31 August 2022

UPDATED: Denis Gifford books

Having recently failed to acquire this book below it made me wonder of there are any other Denis Gifford books I don't know about out there.

So I thought I'd better see what books I think exist and then see if anyone can spot any gaps, right then, in date order we have as follows...


A). Comic reference books

Discovering comics (1971)


Stap me! The British newspaper strip (1971)



The British comic catalogue 1874-1974 (1975)


Happy days - one hundred years of comics (1975)
(published by Jupiter books)

Victorian comics (1976)


British comics and storypaper guide! 1982


The international book of comics (1984)

This book is available with a variety of covers and comes in softback and hardback...

First up a WH Smith exclusive (softback)


Next up a WH Smith exclusive (hardback)


Next, normal edition (hardback)

Next, normal edition (softback)

and then there's this edition too...(softback, 1990)


The complete catalogue of British comics (1985)


Encyclopedia of comic characters (1987)


Happy days - one hundred years of comics (1988)

(published by Bloomsbury books)

Comics at war (1988)




The Eagle book of cutaways (1988)


The best of Eagle annual, 1951-1959 (1989)

The story paper price guide (1989)


The comic art of Charlie Chaplin (1989)


The international book of comics (1990)

The best of Girl annual, 1952-1959 (1990)


Christmas comic posters (1991)


Discovering comics (1991)


Super Duper Supermen! (1992)

(also available as a book of postcards)

Space aces! (1992)

(also available as a book of postcards)


B). Other Denis Gifford books with comic content

Run, Adolf, run: the world war two fun book (1975)

Stewpot's fun book (1977)


The Morecambe and Wise comic book! (1977)

Quick on the draw (1978)


Eric and Ernie's TV fun book (1978)


The two Ronnies comic book! (1978)


C). Catalogues of Denis Gifford's collection








Catalogues for parts 5-7 and 9-13 of the auction have yet to be identified

Here are some more images relating to the book that made me write this post initially...




30 August 2022

Lazy Frog comic #6 - Shaky Kane

I've looked before at early '00s Lazy Frog adult comic as it features some lovely Shaky Kane artwork. Copies seem to rarely come up for sale but I've raided some recent eBay listings for these images...

Issue 1+2 is here
Issue 3 is here
Issue 4 is here
Issue 5 is here 

And here's issue #6

You can check out all Shaky mention on the blog here

You can also check out Shaky's work on Black star fiction library comic issue 1 here and issue 2 here

29 August 2022

UPDATED: Saban's Power Rangers zeo (1997)

Updates are the inclusion of issues 6-10...

As far as I know this 10 issue series ran from 1997-8. The contents aren't particularly high quality but it is still comic strip & illustration focused (rather than just photos / screen-grabs). Anyway, for completeness I enclose them here and hope to add details of issues 6-10 soon.

Saban's Power Rangers zeo - issue 1, April 1997 
editorial team = Peter Nicholls & Rob Sharp
design & DTP = Rob Sharp
Writer = Pat Kelleher
Artists = Tim Perkins, Jon Rushby, Brian Williamson, Mark Lockett, Rob Sharp

Saban's Power Rangers zeo - issue 2, May 1997
editorial team = Peter Nicholls & Rob Sharp
design & DTP = Rob Sharp
Writer = Pat Kelleher
Artists = Tim Perkins, Jon Rushby, Brian Williamson, Mark Lockett, Rob Sharp

Saban's Power Rangers zeo - issue 3, June 1997
editorial team = Peter Nicholls & Rob Sharp
design & DTP = Rob Sharp
Writer = Pat Kelleher
Artists = Tim Perkins, Jon Rushby, Brian Williamson, Mark Lockett, Rob Sharp

Saban's Power Rangers zeo - issue 4, July 1997
editorial team = Peter Nicholls & Rob Sharp
design & DTP = Rob Sharp
Writer = Pat Kelleher
Artists = Tim Perkins, Jon Rushby, Brian Williamson, Mark Lockett, Rob Sharp

Saban's Power Rangers zeo - issue 5, August 1997
editorial team = Peter Nicholls & Rob Sharp
design & DTP = Rob Sharp
Writer = Pat Kelleher
Artists = Tim Perkins, Brian Williamson, Mark Lockett, Rob Sharp

Saban's Power Rangers zeo - issue 6, September 1997
editorial team = Peter Nicholls & Rob Sharp
design & DTP = Rob Sharp
Writer = Pat Kelleher
Artists = Rob Seabury, Brian Williamson, Stephen Baskerville, Rob Sharp

Saban's Power Rangers zeo - issue 7, October 1997
editorial team = Peter Nicholls & Rob Sharp
design & DTP = Rob Sharp
Writer = Pat Kelleher, Zordon Jr
Artists = Rob Seabury, Brian Williamson, Tim Perkins, Rob Sharp

Saban's Power Rangers zeo - issue 8, November 1997
editorial team = James Hill & Rob Sharp
design & DTP = Rob Sharp
Writer = Pat Kelleher, Zordon Jr
Artists = Jon Rushby, Brian Williamson, Tim Perkins, Rob Sharp

Saban's Power Rangers zeo - issue 9, December 1997
editorial team = James Hill & Rob Sharp
design & DTP = Rob Sharp
Writer = Pat Kelleher
Artists = Rob Seabury, Brian Williamson, Tim Perkins, Rob Sharp

Saban's Power Rangers zeo - issue 10, January 1998
editorial team = James Hill & Rob Sharp
design & DTP = Rob Sharp
Writer = Pat Kelleher
Artists = Rob Seabury, Brian Williamson, Tim Perkins, Stephen Baskerville, Rob Sharp