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29 March 2024

UPDATED: Tiny Toon Adventures comic - 1994/5

 Here's one I'm filing under "I don't know much about this comic - so I'm recording it here in the hope that I'll be able to update this post in due course when more information comes to light".

This is not to be confused with the Marvel UK comic of the same name from 1992/3.

For this update I've added cover images for issues 111, 12, 13 and 14. 
So I've now 'extended' the known end date for this title from (my first ever post about it) from issue 6 to issue 14; this means we've also extended its life into 1995 but it's still undated and I still don't know when it ended.

Tiny Toon Adventures, issue #1, 65p, 1994
the ebay seller has this listed as being from 1994. The cover art is by Dave King

Tiny Toon Adventures, issue #2, 65p

Tiny Toon Adventures, issue #3, 65p

Tiny Toon Adventures, issue #4, 65p

Tiny Toon Adventures, issue #5, 65p

Tiny Toon Adventures, issue #6, 65p
David M Windett (or Dave Windett as I think of him) has signed his cover art here

Credits for this strip are as follows:
Writer = John Walker
Penciller = Horacio Saavedra
Inker = Ruben Torreiro
Letterer = Nick Napoitano
Colourist = Tom Ziuko

Tiny Toon Adventures, issue #7, 65p

Tiny Toon Adventures, issue #8, 65p


Tiny Toon Adventures, issue #9, 65p

Tiny Toon Adventures, issue #10, 80p

Tiny Toon Adventures, issue #11, 70p

Tiny Toon Adventures, issue #12, 70p

Tiny Toon Adventures, issue #13, 70p

Tiny Toon Adventures, issue #14, 70p


28 March 2024

UPDATED: Dumbass comics - Neill Cameron

I'm always happy to feature Neill Cameron the blog (see all previous entries here) and I was intrigued to come across these early works of his recently. A three issue series 'Dumbass comics' came out around the turn of the millennium. There was also a collected edition 'Absolute Dumbass'. 

The comics have rusty staples and are "just" photocopied pages - great for a nostalgia rush!

These are no longer available on Neill's webshop so I'm just recording their existence for posterity.

Dumbass comic #1
image not to hand - can you help?

Dumbass comic #2, £1.25, 2000
28 pages

Dumbass comic #3, £1.25, 2002
32 pages

The lead story in both issues features "Cleansing services: Special Ops" and there's talk in the back of Dumbass #2 of a 2nd issue of their own standalone comic not going ahead - that presumably means there was a successful first issue. One to look out for. 

Neill's brother James also contributed to these.

If anyone has a copy of issue 1 of Dumbass comics...I'd be delighted to see it, cheers!

UPDATE: friend of the bog James Cameron has supplied me with this image and message...I still can't find a copy of #1 [of Dumbass comics] but I did get Mum to scan the original. It's not perfect as she didn't want to take it out of the frame but it's something!

So here we go then, not the cover of issue #1 of Dumbass comics but instead the original art. I'll settle for that. Thanks to James's mum for her efforts. Plus James & Neill & Henry Flint, whose work adorns the cover.


27 March 2024

Strips 78 - the programme

I've looked a few different conventions before....

Bristol comic expo (2004-2014) is here
London comic festival 2003 is here
Kev Sutherland festival original art is here
A 'Lawless 2019' miscellany is here
Boys and Girls exhibitions of the 1950s and '60s is here
Glasgow comic art convention is here
Edinburgh art convention is here
Hi-Ex convention is here
UKCAC - part 1 - is here
UKCAC - part 2 - is here
UKCAC - part 3 - is here
BICS convention is here
Glasgow comic con is here
Kapow! comic con is here
British comic conventions 1970-76 is here 
British comic conventions 1977-81 is here 
Comic conventions miscellany is here
Comics 101 is here
Strips 78 is here
Comicon 1972 is here
Eaglecon 80 - part 1 - is here
Comicon 1971 is here
Comicon 1970 is here
Bristol comic expo 2023 is here
ALL the Lawless 2023 posts can be found here
Alexandra Palace in 1992 is here
11th British comic convention (1979) is here
6th British comic convention (1973) is here

and now here's the very slim (single piece of A4 paper) that shows the programme for the Strips 78 (and Comics 103) convention held in September 1978




26 March 2024

Mike Noble - Captain Scarlet

I'm indebted to friend of the blog Bill Storie for sharing his collection of Mike Noble images with me. There's quite a few to go through and I've tried to group them together under a few thematic headings. First up, here's Captain Scarlet...









