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ARCHIE COMICS SHIPPING JUNE 2008 
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AMERICANA SERIES: BEST OF THE SIXTIES BOOK 2

By popular demand, we’re pleased to serve up a second helping of 1960s fun and frolics for the many readers who enjoyed the original ARCHIE AMERICANA SERIES: BEST OF THE SIXTIES!  Witness Archie’s awkward entanglements in the eternal love triangle!  Behold Archie incurring […]

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THE CAPTAIN ACTION INTERVIEW
By RIC CROXTON

                  
Ric presents us with an interview with the team behind the new Captain Action comic –Joe Ahearn & Ed Catto [“CA”]. Having been a big Captain Action comic fan when it first appeared [!] but never having had the toy [aaah] I was keen to find out more –and […]

Dave Stevens 29 July 1955-10 March 2008

 This is the part of running a news site I don’t like.
I just received an email with some very  sad news. Dave Stevens,creator of The Rocketeer,died yesterday.  Apparently he had been suffering from leukaemia.
In the 1980s Stevens’ work,whether in black and white or colour was a joy.  The Rocketeer,of course,was what many will remember him […]

ARCHIE Back To The ’60s!

 

TAKE ANOTHER FUN-FILLED TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANEWITH ARCHIE AND HIS FRIENDS AS THEY RELIVE THE SENSATIONAL SIXTIES!   

Since 1991, the ARCHIE AMERICANA SERIES has provided fans with not only a historical perspective of Archie Comics, but a hysterical one as well! Now, one of the comic industry’s most enduring trade paperback series returns for another round […]

MANGA PLUS!

I know that I’ve said it before but Manga is a regular big hitter on the CBO sites.  Emma Vieceli and Sonia Leong as well as other Sweatdrop Studio creators are getting more hits and Manga news items and reviews are being checked out again.
And,for some reason,I’m getting requests for info on “How to draw […]

HAUS OF DESIGN

HAUS OF DESIGN 
Need your next project / book to look real professional withreasonable rates? Can work with any size publisher, starting, small,indy, self or large. Have many different styles that can fit any needs.  Work for hire: comics to logos, RPG to magazine spots, animation tosuperheroes, covers to interiors, b&w to full color, digital toconventional. […]

STEVE WHITAKER

Sad news that British comic creator/colourist and author Steve Whitaker died on Thursday.
Whitaker contributed  articles to 1980s publications Fantasy Advertiser and Chain Reaction,was involved in colour work at Marvel UK and even did preliminary work on the later aborted Man-Elf project from Trident [see illo].
As always,Down The Tubes gives an excellent tribute to the man […]

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 […]

“Old Slow Hand” Is Back!

BROWNER  KNOWLE no.1
A5  24pp  black & white
£3.00 + £1.00 p&h
Cheques payable to Paul Brown 
Available from:15 Wedmore Vale,Bedminster,Bristol BS3 5HQ
United Kingdom 
Or email :paulashleybrown@googlemail.com 
Nice item turned up in today’s post!Okay,a warning,this item will soon be available from Osnap,who sell Brown’s other titles,Yo-Yo-Buks,featured here recently.  Sales are already high so if you want a Copy grab […]