WHATEVER HAPPENED TO ACG
~Or~DOES ROGER
BROUGHTON EXIST?
For this article I have drawn on paper records and emails [1995-2007] from the individuals involved! ACG [American Comics Group] had its stars such as creator Ogden Whitney,whose past I have tried to cover elsewhere –he was the artist behind Herbie The Fat Fury. Kurt Schaffenberg,famous as an […]
Well,for those of us out there who appreciate real comic book art and remember the days of Johnny Red,One-Eyed Jack and even Falcon Squadron or Gaunt,you are in for a treat!
Issue nos.266 & 267 of the Judge Dredd Megazine features a new 9pp [in each issue] strip titled “Armitage”. It’s about a Mega City One […]
JOHN BYRNE I was talking to someone the other day about comics. Well,it was Rik Offenberger the PR man for Archie Comics if you have to know. John Byrne came up in the conversation.
Most of us old enough to remember might recall Charlton Comics and Doomsday+1,written and drawn by Byrne. From those days we […]
Ahh,Archie may be a small family business but they do publish 18 titles per month so…
BETTY & VERONICA #233
“The Wild Twenties”: So just what was the relationship between parents and teenagers like in the 1920s? This telling tale is filled with nostalgia for the fads and fashions of yesterday – and parental gripes that still […]
THIS IS BLACKTOWER
AND THIS ISBLACKTOWER –Confusing?
A few days ago I received an email from a Mr John Prentiss. Mr Prentiss informed me that he own Black Tower Comics,based in
California,and that I had to –had to mind you- stop using the name. Mr Prentiss’BlackTower was set up in 2006 and had not published anything […]
This week sees Sweatdrop Studios reach its sixth year as a mangacollective! To celebrate this special occasion, they are giving awhopping 50% discount on their comics until 1st February 2008.Sweatdrop also offer free international shipping for orders over £15(about US$30), so if you ever wanted to check out some UK-made manga,there couldn’t be a better […]
What Future Black
Tower Comics?
I’ve been asked more than once why BlackTower comics just seemed to vanish? Well,let me tell you.
Black
Tower Comics and the logo were to first appear in 1977 in Small Press items as follow-ons to my banned school magazine “Barmy-The Mag That Tells The Naked Truth”
In the 1980s I published BlackTower Comics Previews […]
ORANG UTAN COMICS TAKE IT TO THE WICKWIRE.
UK independent studio/publisher heads Stateside for 2008.
After a very successful 2007 Orang Utan Comics announced today that they are branching out into the US with the appointment of Trey Wickwire as their “North American Representative”.
Wickwire joined Orang Utan Comics in September 2007 bringing with him his military sci […]
I was rather surprised when I got the mail from Thomas Cochrane:
“I’m working with Alan Tanner - a real veteran illustrator from 1960’s London. He was one of the first people employed by Time Out and was an illustrator for OZ and a number of other hippy magazines of that period.”
You see,kiddies,back in 1972,as a […]
Nice to talk to Archie PR man Rik Offenberger the other day and just as CBO was about to give you a whole big chunk of Archie news! So..
ARCHIE COMICS SHIPPING IN APRIL 2008
ARCHIE #584
“Two Ring Circus”: Talk about a bad connection - Veronica gives Archie one of her father’s prototype phones, even though the […]
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