Mek Memoirs #1 - Kev O'Neill

I'm always happy to feature Kev O'Neill's work here on the blog (click here for all previous mentions of the great man) and I recently spotted the below on the Gosh! comics ebay account (here)...

...yes, it's a copy of (the original) Mek Memoirs #1 by Kev. This particular copy sold for £97.51

This is an original printing (NOT the Dark and Golden facsimile Edition) of Mek Memoirs in high grade from Kevin O’Neill’s personal collection. Gosh! Comics is selling this copy on behalf of Kevin’s estate. Extremely rare, this piece of comics history has been notoriously difficult to purchase in recent years and certainly not found in this grade often, likely untouched since printing. The comic itself is the Urtext for British science fiction robot comics, predating ABC Warriors and used by Kevin to convince Pat that robots had a place in 2000AD, Pat’s hatred for Robot Archie being legendary. We will mail this boarded and bagged in a cardboard mailer, tracked! 

“See the future history of robot warfare captured on video for the very first time. Von Kruppenstein! The Crusher! The Killdozers! Take a peek at the horrible world to come in searing battle action! This acerbic end of the world comedy is an unmissable look at a war you never want to see happen! This robot conflict urtext set the stage for the comics sci-fi revolution that was just around the corner."

Art by Kevin O’Neill, story by Chris Lowder writing as Jack Adrian.

Van Helsing's Terror tales arrives in paperback

A quick shout out for the new publication from Dez Skinn (just search for him on facebook) it's a glossy softcover edition of his previously published (albeit in a limited edition hardback - 100 copies only) reprints from House of Hammer magazine, Van Helsing's Terror tales.

You can expect contributions from Martin Asbury, Donne Avenell, Jim Baikie, John Bolton, Joe Colquhoun, Dave Gibbons, Trev Goring, Brian Lewis, Chris Lowder, Angus McKie, Steve Moore, Steve Parkhouse, Ramon Sola and Patrick Wright.

Van Helsing's Terror tales has risen from the grave!

...or come back from the printers to be more precise and what a volume it is! Hardback, 80 pages, its even got a dustwrapper, it's like a proper annual and everything.


And then there's the roster of writers & artists involved...in no particular order...Angus McKie, Brian Lewis, Chris lowder, Donne Avenell, Jim Baikie, Joe Colquhoun, John Bolton, Martin Asbury, Patrick Wright, Ramon Sola, Steve Moore, Steve Parkhouse and Dave Gibbons

20 stories from the cream of British comics talent
70+ pages 
Hardback 
What more could you want? An essential purchase, well done to Dez Skinn for getting this published

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A Brian Lewis page...

A Joe Colquhoun page

 A Ramon 'Hookjaw' Sola page