As a companion piece to yesterday's piece here's that other jigsaw that I mentioned. As you can see the subject is that other very popular newspaper strip Garth. This was up for sale on ebay a few months ago (for a B-I-N price for £99.52).
"...eclectic and entertaining" - John Freeman (Down the Tubes), "...essential reading" - Hibernia Comics, "...always a good read" Graeme Neil Reid, "...a terrific blog" Ian Wheeler, "...one of my favourite sites on the web - always fascinating and informative!" Michael 'Judge Dredd' Carroll
Showing posts with label Daily Mirror. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Daily Mirror. Show all posts
25 June 2025
2 February 2024
Garth - man of mystery
This is a rare beast this one, yes, it's "Garth - man of mystery" reprint volume (from the 1940s). This is the last of the reprint volumes of this era that I'm looking for (I've got the Jane reprints, the Rip Kirby reprints and a few others).
Good luck tracking this down!
4 August 2022
Andy Capp talk at the Cartoon Museum - tonight!
This is tonight! Don't forget! Grab a ticket while you still can!
Tickets are on sale now (right here in fact) for a talk at the Cartoon Museum (Wells Street, London) on Thursday 4th August about all things Andy Capp
As it says on their website...
The Cartoon Museum is pleased to present a celebration of the 65th anniversary of Reg Smythe’s Andy Capp. A comic strip classic published in the Daily Mirror.
We will look at the history of the cartoon, the story of Reg’s life and his huge success. Join us for a panel discussion looking at how the comic has remained so popular to this day and a viewing of original artworks.
On the panel will be:
Helene Elysee - As Reg Smythe’s niece, Helene was very close to Reg thoughout his life and has a wealth of fascinating stories about the man behind the cartoon. Helene is the author of the wonderful biography of Reg called My Dancing Bear.
Lawrence Goldsmith - Current artist and co-writer of Andy Capp. Lawrence will talk about his long career as a newspaper artist and how he came to work on the strip.
Sean Garnett - Sean co-writes Andy Capp and is hugely respected journalist and writer in his own right too.
Fergus McKenna - Fergus is the Content Sales Director of Reach PLC. He is in charge of the worldwide syndication and licensing of the Andy Capp brand.
Tickets cost £10 and the talk runs from 6:30pm - 8pm
23 May 2022
Andy Capp talk at the Cartoon Museum
Tickets are on sale now (right here in fact) for a talk at the Cartoon Museum (Wells Street, London) on Thursday 4th August about all things Andy Capp
As it says on their website...
The Cartoon Museum is pleased to present a celebration of the 65th anniversary of Reg Smythe’s Andy Capp. A comic strip classic published in the Daily Mirror.
We will look at the history of the cartoon, the story of Reg’s life and his huge success. Join us for a panel discussion looking at how the comic has remained so popular to this day and a viewing of original artworks.
On the panel will be:
Helene Elysee - As Reg Smythe’s niece, Helene was very close to Reg thoughout his life and has a wealth of fascinating stories about the man behind the cartoon. Helene is the author of the wonderful biography of Reg called My Dancing Bear.
Lawrence Goldsmith - Current artist and co-writer of Andy Capp. Lawrence will talk about his long career as a newspaper artist and how he came to work on the strip.
Sean Garnett - Sean co-writes Andy Capp and is hugely respected journalist and writer in his own right too.
Fergus McKenna - Fergus is the Content Sales Director of Reach PLC. He is in charge of the worldwide syndication and licensing of the Andy Capp brand.
Tickets cost £10 and the talk runs from 6:30pm - 8pm
21 December 2021
UPDATED: Belinda and the bomb alley boys!
A while ago (here) I looked at vintage Daily Mirror newspaper strip reprints. Most of these are rare volumes that are hard to acquire these days. I was therefore delighted to snag these images from ebay the other day.
Updated material is in red
The book is in poor condition but it's a rare chance to see inside this book...
For all (???) you Belinda completionists out there here are the strip references in the volume - you'll see that it's not a sequential run...
C259-260
C262
C264-5
C267-71
C273-74
C276-79
C282-83
C286-88
C290-94
C298-300
C303
C305
C309
D1-3
D5
D8-10
D12
D16-19
D21-22
D24
D26-27
D29
D31-32
D34-35
D37
D39
D41
D43
D47-48
D51-54
D56
D60
D62-64
D67
D74
D77
D79-81
D86-90
D92
D94-95
D97-98
D10
D102
D104
D106-107
...So that's 90 strips in total
There's also this Belinda book to collect...
...and this has 96 strips in - again it's not a sequential run, in fact you get the following strips...
E220-23
E225-35
E238-40
E242-49
E252
E255
E260-62
E264-66
E268-76
E279
E281-82
E284
E289-91
E306-07
F1
F3-4
F6-11
F14
F17-19
F22
F27
F32-38
F41-42
F44
F46-48
F50-52
F56-59
F61
F65-66
F71-72
F81
23 June 2021
Belinda and the bomb alley boys!
A while ago (here) I looked at vintage Daily Mirror newspaper strip reprints. Most of these are rare volumes that are hard to acquire these days. I was therefore delighted to snag these images from ebay the other day.
The book is in poor condition but it's a rare chance to see inside this book...
There's also this Belinda book to collect
18 November 2020
UPDATED: vintage 'Daily Mirror' newspaper strip reprints
Following on from my post earlier this week (here) about Captain Reilly-Ffoul I thought I'd see what other vintage newspaper strip reprints are out there under the 'Mirror features publication' banner.
This is what I've found so far, do let me know if you've come across any other titles...(3 books added to the bottom of this post)
Jane on the sawdust trail
Belinda - shooting star
Patsy's reflections
The sly, sinister, scurvy adventures of Captail Reilly-FFoul
Friend of the blog Steven Taylor reminded me of this reprint...
Buck Ryan - the case of the broken thistle
and then, slightly later on, there were these reprints as well...
Farewell to Jane
Garth and Romeo Brown
31 October 2020
Vintage 'Daily Mirror' newspaper strip reprints
Following on from my post earlier this week (here) about Captain Reilly-Ffoul I thought I'd see what other vintage newspaper strip reprints are out there under the 'Mirror features publication' banner.
This is what I've found so far, do let me know if you've come across any other titles...
Jane on the sawdust trail
Belinda - shooting star
Patsy's reflections
The sly, sinister, scurvy adventures of Captail Reilly-FFoul
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