UPDATED: Asterix calendars

A well overdue update to my guide to collecting Asterix calendars - hope you managed to get one of these to hang on your wall, I didn't!

now (2nd November 2026) with a 2009 calendar added

now updated with calendars for 2027 - highlighted thus

Asterix & Obelix calendar 2027

Asterix calendar 2026

Asterix calendar 2025

Asterix calendar 2024

Asterix calendar 2023

A chance find at a bookshop in December 2019 has meant that, happily, an Asterix calendar has been hanging on my wall this year. 

2022 appears looks set to be a bumper year for Asterix calendars with these two calendars currently available on Amazon...

Working out a gift list for last Christmas inspired me to see if a calendar has been produced for...and, good news, it has been...and it's been on my wall all year

 

the calendar previously on my wall...

...I then started wondering if there had been calendars for other years...so far I've found just this one

A quick bit of googling brings up plenty of 'kalendars' for the German market but few others - or maybe they've just dropped the word 'kalendar' from the title (so that it can be sold more widely).

Anyway if you know of any other Asterix calendars do let me know - thanks.

Asterix calendar 2009

Asterix calendar 1991

Asterix calendar 1996

If you're interested in comic calendars then you can check out my previous posts on the subject...

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

UPDATED: Panini comics - GI Joe - the rise of Cobra

Today it's a shout-out for the GI Joe - the rise of Cobra comic series from 2009. Just the 6 issues. 

As far as I can tell these are the issue dates...

Issue 1 was dated 13th August 2009 - 9th September 2009

Issue 2 was dated 10th September 2009 - 7th October 2009

Issue 3 was dated 8th October - 4th November 2009 

Issue 4 was dated 5th November - 2nd December 2009

Issue 5 was dated 3rd December 2009 - 6th January 2010

Issue 6 was dated 7th January 2010 - 3rd February 2010

and here are those better covers that I was looking for - all from here

GI Joe - the rise of Cobra, Panini comics, issue 1

GI Joe - the rise of Cobra, Panini comics, issue 2

GI Joe - the rise of Cobra, Panini comics, issue 3

GI Joe - the rise of Cobra, Panini comics, issue 4

GI Joe - the rise of Cobra, Panini comics, issue 5

GI Joe - the rise of Cobra, Panini comics, issue 6

Titan comics - GI Joe - the rise of Cobra

I've looked before at the various titles produced by Titan Comics. They're typically short-lived and tied in to some pop culture event / film like Indiana Jones, The X Files, Tomb Raider and plenty others. Find all previous blog posts about them here. 

Today it's a shout-out for the GI Joe - the rise of Cobra comic series from 2009. Just the 6 issues. 

As far as I can tell these are the issue dates...

Issue 1 was dated 13th August 2009 - 9th September 2009

Issue 2 was dated 10th September 2009 - 7th October 2009

Issue 3 was dated 8th October - 4th November 2009 

Issue 4 was dated 5th November - 2nd December 2009

Issue 5 was dated 3rd December 2009 - 6th January 2010

Issue 6 was dated 7th January 2010 - 3rd February 2010

 

Starblazer calendar - part 2

Here's a chance to look inside the rare Starblazer 2009 calendar. I wish I'd got this when it came out and I wish they'd done more of them. Good luck tracking this down.

Part one was here

Starblazer calendar 2009

Starblazer calendar 2009, July - art by Ian Kennedy

Starblazer calendar 2009, August - art by Colin MacNeil

Starblazer calendar 2009, September - art by Ian Kennedy

Starblazer calendar 2009, October - art by Ian Kennedy

Starblazer calendar 2009, November - art by Colin MacNeil

Starblazer calendar 2009, December - art by Ian Kennedy

Starblazer calendar - part 1

Here's a chance to look inside the rare Starblazer 2009 calendar. I wish I'd got this when it came out and I wish they'd done more of them. Good luck tracking this down.

Starblazer calendar 2009

Starblazer calendar 2009, January - art by Ian Kennedy

Starblazer calendar 2009, February - art by Ian Kennedy

Starblazer calendar 2009, March - art by Colin MacNeil

Starblazer calendar 2009, April - art by Ian Kennedy

Starblazer calendar 2009, May - art by Ian Kennedy

Starblazer calendar 2009, June - art by Colin MacNeil

Terminator salvation comic (2009)

2009 saw Titan comics publish this short-lived comic series (as a tie-in to the recent movie release) - only 4 issues were produced (is says here). Already the internet seems to have forgotten about this comic - as I can't find cover images for issues 3 or 4. If you can help then just let me know.

Terminator salvation comic, Titan comics, issue #1, June 2009, £2.99

Terminator salvation comic, Titan comics, issue #2, July 2009, £2.70

a rare example of a 2nd issue of a comic costing less than the 1st issue!

Terminator salvation comic, Titan comics, issue #3, August 2009, £??

image not to hand - can you help?

Terminator salvation comic, Titan comics, issue #4, September 2009, £??

image not to hand - can you help?

Wasted magazine - a primer

I didn't get Wasted when it originally came out, being put off by the drugs-based content, it seems hard to acquire these days and I was pleasantly surprised by the quality in issue #1.

So to celebrate here's what you should be looking out for... 

Wasted, issue 1, September 2008, cover by Frank Quitely

Contributors include Alan Grant, Jon Haward, Mark Stafford, John Wagner, Simon Bisley, Gary Erskine

Wasted, issue 2, 2009, cover by Alan Kerr

Review from Down the Tubes is here

Wasted, issue 3, 2010, cover by Simon Bisley

Review from Down the tubes is https://downthetubes.net/?p=2034

Wasted, issue 4, 2010, cover by Dave Taylor

Review from Down the Tubes is here

Wasted, issue 5, 2010, cover by Neil Beattie

Review from Down the Tubes is here

Wasted, issue 6, 2010, cover by Cam Kennedy

Review from Down the Tubes is here

Wasted, issue 7, ??, cover by Alex Ronald 

Wasted, issue 8, 2011, cover by Gibson Quarter

Review from Down the Tubes is here

BICS, 2006+ programmes

I've looked previously at the programmes produced to accompany various British comic festivals...

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
UKCAC - part 1 is here

UKCAC - part 2 is here

London Super Comic Con is here

In keeping with that theme I'll today start looking at the (A5 sized programmes) produced to accompany the Birmingham International Comics Show (BICS). I'm unclear as to how many of these programmes were published so if you could help fill in any gaps in my collection I'd love to hear from you...

BICS, 2006 - cover by Alex Toth

BICS, 2007 - cover art by Mike Mignola and Kevin Nowlan 

with thanks to Alan Henderson
Interior art /features on...Doug Braithwaite, Mike Carey, Mick McMahon, Mike Mignola, Kevin Nowlan, Lew Stringer, Bryan Talbot, Phil Winslade and Will Sliney

BICS, 2008 - cover by Martin Golden

BICS, 2009 - cover by Howard Chaykin

note the name change from Birmingham international comic show to British international comic show

BICS, 2010
cover image not to hand - can you help? 

Paul H Birch has, below, filled in some of the history on this show for us...