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Monthly Archives: January 2008

Leaping Moggies!

JUMPING CATS!

Got a mail from Ray today who wrote:
“I had a friend make this up for me and thought I’d
share it with you (and maybe the britcomics group”
So,as the images were attached I thought why not? The images Ray sent were quite fab!

Initially,I thought it was a converted [loud hiss] HeroClix figure. This would mean […]

CINE BOOK Newsletter

Olivier Cadic’s Cinebook have announced their first newsletter which is well worth subscribing [free!] to. You can do this by visiting Cinebook at:
http://www.cinebook.co.uk/index.asp
You can check out the link for adding a friend’s name to get the newsletter at:
http://www.cinebook.co.uk/news.asp
And worth vising it is as Cinebook has announced 36 NEW TITLES!  Yes,and -AND- 12 new characters/series for […]

I Am NOT Terry Hooper I Am Terry Hooper

Can I just point out that there seems to be a misconception amongst some people out there.  Despite my past “unofficial” Government work,I Am Not Terry Hooper,PR Officer for the US Central Intelligence Agency.
I AM NOT.
To our friends in Langley -Hi!
Oh,and,to our other friends out there:”The Moon is blue in the West tonight”!

Jay Disbrow

 
Jay Disbrow is without doubt one of the slickest artists of the later US Golden Age. And,like a number of the Old Timers,never gave up drawing comics. Quite by accident about six years ago,I was browsing through back issue boxes in Area 51 and there wasn’t a lot there to interest me but then…
…CAPTAIN ELECTRON!
The […]

 
BilBOlbul. International comic festivalSecond editionBologna 5th-9th march 2008
Presented by Hamelin Associazione Culturale
 
From the 5th to the 9th of march 2008 Bologna becomes the Italian capital town of comics, thanks to the Second edition of BilBOlbul. International comic festival, organized by Hamelin Associazione Culturale.
 The Festival is promoted by: Comune di Bologna, Assessorato alla Cultura della […]

OUTLAWS ON THE RUN?

Acclaimed artist [and some times CBO reviewer/interviewer],Paul A. Brown has revealed that work on the new cover for OUTLAWS 4029,scheduled later this Summer,has been completed and that work on issue no.2 is progressing.
Former amateur pugilist Brown is dividing his time between his fine art and comic work.
The series should appear around the same time as […]

Broughton Plus!

Thanks for the comments on the Broughton article! 
I was responding to one of the comments and needed to check a date.  I then found one of the mails from someone claiming to represent Broughton -Rob Brown.  The mail was interesting:
“If it is for single stories,
and not a compilation and forpublication in britain we can look […]

Papo Figures

Okay,I’ve had enquiries about these and the promised review feature.
I’ve emailed Papo twice and their UK distributor once but not a single reply.  So,no review article I’m afraid -you’ll need to track the Papo items down yourselves.
Pity,but it’s the company’s choice.

SIMMONS RETURNS TO ARCHIE

CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED WRITER AND CHILDREN’S ART ADVOCATE ALEX SIMMONS IS BACK WITH ANOTHER THRILLING ARCHIE & FRIENDS MYSTERY!   
  
In the last two issues of ARCHIE & FRIENDS, Archie and his friends were taken on a journey reminiscent of the classic LIFE WITH ARCHIE and AROUND THE WORLD WITH ARCHIE tales of yore.  Epic in scope, […]

Oooh -Loook what I found!

I was going through stacks of old magazines and fanzines looking for Art Wetherell artwork [Art’s daughter Faye is looking for copies of her late father’s work -scans or hard copy so if anyone can help let me know] when I came across the February,1993 edition of Comics World.
I used to write for CW and […]