2000AD annual signing at Gosh

Just a reminder that this is happening today - have fun if you're going!

Just a shout-out for this 2000AD themed upcoming signing at Gosh comics on Saturday 30th November

Let's see what they say on their website...

A tradition returns with 2000 AD’s 2025 annual landing on our shelves this November. To celebrate we’ve gathered some zarjaz creators from this years publication to sign copies on Saturday 30th November 2024, from 1-2pm. Joining us will be Jake Lynch, Alex Paknadel, Si Spurrier and Phil Winslade. Here’s what publishers, Rebellion, have to say about the 2000AD annual:

After an absence of three decades, the first 2000 AD Annual of the 21st Century arrives in November – in plenty of time to make it under the tree – from all good comic book stores, as well as the 2000 AD webshop!

This gorgeous hardcover collection will feature a mix of brand new and classic stories from top creators – including John Wagner (A History of Violence), Alan Grant (Batman), Simon Spurrier (Hellblazer, Coda), Dan Abnett (Warhammer 40k), Phil Winslade (Lawless), Fernando Blanco (Detective Comics), Ian Gibson (Halo Jones), Dave Gibbons (Watchmen), Mick McMahon (The Last American), and Emma Vieceli (Life Is Strange).

Jake, Alex, Si and Phil will be signing here on Saturday 30th November, from 1pm. If you’d like to pre-order a signed copy of the annual, you can pre-order a copy for mail-order or collection by clicking the link here. We also have an exclusive variant cover available in very limited supplies!

Keep up to date with all news over on our Facebook event page.

Eric Parker - character studies & groups (part 2 of 6)

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

And now we turn our attention to some of his character studies & group scenes (roughs)...

I love these 3 images of servicemen

This is the same image above but just rotated 90 degrees so that you can see the 2nd man better!

The Flintstones and friends - part 1

I've looked before at Flintstones comics before (here) but I haven't looked at The Flintstones and friends comic (Marvel UK, 1988/89) specifically. So, without further ado, here's part 1 of my guide to this 24 issues series...

The Flintstones and friends, issue 1, Marvel UK, 7th May 1988, 35p

The Flintstones and friends, issue 2, Marvel UK, 21st May 1988, 35p

The Flintstones and friends, issue 3, Marvel UK, 4th June 1988, 35p

The Flintstones and friends, issue 4, Marvel UK, 18th June 1988, 35p

The Flintstones and friends, issue 5, Marvel UK, 2nd July 1988, 35p

The Flintstones and friends, issue 6, Marvel UK, 16th July 1988, 35p

Overkill - covers gallery, part 3

I've long been curious about Marvel UK's Overkill title - how long did it run for? Cover artists? Contents? All that sort of stuff. As ever, the only way to satisfy my curiosity was to start with a covers gallery. 

Part 1 (issues 1-7) was here

Part 2 (issues 8-14) was xxxx

Part 3 is below

Overkill, Marvel UK, issue #15, 6th November 1992, 60p, cover art by Mark Harrison

Overkill, Marvel UK, issue #16, 20th November 1992, 60p, cover art by Mark Harrison

Overkill, Marvel UK, issue #17, 4th December 1992, 60p, cover art by Dermot Power

Overkill, Marvel UK, issue #18, 18th December 1992, 60p, cover art by Mark Harrison

Overkill, Marvel UK, issue #19, 1st January 1993, 60p, cover art by Steve Sampson

Overkill, Marvel UK, issue #20, 15th January 1993, 60p, cover art by Steve Sampson

Overkill, Marvel UK, issue #21, 29th January 1993, 60p, cover art by Carl Critchlow

Mike Noble - Thunderbirds

I've started (thanks to friend of the blog Bill Storie) showcasing just some of the art of Mike Noble. I've grouped together the images into a number of 'themes'...

Captain Scarlet was here

Look and Learn was here

Look-in was here

Explorer 12 was here

Explorer 12 - Polar mission was here

prints was here

Wide World magazine was here

Fireball XL5 was here

and now we have some Thunderbirds images

Lawless 2024 - the photos, part 6

Hard to believe it's another 6 months to Lawless, boo! While we're waiting for the time to pass here's part 6 of my photos from Lawless 2024. 

Part 1 (the artists) was here

Part 2 - 2000AD art was here

Part 3 - more 2000AD art was here

Part 4 - vintage British comic art was here

Part 5 - more vintage British comic art was here

and now yet more vintage British comic art...all from the collection of David Roach

Modsety Blaise strips by Jim Holdaway

top - art by Frank Bellamy

Johnny Future art by Luis Bermejo

art by Mike Western

UPDATED: Bugs Bunny and the Looney Tunes Gang!

I looked at a London Editions Bugs Bunny comic the other day (here) and in my researches I came across these two issues of a different Bugs Bunny comic. 

A monthly title that lasted at least 39 issues and published by Fleetway Editions. Perhaps that first Bugs Bunny comic I looked at would eventually morph into this comic - who knows? Time will tell.

Now updated with covers for issue 27 - I wonder when the Looney Tunes gang joined the title?

Bugs Bunny, issue 27, 95p, July 1994 

Bugs Bunny and the Looney Tunes Gang!, Fleetway editions, issue 34, £1.05, February 1995

Bugs Bunny and the Looney Tunes Gang!, Fleetway editions, issue 35, £1.05, March 1995

cover image not to hand - can you help?

