UPDATED: Sláine - the role-playing game

I've updated my original post about the Sláine roleplaying game...all new material is in red 

I wasn't aware that there was such a thing as a Sláine role-playing game until very recently. Here's what I've been able to discover so far...

Sláine the roleplaying game - Mongoose publishing

cover art by Greg Staples

Sláine the roleplaying game - Mongoose publishing - MGP8002 - Tir nan Og

cover art by Paolo Parente (from prog 1091)

Sláine the roleplaying game - Mongoose publishing - MGP8003 - part 1 of the epic Horned Lord and Moon Sow campaign

cover art by Dermot Power

Sláine the roleplaying game - Mongoose publishing - MGP8004 - The Fir Domain

cover art by Jason Brashill (from prog 1024)

Sláine the roleplaying game - Mongoose publishing - MGP8005 - part 2 of the epic Horned Lord and Moon Sow campaign

cover by Dermot Power

Sláine the roleplaying game - Mongoose publishing - MGP8006 - The Sessair

cover artist is Mark Gibbons

Sláine the roleplaying game - Mongoose publishing - MGP8007 - part 3 of the epic Horned Lord and Moon Sow campaign

cover art by Paolo Parente

Sláine the roleplaying game - Mongoose publishing - MGP8008 - part 4 of the epic Horned Lord and Moon Sow campaign

cover art by Clint Langley (from prog 998)

Sláine the roleplaying game - Mongoose publishing - MGP8009 - The Falians

cover artist is Julian Gibson

Sláine the roleplaying game - Mongoose publishing - MGP8010 - The Finians

cover by Simon Bisley

Sláine the roleplaying game - Mongoose publishing - MGP8142 -

reissue for use with the Runequest rulebook instead of the D&D original

cover art by Clint Langley

All other reference to Pat Mills on the blog can be found here

All other reference to Glenn Fabry on the blog can be found here

All other reference to Sláine on the blog can be found here

All other reference to Clint Langley on the blog can be found here

All other reference to roleplaying on the blog can be found here

UPDATED: Scouse Mouse an incomplete guide

New comics highlighted in red...

One of the first comics I ever blogged about was 'Ace' or 'Scouse Mouse presents Ace!' comic to give it it's full title.

I'm still not clear on the chronology of this comic but I know that the last issue was April 1989 (see the Werewolf cover, below). 

Scouse Mouse presents the Ace! comic, fun special

Scouse Mouse presents Ace! comic, issue 1

Scouse Mouse presents Ace! comic, issue 2

Scouse Mouse comic, issue 3

Based on the image from the image on the back of issue 3 (above) we know that the title was then re-named 'Scouse Mouse and the scallywags'...

Scouse Mouse and the scallywags!comic, issue 4

ebay listing dates this to November 1987

This is un-numbered but if issue 4 (above) is from November then this is presumably issue #5 (December 1987) 

It ends up as just being Scouse Mouse by the time it merges into Whizzer & Chips (on 15th April 1989 - the Scouse Mouse logo was dropped from the masthead after precisely 4 weeks, apparently) - so maybe the December date on the above comic means it's from 1988. Again, copyright dates are missing from these comics.

Scouse Mouse and the Scallywags, January 1988

Scouse Mouse and the Scallywags, Super Spring Edition

As this has the same price as previous issues I'm assuming it wasn't actually a holiday special type issue (despite the title) so I'd guess this was Spring 1988

It ends up as just being Scouse Mouse by the time it merges into Whizzer & Chips (on 15th April 1989 - the Scouse Mouse logo was dropped from the masthead after precisely 4 weeks, apparently) - so maybe the December date on the above comic means it's from 1988. Again, copyright dates are missing from these comics.

Scouse Mouse (Fleetway) - issue 1, November 1988

Scouse Mouse (Fleetway) - issue 2, December 1988

image not to hand - can you help?

Scouse Mouse (Fleetway) - issue 3, January 1989

image not to hand - can you help?

Scouse Mouse (Fleetway) - issue 4, February 1989

image not to hand - can you help?

Scouse Mouse (Fleetway) - issue 5, March 1989

Scouse Mouse (Fleetway) - issue 6, April 1989

George Nicholas also worked on the Budgie Malone comic - which I looked at here , here and here as well as Were Bears comic (here). All 3 titles are hard to collect - so good luck in your collecting. 

I've tried to piece together all the appearances of Were Bears, Star Bears and Scare Bears here 

George has a website here

Friend of the blog Stephen Archer has let me have the following information about the 1989 issues of Whizzer & Chips...

