The Worm - words by David Lloyd

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Following on from some posts recently about The Worm (here and here) I thought I'd try and explain what is going on in the storyline! The plot is by David Lloyd and this was subsequently turned into a 'script' by Alan Moore. 

Don't forget that part 1 of my look at the artists involved in 'The Worm' is here and part 2 is here

Signal comic #4

I've covered Signal comic before here and here (and John Freeman has provided an excellent overview here) but I've now been able to access the previously missing issues in my Signal collection, first up was issue 2 (here), issue 3 (here) and today we have issue 4 of this 'Eagle-lite' comic...

Cover art is by Don Harley...

Norman Williams art...

John Ryan art...

Copyright date is 1963

UPDATED: Beano calendars

Following on from a previous post (here) about Oor Wullie calendars I realised that there must be other DC Thomson calendars out there so I set off to google Beano calendars - so here's my guide to collecting them...

Don't forget you can review Commando calendars here and Judge Dredd calendars here

New material is highlighted in red

Interestingly the 1992 edition has a reference that says "Number 7" in the top right cover - indicating that this is the 7th edition of the calendar...

...hmmm, and the 1993 calendar says "Number 8"...

...hmmm, and the 1994 calendar says "Number 9"...

...thingk the 1995 one says 'number 10' in the top right corner

no sign of 1996 

Here's the 1997 calendar - you'll see from the back cover picture that this is (helpfully) number as number 12 so there must have been a calendar for 1996 (to be number 11)

The 1998 calendar

Then a gap again to 2004...

No 2005 calendar (I think!) so here's the 2006 edition... 

From ebay - but here's evidence of the 2008 calendar

...And then a long gap until 2018

Cartoon Museum - glimpses inside, part 2

And here's a bit more of the Cartoon Museum's new home... 

The museum can be found at 63 Wells St, Fitzrovia, London W1A 3AE and their website is here

Signal comic #3

I've covered Signal comic before here and here (and John Freeman has provided an excellent overview here) but I've now been able to access the previously missing issues in my Signal collection, first up was issue 2 (here) and today we have issue 3 of this 'Eagle-lite' comic...

Cover art is by Don Harley...

More art by Norman Williams

Another Eagle alumnus, John Ryan, provides the art to 'Little Ruth - Sweet of Tooth'

Copyright date is 1962

Cartoon Museum - glimpses inside, part 1

For anyone who hasn't been to the new location of the Cartoon Museum, here's a glimpse of what you've been missing... 

Kate Charlesworth display for Pride

The museum can be found at 63 Wells St, Fitzrovia, London W1A 3AE and their website is here

Signal comic #2

I've covered Signal comic before here and here (and John Freeman has provided an excellent overview here) but I've now been able to access the previously missing issues in my Signal collection, first up is issue 2...

Cover art is by Don Harley...

Unsigned but art believed to be by Pat Williams

Little Ruth is by John Ryan - another Eagle alumni who drew Captain Pugwash and Harris Tweed for Eagle 

This Nelson story is actually signed by 'Williams' - the only time this strip was signed (by Pat Williams) in any of the 5 issues of Signal

Copyright date is 1962