hope Reynolds, who signed (most of) his illustrations as Basil Reynolds too. 

From Basil Hope Reynold's autobiography (1982): "Here I must explain that my father, also a Basil Reynolds, was an artist." 

The famous advert for Nugget Boot Polish shows Basil junior as drawn by Basil senior. 

Then there is the entry for the '1939 Register' which shows Basil Hope Reynolds living with his parents in Chiswick (as he did until his marriage to Mollie Bush in March 1940). 

So, in my opinion Sidney Basil Reynolds was the actual Chiswick resident who drew the illustration for the Boys Best of All Annual 1935 (rather than Basil Hope Reynolds) as I originally, erroneously, suggested. Thanks John!

Basil Hope Reynolds (1916-2001) was born in Islington, London. He was educated at Holloway County School and took art classes in the evening before joining the Adams & Fidier Art Agency, which produced comic strips for newspapers, in 1933. Reynolds drew Our Silly Cinema (1933) for the South Wales Echo, Septimus and his Space Ship (1934) for the Scottish Daily Express, and Billy the Baby Beetle (1935) in the Daily Sketch. 

In 1936 he was hired by Wilfred Haughton as a staff artist on Mickey Mouse Weekly, for which he wrote and drew "Skit, Skat and the Captain" (1936-40), "Elmer and Tillie" and "Shuffled Symphonies". 

During the Second World War he served in the army in the Middle East, before returning to Mickey Mouse Weekly as art editor, as well as drawing strips including "Bongo", "Li'l Wolf and Danny the Lamb", "True Life Adventures" and "Peter Puppet". 

Later, Reynolds also became art editor of Jack and Jill, Playhour and Tiny Tots. (UK Comics Wiki)

Eric Parker - miscellaneous work, part 15 (of 23)

I've recently begun a lengthy series of blog posts all about renowned illustrator Eric Parker (check out his Wikipedia entry here) who had a 50 year (!) career as a comic illustrator.

I've looked at Roughs (part 1) here
Roughs (part 2) here
Roughs (part 3) here
Roughs (part 4) here
Female heads (part 1) here
Female heads (part 2) here
Female heads (part 3) here
Female heads (part 4) here
Pubs (part 1) here
Pubs (part 2) here

Overseas (part 1) here

Overseas (part 2) here

Overseas (part 3) here

Overseas (part 4) here

Overseas (part 5) here

Overseas (part 6) here

Overseas (part 7) here

Overseas (part 8) here

Overseas (part 9) here

Overseas (part 10) here

UK scenes (part 1) here

UK scenes (part 2) here

UK scenes (part 3) here

UK scenes (part 4) here

Character studies & groups, drafts (part 1) here

Character studies & groups, drafts (part 2) here

Character studies & groups, drafts (part 3) here

Character studies & groups, drafts (part 4) here

Character studies & groups, drafts (part 5) here

Character studies & groups, drafts (part 6) here

Life drawings (part 1) here

Life drawings (part 2) here

Life drawings (part 3) here

Life drawings (part 4) here

Life drawings (part 5) here

Life drawings (part 6) XXXX

Life drawings (part 7) here

Life drawings (part 8) here

Life drawings (part 9) here

Life drawings (part 10) here

Gentlemen is here

Horses (part 1) is here

Horses (part 2) is here

Furniture is here

Old soldiers (part 1) is here

Old soldiers (part 2) is here

Old soldiers (part 3) is here

Sexton Blake is here

More soldiers is here

Miscellaneous is here

Layouts & scenes is here

Letters is here

Finished work (part 1) is here

Finished work (part 2) is here

And now we turn our attention to a final (albeit large selection of his work). Next up is his work on "finished work". These are a variety of sizes - from the very small to the quite large.

Comic Cutz - the art of Barrie Mitchell (part 12)

The Barrie Mitchell exhibition that took place in Ryde in February 2026 had many highlights and a LOT of art. I tried to take photos of all the art but there was too much! Anyway, here's the start of a long series of posts all about the art that was there...

1). Harlem Heroes was here

2). paintings of cars was here

3). his work for Red Dwarf was here

4). some football art was here

5). some Dr Who art was here

6). some more Dr Who art was here

7). yet more Dr Who art was here

8). even more Dr Who art was here

9). a final selection of Dr Who art was here

10). some Marks Brothers art was here

11). his work on Scorer was here here

More of his more recent paintings...