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Recent blog posts….

Preview pages from the next issue of 2000AD:
http://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2016/ ... -2008.html

Aces Weekly celebrates 25 volumes:
http://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2016/ ... lumes.html

Wartime issue of Mickey Mouse Weekly:
http://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2016/ ... eekly.html

New comic strips begin in EPIC!:
http://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2016/ ... eekly.html

Guest news for the Enniskillen Comic Fest 2017:
http://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2016/ ... -2017.html

Thoughts about comic conventions....

https://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2016 ... -cons.html

Let the festive-themed blogging begin...

https://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2016 ... eceli.html

https://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2016 ... ected.html

https://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2016 ... eason.html

Preview pages from next week's 2000AD:

http://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2016/ ... -ends.html

Korky Christmas Card, from the 1950s at a guess:

https://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2016 ... -card.html

Quick plugs for several British indie comics that are out now:

https://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2016 ... t-now.html

I don't know if many members actually read messages in this category as no one comments but today I'm starting to look back at Christmas comics from the past, kicking off with WHAM! from 1967. Here's a link:

https://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2016 ... -1967.html

Today's vintage Christmas comic is The Wizard, from 1960, with a great cover by Bill Ritchie...

https://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2016 ... -1960.html

Latest look back at a vintage Christmas comic: Action Force (1987) featuring Doug Braithwaite and Simon Coleby's first published work, plus the first Christmas Combat Colin story:

https://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2016 ... -1987.html

I'm not sure if anyone's reading these updates here but here's the latest vintage Christmas comic:

https://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2016 ... -1965.html

I'll be posting pages from a different festive comic on my blog every day until Christmas so you know where to look if you're interested. Merry Christmas and all the best for 2017.

Here's my Christmas message to the nation.

http://lewstringercomics.blogspot.co.uk ... stmas.html

Today, a look back at a comic from 100 years ago...

https://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2017 ... -1917.html

It's 50 years since Odhams launched Fantastic. It didn't last long but it's still fondly remembered. Here's my blog post about it that I did yesterday:
https://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2017 ... -50th.html

I hope that most members of this forum are buying Rok of the Reds? Evoking the old school charm of British adventure comics whilst appealing to modern readers too it's a must buy. My review of the latest issue is here:
https://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2017 ... imate.html

It's 30 years today since my first Combat Colin strip appeared in print in Marvel's Action Force. Here's a retrospective I've written:
https://lewstringer.blogspot.co.uk/2017 ... -week.html