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Monthly Archives: October 2007

Strange Detective Tales

Thought this might interest a few of you!
 
 

 
Hungry Man TV presents monster-ously “Strange Detective Tales” just in time for Halloween! 
Meet the newest detective duo in town this October 30th.  Strange Detective Tales: Dead on Stage, the latest web series set to premiere on Hungry Man TV, stars two familiar monsters from two cult-horror classics.  Dracula’s […]

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SABRINA THE TEENAGE WITCH #89

“Shattered Lives”: It’s a bold new direction for Sabrina, just as her life is shattered into a million pieces!  Her long time love has had his memories wiped due to her mistake. Tensions are on the rise with her friends and family.  The “Four Blades” organization’s plan to overthrow the corrupt […]

British Comic Book Archives [BCBA]

Back in 1997 I had this really silly idea that there needed to be some type of “Central Library” for British comics.  People wanting to get rid of unwanted British comics could send them along and anyone who wanted to research or look at the comics could.
The first big blow was the place to store […]

Defining The Ages of British Comics

 The late Denis Gifford spent many decades chronicling the history of British comics.  It was a never-ending task and at least we still have his books to rely on –these have been so plagiarised by new ‘experts’ that it shows just how valuable any Gifford book is. For this reason,I am relying solely on Denis’s and […]

Hi everyone,
There was a typo in the email address in this mornings Press Release. Please correct bolgphotos@archiecomics.com, it should be blogphotos@archiecomics.com

Thank you,
Rik

Gerald G Swan,HaloClix & Dr Master

What a surprise!  Given over a week to get back to me before all Whizkid items were to be removed and the company gets back to me after deletions.
Don’t really care what they had to say as it was too late and the message went into a folder.
 It seems,though,that speciality shops and others  are far […]

Archie Fancy Dress -I’ll be the Black Hood!

 

  Ahh,Archie Comics beat me to it but watch out for CBOs item on fancy dress soon!

MAMARONECK , NY – October 22, 2007
   
The Archie Comics Halloween Costume Contest 
  
Halloween is fun for both the young and young at heart. We would really like to see how creative our fans are so; we’ve decided to hold a […]

Watchmen Movie News

 If,like me,you want to know just what is going on re. the Watchmen movie due to be released in 2009,and are sick and tired of the Official site which has sweet “FA” on it,good news.
Give up going to the plethora of sites and go directly to the Watchmen Comic Movie site!  Info,photos and more all […]

Fancy Another Quickie?

I love this ad put together to show us how ‘hardcore’ the up-coming Beano Book team-up of Billy The Cat and The General [Jumbo] will be!!

http://www.youtube. com/watch? v=RW0GekdaiG4
We need MORE like this!
Been an admirer of artist Nige Dobbyn’s since his Small Press days but you can see more of his work at:
http://www.nigeldobbyn.com/

Some Quickies!

 UDERZO
There is an Asterix article and interview with Albert Uderzo on theBBC Website: 
http://news. bbc.co.uk/ 1/hi/magazine/ 7049642.stm 
Shamrock From Maverick
And Terry Pavlet over at Hausofdesign  writes: 
“Just finished promotional piece / comic cover forsmall beginning publisher Maverick Comics, calledShamrock, which she is (sort of) a Celtic Red Sonja.  
Done in good ol’ Photoshop CS, with NO photomanipulation (used […]