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Avengers,Invaders,All Star Squadron Plus!

The Avengers – The Invaders 
I’m very surprised by the number of people stating they have heard nothing about the up-coming Avengers-Invaders 12 part series.  Well,news was first released in 2007 and at the time there was lots of speculation about the Steve Rogers Captain America appearing and how it would be handled since he was […]

The REAL Steel Claw?

Never published this old article on this site but for those interested here it is.  Oh,and I KNOW Gaunt was IPC and in Battle -it was an article typo!

GREEN LAMA IS BACK [Again!]

James Ritchey III has been in touch with some good news…  “The Diamond numbers came in last week for issue one, and we donegood–more than enough to guarantee issue two, and possibly the whole,subversive ‘Spark Universe’ imprint from AC. Besides Danny Donovan’stireless effort, and my vociferousness the last four years at cons, I don’t think […]

Terry Pavlet - Haus Of Design

Terry Pavlet is the man behind Haus Of Design and you can check HoD’s website out at:
http://www.hausofdesign.com/index.html
 
Terry has just sent out an email to those looking for an unusual Valentine gift so I thought why not include a few samples of his work for those who might be interested in commissioning work?  Take it away […]

Roger Broughton…or Is It?

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 […]

John Byrne Comic Genius?

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 […]

WHO IS “BERIC THE BRITON”? 

A fair question if you are interested in 1960s British comics.  Some months back I mentioned  that Asterix The Gaul,created and written by Rene Goscinny and drawn by Albert Uderzo, had seen no real success in British weekly comics though I vaguely recalled the character had appeared in one. 

Well,I […]

JIANYI & WANGPENG

Why is it that seemingly every country can maintain a comics industry but not the UK where we have toy advertisements with comics accidentally attached?
  
And even more annoyingly,why is it the French who manage to spot and sign up Chinese talent?
  
Yishan Li recently sent me two pieces of art by her friends Jianyi and Wangpeng.  […]

Once More Unto The Breach…

Karen Wenborn of  Classical Comics has been in touch to let me know that 5th November is the release date for the Henry V graphic novels. 

Some of you may recall the feature a while back based on the preview copies?  Well,I thought they looked impressive but the 144 page editions are superb! 

But a little info […]

UDON -Manhwa!

 
Got some preview copies of The Dorothy Of Oz series,volumes 1 & 2,which makes me happy and should make those fans of Manhwa out there more than happy!
 
 
 DOROTHY OF OZ 1 & 2
 

 
When Mara Shin’s dog Toto gets lost one fateful day, she goes in search for him along a yellow brick road and ends […]