UPDATED: Leo Baxendale - rare books

Over on Book Palace they've had some rare Leo Baxendale books up for sale recently and I thought it was a good opportunity to see what there is out there by the great man. Further examples of his self-published books very welcome!

UPDATE (4th June 2026)

I've found this for sale here

CD Romic - Leo Baxendale, Reaper books, 1998

Was for sale here - this is Baxendale's autobiography

Was for sale here, Reaper books, 1993 - In "On Comedy", Leo Baxendale brings into close focus one decade; from 1953, the year of his creation of Bash Street, Minnie the Minx and Little Plum, to 1962, the year he left The Beano 

Is for sale here, 48 pages, Reaper books, 1988 - This is the study of a process of accumulating power and control. It describes the physical means of that process of control, and their material consequences for the lives of the people. It also examines the ideologies which determined, and determine, those means and those ends.

I've only ever seen a paperback version (priced at £3.95 apparently) but there was also a hardback version (with dustwrapper) for £8.95

This was for sale here, Gerald Duckworth & Co, 1978, 136 pages 

UPDATED: Small press comics - Isabel Greenberg

I've long been a fan of the work of Isabel Greenberg (check out her website here) and I have a number of her longer comics work (The encyclopedia of early Earth, One hundred nights of hero and Glass town) but I don't know enough about her small press work.

These images below are (mainly) from my own collection but I'd love to know what other titles she might have produced. Any help much appreciated.

UPDATE (22/05/26):

This is c/o friend of the blog Simon Russell...

That's about life size! This is definitely a mini-comic. It unfolds into a slightly larger than A4 piece of paper with a poster on one side and a story on the other side. Very clever. Undated but early??

UPDATE (22/04/26):

These are 3 all c/o friend of the blog Simon Russell...

Isabel provided a wraparound cover for issue #5 (Summer 2013) of this magazine (bit larger than A5 sized). Plus a 6 page interview and art. 

Classic US comic book (size). First printed in November 2013.

Simon's copy of  "The river of lost souls" (bottom) is also slightly different from my copy (top). His version is...slightly smaller; the paper stock is different; his is signed and dated 2013 and the inside back cover isn't blank. One for completionists only!

UPDATE:

Back in 2010 issue 1 of Sea Mouse comic was produced. It was 40 pages long, A5 size, black & white only and contained 2 pages of Isabel's diary comics. As this is from 2010 this predates her winning the Obsever/Cape graphic short story prize and, stylistically at least, looks like her earliest published work identified to date. Cover not by Isabel

A snippet of her work in Sea Mouse...

You can still get copies from here

UPDATE: this is c/o friend of the blog Simon Russell

Rites, customs and histories of the great empire of Migdalbavel - Isabel Greenberg

Love in a very cold climate - Isabel Greenberg

This was the name of the short story that won Isabel the Obsever/Cape graphic short story prize (see here) so I wonder if this came before or after the prize??  

Dreadful wind and rain - Isabel Greenberg

published October 2014

Described here thus...

A short comic based on the traditional folk ballad The Two Sisters. This book was made for an exhibition at Cecil Sharp House with the English Folk Dance and Song Society, and printed with a risograph.

The tale tells of two sisters, seduced by the same lover, and the ruinous consequences that followed. The story can also be found in the graphic novel The One Hundred Nights of Hero.

The river of lost souls - Isabel Greenberg

Described here thus...

A short story commissioned by the Guardian for a series on water, entitled The River of Lost Souls.

Toad, episode one - Isabel Greenberg

Described here thus...
A self-published risographed comic, written by Alexis Deacon and illustrated by Isabel Greenberg.

Confinement - Isabel Greenberg

From 2023 - more details here - this will be published in full in 2028 (!)

UPDATED: Big Value Comic (1995)

Big Value Comic was a short-lived (just 18 issues in total) all reprint comic from 1995 featuring material from Buster, Whizzer and Chips, Whoopee and Big Comic Fortnightly. 

