UPDATED: SSI journal - 1985

I've looked before at all things to do with the SSI (Society of Strip Illustration) here and I like the newsletters they produced BUT these were produced in very low quantities so you stand virtually no chance of collecting a set. 

I've looked at some examples of the SSI journal for 

1992 here 

1981 here

1982 here

1983 here

and for other years I'm just going to collect images for the covers as and when they come up for sale on ebay. Over time we might end up with a full (??) set. So here's the start of a covers gallery for SSI journal for 1985...

UPDATE (24th July 2026); now with cover for the August 1985 issue added

SSI newsletter, June 1985

SSI newsletter, August 1985

originally for sale c/o here

SSI newsletter, October 1985

originally for sale c/o here

SSI newsletter, November 1985

c/o friend of the blog Andrew Wolf

UPDATED: Dark they were and golden eyed - adverts

I've long wanted to have a post for all those great vintage adverts for long-gone comic shops, so this is the start of that. 

Got any other adverts for Dark they were and golden eyed? Feel free to share 'em! 3 posters below, 3 different addresses.

art by Jim (James) Cawthorn

art by Jim (James) Cawthorn

art by Bryan Talbot

and now, thanks to friend of the blog Mac Mac Anorak has supplied me with a number of other adverts...

art by Alan Moore, Cyclops issue 3, page 8, Sept. 1970

Art by Brian Bolland, Starburst #1, 1978

art by David Edward Britton, 20/11/69

Bryan Talbot, 1979

Bryan Talbot, 1979

art by Dave Gibbons

art by Dave Gibbons

art by Garry Leach, Starburst #5, 1978

Trev Wright - White Dwarf #2 back cover, Aug/Sept 1977

unknown artist & publication

and now even more adverts - again all images care of Mac Mac Anorak

and now a final

art by Dave Gibbons

art by David Lloyd

UPDATED: Dark they were and golden eyed - adverts

I've long wanted to have a post for all those great vintage adverts for long-gone comic shops, so this is the start of that. 

Got any other adverts for Dark they were and golden eyed? Feel free to share 'em! 3 posters below, 3 different addresses.

art by Jim (James) Cawthorn

art by Jim (James) Cawthorn

art by Bryan Talbot

and now, thanks to friend of the blog Mac Mac Anorak has supplied me with a number of other adverts...

art by Alan Moore, Cyclops issue 3, page 8, Sept. 1970

Art by Brian Bolland, Starburst #1, 1978

art by David Edward Britton, 20/11/69

Bryan Talbot, 1979

Bryan Talbot, 1979

art by Dave Gibbons

art by Dave Gibbons

art by Garry Leach, Starburst #5, 1978

Trev Wright - White Dwarf #2 back cover, Aug/Sept 1977

unknown artist & publication

and now even more adverts - again all images care of Mac Mac Anorak

Ganjaman presents

Not really my cup of tea but a recent ebay listing gave me a chance to easily grab some cover images. Some high profile contributors and even a Judge Dredd cover for issue #4.

Ganjaman presents #1

contributors include Gilbert Shelton, Alan Grant & Bryan Talbot

Ganjaman presents #2

contributors include Gilbert Shelton, Alan Grant, Bryan Talbot & Hunt Emerson

Ganjaman presents #3

Ganjaman presents #4

Ganjaman presents #5