Beginning with 15/4/89, and omitting 22/4, 17/6, 15/7, 16/9, 11/11, 18/11 and 9/12 (as those dates aren’t held by the British Library) and are thus uncheckable, Scouse Mouse appeared continuously until the end of the year with the exceptions of 14/10 and 2/12.

Comics artist Nigel Parkinson has provided this timeline...

a). 2 issues of ACE in 1986;

b). 13 issues of Scouse Mouse (and the Scallywags) published by Modelbrisk, 1987-8; 

c). 6 issues of Scouse Mouse published by Fleetway 1988-9

Beano @ Somerset House; Oink! comic

If you've not yet made it to the current exhibition at Somerset House, Beano: The art of breaking the rules, I thought I might try and tempt you with these example of the original art that's on display...

Previously I looked at the 

Leo Baxendale art here

Dudley D Watkins art here

David Law art is here

Ken Reid art is here

Tom Paterson art is here

The Plug comic art is here

The Oink comic art (!) is here

Catawiki original comic art auction - Jan 2022

Only a few pieces to highlight from the current Catawiki auction of original (British) comic art. Good luck if you bid thouhg!

There's this Modesty Blaise piece by Romero - strip #8048

There's also this page by Wayne England - it's labelled as "Warhammer" and dated 2004 but so far I can't find it in the pages of Warhammer comic or Inferno! magazine

In a separate auction (ending 30th January) you'll find this Don Lawrence page from Storm

Political Cartoon Society newsletters - part 2

Having looked here at my collection of the Cartoon Museum newsletters I thought I'd follow that up with a look at something similar from the Political Cartoon Society. I was a member of the society from 2001-7 and I'll be looking at the newsletters they issued in that time, the newsletters may continue to this day who knows?

Part 1 (2001+2) was here

Part 2 (2003) is below

Political Cartoon Society newsletter Spring 2003

8 pages, A4 pages

Richard Wilson profile

Cartoon review of 2002

Political Cartoon Society newsletter Summer 2003

8 pages, A4 pages

Dave gaskill interview

Steve Bell in America

Political Cartoon Society newsletter Autumn 2003

8 pages, A4 pages

Nick Garland interview

Kaiser Wilhelm and the cartoonists

Catawiki auction ending Thur 20th Jan 2022

Just a reminder that bidding closes this evening for this original art...

The latest Catawiki auction of original (British) comic art is now open. It closes this Thursday (20th Jan 2022) so get those bids in soon!

Here's 2 pages by Roger Hall from Hey Diddle Diddle (1972)

A stunning Angus McBride page from Once Upon a Time (19/04/69) is here

A stunning (as ever!) Don Lawrence Trigan Empire page is here

Comic Speculator News

Inspired by episode 342 of the Awesome Comics Podcast (check it out here) I thought I'd remind myself of the '90s speculator boom nonsense by pulling together my issues of the British answer to Wizard that was Comic speculator news. It lasted 13 issues in total, here's what you missed...

Comic Speculator News promo issue

not to hand - do you have a copy?

Comic Speculator News issue 0, December 1992

looks like it's been run off on a photocopier - single sided photocopying at its best!

Comic speculator news #1, February 1993

Comic speculator news #1, February 1993

All the issue have front & back covers that look like front covers - I'll include them here to avoid (?) confusion. A4 sized, 48 pages, black & white throughout

Comic speculator news #2, April 1993

Comic speculator news #2, April 1993

A4 sized, 48 pages, black & white throughout

Comic speculator news #3, May 1993

Comic speculator news #3, May 1993

I can't recall what this is referencing
A4 sized, 48 pages, black & white throughout

More issues yet to come - come back soon for updates!

UPDATED: The Dreamstone comic - London Editions

London Editions magazine from 1991, The Dreamstone, put together (issue 1 at least) by Glenn B Fleming & Brian M. Clarke. I don't have a full set sadly and think this title only ran to 6 issues. 

Interior art by Tim Perkins in issue 2 & 4. Issue 1 is just screen-grabs for the titular cartoon series. Tim Perkins signature has survived on issue 6 (I think he drew the other covers too but these are unsigned).

Now updated with a cover for issue #6

The Dreamstone comic - issue 1

The Dreamstone comic - issue 2

The Dreamstone comic - issue 3

issue not to hand

The Dreamstone comic - issue 4

The Dreamstone comic - issue 5

The Dreamstone comic - issue 6

and there's an annual as well