25 March 2024

Eureka, the young world weekly (1998)

Eureka was an effort by ex-Eagle editor Derek Lord to launch a comic for young people in a similar vein to Eagle all those years before. There may have been more than one dummy produced (it was a project that had a long gestation period) but this is a copy of the dummy I have, A4 sized, full colour, 16 pages

page 2 has a tiny signature - WMS - which is for Bill Storie.


Here Derek Lord sets out his vision for Eureka

Show horse rustlers, by, it looks like the signature says, Nigel Park______ but the speech bubble (in frame 4) obliterates most of the surname. Very frustrating. The signature MUST be that of Nigel Parkinson but it's very unlike his usual cartoon-y style. This is the best art in the whole thing and is very much in the style of someone like Harry Lindfield or Mike Noble. 

Here's a close-up on that signature

John Ryan supplied this Captain Pugwash drawing
William Rudling drew Chloe

William Rudling also wrote & drew The Adventurers

I've since found this link to ace cartoonist Nigel Parkinson's blog for a strip that was intended for Eureka (but wasn't included in the dummy, above)
instead the dummy had this (below) version of Hadrian's Heroes in it instead...art by GM (this was Gordon Matthews) 
I prefer Nigel Parkinson's version!

Jeremy Briggs covered Eureka for Down the Tubes here and here - both the articles are well worth a read as they give a more detailed look at Eureka.



24 March 2024

Russell Mark Olson - work for Tharg

As a long-time fan of the work of Russell Mark Olson I realised recently that I hadn't, to my shame, ever started to log his work for 2000AD. There's been a bit so far, and hopefully more to come. These are the issues you're looking for...


2000AD prog 2300 Sinister Dexter - "Zed zone"

2000AD prog 2340, Tharg's future shocks - "A temp problem"


23 March 2024

Bryan Hitch signing announced!

Forbidden Planet have announced a signing featuring Bryan Hitch at their London megastore on Saturday 6th April, 2-3pm

They say...
We are thrilled to announce that Bryan Hitch will be signing copies of Redcoat #1 at our London Megastore on Saturday April 6th from 2:00-3:00pm!

That’s not all! There will be exciting giveaways and freebies including original artwork during the event too! Details on how to win will be given at the event

Immortal. Mercenary. Kind of a tool. Meet Simon Pure, the newest UNNAMED hero, created by comic all-stars GEOFF JOHNS (GEIGER) and BRYAN HITCH.

British redcoat and all-around rogue, Simon mysteriously became immortal in 1776 after a run-in with the clandestine cabal known as the Founding Fathers, which included George Washington, John Hancock, and many other prominent American Revolutionary War leaders.

Since that fateful day, Simon has led a life of adventure and avarice, rubbing elbows (and sometimes fists) with many of history’s most renowned figures, including his nemesis Benedict Arnold, Albert Einstein, Annie Oakley, and many more. One thing they all agree on: they never want to see him again!

But what are the true origins and extent of Simon’s power and the mysterious organisation behind them? And how has it secretly shaped America and the world? Simon’s on a quest to find out!

22 March 2024

UPDATED: Street Sharks comics (1997)

My ongoing quest to document all '90s comics finally reaches Street Sharks - there was a Street Sharks comic published in the US by Archie Comics. This does not look like a reprint of that. Looks like originated British material in amongst plenty of non-comics content. 

It lasted at least 8 issues - any help filling in the gaps in my covers gallery is much appreciated. 

Update for this post - cover for issue 9 identified
I own issues 1 and 9

Street Sharks, issue #1, £1.25

Street Sharks, issue #2, £1.25
image not to hand - can you help?

Street Sharks, issue #3, £1.25

Street Sharks, issue #4, £1.25

Street Sharks, issue #5 £1.25

Street Sharks, issue #6, £1.25

Street Sharks, issue #7, £1.25

Street Sharks, issue #8, £1.25

Street Sharks, issue #9, £1.25

There was also an annual (published by Grandreams)

21 March 2024

UPDATED: Muncher - Wimpy comic

Somehow (!) 'Muncher - the lots of fun with Wimpy' comic had escaped my eagle eye until now. Denis Gifford records 3 issues in his 'Complete catalogue of British comics'. One in 1978, one in 1979 and one in 1981.

Now updated with these 5 images of the only issue of Muncher I've not covered on the blog before...






Now updated with these 5 images of issue #1 of Muncher (which Denis Gifford records as being published in 1978








I'm unclear precisely which issue this is. I do know that it's not the one featured in image 483 in Denis's book.