Bugs Bunny and the Looney Tunes Gang!, Fleetway editions, issue 36, £1.05, April 1995

Bugs Bunny and the Looney Tunes Gang!, Fleetway editions, issue 37, ??, May 1995
cover image not to hand - can you help?

Bugs Bunny and the Looney Tunes Gang!, Fleetway editions, issue 38, 99p, June 1995

Bugs Bunny and the Looney Tunes Gang!, Fleetway editions, issue 39, 99p, July 1995

Brian Bolland signs at Gosh!

Just a reminder that this signing is happening today, have fun if you're going!

Just a quick shout-out for this upcoming signing at Gosh comics with Brian Bolland

Let's see what Gosh have got to say about the signing...

Gosh! is very proud to present a signing for Graphitti Designs' Batman: Killing Joke and Other Stories Gallery Edition with Brian Bolland. This lavish oversized edition is a must have for fans of Bolland’s art and an essential addition to any Batman collection! We’ll have limited copies of the Diamond Exclusive cover available in store on Saturday 23rd November 2024, from 1-2pm alongside other collections of Brian’s work!

The art of Brian Bolland has been a high-point for comic fans for over forty years. Scanned at actual-size from the original art, this deluxe, hardcover collection follows Bolland's career featuring his DC Comics work from his early 1980's covers and stories to his current covers.

This will be a 280 page, large-format (13" x 20") hardcover book that will include three 2-page foldouts and seven vellum inserts, with similar paper stock and production values to the previous Graphitti Designs Gallery Editions. Only 500 copies of this special UK Edition are being produced and as such allocations may occur. There will be one printing only of this fantastic special limited edition and it is offered only to retailers with Diamond UK accounts. The UK edition features a full colour cover (from The Greatest Joker Stories Ever Told trade paperback) and a unique ISBN. All other contents are identical to the standard edition. Featuring the DC Comics art of Brian Bolland, artist of Rebellion's sold out Judge Dredd by Brian Bolland Apex Edition.

In addition to the complete Batman: The Killing Joke story from 1988, the Brian Bolland-Batman: The Killing Joke and Other Stories & Art Gallery Edition also includes: Afterword by Brian Bolland; Introduction by Richard Starkings; 'An Innocent Guy' from Batman: Black & White #4 (8 pages); 'Certified Safe!' from Mystery In Space #115 (7 pages); 'Freeway of Fun Fear!; from The Outsiders #18 (8 pages); 'The Princess & the Frog' from Heart Throbs #1 (5 pages); 'The Prince & the Witch' from Heart Throbs #1 (1 page); Story pages from Justice League of America #200 (5 pages); Story pages from Batman #400 (9 pages); More than 100 pages of black & white and colour cover art from Wonder Woman, Camelot 3000, Batman, Animal Man, Tank Girl, The Invisibles, and more; Miscellaneous art and pin-ups including the two-page spreads of Camelot 3000 and Green Lantern Corps from DC Comics Who's Who; Gallery of assorted UK, convention, pencil roughs and preliminary artwork; and a new Digital Gallery section showcasing Bolland's current work, annotated by Brian.

This once in a lifetime gathering of Bolland's art comprises the finest presentation and the definitive compilation of his body of work.

Brian will be signing copies of the book and a maximum of three additional items on Saturday 23rd November, from 1pm. We will be sticking to this rule quite strictly on the day! Pre-order a signed copy from our website

You can find all other mentions (and there are a lot of other mentions!) on the blog here

Cartoon Time - Marvel UK

This is one that I'm filing under 'I know nothing about this'. This shouldn't be confused with the earlier Marvel UK title 'The Flintstones & friends' that ran for 24 issues (7 May 1988 - 25 March 1989). This is because this is actually Cartoon Time comic. There must be more to find out there, I hope to update this post soon.

Hanna Barbera Cartoon Time presents The Flintsones, Marvel UK, #29, 12th May 1990, 45p

Commando - Falken, Braddock, Cadman & Flint

Updated to include Commando 5803 (which is on sale currently). It's another Lord Peter Flint issue

Updated to include issue Commando 5799 which is on sale currently. It's another Cadman issue - art by Mike Dorey.

To celebrate the release (last week I think) of Commando issue 5759 (below) and the inclusion of Kampfgruppe Falken in it I thought I'd log the other back issues of Commando that feature other DC Thomson 'heritage' characters.

Have I missed any? Just let me know!

Commando 5759

Braddock has two issues so far

Commando 5269

Commando 5267

Lord Peter Flint has appeared in 2 issues as well

Commando 5255

Commando 5263

Commando 5803

Lord Peter Flint, AKA Codename: Warlord, relied on being a 'coward' to stop being suspected as a secret agent! So when a journalist tried to write a hit piece on him, that was the least of his worries! He was busy stopping a REAL assassination plot!

Cadman has 3 issues so far

Commando 5697

That cowardly cad returns! From the pages of The Victor to Commando, Cadman the Fighting Coward looks skyward to escape the trenches - but he soon finds that life in the Royal Flying Corps isn't any easier or safer than on the ground!

5665 - interior art by Mike Dorey, cover art by Mike Dorey & Neil Roberts

5799 - interior art by Mike Dorey, cover art by Mike Dorey

Union Jack Jackson

Commando 5287