UPDATE (02/06/26); now with covers added for issue 18 and a holiday special. All images taken from here & here

UPDATE (02/05/26); now with covers added for issues 10, 12 & 14. All images taken from here

UPDATE (07/04/26); now with covers added for issues 5, 7 & 8. All images taken from here

Here's my (incomplete) covers gallery...

Big Value comic #1, February 24th 1995

Big Value comic #2, March 10th 1995

Big Value comic #3, March 24th 1995

Big Value comic #4, April 7th 1995

Big Value comic #5, April 21st 1995

Big Value comic #6, May 5th 1995

Big Value comic #7, May 19th 1995

Big Value comic #8, June 2nd 1995

Big Value comic #9, June 16th 1995

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Big Value comic #10, June 30th 1995

Big Value comic #11, July 14th 1995

Big Value comic #12, July 28th 1995

Big Value comic #13, August 11th 1995

Big Value comic #14, August 25th 1995

Big Value comic #15, September 8th 1995

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Big Value comic #16, September 22nd 1995

Big Value comic #17, October 6th 1995

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Big Value comic #18, October 20th 1995

Big Value Comic holiday special

Eric Parker - miscellaneous work, part 9 (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

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

Requiem, Vampire Knight

I've long wanted to work out what's out there to collect (in English) relating to the Pat Mills and Olivier Ledroit series "Requiem Vampire Knight". Here's what I've found so far. Further examples of other books in the series welcome.

You get 2 stories in each of the five 'single volumes' - so that's 10 stories in total. 

The two omnibus volumes collect 5 stories each - so that's 10 stories in total.

Requiem Vampire Knight, volume 1 - Resurrection & Danse macabre

Requiem Vampire Knight, volume 2 - Dracula & The vampire ball

Requiem Vampire Knight, volume 3 - Dragon blitz & Hellfire club

Requiem Vampire Knight, volume 4 -  Convent of the Blood Sisters & Queen of Dead Souls

Requiem Vampire Knight, volume 5 -  The city of pirates & Blood bath

Requiem Vampire Knight, omnibus 1

Resurrection 

Danse macabre

Dracula 

The vampire ball

Dragon blitz

Requiem Vampire Knight, omnibus 2

Hellfire club

Convent of the Blood Sisters

Queen of Dead Souls

The city of pirates

Blood bath

currently available from here very cheaply (and with free postage)

UPDATED: Moebius - Titan Books reprints (part 1)

A recent acquisition of a Moebius book pushed me to the internet to track down what other volumes there are in this series - subtitled 'The collections fantasies of Jean Giraud'.

I seem to recall they were advertised for years in Comics International as remaindered books - this lack of interest now means that the books seem to be very expensive - prices from £30 upwards. Yikes. Good luck getting hold of an affordable set.

UPDATE (30th May 2026) for completeness I'm adding in further volumes to this set that weren't published by Titan Books (but were by Epic). So that's volumes 0,7,8,9

Moebius, the forbidden work of Jean Giraud volume 0 - Dark Horse

currently available to buy here

Moebius, the collected fantasies of Jean Giraud volume 1 - Titan Books

Moebius, the collected fantasies of Jean Giraud volume 2 - Titan Books

Moebius, the collected fantasies of Jean Giraud volume 3 - Titan Books

Moebius, the collected fantasies of Jean Giraud volume 4 - Titan Books

Moebius, the collected fantasies of Jean Giraud volume 5 - Titan Books

Moebius, the collected fantasies of Jean Giraud volume 6 - Titan Books

There are more details on the Jean Giraud Wikipedia page here 

Moebius, the collected fantasies of Jean Giraud volume 7 - Epic

currently available to buy here

Moebius, the collected fantasies of Jean Giraud volume 8 - Epic

currently available to buy here

Moebius, the collected fantasies of Jean Giraud volume 9 - Epic

currently available to buy here